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Medium‐term changes in coastal bird communities in the Western Cape, South Africa

2013-04-01

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There are few studies of medium‐term, quantitative changes in faunal communities in the southern hemisphere. The linear nature of coastlines makes populations of coastal birds easy to count. Repeat surveys of 278 km of coastline in three regions of the Western Cape, South Africa show marked differences in coastal bird community structure over the last 30 years, despite limited human impacts on coastal habitats (ma...

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DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2012.02397.x

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