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Assessing the influence of anthropogenic land-use changes on bird diversity and feeding guilds - A case study of Kalametiya Lagoon (Southern Sri Lanka). <i>Diversity 15(3)</i>: 383. <a href=\"https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/d15030383\" target=\"_blank\">https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/d15030383</a>","BEntID":365461,"PublicFlag":1,"CheckedFlag":1,"wosflag":1,"vabbflag":0,"RefStringPartII":". <i>Diversity 15(3)</i>: 383. <a href=\"https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/d15030383\" target=\"_blank\">https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/d15030383</a>","DocTypID":8,"DocType":"Journal article","MarineFlag":0,"FreshFlag":0,"BrackishFlag":0,"TerrestrialFlag":0,"Authorstring":"Bernard, T.; Kodikara, K.A.S.; Sleutel, J.; Wijeratne, G.G.N.K.; Hugé, J.; Kumara, M.P.; Weerasinghe, M.A.Y.N.; Ranakawa, D.P.D.; Thakshila, W.A.K.G.; Dahdouh-Guebas, F.","OrigTitleTranslFlag":0,"Authorstringtrunc":"Bernard, T. <i>et al.</i>","Englishabstract":"Kalametiya Lagoon, a highly threatened Sri Lankan wetland, has undergone drastic hydrological changes in recent decades, due to an upstream irrigation project. 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