Structural heterogeneity increases diversity of non-breeding grassland birds

Ecosphere

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2014, Pages

  Hovick, Torre J ^a   Dwayne Elmore, R ^a   Fuhlendorf, Samuel D ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ammodramus leconteii; Calcarius pictus; Fire grazing interaction; Le Conte's Sparrow; Nonmetric multidimensional scaling (NMDS); Occupancy modeling; Pyric herbivory; Smith's Longspur

Indexed keywords

EID: 84903487437     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21508925     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/ES14-00062.1     Document Type: Article

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