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A Comparative Study of Bird Populations in Illinois, 1906-1909 and 1956-1958

Graber, Richard Rex; Graber, Jean Weber

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Title
A Comparative Study of Bird Populations in Illinois, 1906-1909 and 1956-1958
Author(s)
  • Graber, Richard Rex
  • Graber, Jean Weber
Contributor(s)
Biodiversity Heritage Library
Issue Date
1963-10
Keyword(s)
  • Bird Populations
  • Comparative Study
  • Illinois
Abstract
On August 29, 1906, Alfred O. Gross and Howard A. Ray, working for the Illinois State Laboratory of Natural History (a parent organization of the Illinois Natural History Survey) under the direction of Stephen A. Forbes, began a series of statewide, cross-country censuses of birds in Illinois. These censuses were continued at intervals until September, 1909, and the data collected were published in a series of papers (Forbes 1907, 1908, 1913; Forbes & Gross 1921, 1922, 1923) that provided a quantitative record of the Illinois bird populations of that period and a potential basis for evaluating the adjustment of bird populations to a changing environment. In 1956—1958, we conducted statewide censuses similar to those of the 1906-1909 survey. In this paper we present an analysis of our field data and compare these data with those from the first survey.
Publisher
Champaign : Illinois Natural History Survey
Series/Report Name or Number
Illinois Natural History Survey Bulletin; v. 028, no. 03
ISSN
0073-4918
Type of Resource
text
Language
en
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http://hdl.handle.net/2142/44083
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Copyright 2009 University of Illinois Board of Trustees. All rights reserved.

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