Habitat edge, land management, and rates of brood parasitism in tallgrass prairie

Ecological Applications

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 687-695

  Patten, Michael A ^a   Shochat, Eyal ^a   Reinking, Dan L ^a   Wolfe, Donald H ^a   Sherrod, Steve K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Brood parasitism; Brown headed Cowbird; Burning; Edge effects; Grazing; Land management; Molothrus ater; Oklahoma, USA; Regression trees; Tallgrass prairie

Indexed keywords

BROOD PARASITISM; BURNING; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; EDGE EFFECT; GRASSLAND; HABITAT LOSS; LAND MANAGEMENT; SEABIRD; TREE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; EATING; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; FIRE; FORESTRY; MALE; NESTING; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; SONGBIRD; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; EATING; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; FIRES; FORESTRY; MALE; NESTING BEHAVIOR; OKLAHOMA; PASSERIFORMES; PLANTS;

NORTH AMERICA; OKLAHOMA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

AGELAIUS PHOENICEUS; AMMODRAMUS SAVANNARUM; AVES; BOS TAURUS; MOLOTHRUS ATER; PASSERIDAE; PASSERIFORMES; SPIZA AMERICANA; STURNELLA MAGNA;

EID: 33646131625     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: 10510761     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(2006)016[0687:HELMAR]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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