Frequent use of burned grasslands by the vulnerable Saffron-Cowled Blackbird Xanthopsar flavus: Implications for the conservation of the species

Journal of Ornithology

Volumn 151, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 599-605

  Petry, Maria Virginia ^a   Krüger, Lucas ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDADE DO VALE DO RIO DOS SINOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Farmland; Fire; Grassland; Habitat structure; Marsh

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; FIRE; GRASSLAND; HABITAT STRUCTURE; HABITAT USE; MARSH; PASSERINE; POPULATION DECLINE; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

CENTRAL AMERICA; SOUTH AMERICA;

AVES; BOS; POACEAE; TURDUS MERULA; XANTHOPSAR FLAVUS;

EID: 77953915776     PISSN: 21937192     EISSN: 21937206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10336-009-0489-9     Document Type: Article

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