State-and-transition models for assessing grasshopper sparrow habitat use

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 74, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1834-1840

  Holmes, Aaron L ^a,c   Miller, Richard F ^b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PRBO CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United States)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ammodramus savannarum; Artemisia tridentata; Bromus tectorum; ecological site; grasshopper sparrow; grassland; sagebrush steppe; state and transition models; succession

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; GRASSHOPPER; HABITAT USE; HOME RANGE; PASSERINE; PLANT COMMUNITY; POISSON RATIO; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SUCCESSION; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

COLUMBIA BASIN; OREGON; UNITED STATES;

AMMODRAMUS SAVANNARUM; ARTEMISIA; ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA; BROMUS; BROMUS TECTORUM;

EID: 78149451110     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/2009-417     Document Type: Article

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