Postfledging survival of Grasshopper Sparrows in grasslands managed with fire and grazing

Condor

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 429-437

  Hovick, Torre J ^a   Miller, James R ^b   Koford, Rolf R ^a   Engle, David M ^c   Debinski, Diane M ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ammodramus savannarum; Grasshopper Sparrow; Patch burn grazing; Postfledging survival; Prescribed fire; Tallgrass prairie

Indexed keywords

AMMODRAMUS SAVANNARUM;

EID: 79959360243     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/cond.2011.100135     Document Type: Article

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