Status and habitat use of the California black rail in the Southwestern USA

Wetlands

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 987-998

  Conway, Courtney J ^a   Sulzman, Christina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Arizona; California; Common threesquare; Habitat use; Laterallus jamaicensis; Lower Colorado River; Population status; Schoenoplectus pungen

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; DETECTION METHOD; HABITAT USE; POPULATION DECLINE; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; WETLAND;

ARIZONA; CALIFORNIA; COLORADO RIVER [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

BACCHARIS; BACCHARIS SALICIFOLIA; LATERALLUS; LATERALLUS JAMAICENSIS; LATERALLUS JAMAICENSIS COTURNICULUS; PLUCHEA SERICEA; POPULUS FREMONTII; SCHOENOPLECTUS; SCHOENOPLECTUS CALIFORNICUS; SCHOENOPLECTUS PUNGENS; TAMARIX RAMOSISSIMA; TYPHA DOMINGENSIS;

EID: 55949129349     PISSN: 02775212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1672/0277-5212(2007)27[987:SAHUOT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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