Rapid expansion of croplands in Chihuahua, Mexico threatens declining North American grassland bird species

Biological Conservation

Volumn 170, Issue , 2014, Pages 274-281

  Pool, Duane B ^a   Panjabi, Arvind O ^a   Macias Duarte, Alberto ^a,b   Solhjem, Deanna M ^c,d  

^a Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory   (United States)

^b Universidad Estatal de Sonora   (Mexico)

^c Kansas Department of Wildlife   (United States)

^d North Dakota Department of Health   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Chihuahuan Desert; Desert grasslands; GPCA; Grassland birds; Grassland Priority Conservation Areas; Habitat loss; Land use change; Remote sensing; Wintering habitat

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; BIODIVERSITY; GRASSLAND; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT LOSS; LAND USE CHANGE; MIGRATORY SPECIES; RANGE EXPANSION; RAPTOR; REMOTE SENSING; SHRUB;

CHIHUAHUA; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA];

EID: 84893416190     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2013.12.019     Document Type: Article

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