Bird habitat relationships along a great basin elevational gradient

USDA Forest Service - Research Paper RMRS-RP

Volumn , Issue 23 RMRS-RP, 2000, Pages 1-22

  Medin, Dean E ^a   Welch, Bruce L ^b   Clary, Warren P ^c  

^a Rocky Mountain Research Station   (United States)

^b Rocky Mountain Research Station   (United States)

^c Riparian Stream Ecology and Management Research Work Unit   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecotones; Great basin national park; Neotropical birds; Vegetive zone; Wheeler peak

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDINAL ZONATION; BASIN; BIRD; CONIFEROUS TREE; ELEVATION; MOUNTAIN; NEOTROPICAL REGION; VEGETATION TYPE;

GREAT BASIN NATIONAL PARK; NEVADA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA VASEYANA; ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA WYOMINGENSIS; ATRIPLEX CANESCENS; AVES; CONIFEROPHYTA;

EID: 24644440414     PISSN: 05025001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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