Effects of military training activities on shrub-steppe raptors in Southwestern Idaho, USA

Environmental Management

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 409-417

  Lehman, Robert N ^a   Steenhof, Karen ^a   Kochert, Michael N ^a   Carpenter, Leslie B ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Distribution; Military impacts; Nesting success; Raptors; Relative abundance; Shrub steppe

Indexed keywords

NESTING SUCCESS;

ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MILITARY OPERATIONS;

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION;

MILITARY LAND; RAPTOR; SHRUB; STEPPE;

ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; BIRD; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MILITARY PHENOMENA; UNITED STATES;

UNITED STATES;

ACCIPITRINAE; ANIMALIA; ASIO FLAMMEUS; ATHENE CUNICULARIA; AVES; BUTEO REGALIS; CIRCUS CYANEUS; RAPTORES; SERPENTES; SPEOTYTO CUNICULARIA; STRIGIFORMES;

EID: 0033120910     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002679900196     Document Type: Article

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