Factors affecting Attwater's prairie-chicken decline on the Attwater Prairie Chicken National Wildlife Refuge

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 593-601

  Morrow, Michael E ^a,d,f,g   Adamcik, Robert S ^{b,c,d,h,i,j,k}   Friday, Jenny D ^a,b,d   McKinney, Lloyd B ^d,e  

^a Attwater Prairie Chicken National Wildlife Refuge   (United States)

^b US Fish and Wildlife Service ^*

^c U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

^d TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^f KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g US Fish and Wildlife Service   (Canada)

^h National Wildlife Refuge System   (United States)

ⁱ Kern National Wildlife Refuge

^j Fish Wildl Serv Environ L   (Puerto Rico)

^k UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

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Author keywords

Burning; Grazing; Land use; Management; Prairie chicken; Precipitation

Indexed keywords

ATTWATER'S PRAIRIE-CHICKEN; BURNING; GRAZING; RAINFALL;

USA, TEXAS, ATTWATER PRAIRIE CHICKEN NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE;

TYMPANUCHUS CUPIDO ATTWATERI;

EID: 0030301025     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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