Technical note: Comparison of simulated ground nest types for grazing/trampling research

Journal of Range Management

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 231-233

  Paine, Laura ^a   Undersander, D J ^a   Sample, David W ^b   Bartelt, Gerald A ^b   Schatteman, Tracy A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b Wisconsin Dep of Natural Resources   (United States)

Author keywords

artificial nests; cattle; clay targets; dummy nests; game birds; intensive rotational grazing; IRG; nest survival

Indexed keywords

AVES; BOS TAURUS;

EID: 0031011916     PISSN: 0022409X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4003720     Document Type: Article

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