Short-Term responses of breeding birds of grassland and early successional habitat to timing of haying in Northwestern Arkansas

Condor

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 538-544

  Luscier, Jason D ^a   Thompson, William L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^b NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Agelaius phoeniceus; Density; Dickcissel; Eastern Meadowlark; Field Sparrow; Grassland birds; Haying; Nest survival; Red winged Blackbird; Spiza americana; Spizella pusilla; Sturnella magna

Indexed keywords

AGELAIUS; AGELAIUS PHOENICEUS; AVES; SPIZA; SPIZA AMERICANA; SPIZELLA PUSILLA; STURNELLA MAGNA;

EID: 70349535795     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/cond.2009.080019     Document Type: Article

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