Seed availability in grazed pastures and conservation reserve program fields during winter in Kansas

Journal of Field Ornithology

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 253-258

  Klute, David S ^a,b   Robel, Robert J ^a   Kemp, Kenneth E ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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