Correlations in abundance of grassland songbirds and prairie butterflies

Biological Conservation

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-11

  Swengel, Scott R ^a   Swengel, Ann B ^a  

^a 909 Birch Street ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Ammodramus henslowii; Ammodramus savannarum; Atrytone arogos; Biogeography; Ecosystem conservation; Indicator species; Speyeria idalia; Spiza americana

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AVIFAUNA; BUTTERFLY; CONSERVATION; GRASSLAND; POPULATION DECLINE;

UNITED STATES;

AMMODRAMUS HENSLOWII; AMMODRAMUS SAVANNARUM; ANIMALIA; ATRYTONE; ATRYTONE AROGOS; AVES; LEPIDOPTERA; PAPILIONOIDEA; PASSERI; SPEYERIA IDALIA; SPIZA AMERICANA;

EID: 0032890580     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(99)00015-4     Document Type: Article

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