Influence of fire on Bachman's sparrow, an endemic north American songbird

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1114-1123

  Tucker Jr , James W ^a,b   Robinson, W Douglas ^a,c   Grand, James B ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARCHBOLD BIOLOGICAL STATION   (United States)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aimophila aestivalis; Alabama; Bachman's sparrow; Fire ecology; Florida; Habitat management; Habitat restoration; Longleaf pine ecosystem; Pinus palustris; Prescribed fire

Indexed keywords

ENDEMIC SPECIES; GROWING SEASON; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; HABITAT RESTORATION; PASSERINE; PRESCRIBED BURNING;

ALABAMA; BLACKWATER RIVER STATE FOREST; CONECUH NATIONAL FOREST; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

AIMOPHILA; AIMOPHILA AESTIVALIS; PASSERI; PASSERIDAE; PINUS PALUSTRIS;

EID: 12144253192     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0022-541X(2004)068[1114:IOFOBS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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