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Studies in Avian Biology
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Studies in Avian Biology
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Studies in Avian Biology
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Studies in Avian Biology
Contents
List of Authors
Studies in Avian Biology
Introduction
Kathy C. Molina and W. David Shuford
Linking the Salton Sea with Its Past: the History and Avifauna of Lake Cahuilla
Michael A. Patten and Brenda D. Smith-Patten
History of Ornithological Exploration of the Salton Sink
Kimball L. Garrett, Kathy C. Molina, and Michael A. Patten
Population Changes and Biogeographic Affinities of the Birds of the Salton Sink, California/baja California
Michael A. Patten, Richard A. Erickson, and Philip Unitt
Patterns and Processes of the Occurrance of Pelagic and Subtropical Waterbirds at the Salton Sea
Michael A. Patten and Guy McCaskie
Annual Colony Site Occupation and Patterns of Abundance of Breeding Cormorants, Herons, and Ibis at the Salton Sea
Kathy C. Molina and Ken K. Sturm
Waterbird Communities and Associated Wetlands of the Colorado River Delta, Mexico
Osvel Hinojosa-Huerta, Stephen DeStefano, Yamilett Carrillo-Guerrero, William W. Shaw, and Carlos Valdes-Castillas
Patterns of Shorebird Use of the Salton Sea and Adjacent Imperial Valley, California
W. David Shuford, Nils Warnock, and Robert L. McKernan
Distribution Patterns of Waterbirds at the Salton Sea California in 1999
Nils Warnock, W. David Shuford, and Kathy Molina
Breeding Larids of the Salton Sea: Trends in Population Size and Colony Site Occupation
Kathy C. Molina
The Salton Sea as Important Waterfowl Habitat in the Pacific Flyway
Douglas A. Barnum and Steven Johnson
Landbird Migration at the Salton Sea: the Value of Desert Riparian Habitat
Maureen E. Flannery, Susan L. Guers, Thomas Gardali, Nadav Nur, and Geoffrey R. Geupel
Density and Abundance of Burrowing Owls in the Agricultural Matrix of the Imperial Valley, California
David F. DeSante, Eric D. Ruhlen, and Daniel K. Rosenberg
The Ecology of Burrowing Owls in the Argoecosystem of the Imperial Valley, California
Daniel K. Rosenberg and Katherin L. Haley
Type C Botulism in Pelicans and Other Fish-eating Birds at the Salton Sea
Tonie E. Rocke, Pauline Nol, Charles Pelizza, and Ken K. Sturm
Investigation of a Large-scale Eared Grebe (podideps Nigricollis) Die-off at the Salton Sea, California, in 1992
Carol U. Meteyer, Daniel J. Audet, Tonie E. Rocke, William Radke, Lynn H. Creekmore, and Ruth Duncan
The Salton Sea: a Conservation Conundrum or Paradigm for Success?
W. David Shuford and Kathy C. Molina
Literature Cited
Studies in Avian Biology