Critical demographic parameters for declining songbirds breeding in restored grasslands

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 145-157

  Fletcher Jr , Robert J ^a,c   Koford, Rolf R ^a   Seaman, Dana A ^b  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

Brood parasitism; Elasticity; Grassland birds; Habitat restoration; Nest predation; Population projection models; Renesting; Survival

Indexed keywords

BREEDING POPULATION; DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; MIGRATORY SPECIES; NESTING BEHAVIOR; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION GROWTH; PRAIRIE; SONGBIRD;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

AVES; DOLICHONYX; DOLICHONYX ORYZIVORUS; MOLOTHRUS ATER; PASSERI; SPIZA; SPIZA AMERICANA;

EID: 33646484514     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0022-541X(2006)70[145:CDPFDS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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