| Preference of relatively small prey by avocets and dowitchers was likely a function of small prey being more abundant in playas than large prey. |
| Intermixed with the peaks are dark, flat areas that might be lakes or playas. |
| Moreover, in most cases, only a few prey taxa occurred in playas during spring, whereas 10-15 taxa commonly occurred in playas during fall. |
| Short-lived saline lakes or playas are particularly common at the margins of many deserts, where waters from flash floods become ponded up, but evaporate away in time. |
| This shrimp inhabits ephemeral habitats such as natural playas and human-made cattle tanks in the southwestern United States. |
| The little-known magnificent wildlands of Nevada are typified in this remote wilderness of rugged canyons and broad desert playas. |
