Teetering on the edge or too late? Conservation and research issues for avifauna of sagebrush habitats

Condor

Volumn 105, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 611-634

  Knick, Steven T ^a   Dobkin, David S ^b   Rotenberry, John T ^c   Schroeder, Michael A ^d   Vander Haegen, W Matthew ^d   Van Riper III, Charles ^e  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b High Desert Ecological Research Institute   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE   (United States)

^e NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Artemisia; Conservation; Land use; Landscape change; Priority research issues; Sagebrush ecosystems; Shrubland loss

Indexed keywords

ARTEMISIA; ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA; AVES;

EID: 0242424098     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1650/7329     Document Type: Review

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