Distribution and abundance of the Mariana subspecies of the Common Moorhen

Waterbirds

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 245-250

  Takano, Leilani L ^a,b   Haig, Susan M ^b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Abundance; Distribution; Gallinula chloropus guami; Guam; Mariana Common Moorhen; Mariana Islands; Movement; Predation; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; MONITORING; PREDATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

MARIANA ISLANDS; MICRONESIA; NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN;

AVES; GALLINULA; GALLINULA CHLOROPUS; GALLINULA CHLOROPUS GUAMI; UNGULATA;

EID: 2942750094     PISSN: 15244695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1675/1524-4695(2004)027[0245:DAAOTM]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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