An assessment of bird habitat quality using population growth rates

Condor

Volumn 108, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 301-314

  Knutson, Melinda G ^a,b   Powell, Larkin A ^c   Hines, Randy K ^b   Friberg, Mary A ^d   Niemi, Gerald J ^a  

^a UPPER MIDWEST ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Driftless Area,; Floodplain forest; Habitat quality; Population growth rate; Population model; Upland forest

Indexed keywords

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EID: 33646879587     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1650/0010-5422(2006)108[301:AAOBHQ]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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