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Author Patten, Michael A

Title Birds of the Salton Sea : status, biogeography, and ecology / Michael A. Patten, Guy McCaskie, and Philip Unitt
Published Berkeley : University of California Press, 2003

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 363 pages) : illustrations, maps
Contents Preliminaries; CONTENTS; Foreword; Preface and Acknowledgments; A HISTORY OF THE SALTON SINK; CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT ISSUES; BIOGEOGRAPHY OF THE SALTON SEA; A CHECKLIST OF THE BIRDS OF THE SALTON SEA; THE SPECIES ACCOUNTS; Index
Summary The Salton Sea, California's largest inland lake, supports a huge bird population that is among the most concentrated and most diverse in the world. Sadly this environment is close to collapse from several environmental threats. This book describes the more than 450 species and sub-species
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-347)
Notes English
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Subject Birds -- California -- Salton Sea
SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Zoology -- Ornithology.
NATURE -- Birdwatching Guides.
NATURE -- Animals -- Birds.
Birds
California -- Salton Sea
Form Electronic book
Author McCaskie, Guy
Unitt, Philip
ISBN 9780520929449
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