A comparison of landscapes occupied by increasing and decreasing populations of grassland birds

Conservation Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1422-1432

  Veech, Joseph A ^a,b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Bird population trends; Conservation Reserve Program; Randomization test; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER;

ABUNDANCE; BIRD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA SET; GRASSLAND; HABITAT LOSS; HABITAT SELECTION; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION SIZE; RANGELAND; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; URBANIZATION;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIRD; ECOSYSTEM; PHYSIOLOGY; POACEAE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TREE;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; BIRDS; ECOSYSTEM; FRESH WATER; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POACEAE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TREES;

GREAT PLAINS; MIDWEST; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

AVES;

EID: 33748929146     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2006.00487.x     Document Type: Article

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