Nesting biology of Dickcissels and Henslow's Sparrows in southwestern Missouri prairie fragments

Wilson Bulletin

Volumn 111, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 515-526

  Winter, Maiken ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; NESTING BEHAVIOR; NESTING SUCCESS; POPULATION DECLINE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

UNITED STATES;

AMMODRAMUS HENSLOWII; MOLOTHRUS ATER; SPIZA AMERICANA;

EID: 0033431762     PISSN: 00435643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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