Linking continental climate, land use, and land patterns with grassland bird distribution across the conterminous United States

Studies in Avian Biology

Volumn , Issue 19, 1999, Pages 45-59

  O'Connor, Raymond J ^a   Jones, Malcolm T ^a   Boone, Randall B ^a   Lauber, T Bruce ^a  

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AVES; GLYCINE MAX; HELIANTHUS; HELIANTHUS SP.; SORGHUM BICOLOR; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; TRITICUM TURGIDUM SUBSP. DURUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0001846850     PISSN: 01979922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
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