Edge Effects on Nesting Dickcissels (Spiza americana) in Relation to Edge Type of Remnant Tallgrass Prairie in Kansas

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 151, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 192-199

  Jensen, William E ^a,b   Finck, Elmer J ^a,c  

^a EMPORIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c FORT HAYS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRD; BROOD PARASITISM; EDGE EFFECT; GRASSLAND; NEST PREDATION;

KANSAS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

AVES; MOLOTHRUS; MOLOTHRUS ATER; SPIZA; SPIZA AMERICANA;

EID: 0842334619     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1674/0003-0031(2004)151[0192:EEONDS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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