Home range and survival of breeding painted buntings on Sapelo Island, Georgia

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1432-1439

  Springborn, Elizabeth G ^a,b   Meyers, J Michael ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b Apartment 3 ^*  (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Georgia; Home range; Maritime shrub; Movement; Painted bunting; Passerina ciris; Pine oak forest; Sapelo Island; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

BIRD; BREEDING; HABITAT; HOME RANGE; LANDSCAPE; NATURE CONSERVATION; POPULATION DECLINE; SALTMARSH; WETLAND;

GEORGIA; NORTH AMERICA; SAPELO ISLAND; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; AVES; EMBERIZA; PASSERINA CIRIS; QUERCUS;

EID: 33646120308     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0091-7648(2005)33[1432:HRASOB]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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