Avian population trends within the evolving agricultural landscape of eastern and central United States

Auk

Volumn 120, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 20-34

  Murphy, Michael T ^a  

^a PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; AVIFAUNA; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; LAND USE; NATURE CONSERVATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

UNITED STATES;

AVES;

EID: 0037227132     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4090137     Document Type: Article

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