Understanding the potential impacts of global climate change on marsh birds in the gulf of mexico region

Wetlands

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 35-49

  Woodrey, Mark S ^a,b   Rush, Scott A ^c   Cherry, Julia A ^d   Nuse, Bryan L ^e   Cooper, Robert J ^e   Lehmicke, Anna Joy J ^e  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Grand Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Avian conservation; Marsh bird; Sea level rise; Waterbirds; Wetland processes

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; CLIMATE CHANGE; FORECASTING METHOD; HURRICANE; MARSH; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); WATERFOWL;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO;

AVES;

EID: 84863726812     PISSN: 02775212     EISSN: 19436246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13157-011-0264-6     Document Type: Article

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