Effects of Ligustrum sinense Lour. (Chinese privet) on abundance and diversity of songbirds and native plants in a southeastern nature preserve

Southeastern Naturalist

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 535-550

  Wilcox, Joshua ^a   Beck, Christopher W ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVES; LIGUSTRUM; LIGUSTRUM SINENSE; PASSERI;

EID: 34848925468     PISSN: 15287092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1656/1528-7092(2007)6[535:EOLSLC]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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