Perennial Agroenergy Feedstocks as En Route Habitat for Spring Migratory Birds

Bioenergy Research

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 311-320

  Robertson, Bruce A ^a,b,c   Landis, Douglas A ^c   Sillett, T Scott ^a   Loomis, Elizabeth R ^c   Rice, Robert A ^a  

^a SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b BARD COLLEGE   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Agroecology; Biofuels; Grassland birds; Habitat selection; Switchgrass

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; AGRICULTURE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOFUELS; BIOMASS; CONSERVATION; CROPS; ECOSYSTEMS; FEEDSTOCKS; FORESTRY; PLANTS (BOTANY); SPRINGS (COMPONENTS);

AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPES; AGRO ECOLOGIES; BIRD SPECIES RICHNESS; CELLULOSIC BIOMASS; HABITAT SELECTION; INDUSTRIALIZED PRODUCTION; SWITCHGRASS; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

BIRDS;

AGRICULTURE; BIODIVERSITY; BIRDS; CONSERVATION; ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; FUELS; PLANTATIONS;

AMMODRAMUS HENSLOWII; ARTHROPODA; AVES; PANICUM VIRGATUM;

EID: 84873731629     PISSN: 19391234     EISSN: 19391242     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12155-012-9258-3     Document Type: Article

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