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Description: |
339 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm |
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General Note: |
Papers presented at a symposium held in Oct. 2002 at the Patuxent National Wildlife Research Center, Patuxent, Md. |
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"Issued: 15 November 2006"--Title page verso. |
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Contents Note: |
Contents: Tidal marshes : home for the few and the highly selected / Russell Greenberg -- The Quaternary geography and biogeography of tidal saltmarshes / Karl P. Malamud-Roam [and others] -- Diversity and endemism in tidal-marsh vertebrates / Russell Greenberg and Jesus E. Maldonado -- Evolution and conservation of tidal-marsh vertebrates : molecular approaches / Yvonne L. Chan [and others] -- Avian nesting response to tidal-marsh flooding : literature review and a case for adaptation in the red-winged blackbird / Steven E. Reinert -- Flooding and predation : trade-offs in the nesting ecology of tidal-marsh sparrows / Russell Greenberg [and others] -- Osmoregulatory biology of saltmarsh passerines / David L. Goldstein -- Social behavior of North American tidal-marsh vertebrates / M. Victoria McDonald and Russell Greenberg -- Trophic adaptations in sparrows and other vertebrates of tidal marshes / J. Letitia Grenier and Russell Greenberg -- Breeding birds of northeast saltmarshes : habitat use and conservation / Alan R. Hanson and W. Gregory Shriver -- Impacts of marsh management on coastal-marsh birds habitats / Laura R. Mitchell [and others] -- Environmental threats to tidal-marsh vertebrates of the San Francisco Bay estuary / John Y. Takekawa [and others] -- Are southern California's fragmented salt marshes capable of sustaining endemic bird populations? / Abby N. Powell -- The diamondback terrapin : the biology, ecology, cultural history, and conservation status of an obligate estuarine turtle / Kristen M. Hart and David S. Lee -- High tides and rising seas : potential effects on estuarine waterbirds / R. Michael Erwin [and others] -- The impact of invasive plants on tidal-marsh vertebrate species : common reed (Phragmites australis) and smooth cordgrass (Spartina alterniflora) as case studies / Glenn R. Guntenspergen and J. Cully Nordby -- Tidal saltmarsh fragmentation and persistence of San Pablo song sparrows (Melospiza melodia samuelis) : assessing benefits of wetland restoration in San Francisco Bay / John Y. Takekawa [and others] -- Multiple-scale habitat relationships of tidal-marsh breeding birds in San Francisco Bay estuary / Hildie Spautz [and others] -- The clapper rail as an indicator species of estuarine-marsh health / James M. Novak [and others] -- A unified strategy for monitoring changes in abundance of birds associated with North American tidal marshes / Courtney J. Conway and Sam Droege -- An agenda for research on the ecology, evolution, and conservation of tidal-marsh vertebrates / The symposium contributors. |
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Bibliography Note: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 300-339). |
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Summary, Etc. Note: |
Summary: Collection of twenty papers presented at a symposium held in October 2002 at the Patuxent National Wildlife Research Center, Patuxent, Maryland. |
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Additional Physical Forms: |
Online version: Terrestrial vertebrates of tidal marshes. Camarillo, CA : Cooper Ornithological Society, ©2006 (OCoLC)812619332 |
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Series Added Entry: |
Studies in avian biology ; no. 32. |