Shorebird use of managed wetlands in the Mississippi Alluvial Valley

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 140, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 140-152

  Twedt, Daniel J ^a,c   Nelms, Curtis O ^a   Rettig, Virginia E ^b,d   Aycock, S Ray ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b US Fish and Wildlife Service   (United States)

^c PATUXENT WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d US Fish and Wildlife Service   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; HABITAT USE; SHOREBIRD; WETLAND;

MISSISSIPPI; USA;

ANAS; ANATIDAE; ANSER; AVES; CHARADRIUS VOCIFERUS; GALLINAGO GALLINAGO; GLYCINE MAX;

EID: 0031851935     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1674/0003-0031(1998)140[0140:SUOMWI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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