Ecology of the Purple Heron (Ardea purpurea) in Numidia N.E. Algeria

ISBN-13: 9786203601770 / Angielski / Miękka / 96 str.

Riad Nedjah; Boudjema Samraoui

Opis

In a study of 8 successive years, on several wetlands in the region of Numidia, north-eastern Algeria, we followed the ecology of the purple heron (Ardea purpurea), a species considered to be a summer visitor, little known in Algeria. In this work we carried out the monitoring of the purple heron colonies from which we took the different reproduction parameters: height, density and type of vegetation used as support, size of nests, measurements of eggs, success of reproduction. and hatching, growth and survival of chicks. Analysis of regurgitas collected over four years in the Numidian region showed that this species has a very varied diet that has brought together several orders, between invertebrates and vertebrates.

O autorze

Nedjah, RiadBorn in 1980, I am a research professor at the University of Guelma, Algeria. I am a team leader in the wetlands research and conservation laboratory. Since 2002 we have been studying the ecology of aquatic avifauna (Hivernage, Migration, Reproduction ..etc.), In 2010, I finished my doctoral thesis which is represented in this book.