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Relationship Between Physical Characteristics Of Estuaries And The Size And Diversity Of Wader Populations In The North Island Of New Zealand, Michael B. Whelan, T M. Hume, P M. Sager, Ude Shankar, R Lifting
Relationship Between Physical Characteristics Of Estuaries And The Size And Diversity Of Wader Populations In The North Island Of New Zealand, Michael B. Whelan, T M. Hume, P M. Sager, Ude Shankar, R Lifting
Michael B Whelan
The aim of this study was to associate the distribution of waders (Charadriiformes) with physical attributes of estuaries and map the distribution of estuaries that have the potential to support large diverse wader populations. Maximum wader abundance and the maximum number of species recorded (1983-1994) at 94 estuaries on the North Island, New Zealand were related to physical attributes of the estuaries using General Linear Modelling techniques. Parameters describing the estuary type, area, tidal influence, catchment area, catchment rainfall, intertidal area and temperature were used as independent variables. Anaiysis revealed strong positive relationships between the size and diversity of a …