Bird use of terraces in Iowa rowcrop fields

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 145, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 275-287

  Hultquist, Jennifer M ^a   Best, Louis B ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE ESTIMATION; AGRICULTURAL LAND; AVIFAUNA; HABITAT USE; TERRACE;

IOWA; UNITED STATES;

AGELAIUS; AGELAIUS PHOENICEUS; AVES; SPIZA; SPIZA AMERICANA; TURDUS MERULA;

EID: 0035015018     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1674/0003-0031(2001)145[0275:buotii]2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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