Beaver ponds create wetland habitat for birds in mountains of Southeastern Wyoming

Wetlands

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 127-133

  Brown, Duffy J ^a   Hubert, Wayne A ^a   Anderson, Stanley H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

Beaver; Ducks; Riparian; Waterfowl; Wyoming

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001060013     PISSN: 02775212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03160686     Document Type: Article

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