California Black Rail Use of Habitat in Southwestern Arizona
- 1 April 1995
- journal article
- Published by JSTOR in The Journal of Wildlife Management
- Vol. 59 (2) , 357
- https://doi.org/10.2307/3808949
Abstract
Use of habitat by the California black rail (Laterallus jamaicensis coturniculus), a subspecies threatened in California and endangered in Arizona, is not sufficiently well known for effective management. From March 1987 to December 1988, we studied use of habitat by 36 radio-transmittered California black rails at Mittry Lake Wildlife Management Area, Arizona. Birds selected (P 6 cm deep. Birds used areas that were closer to vegetation-type edges, were drier, and had shorter vegetation compared with available habitat (PKeywords
This publication has 0 references indexed in Scilit: