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Description: |
vii, 169 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 26 cm. |
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Language Note: |
Abstracts also in Spanish. |
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General Note: |
"Proceedings of a conference sponsored by Western Field Ornithologists and the Cooper Ornithological Society. Additional sponsorship by PRBO Conservation Science and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency." |
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Based on papers from two symposia, the first held in Imperial Valley, Calif., Summer 1997 and the second held in Riverside, Calif., Spring 2000. |
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Bibliography Note: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 156-169). |
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Contents Note: |
Contents: Introduction / Kathy C. Molina, W. David Shuford -- Linking the Salton Sea with its past : the history and avifauna of Lake Cahuilla / Michael A. Patten, Brenda D. Smith-Patten -- History of ornithological exploration of the Salton Sink / Kimball L. Garrett, Kathy C. Molina, Michael A. Patten -- Population changes and biogeographic affinities of the birds of the Salton Sink, California/Baja California / Michael A. Patten, Richard A. Erickson, Philip Unitt -- Patterns and processes of the occurrence of pelagic and subtropical waterbirds at the Salton Sea / Michael A. Patten, Guy McCaskie -- Annual colony site occupation and patterns of abundance of breeding cormorants, herons, and ibis at the Salton Sea / Kathy C. Molina, Ken K. Sturm -- Waterbird communities and associated wetlands of the Colorado River Delta, México / Osvel Hinojosa-Huerta ... [and others] -- Patterns of shorebird use of the Salton Sea and adjacent Imperial Valley, California / W. David Shuford, Nils Warnock, Robert L. McKernan -- Distribution patterns of waterbirds at the Salton Sea, California, in 1999 / Nils Warnock, W. David Shuford, Kathy C. Molina -- Breeding larids of the Salton Sea : trends in population size and colony site occupation / Kathy C. Molina. |
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Contents: The Salton Sea as important waterfowl habitat in the Pacific Flyway / Douglas A. Barnum, Steven Johnson -- Landbird migration at the Salton Sea : the value of desert riparian habitat / Maureen E. Flannery ... [and others] -- Density and abundance of burrowing owls in the agricultural matrix of the Imperial Valley, California / David F. DeSante, Eric D. Ruhlen, Daniel K. Rosenberg -- The ecology of burrowing owls in the agroecosystem of the Imperial Valley, California / Daniel K. Rosenberg, Katherin L. Haley -- Type C botulism in pelicans and other fish-eating birds at the Salton Sea / Tonie E. Rocke ... [et al.] -- Investigation of a large-scale eared grebe (Podiceps nigricollis) die-off at the Salton Sea, California, in 1992 / Carol U. Meteyer ... [et al.] -- The Salton Sea : a conservation conundrum or paradigm for success? / W. David Shuford, Kathy C. Molina. |
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Summary, Etc. Note: |
Scope and content: "The result of two symposia held on the past and present status of the avifauna of the Salton Sea: the first in the Imperial Valley in the summer of 1997 sponsored by the Western Field Ornithologists., the second in Riverside in spring of 2000, hosted by the Cooper Ornithological Society."--Pref. |
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Series Added Entry: |
Studies in avian biology ; no. 27. |