Grassland songbirds in a dynamic management landscape: Behavioral responses and management strategies

Ecological Applications

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 2235-2247

  Perlut, Noah G ^a   Strong, Allan M ^a   Donovan, Therese M ^a   Buckley, Neil J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Bobolink; Dolichonyx oryzivorus; Fledglings per year; Grassland management; Hayfield; Logistic exposure; Nest success; New York; Passerculus sandwichensis; Rotationally grazed pasture; Savannah Sparrow; Vermont

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; GRASSLAND; NEST; PASTURE; POPULATION DECLINE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SONGBIRD;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NESTING; POACEAE; REPRODUCTION; SONGBIRD; UNITED STATES;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; MALE; NESTING BEHAVIOR; NEW YORK; POACEAE; REPRODUCTION; SONGBIRDS; VERMONT;

CHAMPLAIN VALLEY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; VERMONT;

AMMODRAMUS SANDWICHENSIS; AVES; DOLICHONYX; DOLICHONYX ORYZIVORUS; PASSERCULUS; PASSERCULUS SANDWICHENSIS; PASSERI;

EID: 33845478793     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(2006)016[2235:GSIADM]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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