Green-tailed Towhee response to prescribed fire in montane shrubland

Condor

Volumn 108, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 634-646

  Jehle, Gretchen ^a   Savidge, Julie A ^a   Kotliar, Natasha B ^b  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b FORT COLLINS SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Juniperus communis; Nest success; Nest survival; Nest site selection; Pipilo chlorurus; Rocky Mountain National Park

Indexed keywords

JUNIPERUS; JUNIPERUS COMMUNIS; PIPILO; PIPILO CHLORURUS;

EID: 33748065959     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1650/0010-5422(2006)108[634:GTRTPF]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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