Conservation Reserve Program: Source or sink habitat for grassland birds in Missouri?

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 530-538

  Mccoy, Timothy D ^a   Ryan, Mark R ^a   Kurzejeski, Eric W ^b   Burger Jr , Loren W ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION   (United States)

^c MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation Reserve Program; Fecundity; Grassland birds; Habitat quality; Source sink populations

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; CONSERVATION; FECUNDITY; GRASSLAND;

MISSOURI; UNITED STATES;

AGELAIUS; AGELAIUS PHOENICEUS; AMMODRAMUS SAVANNARUM; AVES; CARDUELIS TRISTIS; GEOTHLYPIS TRICHAS; PASSERIDAE; SPIZA; SPIZA AMERICANA; SPIZELLA PUSILLA; STURNELLA MAGNA;

EID: 0032913882     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3802639     Document Type: Article

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