Spatial and temporal patterns of bird use of farmland in southern Ontario

Canadian Field-Naturalist

Volumn 113, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 430-460

  Boutin, Céline ^a   Freemark, Kathryn E ^a   Kirk, David A ^a,b  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b Aquila Conservation & Environment Consulting   (Canada)

Author keywords

Birds; Breeding season; Croplands; Migration period; Southern Ontario

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; AVIFAUNA; POPULATION DECLINE; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

CANADA;

AGELAIUS PHOENICEUS; AVES; CARDUELIS TRISTIS; EREMOPHILA ALPESTRIS; GLYCINE MAX; MALUS X DOMESTICA; MELOSPIZA MELODIA; PASSERCULUS SANDWICHENSIS; QUISCALUS QUISCULA; SPIZELLA PASSERINA; STURNUS VULGARIS; TURDUS MERULA; TURDUS MIGRATORIUS; VERTEBRATA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0033165828     PISSN: 00083550     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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