<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> Cefa Nature Park had, even before its establishment, a protection status directed especially towards the bird fauna, in which varied and vast wetlands, forests, meadows and agricultural lands with low agricultural activity are found. The present paper shows the results of a long period of monitoring (1991-2012) the bird fauna from this area. There are currently 78 identified species, protected and recorded in the Annex I from Birds Directive 79/409/CEE. Another 168 species were identified, that are not found on the above list, thus reaching a total number of 246 species (66% of the total bird fauna of Romania). Quantitative data is also shown with respect to the size of these species population, as well as the belonging to the sedentary or migratory species group. All of the results support the fact that Cefa Nature Park is an area of major importance for bird fauna in the Northwestern territory of Romania, and especially for those species that need wetland habitats for nesting, passage or wintering</p></abstract>

Cefa Nature Park had, even before its establishment, a protection status directed especially towards the bird fauna, in which varied and vast wetlands, forests, meadows and agricultural lands with low agricultural activity are found. The present paper shows the results of a long period of monitoring (1991-2012) the bird fauna from this area. There are currently 78 identified species, protected and recorded in the Annex I from Birds Directive 79/409/CEE. Another 168 species were identified, that are not found on the above list, thus reaching a total number of 246 species (66% of the total bird fauna of Romania). Quantitative data is also shown with respect to the size of these species population, as well as the belonging to the sedentary or migratory species group. All of the results support the fact that Cefa Nature Park is an area of major importance for bird fauna in the Northwestern territory of Romania, and especially for those species that need wetland habitats for nesting, passage or wintering

Structure of Bird Communities from Cefa Nature Park

West University of Timişoara, Faculty of Chemistry, Biology and Geography, Department of Biology and Chemistry, Pestalozzi Street 16, Timişoara, Romania, RO-300115

Grupul Milvus” Bird and Nature Protection Association, Crinului Street 22, Târgu Mureș, Mureș County, Romania

Transylvanian Review of Systematical and Ecological Research

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Cefa Nature Park had, even before its establishment, a protection status directed especially towards the bird fauna, in which varied and vast wetlands,...

Structure of Bird Communities from Cefa Nature Park

Data publikacji: 08 wrz 2015

Zakres stron: 109 - 124

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/trser-2015-0006

Słowa kluczowe
Romania, Cefa Nature Park, Natura 2000, Birds Directive

© 2015

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Structure of Bird Communities from Cefa Nature Park

Data publikacji: 08 wrz 2015

Zakres stron: 109 - 124

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/trser-2015-0006

Słowa kluczoweRomania, Cefa Nature Park, Natura 2000, Birds Directive

© 2015

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Słowa kluczowe
Romania, Cefa Nature Park, Natura 2000, Birds Directive