Multiscale Habitat Selection of Wetland Birds in the Northern Gulf Coast

Estuaries and Coasts

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1301-1311

  Pickens, Bradley A ^a   King, Sammy L ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Drawdown; Marsh birds; Marsh management; Rallidae; Spatial scale; Water depth

Indexed keywords

ARDEIDAE; AVES; IXOBRYCHUS; IXOBRYCHUS EXILIS; PODICIPEDIDAE; PORZANA; PORZANA CAROLINA; RALLIDAE; RALLUS ELEGANS;

ABUNDANCE; ANNUAL VARIATION; COASTAL WETLAND; COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; DRAWDOWN; HABITAT SELECTION; INTERMEDIATE WATER; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; WADER; WATER DEPTH;

GULF COAST [UNITED STATES]; LOUISIANA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84905572848     PISSN: 15592723     EISSN: 15592731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12237-013-9757-2     Document Type: Article

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