Shorebird habitat use and nest-site selection in the Playa Lakes Region

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 174-184

  Conway, Warren C ^a,c   Smith, Loren M ^a   Ray, James D ^b,d  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT   (United States)

^c STEPHEN F AUSTIN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

American avocet; Black necked stilt; Breeding ecology; C. alexandrinus; Charadrius vociferus; Himantopus mexicanus; Killdeer; Playas; Recurvirostra americana; Saline lakes; Snowy plover; Texas; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

HABITAT USE; NEST SITE; SALINE LAKE; WADER;

NORTH AMERICA; PLAYA LAKES; TEXAS; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ANAS; ANATIDAE; ANSER; CHARADRIIDAE; CHARADRIUS ALEXANDRINUS; CHARADRIUS VOCIFERUS; CICONIIFORMES; GRUIDAE; HIMANTOPUS MEXICANUS; RECURVIROSTRA AMERICANA; RIPARIA;

EID: 18044389113     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0022-541X(2005)069<0174:SHUANS>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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