Predatory bird populations in the east Mojave Desert, California

Great Basin Naturalist

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 331-338

  Knight, Richard L ^a   Camp, Richard J ^a   Boarman, William I ^b   Knight, Heather A L ^c  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Mojave Desert; Perch sites; Predatory birds; Year round surveys

Indexed keywords

AQUILA CHRYSAETOS; BUTEO JAMAICENSIS; CATHARTES AURA; CORVUS CORAX; FALCO MEXICANUS; FALCO SPARVERIUS; LANIUS LUDOVICIANUS;

EID: 0032739516     PISSN: 00173614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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