Energy development and avian nest survival in Wyoming, USA: A test of a common disturbance index

Biological Conservation

Volumn 184, Issue , 2015, Pages 327-334

  Hethcoat, Matthew G ^a   Chalfoun, Anna D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

Brewer's sparrow; Energy development; Fragmentation; Habitat loss; Indices; Natural gas; Nest predation; Sage thrasher; Sagebrush sparrow; Sagebrush steppe

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; AVIFAUNA; DISTURBANCE; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT LOSS; NATURAL GAS; NEST PREDATION; SONGBIRD; STEPPE;

UNITED STATES; WYOMING;

ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA; AVES; OREOSCOPTES; OREOSCOPTES MONTANUS; SPIZELLA BREWERI;

EID: 84923340587     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2015.02.009     Document Type: Article

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