Winter bird habitat use in a heterogeneous Tallgrass Prairie

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 171, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 97-115

  Monroe, Adrian P ^a,b   O'Connell, Timothy J ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; BREEDING SEASON; FIRE; GROWING SEASON; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT STRUCTURE; HABITAT USE; HETEROGENEITY; PRAIRIE; RANGELAND; SEDGE; SONGBIRD; WINTER;

FLINT HILLS; KANSAS; OKLAHOMA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84892608568     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1674/0003-0031-171.1.97     Document Type: Article

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