Winter abundance of the American Oystercatcher in South Carolina

Waterbirds

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 83-88

  Sanders, Felicia J ^a   Murphy, Thomas M ^a   Spinks, Mark D ^a  

^a SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

Author keywords

American Oystercatcher; Haematopus palliatus palliatus; Shorebird surveys; South Carolina

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; CENSUS; POPULATION SIZE; WADER; WINTER;

NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

AVES; HAEMATOPODIDAE; HAEMATOPUS; HAEMATOPUS PALLIATUS; HAEMATOPUS PALLIATUS PALLIATUS; PALLIATUS; SCOLOPACIDAE;

EID: 1842711106     PISSN: 15244695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1675/1524-4695(2004)027[0083:WAOTAO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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