Habitat relationships of birds overwintering in a managed coastal prairie

Wilson Journal of Ornithology

Volumn 119, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 189-197

  Baldwin, Heather Q ^a   Grace, James B ^a   Barrow Jr , Wylie C ^a   Rohwer, Frank C ^b  

^a NATIONAL WETLANDS RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; OVERWINTERING; PASSERINE; PRAIRIE; PRESCRIBED BURNING; SPECIES-AREA RELATIONSHIP; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

NORTH AMERICA;

AMMODRAMUS LECONTEII; AMMODRAMUS SANDWICHENSIS; AVES; CISTOTHORUS PLATENSIS; MELOSPIZA GEORGIANA; PASSERCULUS SANDWICHENSIS; PASSERIDAE;

EID: 34250797338     PISSN: 15594491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1676/05-129.1     Document Type: Article

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