Importance of hydrologic and landscape heterogeneity for restoring bank swallow (Riparia riparia) colonies along the Sacramento River, California

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 391-402

  Moffatt, Kerry C ^a   Crone, Elizabeth E ^b   Holl, Karen D ^c   Schlorff, Ronald W ^d   Garrison, Barrett A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Department of Fish and Game ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Bank Swallow; Landscape; Metapopulation; Restoration; Riparian

Indexed keywords

ENDANGERED SPECIES; HETEROGENEITY; HUMAN ACTIVITY; PASSERINE; RESTORATION ECOLOGY;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; SACRAMENTO RIVER; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

RIPARIA RIPARIA;

EID: 21044457397     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-100X.2005.00049.x     Document Type: Article

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