Home range sizes and habitat use of Nelson's and Saltmarsh sparrows

Wilson Journal of Ornithology

Volumn 122, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 340-345

  Shriver, W Gregory ^a,d   Hodgman, Thomas P ^b   Gibbs, James P ^a   Vickery, Peter D ^c  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b MAINE DEPARTMENT OF INLAND FISHERIES AND WILDLIFE   (United States)

^c Center for Ecological Research Maine   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BREEDING SEASON; GRASS; HABITAT USE; HYBRIDIZATION; LUNAR CYCLE; PARENTAL CARE; POPULATION DENSITY; RANGE SIZE; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SALTMARSH; SONGBIRD;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MAINE; MAINE; SCARBOROUGH RIVER; UNITED STATES;

AMMODRAMUS NELSONI; JUNCUS GERARDII; PASSERIDAE; SPARTINA ALTERNIFLORA;

EID: 77952503370     PISSN: 15594491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1676/09-149.1     Document Type: Article

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