Shrubsteppe bird response to habitat and landscape variables in Eastern Washington, USA

Conservation Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1145-1160

  Vander Haegen, W Matthew ^a   Dobler, Frederick C ^a   Pierce, D John ^a  

^a WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; CONSERVATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; PLANT COMMUNITY; SOIL TYPE;

UNITED STATES;

AMPHISPIZA BELLI; LANIUS LUDOVICIANUS; SPIZELLA BREWERI;

EID: 0033851825     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1739.2000.99293.x     Document Type: Article

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