Influence of moisture on density and distributiom of grassland birds in North Dakota

Condor

Volumn 110, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 211-222

  Niemuth, Neal D ^a   Solberg, John W ^a   Shaffer, Terry L ^b  

^a U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate; Grassland birds; Moisture; North American breeding bird survey; Population dynamics; Prairie Pothole region; Precipitation.

Indexed keywords

ANATIDAE; AVES; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 67649804118     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/cond.2008.8514     Document Type: Article

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