Avian nest success in relation to past grazing regimes in a montane riparian system

Condor

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 7-13

  Ammon, Elisabeth M ^a   Stacey, Peter B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

artificial nests; grazing; nest success; population declines; riparian birds

Indexed keywords

AVES; CONIFEROPHYTA; GALLIFORMES; RIPARIA; SALIX;

EID: 0030898017     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1370219     Document Type: Article

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