Terrestrial vertebrates of tidal marshes evolution, ecology, and conservation Russell Greenberg ... [et al.], associate editors. - Camarillo, CA Cooper Ornithological Society 2006. - [v], 339 p. ill. 26 cm. - Studies in avian biology no. 32 .

Includes bibliographical references (p.300-339).

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Birds--Ecology.
Estuarine animals.
Salt marsh animals.