Winter and early spring bird communities in grasslands, shrubsteppe, and juniper woodlands in central Oregon

Western North American Naturalist

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 25-35

  Reinkensmeyer, Daniel P ^a   Miller, Richard F ^b   Anthony, Robert G ^a   Marr, Vern E ^c   Duncan, Corinne M ^b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OREGON DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE   (United States)

Author keywords

Artemisia; Avian communities; Juniper encroachment; Old growth

Indexed keywords

AMPHISPIZA BELLI; ARTEMISIA; AVES; EREMOPHILA (ANGIOSPERM); JUNIPERUS; MYADESTES; TURDUS MIGRATORIUS;

EID: 42249114523     PISSN: 15270904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3398/1527-0904(2008)68[25:WAESBC]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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