Minimum population size of mountain plovers breeding in Wyoming

Wilson Bulletin

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 15-22

  Plumb, Regan E ^a   Knopf, Fritz L ^b   Anderson, Stanley H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b FORT COLLINS SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREEDING POPULATION; CONSERVATION STATUS; MINIMUM VIABLE POPULATION;

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

AVES; CHARADRIUS MONTANUS; CICONIIFORMES;

EID: 17844370005     PISSN: 00435643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1676/04-008     Document Type: Article

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