Avian communities in forested riparian wetlands of Southern Michigan, USA

Wetlands

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 647-660

  Inman, Rainy L ^a   Prince, Harold H ^a   Hayes, Daniel B ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Avian; Breeding birds; Michigan; Riparian

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; HABITAT QUALITY; MODELING; RIPARIAN FOREST; VEGETATION STRUCTURE; WETLAND;

MICHIGAN; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

AVES;

EID: 15944418414     PISSN: 02775212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1672/0277-5212(2002)022[0647:ACIFRW]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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