82.41 - Rice fields

Classification des habitats du Paléarctique (2001)

Description

Inundated or inundatable fields used for the cultivation of rice (Oryza sativa). When not too heavily treated, they may provide substitution habitats for some wetland faunal elements, in particular, birds, including ducks, rails, herons and icterids.

Bibliographie

Devillers P., Devillers-Terschuren J. & Vander Linden C., 2001. PHYSIS Palaearctic Habitat Classification Database. Updated to 10 December 2001. Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles, Bruxelles. (Source)

Grin & al., 1976; Ozenda, 1994; Hoda & al., 1998: 7.