The use of historical data in the restoration of the avifauna of the Ballona Wetlands, Los Angeles County, California

Natural Areas Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 83-90

  Cooper, Daniel S ^a,b  

^a Cooper Ecological Monitoring Inc ^*  (United States)

^b Puente Hills Native Habitat Authority

Author keywords

Ballona Wetlands; Bird communities; Extirpation; Historical data; Los Angeles county

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; COASTAL ZONE; HABITAT CREATION; HISTORICAL RECORD; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; VEGETATION TYPE;

BALLONA WETLANDS; CALIFORNIA; LOS ANGELES; MARINA DEL REY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

AVES;

EID: 38349090896     PISSN: 08858608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3375/0885-8608(2008)28[83:TUOHDI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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