Habitat acquisition strategies for grassland birds in an urbanizing landscape

Environmental Management

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 981-992

  Snyder, Stephanie A ^a   Miller, James R ^b   Skibbe, Adam M ^b,c   Haight, Robert G ^a  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Open space; Optimization; Reserve design; Site selection; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

GRASSLAND BIRDS; OPEN SPACES; RESERVE DESIGNS; URBANIZATION;

COSTS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; LAND USE; OPTIMIZATION; SITE SELECTION; URBAN PLANNING;

BIRDS;

BIRD; DECISION MAKING; GRASSLAND; LAND COVER; OPTIMIZATION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; TRADE-OFF; URBANIZATION;

ARTICLE; BIRD; COST; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; GRASSLAND; HABITAT PATCHINESS; HABITAT QUALITY; LANDSCAPE; NONHUMAN; UNITED STATES; URBANIZATION; VEGETATION;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; ECOSYSTEM; FRESH WATER; POACEAE;

CHICAGO; ILLINOIS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

AVES;

EID: 36549037173     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-007-9025-y     Document Type: Article

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