Bird abundance and nesting success in Iowa CRP fields: The importance of vegetation structure and composition

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 135, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 153-167

  Patterson, Matthew P ^a   Best, L B ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0030019009     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2426881     Document Type: Article

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