Planted grasslands and native sod prairie: Equivalent habitat for grassland birds?

Western North American Naturalist

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 235-242

  Bakker, Kristel K ^a   Higgins, Kenneth F ^b  

^a DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biofuels; Grassland birds; Native sod prairie; Plant species diversity; Planted cover types; South Dakota; Tallgrass prairie region

Indexed keywords

AMMODRAMUS SANDWICHENSIS; AVES; DOLICHONYX; PANICUM VIRGATUM; PASSERCULUS SANDWICHENSIS; SPIZELLA PALLIDA; THINOPYRUM INTERMEDIUM;

EID: 68049139152     PISSN: 15270904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3398/064.069.0212     Document Type: Review

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