Short-term effects of a prescribed burn on songbirds and vegetation in mountain big sagebrush

Western North American Naturalist

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 292-298

  Holmes, Aaron L ^a,b  

^a PRBO CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Artemisia tridentata; Eremophila alpestris; Oreoscoptes montanus; Prescribed fire; Sagebrush; Spizella breweri

Indexed keywords

ARTEMISIA; ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA; ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA VASEYANA; EREMOPHILA (ANGIOSPERM); EREMOPHILA ALPESTRIS; OREOSCOPTES; OREOSCOPTES MONTANUS; PASSERI; POACEAE; SPIZELLA BREWERI;

EID: 34447553313     PISSN: 15270904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3398/1527-0904(2007)67[292:SEOAPB]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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