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Long Term Progress in Riparian Restoration with Concurrent Avian Declines in the Southern San Francisco Bay Area (CA)

Iris T. Stewart, Liam Healey, Katie LaBarbera, Hongyu Li, Josh C. Scullen, Yiwei Wang and Dan Wenny
Ecological Restoration, September 2022, 40 (3) 203-217; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/er.40.3.203
Iris T. Stewart
Department of Environmental Studies and Sciences, Santa Clara University, 500 El Camino Real, Santa Clara, CA, .
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Liam Healey
Department of Environmental Studies and Sciences, Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA.
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Katie LaBarbera
San Francisco Bay Bird Observatory, Milpitas, CA.
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Hongyu Li
San Francisco Bay Bird Observatory, Milpitas, CA.
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San Francisco Bay Bird Observatory, Milpitas, CA.
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San Francisco Bay Bird Observatory, Milpitas, CA.
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San Francisco Bay Bird Observatory, Milpitas, CA.
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