Nest survival of clay-colored and vesper sparrows in relation to woodland edge in mixed-grass prairies

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 691-701

  Grant, Todd A ^a   Madden, Elizabeth M ^a,d   Shaffer, Terry L ^b   Pietz, Pamela J ^b   Berkey, Gordon B ^a   Kadrmas, Neil J ^c,e  

^a J Clark Salyer National Wildlife Refuge   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

^d Medicine Lake National Wildlife Refuge   (United States)

^e Charles M Russell National Wildlife Refuge   (United States)

Author keywords

Aspen woodland; Clay colored sparrow; Edge effects; Grassland birds; Mixed grass prairie; North Dakota; Vesper sparrow; Woody vegetation

Indexed keywords

BIRD; GRASSLAND; HABITAT LOSS; NEST PREDATION; NEST SITE; POPULATION DECLINE; PRAIRIE; SURVIVAL;

NORTH AMERICA; NORTH DAKOTA; UNITED STATES;

AVES; BISON; BISON BISON; POA; POA PRATENSIS; POOECETES; POOECETES GRAMINEUS; POPULUS TREMULOIDES; SCIURIDAE; SPERMOPHILUS; SPERMOPHILUS TRIDECEMLINEATUS; SPIZELLA PALLIDA;

EID: 33746269694     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0022-541X(2006)70[691:NSOCAV]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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