Bird species assemblages as indicators of biological integrity in Great Basin rangeland

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-22

  Bradford, David F ^a   Franson, Susan E ^a   Neale, Anne C ^a   Heggem, Daniel T ^a   Miller, Glen R ^b   Canterbury, Grant E ^c  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological integrity; Bird; Great Basin; Indicator; Rangeland

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INTEGRITY; BIRD SPECIES ASSEMBLAGE; GREAT BASIN RANGELAND; VEGETATION;

ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; PLANTS (BOTANY); SAMPLING;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

BIOLOGICAL INTEGRITY; BIRD COMMUNITY; RANGELAND;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; BIRD; DESERT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GRASS; INDICATOR ORGANISM; NONHUMAN; UNITED STATES; VEGETATION;

USA, GREAT BASIN;

AGROPYRON CRISTATUM; ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA; AVES; EREMOPHILA; INVERTEBRATA; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 0031962726     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005712405487     Document Type: Article

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