Table 3.

Comparison of the total number of birds on 10 sample areas for the 6 most common species in the wire and border zones of the ROW in July, 1983 (post-treatment).

Number of individual birds
SpeciesWire zoneBorder zone
Yellowthroat5554
Towhee3528
Catbird2726
Field sparrow80a44a
Indigo bunting2425
Chestnut-sided warbler8b44b
  • a Means followed by the same letter are significantly different from each other at P = 0.05 based on the Wilcoxon sign test for paired observations.