Female age and breeding performance in a cyclic population of black grouse Tetrao tetrix

Wildlife Biology

Volumn 3, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 195-203

  Marjakangas, Arto ^a   Törmälä, Laura ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Black grouse; Breeding performance; Female age; Population dynamics; Radio telemetry; Tetrao tetrix

Indexed keywords

TETRAO TETRIX;

EID: 0031424438     PISSN: 09096396     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2981/wlb.1997.024     Document Type: Conference Paper

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