Bird community response to filter strips in Maryland

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 116-125

  Blank, Peter J ^a,d   Dively, Galen P ^b   Gill, Douglas E ^b   Rewa, Charles A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b University of Maryland   (United States)

^c USDA NRCS   (United States)

^d PATUXENT WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

agriculture; birds; buffer; Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program (CREP); filter strip; Maryland

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; BIRD; BREEDING POPULATION; BUFFER ZONE; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; GRASS; GRASSLAND; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; NATURE RESERVE; SURVIVAL; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

MARYLAND; UNITED STATES;

AVES; DACTYLIS; DACTYLIS GLOMERATA; POACEAE;

EID: 79951904910     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jwmg.3     Document Type: Article

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