Reproductive success of grassland birds at east-central Illinois airports

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 136, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 358-366

  Kershner, Eric L ^a,b   Bollinger, Eric K ^a  

^a EASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

AGELAIUS PHOENICEUS; AMMODRAMUS SAVANNARUM; AVES; EREMOPHILA ALPESTRIS; EREMOPHILIA; EREMOPHILIA ALPESTRIS; MELOSPIZA MELODIA; PASSERCULUS SANDWICHENSIS; STURNELLA MAGNA; TURDUS MERULA;

EID: 0030443866     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2426740     Document Type: Article

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