The nest predator community of grassland birds responds to agroecosystem habitat at multiple scales

Ecography

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 973-982

  Klug, Page ^a,b   Wolfenbarger, L Lareesa ^a   McCarty, John P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA   (United States)

^b KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; BIRD; GRASSLAND; HABITAT CONSERVATION; NEST PREDATION; PATCHINESS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

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EID: 72049095074     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: 16000587     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2009.05857.x     Document Type: Article

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