Area sensitivity in North American grassland birds: Patterns and processes

Auk

Volumn 126, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 233-244

  Ribic, Christine A ^a   Koford, Rolf R ^b   Herkert, James R ^c   Johnson, Douglas H ^d   Niemuth, Neal D ^e   Naugle, David E ^f   Bakker, Kristel K ^g   Sample, David W ^h   Renfrew, Rosalind B ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^e US Fish and Wildlife Service   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^g DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

ⁱ Vermont Center for Ecostudies   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRD; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; GRASSLAND; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES-AREA RELATIONSHIP;

NORTH AMERICA;

AVES;

EID: 67650305954     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/auk.2009.1409     Document Type: Article

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