Black Terns benefit from cattail management in the northern Great Plains

Waterbirds

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 617-621

  Linz, George M ^a   Blixt, Dage C ^b  

^a NATIONAL WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anatidae; Black tern; Blackbirds; Cattails; Chlidonias niger; Ducks; Glyphosate; Icterinae; Typha; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

AGELAIUS PHOENICEUS; ANAS; ANAS DISCOLOR; ANAS DISCORS; ANAS PLATYRHYNCHOS; ANAS SP.; ANATIDAE; ANSER; AVES; AYTHYA AMERICANA; CHLIDONIAS NIGER; ICTERINAE; LARIDAE; PLATYRHYNCHOS; TURDUS MERULA; TYPHA; XANTHOCEPHALUS; XANTHOCEPHALUS XANTHOCEPHALUS; TYPHACEAE;

BLACK TERN; BLACKBIRD; CATTAIL; DUCK; HABITAT QUALITY; PEST MANAGEMENT; POPULATION INCREASE;

USA, GREAT PLAINS;

EID: 0031284436     PISSN: 07386028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1521617     Document Type: Article

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