Mixed-grass prairie passerines exhibit weak and variable responses to patch size

Auk

Volumn 123, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 807-821

  Davis, Stephen K ^a,b,e   Brigham, R Mark ^b   Shaffer, Terry L ^c   James, Paul C ^d  

^a Saskatchewan Watershed Authority   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^d Saskatchewan Ministry of Environment   (Canada)

^e ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Edge distance; Fragmentation; Grassland birds; Nest survival; Patch size effects

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; DEMOGRAPHY; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; PASSERINE; PATCH SIZE; POPULATION DENSITY; PRAIRIE; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SPECIES RICHNESS; SURVIVAL;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; SASKATCHEWAN;

AMMODRAMUS BAIRDII; AMMODRAMUS SANDWICHENSIS; ANTHUS SPRAGUEII; AVES; CALCARIUS ORNATUS; PASSERCULUS SANDWICHENSIS; PASSERIFORMES; SPIZELLA PALLIDA; STURNELLA NEGLECTA;

EID: 33746283665     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1642/0004-8038(2006)123[807:MPPEWA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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