The endangered Attwater's prairie chicken and an analysis of prairie grouse helminthic endoparasitism

Ecography

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 424-431

  Peterson, Markus J ^a,b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTWATER'S PRAIRIE CHICKEN; ENDANGERED BIRD; ENDOPARASITISM; HELMINTH; PRAIRIE GROUSE;

USA, ILLINOIS; USA, KANSAS; USA, MISSOURI;

DISPHARYNX NASUTA; HETERAKIS GALLINARUM; TYMPANUCHUS CUPIDO ATTWATERI;

EID: 0030304925     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.1996.tb00253.x     Document Type: Article

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