Effects of fire and grazing on grasshopper sparrow nest survival

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 19-27

  Hovick, Torre J ^a,c   Miller, James R ^b   Dinsmore, Stephen J ^a   Engle, David M ^c   Debinski, Diane M ^a   Fuhlendorf, Samuel D ^c  

^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; daily survival rate; grasshopper sparrow; Iowa; nest success; patch burn grazing; prescribed fire; tallgrass prairie

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIODIVERSITY; CLUTCH SIZE; GRASS; GRASSHOPPER; GRAZING PRESSURE; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; NEST SITE; PASSERINE; PRAIRIE; PRESCRIBED BURNING; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

IOWA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84255161821     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: 19372817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jwmg.243     Document Type: Article

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