Tidal-flow restoration provides little nesting habitat for a globally vulnerable saltmarsh bird

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 439-446

  Elphick, Chris S ^a   Meiman, Susan ^a,b   Rubega, Margaret A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE FOR WILDLIFE STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Ammodramus; Egret; Phragmites control; Saltmarsh sparrow; Spartina; Tidal marsh vegetation; Willet

Indexed keywords

BIRD; HABITAT; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; INVASIVE SPECIES; NESTING; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SALTMARSH; VEGETATION;

NEW ENGLAND; UNITED STATES;

AMMODRAMUS; AMMODRAMUS CAUDACUTUS; AMMODRAMUS MARITIMUS; AVES; CATOPTROPHORUS; PASSERIDAE; PHRAGMITES; PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS; SPARTINA; TRINGA;

EID: 84937073215     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: 1526100X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/rec.12194     Document Type: Article

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