Habitat and landscape associations of breeding birds in native and restored grasslands

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 1011-1022

  Fletcher Jr , Robert J ^a   Koford, Rolf R ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bird density; Edge effects; Grassland birds; Habitat relationships; Iowa; Landscape fragmentation; Prairie Pothole Region; Restoration; Tallgrass prairie

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; GRASSLAND; HABITAT RESTORATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

UNITED STATES;

AMMODRAMUS; AMMODRAMUS SAVANNARUM; AMMODRAMUS SAVANNATURE; AVES; PASSERCULUS SANDWICHENSIS; PASSERIDAE;

EID: 0036816034     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3802933     Document Type: Article

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