Influence of land use on the integrity of marsh bird communities of Chesapeake Bay, USA

Wetlands

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 837-847

  DeLuca, William V ^a   Studds, Colin E ^a   Rockwood, Larry L ^b   Marra, Peter P ^a  

^a SMITHSONIAN ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chesapeake Bay; Estuarine wetlands; Generalist; Index of marsh bird community integrity; Specialist; Threshold response

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LAND USE; MARSH; WETLAND;

CHESAPEAKE BAY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

AVES;

EID: 25144506060     PISSN: 02775212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1672/0277-5212(2004)024[0837:IOLUOT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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