Is the breeding distribution of Dippers influenced by stream acidity?
Open Access
- 1 March 1985
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Bird Study
- Vol. 32 (1) , 32-39
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00063658509476852
Abstract
There is growing concern amongst conservationists about the consequences of ‘acid rain’, though this is not the only way that watercourses can increase in acidity. This study shows that fewer Dippers are present on acidic reaches of rivers, probably because changed water quality affects the birds' food supply.This publication has 22 references indexed in Scilit:
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