Influence of the Conservation Reserve Program on landscape structure and potential upland wildlife habitat

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 888-898

  Weber, Whitney L ^a   Roseberry, John L ^a   Woolf, Alan ^a  

^a Montana Natural Heritage Program   (United States)

Author keywords

Colinus virginianus; Conservation Reserve Program; Grassland birds; Habitat; Illinois; Landscape; Northern bobwhite

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; HABITAT QUALITY; LAND USE CHANGE; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; NATURE CONSERVATION; PROTECTED AREA;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036749534     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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