Bird distributions and forest zonation in a bottomland hardwood wetland

Wetlands

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 296-308

  Wakeley, James S ^a   Roberts, Thomas H ^a,b  

^a WATERWAYS EXPERIMENT STATION   (United States)

^b TENNESSEE TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arkansas; Bird diversity; Bird populations; Bottom land hardwoods; Cache River; Forest zonation; Forested wetlands; Wetland functions; Wetness gradient; Wildlife habitat

Indexed keywords

EID: 4444232651     PISSN: 02775212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03161321     Document Type: Article

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