Survival rates of American woodcock wintering in the Georgia piedmont

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1328-1332

  Krementz, David G ^a   Berdeen, James B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

American woodcock; Georgia; Hunting; Kaplan Meier; Mortality; Piedmont; Population dynamics; Predation; Radiotelemetry; Scolopax minor; Survival; Winter

Indexed keywords

AMERICAN WOODCOCK; SURVIVAL RATE; WINTERING;

GEORGIA; PIEDMONT; USA;

CHARADRIIFORMES; SCOLOPAX MINOR;

EID: 0031425604     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3802133     Document Type: Article

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