Nesting success of grassland birds in shinnery oak communities treated with tebuthiuron and grazing in eastern new mexico

Southwestern Naturalist

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 136-145

  Smythe, Lindsay A ^a   Haukos, David A ^a,b  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Kofa National Wildlife Refuge   (United States)

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AVES; QUERCUS HAVARDII;

EID: 67650088686     PISSN: 00384909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1894/MH-30.1     Document Type: Article

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