Bird-habitat relationship for the declining Pampas meadowlark populations in the southern Pampas grasslands

Biological Conservation

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 139-148

  Fernández, Gustavo J ^a,b   Posse, Gabriela ^c   Ferretti, Valentina ^a   Gabelli, Fabián M ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b INST DE BIOL Y MED EXPERIMENTAL   (Argentina)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECNOLOGÍA AGROPECUARIA INTA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Habitat transformation; Pampas grasslands; Pampas meadowlark; Population decline; Sturnella defilippii

Indexed keywords

GRASSLAND; GRAZING; HABITAT LOSS; PASSERINE; POPULATION DECLINE; VEGETATION COVER;

ARGENTINA; PAMPAS;

AVES; STURNELLA; STURNELLA DEFILIPPII;

EID: 0141906765     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(03)00103-4     Document Type: Article

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