Winter abundance and distribution of shorebirds and songbirds on farmlands on the Fraser River Delta, British Columbia, 1989-1991

Canadian Field-Naturalist

Volumn 113, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 390-395

  Butler, Robert W ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

British Columbia; Fraser River delta; Predation risk; Shorebirds; Songbirds; Winter

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; AVIFAUNA; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

CANADA;

CALIDRIS ALPINA; MELOSPIZA MELODICA; PLUVIALIS SQUATAROLA; STURNUS VULGARIS; TURDUS MIGRATORIUS; ZONOTRICHIA LEUCOPHRYS;

EID: 0033165750     PISSN: 00083550     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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