Management responses of three species of declining sparrows in tallgrass prairie

Bird Conservation International

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 241-253

  Swengel, Scott R ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMODRAMUS HENSLOWI; AMMODRAMUS SAVANNARUM; AVES; PASSERI; PASSERIDAE; SPIZA; SPIZA AMERICANA;

DICKCISSEL; GRASSHOPPER SPARROW; HENSLOW'S SPARROW; MANAGEMENT; TALLGRASS PRAIRIE;

USA, MISSOURI;

EID: 0030429640     PISSN: 09592709     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0959270900003130     Document Type: Article

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