Bird Ecology and Conservation in Peru's High Andean Peat Lands
High in the Andes, a unique peatland habitat exists precariously above the frostline and below snowline. These bofedales, as they are called in Peru, support an extraordinary avifauna consisting of both boreal and austral migratory species and residents. This ecosystem is predicted to be significant...
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LSU
2012
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Online Access: | http://etd.lsu.edu/docs/available/etd-04102012-135844/ |