Representation of landcover along breeding bird survey routes in the Northern Plains

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 71, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 2258-2265

  Niemuth, Neal D ^a   Dahl, Ann L ^a,b   Estey, Michael E ^a   Loesch, Charles R ^a  

^a United States Fish and Wildlife Service   (United States)

^b WESTERN ECOSYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Breeding Bird Survey; Fragmentation; Grassland; Landscape; Resolution; Road; Wetland

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIOLOGICAL SURVEY; BREEDING POPULATION; CONSERVATION PLANNING; GRASSLAND; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LAND COVER; PRAIRIE;

NORTH AMERICA; NORTH DAKOTA; PRAIRIE POTHOLE REGION; SOUTH DAKOTA; UNITED STATES;

AVES;

EID: 48249126175     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/2006-281     Document Type: Article

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