Trends in abundance of coastal birds and human activity on a Texas barrier Island over three decades

Estuaries and Coasts

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1079-1089

  Foster, Charles R ^a,b   Amos, Anthony F ^a   Fuiman, Lee A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

Coastal birds; Human disturbance; Population decline; Shorebirds

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BARRIER ISLAND; DATA SET; DISTURBANCE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; POPULATION DECLINE; SPECIES CONSERVATION; WADER;

MUSTANG ISLAND; NORTH AMERICA; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

ARDEA HERODIAS; AVES; CALIDRIS CANUTUS; CLUPEIDAE; GELOCHELIDON NILOTICA; LARIDAE; LARUS ARGENTATUS; PLUVIALIS SQUATAROLA; RYNCHOPS NIGER; STERNA CASPIA; STERNA MAXIMA;

EID: 70449553748     PISSN: 15592723     EISSN: 15592731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12237-009-9224-2     Document Type: Article

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