Changing distribution and abundance of Swan Goose<i>Anser cygnoides</i>in the Yangtze River floodplain: the likely loss of a very important wintering site

Zhang, Yong; Cao, Lei; Barter, Mark; David Fox, Anthony; Zhao, Meijuan; Meng, Fanjuan; SHI, HONGQUAN; Jiang, Yong; Zhu, Wenzhong

doi:10.1017/s0959270910000201

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Changing distribution and abundance of Swan GooseAnser cygnoidesin the Yangtze River floodplain: the likely loss of a very important wintering site

Published in Bird Conservation International • Mar 30, 2010

Authors:

Yong Zhang

Lei Cao

Mark Barter

Abstract

Summary Virtually the entire population of the globally ‘Vulnerable’ Swan Goose Anser cygnoides winters in the Yangtze floodplain. Historically, the species was widely distributed throughout the floodplain but now approximately 95% of the population is confined to three closely-situated wetlands in ...

Subject

Floodplain

Wetland

Goose

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