Grassland bird use of riparian filter strips in southeast Iowa

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 198-210

  Henningsen, John C ^a   Best, Louis B ^a,b  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Bird abundance; Buffer; Conservation Reserve Program; CRP; Filter strip; Iowa; Nest success; Riparian grassland; Strip cover

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; HABITAT USE; NEST SITE; NESTING SUCCESS; PASSERINE; RIPARIAN ZONE;

IOWA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

AGELAIUS; AGELAIUS PHOENICEUS; AVES; GEOTHLYPIS TRICHAS; MELOSPIZA MELODIA; POACEAE; RIPARIA; SPIZA; SPIZA AMERICANA; TURDUS MERULA;

EID: 18044387399     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0022-541X(2005)069<0198:GBUORF>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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