Impacts of Tree Rows on Grassland Birds and Potential Nest Predators: A Removal Experiment

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Ellison, Kevin S ^a,c   Ribic, Christine A ^a   Sample, David W ^b   Fawcett, Megan J ^a   Dadisman, John D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

^c WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMODRAMUS HENSLOWII; ARTICLE; BIRD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOLICHONYX ORYZIVORUS; GRASSLAND; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT PATCHINESS; HABITAT STRUCTURE; HABITAT USE; NEST PREDATION; NESTING; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION PRODUCTIVITY; PREDATOR PREY INTERACTION; SPECIES CONSERVATION; STURNELLA MAGNA; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; MALE; NESTING BEHAVIOR; POACEAE; POPULATION DENSITY; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; TREES; WISCONSIN;

AMMODRAMUS HENSLOWII; AVES; DOLICHONYX; DOLICHONYX ORYZIVORUS; PASSERIDAE; PROCYON; PROCYON LOTOR; SPERMOPHILUS TRIDECEMLINEATUS; STURNELLA MAGNA;

EID: 84875638821     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0059151     Document Type: Article

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