Diversity of terrestrial avifauna in response to distance from the shoreline of the Salton Sea

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 574-587

  Mendelsohn, M B ^a   Boarman, W I ^a   Fisher, R N ^a   Hathaway, S A ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alkali sink; Allochthonous input; Bottom up process; Colorado Desert; Land sea interface; Point count; Vegetation cover

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; SPECIES DIVERSITY; VEGETATION COVER; WADER;

CALIFORNIA; COLORADO DESERT; NORTH AMERICA; SALTON SEA; SONORAN DESERT; UNITED STATES;

AVES; EPHYDRIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33751016689     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: 1095922X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2006.07.012     Document Type: Article

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