California black rails depend on irrigation-fed wetlands in the Sierra Nevada foothills
After California black rails were discovered at the UC Sierra Foothill Research and Extension Center in 1994, an extensive population of this rare, secretive marsh bird was found inhabiting palustrine emergent persistent (PEM1) wetlands throughout the northern Sierra Nevada foothills. We inventoried...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources
2010-04-01
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| Series: | California Agriculture |
| Online Access: | http://calag.ucanr.edu/archive/?article=ca.v064n02p85 |