Wading bird nesting effort as an index to wetland ecosystem integrity

Waterbirds

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 303-324

  Crozier, Gaea E ^a   Gawlik, Dale E ^a  

^a EVERGLADES DIVISION   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioindicator; Everglades restoration; Index; Nesting effort; Performance measure; Population declines; South Florida; Wading birds

Indexed keywords

BIOINDICATOR; NESTING; POPULATION SIZE; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; WADER; WETLAND;

EVERGLADES; FLORIDA; UNITED STATES;

ARDEA; ARDEA ALBA; AVES; EUDOCIMUS ALBUS; IBIS; MYCTERIA; MYCTERIA AMERICANA; SCOLOPACIDAE;

EID: 0344704027     PISSN: 15244695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1675/1524-4695(2003)026[0303:WBNEAA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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