Migrant shorebirds at Sandy beaches located between two major wetlands on the Pacific Coast of Baja California (Mexico)

Natural Areas Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 212-218

  López Uriarte, Ernesto ^a   Escofet, Anamaría ^b   Palacios, Eduardo ^b   González, Salavador ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUADALAJARA   (Mexico)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA Y DE EDUCACIÓN SUPERIOR DE ENSENADA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Baja California; Coastal ecology; Sandy beaches; Shorebird migration; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CONSERVATION VALUE; MIGRATORY BIRD; SHOREBIRD; SPECIES COMPOSITION; WETLAND;

MEXICO, BAJA CALIFORNIA STATE, PUNTA CABRA;

APHRIZA VIRGATA; CALIDRIS ALBA; CHARADRIUS ALEXANDRINUS; NUMENIUS PHAEOPUX;

EID: 0345337296     PISSN: 08858608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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