Comparisons between blackbird damage to corn and sunflower in North Dakota

Crop Protection

Volumn 53, Issue , 2013, Pages 1-5

  Klosterman, Megan E ^a,c   Linz, George M ^b   Slowik, Anthony A ^b,d   Homan, H Jeffrey ^b  

^a NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^d US Department of Agriculture   (United States)

Author keywords

Blackbirds; Corn; North Dakota; Prairie Pothole Region; Sunflower

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROP DAMAGE; HERB; MAIZE; PEST SPECIES; PHENOLOGY; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; POPULATION DECLINE; SONGBIRD; WETLAND;

NORTH DAKOTA; PRAIRIE POTHOLE REGION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84880005939     PISSN: 02612194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cropro.2013.06.004     Document Type: Article

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