Phenology, stopover dynamics and population size of migrating Black-tailed Godwits Limosa limosa limosa in Portuguese rice plantations.

The article provides information on a study which analyzed the phenology, dynamics of the stopover and size of the Portuguese staging and western limosa population. The study described the phenology in comparison with the situation in the early 1990s and estimated staging duration of individual godwits and the total number of godwits using this staging area. The research argues that processes in Iberia are not likely to have contributed to the population decline as the area of rice cultivation has increased.