Avian diversity and functional insectivory on North-Central Florida farmlands

Conservation Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1234-1245

  Jones, Gregory A ^a   Sieving, Kathryn E ^a   Jacobson, Susan K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Agroecosystems; Avian biodiversity; Avian conservation; Birds and farmlands; Functional insectivores

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; HABITAT RELATED BEHAVIOR; INSECTIVORY; PEST CONTROL; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

AVES; FLORIDA (BIRD); HEXAPODA; INSECTA;

EID: 27944451347     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2005.00211.x     Document Type: Article

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