Habitat availability is a more plausible explanation than insecticide acute toxicity for U.S. grassland bird species declines.

Grassland bird species have experienced substantial declines in North America. These declines have been largely attributed to habitat loss and degradation, especially from agricultural practices and intensification (the habitat-availability hypothesis). A recent analysis of North American Breeding B...

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Main Authors: Jason M Hill, J Franklin Egan, Glenn E Stauffer, Duane R Diefenbach
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4028314?pdf=render