Evaluation of a reproductive index for estimating productivity of grassland breeding birds

Auk

Volumn 127, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 86-93

  Morgan, Michael R ^a   Norment, Christopher ^a   Runge, Michael C ^b  

^a Audubon New York   (United States)

^b PATUXENT WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Grassland breeding birds; Passerculus sandwichensis; Reproduction; Reproductive index; Sampling techniques; Savannah Sparrow; Territory mapping.

Indexed keywords

BREEDING POPULATION; GRASSLAND; HABITAT QUALITY; MAPPING; NESTING SUCCESS; PASSERINE; POPULATION DECLINE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; REPRODUCTIVE CYCLE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SAMPLING;

NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

AMMODRAMUS SANDWICHENSIS; AVES; PASSERCULUS SANDWICHENSIS;

EID: 76249112577     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/auk.2009.09132     Document Type: Article

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