Tree and shrub invasion in northern mixed-grass prairie: Implications for breeding grassland birds

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 807-818

  Grant, Todd A ^a,c   Madden, Elizabeth ^a,b,d,e   Berkey, Gordon B ^a,f,g,h  

^a U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

^b Medicine Lake National Wildlife Refuge   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^e MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f MINOT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^h PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aspen woodland; Fragmentation; Grassland birds; Mixed grass prairie; North Dakota; Woody vegetation

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; PRAIRIE; SUCCESSION;

J. CLARK SALYER NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE; NORTH AMERICA; NORTH DAKOTA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

AVES; POPULUS; POPULUS TREMULOIDES; SALIX;

EID: 7544237979     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0091-7648(2004)032[0807:TASIIN]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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