Wildlife use of water catchments in southwestern Arizona

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 582-591

  O'Brien, Chantal S ^a   Waddell, Robert B ^a   Rosenstock, Steven S ^a   Rabe, Michael J ^a  

^a ARIZONA GAME AND FISH DEPARTMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

Arizona; Catchment; Habitat improvement; Sonoran Desert; Video monitoring; Water development

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENT; DESERT; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCE; WILD POPULATION;

ARIZONA; NORTH AMERICA; SONORAN DESERT; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; AVES; CANIDAE; CANIS LATRANS; CATHARTES; CATHARTES AURA; CERVIDAE; COLUMBIFORMES; LYNX; LYNX RUFUS; MAMMALIA; ODOCOILEUS HEMIONUS; PHASIANIDAE; RAPTORES; RODENTIA; STRIGIFORMES; ZENAIDA;

EID: 33751206532     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0091-7648(2006)34[582:WUOWCI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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