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Avifauna of Lake McIlwaine

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Lake Mcilwaine

Part of the book series: Monographiae Biologicae ((MOBI,volume 49))

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A number of bird counts have been made on Lake McIlwaine and its shoreline. This paper does not attempt a comprehensive checklist but rather it selects some species and traces changes in their abundance as the lake vegetation and nutrient levels have altered.

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  1. M. J. F. Jarvis
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Editors and Affiliations

  1. Limnology Division, National Institute for Water Research, CSIR, P.O. Box 395, Pretoria, 0001, Republic of South Africa

    Jeffrey A. Thornton

  2. Department of National Parks and Wild Life Management, P.O. Box 8365, Causeway, Salisbury, Zimbabwe

    W. K. Nduku (Deputy Director) (Deputy Director)

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Jarvis, M.J.F. (1982). Avifauna of Lake McIlwaine. In: Thornton, J.A., Nduku, W.K. (eds) Lake Mcilwaine. Monographiae Biologicae, vol 49. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-7983-3_15

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