Landscape-level forest cover is a predictor of cerulean warbler abundance

Wilson Journal of Ornithology

Volumn 124, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 721-727

  Thompson III, Frank R ^a   Robbins, Mark B ^b   Fitzgerald, Jane A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^c American Bird Conservancy   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FOREST COVER; HABITAT TYPE; HOME RANGE; LANDSCAPE; PASSERINE; PREDICTION; UPLAND REGION;

ARKANSAS; MISSOURI; UNITED STATES;

DENDROICA CERULEA; SETOPHAGA;

EID: 84873889251     PISSN: 15594491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1676/1559-4491-124.4.721     Document Type: Article

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