Effects of invasive exotic grasses on South Texas rangeland breeding birds

Auk

Volumn 123, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 171-182

  Flanders, Aron A ^a,d   Kuvlesky Jr , William P ^a   Ruthven III, Donald C ^b,e   Zaiglin, Robert E ^c,f   Bingham, Ralph L ^a   Fulbright, Timothy E ^a   Hernández, Fidel ^a   Brennan, Leonard A ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY KINGSVILLE   (United States)

^b TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT   (United States)

^c Piloncillo Ranch   (United States)

^d Box 596   (United States)

^e 3036 FM 3256   (United States)

^f Agribusiness Management   (United States)

Author keywords

Breeding birds; Exotic grasses; Guilds; Invertebrates; South Texas

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; GRASS; RANGELAND;

NORTH AMERICA; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

AMPHISPIZA BILINEATA; ANIMALIA; ARANEAE; ARTHROPODA; AVES; CENCHRUS; CENCHRUS CILIARIS; CHONDESTES; CHONDESTES GRAMMACUS; COLEOPTERA; COLINUS; COLINUS VIRGINIANUS; ERAGROSTIS; ERAGROSTIS LEHMANNIANA; FORMICIDAE; INVERTEBRATA; MIMUS POLYGLOTTOS; PENNISETUM CILIARE; POACEAE;

EID: 32344444956     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1642/0004-8038(2006)123[0171:EOIEGO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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