Grassland songbird abundance along roads and trails in southern Saskatchewan;Abundancia de aves canoras a lo largo de carreteras y trillos en el sur de saskatchewan

Journal of Field Ornithology

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 110-116

  Sutter, Glenn C ^a,b   Davis, Stephen K ^a   Duncan, David C ^a,c  

^a Saskatchewan Wetland Conserv Corp   (Canada)

^b ROYAL SASKATCHEWAN MUSEUM   (Canada)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVES; CALCARIUS ORNATUS; EREMOPHILA; PASSERI; PASSERIDAE; POOECETES; SPIZELLA PALLIDA; STURNELLA NEGLECTA;

EID: 0034349719     PISSN: 02738570     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1648/0273-8570-71.1.110     Document Type: Article

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