The Imperial Valley of California is critical to wintering Mountain Plovers

Journal of Field Ornithology

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 74-80

  Wunder, Michael B ^a   Knopf, Fritz L ^b  

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

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

California; Charadrius montanus; Imperial Valley; Mountain Plover; Shorebird

Indexed keywords

AVES; CHARADRIUS; CHARADRIUS MONTANUS; CICONIIFORMES; CYNODON; MEDICAGO SATIVA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0037412473     PISSN: 02738570     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1648/0273-8570-74.1.74     Document Type: Article

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