Results
Bird Mortality
Overall, we found 124 vertebrate corpses during mortality surveys, most of which
(75.8%) were birds, although there were also a few amphibians (8.9%), reptiles
Fig. 7.2 Photographs
illustrating aspects of the
study area. Upper panel
railway crossing rice fields
(São Martinho stream);
middle panel bowstring
railway bridge crossing the
Sado River; lower panel flock
of flamingos flying close to
the Sado railway bridge
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