Habitat quality, population density and habitat-specific productivity of red-winged blackbirds (Agelaius phoeniceus) in Boulder County, Colorado

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 142, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 401-409

  Vierling, Kerri T ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b SOUTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MINES AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HABITAT QUALITY; PASSERINE; POPULATION DENSITY; PRODUCTIVITY;

BOULDER; COLORADO; UNITED STATES;

AGELAIUS; AGELAIUS PHOENICEUS; AVES; PASSERIFORMES; TURDUS MERULA; VERTEBRATA; XANTHOCEPHALUS; XANTHOCEPHALUS XANTHOCEPHALUS;

EID: 0032753604     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1674/0003-0031(1999)142[0401:HQPDAH]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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