Cattle trampling of simulated ground nests in rotationally grazed pastures

Journal of Range Management

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 294-300

  Paine, Laura ^a   Undersander, D J ^a   Sample, David W ^a   Bartelt, Gerald A ^a   Schatteman, Tracy A ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

artificial nest; dummy nest; grassland songbirds; intensive rotational grazing; nest disturbance; nest survival; pastures

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS; PASSERI;

CATTLE; GROUND NESTING; PASTURE; STOCKING DENSITY; TRAMPLING;

EID: 0029660390     PISSN: 0022409X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4002586     Document Type: Article

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