Effects of habitat on dickcissel abundance and nest success in conservation reserve program fields in Kansas

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 523-529

  Hughes, John P ^a,b   Robel, Robert J ^a   Kemp, Kenneth E ^a   Zimmerman, John L ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Box 19 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation Reserve Program; CRP; Dickcissel; Field edge; Habitat quality; Land use; Spiza americana

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AVIFAUNA; CONSERVATION; GRASSLAND;

KANSAS; UNITED STATES;

AVES; GALLIFORMES; SPIZA; SPIZA AMERICANA;

EID: 0032911190     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3802638     Document Type: Article

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