Effects of grazing practices and fossorial rodents on a winter avian community in Chihuahua, Mexico

Biological Conservation

Volumn 116, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 235-242

  Desmond, Martha ^a  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Banner tailed kangaroo rat; Black tailed prairie dog; Chihuahuan Desert grasslands; Cynomys ludovicianus; Dipodomys spectabilis; Grassland birds; Grazing; Land use; Winter

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AVIFAUNA; BURROWING ORGANISM; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; GRAZING MANAGEMENT; OVERGRAZING; RODENT; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

CHIHUAHUA; CHIHUAHUAN DESERT; JANOS-NUEVO CASAS GRANDES; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA;

AVES; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CYNOMYS; CYNOMYS LUDOVICIANUS; DIPODOMYS; DIPODOMYS SPECTABILIS; GALLIFORMES; MACROPUS SP.; POACEAE; RODENTIA;

EID: 0346336102     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(03)00194-0     Document Type: Article

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