Bird use of an experimental strip intercropping system in northeast Iowa

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 354-362

  Stallman, Heidi R ^a   Best, Louis B ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

agriculture; avian ecology; bird abundance; brown headed cowbirds; farming; Iowa; Molothrus ater; nesting success; Pooecetes gramineus; strip intercropping; vesper sparrow

Indexed keywords

NESTING SUCCESS; VESPER SPARROW;

USA, IOWA;

GLYCINE MAX; MOLOTHRUS ATER; POOECETES GRAMINEUS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0029663401     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3802235     Document Type: Article

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