Bird community responses to cattle stocking rates in a Pacific Northwest bunchgrass prairie

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 144, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 338-346

  Johnson, Tracey N ^a   Kennedy, Patricia L ^a   DelCurto, Tim ^a   Taylor, Robert V ^b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ground nesting bird; Habitat complexity; Nonmetric multidimensional scaling; Rangeland management; Sustainable grazing; Vegetation structure

Indexed keywords

CATTLE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; GRASS; GRAZING MANAGEMENT; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; PRAIRIE; RANGELAND; SAVANNA; SONGBIRD; STOCK ASSESSMENT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

OREGON; PACIFIC NORTHWEST; UNITED STATES;

AMMODRAMUS SANDWICHENSIS; AMMODRAMUS SAVANNARUM; ANIMALIA; AVES; BOS; EREMOPHILA (ANGIOSPERM); PASSERI; POOECETES; STURNELLA NEGLECTA;

EID: 80054974930     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2011.10.003     Document Type: Article

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