Avian response to mid-contract management of conservation reserve program fields

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 164, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 296-310

  Negus, Lucas P ^a   Davis, Craig A ^a   Wessel, Scott E ^b  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Nebraska Game and Parks Commission   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; GAMEBIRD; GRASSLAND; HABITAT CONSERVATION; LEGUME; MONOCULTURE; NATIVE SPECIES; NESTING SUCCESS; POPULATION DECLINE; PRAIRIE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TRANSECT;

MIDWEST; NEBRASKA; STANTON COUNTY [NEBRASKA]; UNITED STATES;

AVES; PHASIANIDAE;

EID: 77957337698     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1674/0003-0031-164.2.296     Document Type: Article

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