Effects of tide stage on the use of salt marshes by wading birds in Rhode Island

Northeastern Naturalist

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 209-224

  Raposa, Kenneth B ^a   McKinney, Richard A ^b   Beaudette, Aaron ^c  

^a Narragansett Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^c ICF INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARDEIDAE; AVES;

EID: 77649302085     PISSN: 10926194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1656/045.016.0204     Document Type: Article

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