Avian assemblages in altered and natural grasslands in the Northern Campos of Uruguay

Condor

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 21-35

  Azpiroz, Adrián B ^a,b   Blake, John G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b NONE   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

Bird abundance; Diversity patterns; Grasslands; Northern Campos; Pampas; Uruguay

Indexed keywords

ANTHUS NATTERERI; AVES; STURNELLA DEFILIPPII;

EID: 67650270312     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/cond.2009.080111     Document Type: Article

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