Objective
TO COMPLEMENT AND IMPROVE THE EXISTING INDEX FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF WETLAND ECOSYSTEMS AND TO STUDY THE FEEDING AND BREEDING ECOLOGY OF PELECANUS CRISPUS, A WORLD ENDANGERED SPECIES.
THE WORK WILL COME INTO THREE MAJOR CATEGORIES:
1/ THE DEVELOPMENT OF INDICES FOR THE ASSESSMENT AND MANAGMENT OF SUMMER HABITAT QUALITY IN MEDITERRANEAN WETLAND ECOSYSTEMS; THIS STUDY WILL HAVE AS ITS PRINCIPAL AIM THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SIZE AND DIVERSITY OF THE BREEDING HERON POPULATION AS A QUANTITATIVE INDEX OF THE HEALTH OF MEDITERRANEAN WETLAND ECOSYSTEMS DURING THE COURSE OF THE SUMMER MONTHS;
2/ DESCRIPTION OF THE MIGRATION ROUTES AND WINTERING SITES OF ARDEIDAE BREEDING IN AND PASSING THROUGH THE MEDITERRANEAN;
3/ STUDY OF THE BREEDING BIOLOGY, THE DISPERSION AND POPULATION DYNAMICS, AND OF THE WINTERING GROUNDS FOR PELECANUS CRISPUS IN GREECE.
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13200 Arles
France