Factors influencing habitat use by migratory grassland birds in the state of Chihuahua, Mexico

Auk

Volumn 126, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 896-905

  Macías Duarte, Alberto ^a,d   Montoya, Angel B ^a   Méndez González, Cesar E ^b,e   Rodríguez Salazar, J Roberto ^a,f   Hunt, W Grainger ^a   Krannitz, Pam G ^c  

^a THE PEREGRINE FUND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE CHIHUAHUA   (Mexico)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^e TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT   (United States)

^f Comisión Nacional de Areas Naturales Protegidas ^*  (Mexico)

Author keywords

Chihuahua; Desert grasslands; Grassland birds; Habitat use; Mexico; Winter migratory ecology

Indexed keywords

BREEDING POPULATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GRASSLAND; GUILD; HABITAT STRUCTURE; HABITAT TYPE; HABITAT USE; LAND USE CHANGE; MIGRATORY SPECIES; OVERWINTERING; PASSERINE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

CHIHUAHUA; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA];

AVES; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 73449114627     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/auk.2009.08251     Document Type: Article

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