Occurrence and productivity of songbirds in prairie farmland under conventional versus minimum tillage regimes

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 96, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 107-117

  Martin, Pamela A ^a   Forsyth, Douglas J ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alberta; Canada; Endemic species; Farmland birds; Minimum tillage; Productivity

Indexed keywords

PRAIRIE; PRODUCTIVITY; SONGBIRD; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; TILLAGE;

ALBERTA; CANADA;

ALAUDIDAE; AMMODRAMUS; AMMODRAMUS BAIRDII; AVES; CALCARIUS; CALCARIUS MCCOWNII; CALCARIUS ORNATUS; EREMOPHILA; EREMOPHILA ALPESTRIS; PASSERCULUS SANDWICHENSIS; PASSERI; PASSERIDAE; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 0038007957     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8809(02)00234-7     Document Type: Article

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