Relationship of obligate grassland birds to landscape structure in Wisconsin

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 463-467

  Murray, Les D ^a,c   Ribic, Christine A ^a   Thogmartin, Wayne E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UPPER MIDWEST ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Abundance; Bird; Composition; Conservation; Grassland; Habitat; Landscape; Wisconsin

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIRD; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CONSERVATION PLANNING; GRASSLAND; HABITAT CONSERVATION; LANDSCAPE PLANNING; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WISCONSIN;

AVES;

EID: 39449104461     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/2006-556     Document Type: Article

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