Vegetative and invertebrate community characteristics of conservation reserve program fields relative to gamebirds in western Kansas

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 158, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 243-259

  Doxon, Elizabeth D ^a,b   Carroll, John P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; BROOD REARING; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; FEEDING GROUND; GAMEBIRD; HABITAT QUALITY; INVERTEBRATE; NATURE RESERVE; PREY AVAILABILITY; WHEAT;

KANSAS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

HEXAPODA; INVERTEBRATA; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 36048999450     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1674/0003-0031(2007)158[243:VAICCO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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