Density and diversity of overwintering birds in managed field borders in Mississippi

Wilson Bulletin

Volumn 117, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 258-269

  Smith, Mark D ^a   Barbour, Philip J ^a   Burger Jr , L Wes ^a   Dinsmore, Stephen J ^a  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL CHANGE; AVIFAUNA; HABITAT CONSERVATION; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION DENSITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

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

AVES; MELOSPIZA MELODIA; PASSERCULUS SANDWICHENSIS; PASSERIDAE;

EID: 25144484833     PISSN: 00435643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1676/04-097.1     Document Type: Article

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