Effects of the Conservation Reserve Program on northern bobwhite and grassland birds

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 146, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 309-323

  Riffell, Sam ^a   Scognamillo, Daniel ^b   Burger, L Wes ^a  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STEPHEN F AUSTIN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Breeding Bird Survey; Conservation Reserve Program; Grassland birds; Landscape composition; Natural Resources Inventory; Northern bobwhite

Indexed keywords

OCEAN HABITATS; POPULATION STATISTICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

AGRICULTURE; BREEDING BIRD SURVEY; CONSERVATION RESERVE PROGRAM; GRASSLAND BIRDS; LANDSCAPE COMPOSITION; NATURAL RESOURCES INVENTORY; NORTHERN BOBWHITE;

ECOLOGY;

AGRICULTURE; GAMEBIRD; HABITAT CONSERVATION; NATURE RESERVE; NUMERICAL MODEL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SONGBIRD; SPECIES INVENTORY;

ARTICLE; BIRD; BREEDING SUCCESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROPLAND; ECOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; ECOLOGICAL SPECIALIZATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HABITAT QUALITY; LAND USE; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; UNITED STATES;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

AVES; COLINUS VIRGINIANUS; STURNELLA MAGNA; STURNELLA NEGLECTA;

EID: 53649095224     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-007-0082-8     Document Type: Article

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