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San Francisco Bay - the urbanized estuary

Vegetation and vertebrates of the Patuxent Wildlife Research Center: outline of ecology and annotated lists. A reprint, with new supplements, of 'Vegetation of the Patuxent Research Refuge, Maryland'

The IFG incremental methodology for physical instream habitat evaluation

Economic considerations for improved livestock management approaches for fish and wildlife in riparian/stream areas

Characterization of terrestrial vertebrate habitats using remotely sensed imagery

The stochastic variation of instream values in rivers

Effect of restrictive and liberal hunting regulations on annual survival rates of the mallard in North America

The habitat evaluation procedures: Their application in project planning and impact evaluation

Effects of hunting mortality on waterfowl populations

The transfer of water resources management information, the cases of the Washington State Department of Ecology and the Cooperative Instream Flow Group

Comparative efficiencies of telemetry and visual techniques for studying ungulates, grouse, and raptors on energy development lands in southeastern Montana

Effects of highways on wildlife populations and habitats. Phase 1. Selection and evaluation of procedures

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