California's endangered belding's Savannah Sparrow (Passerculus sandwichensis beldingi): Tolerance of pedestrian disturbance;Le bruant des prés de la sous-espèce belding (Passerculus sandwichensis beldingi) en voie de disparition en Californie: Tolérance au dérangement piétonnier

Avian Conservation and Ecology

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 3-

  Fernández Juricic, Esteban ^a   Zahn, Eric F ^b   Parker, Taylor ^c   Stankowich, Theodore ^d  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Tidal Influence ^*

^d UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Buffer areas; Endangered species; Human disturbance; Recreational activities; Saltmarsh birds

Indexed keywords

AMMODRAMUS SANDWICHENSIS; ANIMALIA; AVES; PASSERCULUS SANDWICHENSIS BELDINGI;

EID: 84888465743     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17126568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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