Detecting area sensitivity: A comment on previous studies

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 144, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 28-35

  Horn, David Joseph ^a   Fletcher Jr , Robert J ^a   Koford, Rolf R ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRASSLAND; HABITAT SELECTION; SIMULATION MODEL;

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BIRD; FIELD SURVEY; GRASSLAND;

AMMODRAMUS HENSLOWII; BARTRAMIA LONGICAUDA; STURNELLA MAGNA;

EID: 0033860499     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1674/0003-0031(2000)144[0028:dasaco]2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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