Influence of fire and juniper encroachment on birds in high-elevation sagebrush steppe

Western North American Naturalist

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 343-353

  Noson, Anna C ^a,c   Schmitz, Richard A ^a   Miller, Richard F ^b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

Birds; Habitat relationships; Juniper encroachment; Landscape; Oregon; Prescribed fire; Sagebrush steppe

Indexed keywords

ARTEMISIA; ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA; AVES; JUNIPERUS; JUNIPERUS OCCIDENTALIS; OREOSCOPTES; OREOSCOPTES MONTANUS; PASSERIDAE; PIPILO CHLORURUS; POOECETES; POOECETES GRAMINEUS; SPIZELLA BREWERI;

EID: 33748281178     PISSN: 15270904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3398/1527-0904(2006)66[343:IOFAJE]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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