Avian use and vegetation characteristics of conservation reserve program fields

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 318-325

  Delisle, Jennifer M ^a,b   Savidge, Julie A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b NEBRASKA GAME AND PARKS COMMISSION   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Bird community; Conservation Reserve Program; Cool season; CRP; Dickeissel; Farm bill; Grasshopper sparrow; Grassland birds; Nebraska; Nongame birds; Warm season

Indexed keywords

AMMODRAMUS SAVANNARUM; AVES; CISTOTHORUS PLATENSIS; DOLICHONYX; DOLICHONYX ORYZIVORUS; GALLIFORMES; GEOTHLYPIS TRICHAS; PASSER MONTANUS; PASSERIDAE; PHASIANIDAE; PHASIANUS COLCHICUS; POACEAE; SPIZA AMERICANA; SPIZELLA ARBOREA; STURNELLA; TROGLODYTINAE; FABACEAE;

AGRICULTURE; BIRD COMMUNITY; CONSERVATION RESERVE PROGRAM;

USA, NEBRASKA;

EID: 0030619062     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3802587     Document Type: Article

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