Abstract
In many countries and in the coastal regions of Australia, where the seasons are reasonably regular, the movements, breeding and feeding patterns of waterbirds are well established. In the Northern Hemisphere it has been possible to accurately chart migration routes and breeding seasons and to forecast with some expectation of accuracy the numbers of birds liable to reach the extremities of their migration routes and the dates of their movements.
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Frith, H.J. (1959). Ecology of Wild Ducks in Inland Australia. In: Keast, A., Crocker, R.L., Christian, C.S. (eds) Biogeography and Ecology in Australia. Monographiae Biologicae. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-6295-3_23
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