Boggy meadows, livestock grazing, and interspecific interactions: Influences on the insular distribution of Montane Lincoln's Sparrows (Melospiza lincolnii alticola)

Great Basin Naturalist

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 104-115

  Cicero, Carla ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation biology; Habitat association; Insular populations; Lincoln's Sparrow; Livestock grazing; Melospiza lincolnii; Melospiza melodia; Montane meadow; Song Sparrow

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030845088     PISSN: 00173614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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