Nest site selection by Mountain Plovers (Charadrius montanus) in a shrub-steppe habitat

Western North American Naturalist

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 229-235

  Ellison Manning, Ann E ^a,b   White, Clayton M ^a  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Breeding habitat; Charadrius montanus; Mountain Plover; Uinta Basin

Indexed keywords

CHARADRIUS MONTANUS;

EID: 0035308256     PISSN: 15270904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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