California black rails depend on irrigation-fed wetlands in the Sierra Nevada foothills

California Agriculture

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 85-93

  Richmond, Orien M W ^a   Chen, Stephanie K ^b   Risk, Benjamin B ^a   Tecklin, Jerry ^c   Beissinger, Steven R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Olofson Environmental   (United States)

^c Research and Extension Center   (United States)

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EID: 78049366026     PISSN: 00080845     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3733/ca.v064n02p85     Document Type: Article

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