Black-tailed prairie dogs and the structure of avian communities on the shortgrass plains

Oecologia

Volumn 138, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 592-602

  Smith, Gregory A ^a,c   Lomolino, Mark V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c EMPORIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological diversity; Conservation; Fragmentation; Grassland birds; Keystone species

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; KEYSTONE SPECIES; PRAIRIE; RODENT;

ANIMAL; BIRD; CLASSIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; POACEAE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REVIEW; SCIURIDAE; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; ECOSYSTEM; OKLAHOMA; POACEAE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SCIURIDAE;

NORTH AMERICA; OKLAHOMA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

ACCIPITRINAE; ALAUDIDAE; ANIMALIA; ARTEMISIA; ARTEMISIA FILIFOLIA; ATHENE; ATHENE CUNICULARIA; AVES; BUTEO; BUTEO REGALIS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CHARADRIUS; CHARADRIUS VOCIFERUS; CYNOMYS; CYNOMYS LUDOVICIANUS; EREMOPHILA; EREMOPHILA ALPESTRIS; POACEAE; RODENTIA; SCIURIDAE; STRIGIFORMES; STURNELLA;

EID: 1642263317     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-003-1465-3     Document Type: Review

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