Dickcissels and crop damage in Venezuela: Defining the problem with ecological models

Ecological Applications

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 732-739

  Basili, Gianfranco D ^a,b   Temple, Stanley A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b NATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

Crop damage; Dickcissel; Ecological models; Neotropical migratory bird; Rice; Sorghum; Spiza americana; Venezuela

Indexed keywords

CROP DAMAGE; MIGRATORY SPECIES; MODEL; MORTALITY; PASSERINE;

SORGHUM; SPIZA AMERICANA;

EID: 0033134715     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(1999)009[0732:DACDIV]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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