Winter use of South Florida dry prairie by two declining grassland passerines

Condor

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 511-522

  Butler, Adam B ^a,c   Martin, James A ^a   Palmer, William E ^b   Carroll, John P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b TALL TIMBERS RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^c Mississippi Department of Wildlife Fisheries and Parks   (United States)

Author keywords

Ammodramus savannarum pratensis; Cistothorus platensis; Dry prairie; Florida; Grasshopper Sparrow; Grassland birds; Sedge Wren

Indexed keywords

AMMODRAMUS SAVANNARUM; AMMODRAMUS SAVANNARUM PRATENSIS; AVES; CISTOTHORUS PLATENSIS; SABAL; SERENOA REPENS;

EID: 70349524698     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/cond.2009.080080     Document Type: Article

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