Width of forest streamside zones and breeding bird abundance in eastern Texas

Southeastern Naturalist

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 669-682

  Conner, Richard N ^a   Dickson, James G ^a,c   Williamson, J Howard ^a   Ortego, Brent ^b  

^a Southern Research Station   (United States)

^b TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVES; COCCYZUS AMERICANUS; DENDROICA DISCOLOR; EMPIDONAX VIRESCENS; GUIRACA CAERULEA; PASSERINA CAERULEA; PASSERINA CIRIS; PINUS ECHINATA; VIREO FLAVIFRONS;

EID: 24344491970     PISSN: 15287092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1656/1528-7092(2004)003[0669:WOFSZA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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