Rock climbing and cliff bird communities at Joshua Tree National Park, California

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 892-898

  Camp, Richard J ^a   Knight, Richard L ^a  

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

Author keywords

Bird communities; California; Cliff; Disturbance; Joshua Tree National Park; Mojave Desert; Outdoor recreation; Rock climbing

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; CLIFF; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; HUMAN ACTIVITY;

UNITED STATES;

AVES; MOLOTHRUS ATER; STURNIDAE; STURNUS VULGARIS;

EID: 0032948987     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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