Distribution, abundance, and nest-site characteristics of black swifts in the Southern Rocky Mountains of Colorado and New Mexico

Wilson Journal of Ornithology

Volumn 120, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 331-338

  Levad, Richard G ^a,d   Potter, Kim M ^b   Shultz, Christopher W ^c   Gunn, Carolyn ^d   Doerr, Joseph G ^e,f  

^a Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory   (United States)

^b White River National Forest   (United States)

^c San Juan National Forest   (United States)

^d Willamette National Forest ^*  (United States)

^e White River National Forest   (United States)

^f Willamette National Forest   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOLOGICAL SURVEY; BIRD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HABITAT QUALITY; INVENTORY; MOSS; NEST SITE; NESTING; POPULATION ESTIMATION; POPULATION SIZE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STREAMFLOW; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT;

COLORADO; NEW MEXICO; NORTH AMERICA; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES;

BRYOPHYTA; CYPSELOIDES; CYPSELOIDES NIGER;

EID: 45149133970     PISSN: 15594491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1676/07-049.1     Document Type: Article

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