Seaside sparrow reproductive success in relation to prescribed fire

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 932-939

  Kern, Rebecca A ^a   Shriver, W Gregory ^a   Bowman, Jacob L ^a   Mitchell, Laura R ^b   Bounds, Dixie L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge   (United States)

^c US Fish and Wildlife Service   (United States)

Author keywords

Ammodramus maritimus; Chesapeake Bay; global climate change; nest survival; prescribed fire; reproductive success; seaside sparrow; tidal marsh

Indexed keywords

BREEDING POPULATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; FLEDGING; GLOBAL CHANGE; GRASS; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT QUALITY; INVASIVE SPECIES; MARSH; PASSERINE; PRESCRIBED BURNING; REPRODUCTIVE COST; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; WATERFOWL;

CHESAPEAKE BAY; DORCHESTER COUNTY [MARYLAND]; MARYLAND; MID-ATLANTIC STATES; UNITED STATES;

AMMODRAMUS MARITIMUS; ANATIDAE; AVES; SPARTINA ALTERNIFLORA;

EID: 84862903090     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: 19372817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jwmg.345     Document Type: Article

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