Attitudes of Vermont dairy farmers regarding adoption of management practices for grassland songbirds

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 528-538

  Troy, Anstin B ^a   Strong, Allan M ^a,c   Bosworth, Sidney C ^a   Donovan, Therese M ^a   Buckley, Neil J ^b   Wilson, Megan L ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c Rubenstein School

Author keywords

Agricultural management practices; Attitudinal surveys; Champlain Valley; Dairy farms; Forage crops; Grassland songbirds; Hayfields

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; DAIRY FARMING; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FARMERS ATTITUDE; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; SONGBIRD;

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

AVES; PASSERI;

EID: 27144482214     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0091-7648(2005)33[528:AOVDFR]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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