Plants and breeding bird response on a managed Conservation Reserve Program grassland in Maryland

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 944-956

  Gill, Douglas E ^a   Blank, Peter ^b   Parks, Jared ^c   Guerard, Jason B ^b   Lohr, Bernard ^b   Schwartzman, Edward ^d   Gruber, James G ^c   Dodge, Gary ^a   Rewa, Charles A ^b   Sears, Henry F ^c  

^a Bldg 142   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources ^*

^d USDA NRCS   (United States)

Author keywords

Ammodramus savannarum; Conservation Reserve Program; Grasshopper sparrow; Grassland restoration; Habitat; Invasive species; Management; Prescribed burning; Species richness; Vegetation structure; Warm season grasses

Indexed keywords

BIRD; BREEDING POPULATION; HABITAT RESTORATION; HABITAT SELECTION; INVASIVE SPECIES; PLANT COMMUNITY; PRESCRIBED BURNING; SPECIES RICHNESS; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

MARYLAND; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

AMMODRAMUS SAVANNARUM; AVES; POACEAE;

EID: 33845962353     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0091-7648(2006)34[944:PABBRO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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