Effects of land use on nongame wetland birds in Western South Dakota stock ponds, U.S.A

Waterbirds

Volumn 25, Issue SPECIAL PUBL.2, 2002, Pages 51-55

  May, Shawn M ^a   Naugle, David E ^b   Higgins, Kenneth F ^a  

^a SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

Croplands; Grasslands; Landscape; Nongame birds; South Dakota; Stock ponds; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; LAND USE CHANGE; WATERFOWL; WETLAND;

UNITED STATES;

AGELAIUS; AGELAIUS PHOENICEUS; ANAS; ANATIDAE; ANSER; AVES; BOS TAURUS; PHALAROPUS; PHALAROPUS TRICOLOR; TURDUS MERULA; TYPHA; XANTHOCEPHALUS XANTHOCEPHALUS;

EID: 0036942433     PISSN: 07386028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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