Le Conte's Sparrows breeding in conservation reserve program fields: Precipitation and patterns of population change

Studies in Avian Biology

Volumn , Issue 19, 1999, Pages 178-186

  Igl, Lawrence D ^a   Johnson, Douglas H ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Ammodramus leconteii; Climate; Conservation Reserve Program; Drought; Grassland; Great plains; Le Conte's Sparrow; Populations; Precipitation

Indexed keywords

AMMODRAMUS LECONTEII; AVES; PASSERIDAE;

EID: 0002344138     PISSN: 01979922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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