Songbird abundance in grasslands at a suburban interface on the Colorado high plains

Studies in Avian Biology

Volumn , Issue 19, 1999, Pages 131-136

  Bock, Carl E ^a   Bock, Jane H ^a   Bennett, Barry C ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Colorado; Edge effects; Grassland birds; Habitat fragmentation; Prairie

Indexed keywords

AMMODRAMUS SAVANNARUM; AVES; CARPODACUS MEXICANUS; DOLICHONYX ORYZIVORUS; PASSER DOMESTICUS; PASSERCULUS SANDWICHENSIS; PASSERI; POOECETES GRAMINEUS; QUISCALUS QUISCULA; STURNELLA NEGLECTA; STURNUS VULGARIS; TURDUS MIGRATORIUS;

EID: 0001379758     PISSN: 01979922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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