Eastern Meadowlarks nesting in rangelands and Conservation Reserve Program fields in Kansas

Journal of Field Ornithology

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 222-235

  Granfors, Diane A ^a,c   Church, Kevin E ^b   Smith, Loren M ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEBRASKA GAME AND PARKS COMMISSION   (United States)

^c SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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