Behavior of migrant shorebirds in playas of the Southern High Plains, Texas

Condor

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 266-276

  Davis, Craig A ^a,b   Smith, Loren M ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Platte River Whooping Crane Trust   (United States)

Author keywords

American Avocet; Least Sandpiper; Long billed Dowitcher; Playas; Shorebirds; Western Sandpiper

Indexed keywords

CALIDRIS MAURI; CALIDRIS MINUTILLA; CHARADRIIDAE; LIMNODROMUS SCOLOPACEUS; RECURVIROSTRA AMERICANA; SCOLOPACIDAE;

EID: 0031861164     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1370267     Document Type: Article

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