Shorebird use of sandy beaches in central California

Waterbirds

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 115-121

  Neuman, Kristina K ^a   Henkel, Laird A ^a   Page, Gary W ^a  

^a PRBO CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

Human disturbance; Sandy beach; Shorebird; Swash zone slope

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BEACH; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT QUALITY; POPULATION DENSITY; SPACE USE; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; WADER;

CALIFORNIA; MONTEREY BAY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

CALIDRIS ALBA; CATOPTROPHORUS; CHARADRIUS ALEXANDRINUS; LIMOSA FEDOA; NUMENIUS PHAEOPUS; PLUVIALIS SQUATAROLA; TRINGA;

EID: 58149105784     PISSN: 15244695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1675/1524-4695(2008)31[115:SUOSBI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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