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Le Conte's Sparrow:
Ephemeral Jewel of the Northern Great Plains

By Larry D. Igl

Originally published in:
North Dakota Outdoors
(March 1999)

Official Publication of the
State Game and Fish Department
100 North Bismarck Expressway
Bismarck, North Dakota 58501-5095

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This resource is based on the following source (Northern Prairie Publication 1049):

Igl, Larry D.  1999.  Le Conte's Sparrow:  ephemeral jewel of the northern Great
     Plains.  North Dakota Outdoors 61(8):10-13.

This resource should be cited as:

Igl, Larry D.  1999.  Le Conte's Sparrow:  ephemeral jewel of the northern Great
     Plains.  North Dakota Outdoors 61(8).  Jamestown, ND:
     Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center Online. 
     http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/birds/lespar/index.htm
     (Version 05MAY99).

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Table of Contents

• Text
  
• What's in a Name
  
• The Palmer Drought Severity Index

Figures

• Figure 1: CRP Bird Use Study Sites
  
• Figure 2: Distribution of Le Conte's Sparrow
  
• Figure 3: Species' Response to Moisture
  
• Figure 4: Le Conte's Sparrow Population Changes in Kidder County, N.D.

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Larry D. Igl is an ecologist with the Biological Resources Division of the U.S. Geological Survey at Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center in Jamestown.

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