Breeding bird response to field border presence and width

Wilson Journal of Ornithology

Volumn 121, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 548-555

  Conover, Ross R ^a,c   Burger Jr , L Wes ^b   Linder, Eric T ^d  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT BROWNSVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; BREEDING POPULATION; CONSERVATION PLANNING; DEMOGRAPHY; EDGE EFFECT; FIELD MARGIN; GRASSLAND; HABITAT CONSERVATION; PASSERINE; POPULATION DENSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

MISSISSIPPI VALLEY; UNITED STATES;

AGELAIUS; AGELAIUS PHOENICEUS; AVES; SPIZA; SPIZA AMERICANA;

EID: 77749304511     PISSN: 15594491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1676/08-082.1     Document Type: Article

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