Spring burning: Resulting avian abundance and nesting in Kansas CRP

Journal of Range Management

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 132-138

  Robel, Robert J ^a   Hughes, John P ^a   Hull, Scott D ^a   Kemp, Kenneth E ^a   Klute, David S ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Avian assemblages; Grassland birds; Nest number; Species richness

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AVIFAUNA; BREEDING SUCCCESS; BURNING; RANGELAND; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

KANSAS; USA;

AVES; GALLIFORMES; POACEAE;

EID: 0031937364     PISSN: 0022409X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4003197     Document Type: Article

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