Staging of Pacific flyway brant in relation to eelgrass abundance and site isolation, with special consideration of Humboldt Bay, California

Biological Conservation

Volumn 115, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 475-486

  Moore, Jeffrey E ^a,b   Colwell, Mark A ^a   Mathis, Ryan L ^a   Black, Jeffrey M ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Abundance; Black brant; Distribution; Eelgrass; GIS; Humboldt Bay; Isolation; Pacific flyway; Spring staging

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; SEAGRASS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

CALIFORNIA; HUMBOLDT BAY; UNITED STATES;

BRANTA; BRANTA BERNICLA; BRANTA BERNICLA NIGRICANS; ZOSTERA MARINA;

EID: 0242381879     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(03)00164-2     Document Type: Article

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