Density and success of bird nests relative to grazing on western Montana grasslands

Biological Conservation

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 203-213

  Fondell, Thomas F ^a,b   Ball, I J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Grassland; Grazing; Ground nesting birds; Nest density; Nest success

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; GRASSLAND; GRAZING; LIVESTOCK; NEST; NESTING SUCCESS;

MONTANA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

AVES; MOLOTHRUS; MOLOTHRUS ATER;

EID: 1242344032     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(03)00293-3     Document Type: Article

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