The potential of uncut patches to increase the nesting success of grassland songbirds in intensively managed hayfields: A preliminary study from the Champlain Valley of Vermont

Northeastern Naturalist

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 445-452

  Masse, Roger J ^a,b   Strong, Allan M ^a   Perlut, Noah G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^b DELAWARE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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AVES; PASSERI;

EID: 53049089221     PISSN: 10926194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1656/1092-6194-15.3.445     Document Type: Article

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