Home ranges of Rusty Blackbirds breeding in wetlands: How much would buffers from timber harvest protect habitat?

Condor

Volumn 112, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 834-840

  Powell, Luke L ^a,c   Hodgman, Thomas P ^b   Glanz, William E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

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

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Boreal wetlands; Euphagus carolinus; Home range; Radio telemetry; Rusty Blackbird; Wetland buffers

Indexed keywords

EUPHAGUS CAROLINUS; HEXAPODA; ICTERIDAE;

EID: 78650666259     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/cond.2010.100151     Document Type: Article

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