Status review of Chesapeake Bay marsh lands and breeding marsh birds

Waterbirds

Volumn 30, Issue SPEC. ISS. 1, 2007, Pages 122-137

  Wilson, Michael D ^a   Watts, Bryan D ^a   Brinker, David F ^b  

^a Dept of Economics and Thomas Jefferson Program in Public Policy at the College of William and Mary   (United States)

^b MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Brackish marsh; Chesapeake Bay; Freshwater marsh; Habitat requirements; Marsh birds; Population estimate; Salt marsh; Sea level rise; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

BREEDING POPULATION; CONSERVATION STATUS; EXTINCTION; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; PATCH SIZE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PREDATOR; SALTMARSH;

CHESAPEAKE BAY; DELMARVA PENINSULA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

AMMODRAMUS CAUDACUTUS; AMMODRAMUS HENSLOWII; AMMOSPIZA; AVES; LATERALLUS; PASSERIDAE; RALLUS ELEGANS;

EID: 42049089484     PISSN: 15244695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1675/1524-4695(2007)030[0122:SROCBM]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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