Response of nesting savannah sparrows to 25 years of habitat change in a snow goose colony

Ecoscience

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 33-37

  Rockwell, Robert F ^a   Witte, Christopher R ^a   Jefferies, Robert L ^b   Weatherhead, Patrick J ^c  

^a DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic effects; Collateral damage; Connected habitats; Habitat degradation; Hudson Bay; Savannah sparrow; Snow goose

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; DEGRADATION; PASSERINE; POPULATION DECLINE; SAVANNA;

CANADA; LA PEROUSE BAY; MANITOBA;

ANSER; ANSER CAERULESCENS; ANSER SP.; AVES; CHEN CAERULESCENS; PASSERCULUS SANDWICHENSIS; PASSERIDAE; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 0037277342     PISSN: 11956860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11956860.2003.11682747     Document Type: Article

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