Waterfowl-habitat associations during winter in an urban North Atlantic estuary

Biological Conservation

Volumn 132, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 239-249

  McKinney, Richard A ^a   McWilliams, Scott R ^b   Charpentier, Michael A ^c  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^c Computer Sciences Corporation ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

AIC; Coastal marine habitats; Habitat alteration; Narragansett Bay; Wildfowl; Wintering waterfowl

Indexed keywords

HABITAT USE; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; SPECIES CONSERVATION; WATERFOWL;

NARRAGANSETT BAY; NORTH AMERICA; RHODE ISLAND; UNITED STATES;

ANATIDAE; AVES;

EID: 33745336496     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2006.04.002     Document Type: Article

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