Northern bobwhite restocking in east Texas: A genetic assessment

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 854-863

  Nedbal, Michael A ^a   Honeycutt, Rodney L ^a   Evans, Steven G ^a   Whiting Jr , R Montague ^b   Dietz, Donald R ^c  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STEPHEN F AUSTIN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Temple Inland Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Colinus virginianus; Mitochondrial DNA; Northern bobwhite; Population genetics; Quail restocking; Subspecies

Indexed keywords

AVES; COLINUS; COLINUS VIRGINIANUS; COLINUS VIRGINIANUS TEXANUS; PHASIANIDAE;

EID: 0030880234     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3802194     Document Type: Article

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