Salt marsh elevation is a strong determinant of nest-site selection by Clapper Rails in Georgia, USA

Journal of Field Ornithology

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 65-73

  Valdes, Kirstin ^a   Hunter, Elizabeth A ^a   Nibbelink, Nathan P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Habitat selection; Nests; Rallus crepitans; Sea level rise; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

EID: 84960450841     PISSN: 02738570     EISSN: 15579263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jofo.12134     Document Type: Article

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