understand habitat use by migratory shorebirds and to develop a conservation strategy in
the sustainable use of wetlands. From March 2004 to January 2005, we conducted a
seasonal shorebirds census in ten coastal habitats along the South Yangtze River mouth
and North Hangzhou Bay, simultaneously examining the relative seasonal abundance of
shorebirds and their spatial distribution. A total of 25 species were identified, the dominant …