Shorebird Use of Coastal Wetland and Barrier Island Habitat in the Gulf of Mexico

The Gulf Coast contains some of the most important shorebird habitats in North America. This area encompasses a diverse mixture of estuarine and barrier island habitats with varying amounts of freshwater swamps and marshes, bottomland hardwood forests, and coastal prairie that has been largely alter...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kim Withers
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2002-01-01
Series:The Scientific World Journal
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1100/tsw.2002.112