Habitat and landscape effects on abundance of Missouri's grassland birds

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 372-381

  Jacobs, Robert B ^a   Thompson, Frank R ^b   Koford, Rolf R ^c   La Sorte, Frank A ^b,e   Woodward, Hope D ^a,f   Fitzgerald, Jane A ^d  

^a MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^c IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d American Bird Conservancy   (United States)

^e Fuller Evolutionary Biology Program   (United States)

^f USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ammodramus henslowii; Ammodramus savannarum; Bird Conservation Area; dickcissel; grasshopper sparrow; grassland birds; habitat; Henslow's sparrow; Missouri; Spiza americana

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BREEDING POPULATION; FOREST COVER; GRASS; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; HABITAT STRUCTURE; HABITAT TYPE; HAY; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; MONOCULTURE; NATIVE SPECIES; NATURE RESERVE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PASTURE; PRAIRIE; PRIVATE LAND; SONGBIRD; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

MISSOURI; UNITED STATES;

AMMODRAMUS HENSLOWII; AMMODRAMUS SAVANNARUM; AVES; FESTUCA; POACEAE; SPIZA; SPIZA AMERICANA;

EID: 84856118989     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: 19372817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jwmg.264     Document Type: Article

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