Evaluation of pheasant crowing rates as a population index

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1338-1344

  Luukkonen, David R ^a   Prince, Harold H ^b   Mao, Ivan L ^b  

^a MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Call counts; Cock; Crowing rate; Hybrid pheasant; Michigan; Phasianus colchicus; Phasianus colchicus strauchi; Population estimate; Population index; Ring necked pheasant; Sichuan pheasant; Weather

Indexed keywords

BIRD SURVEY; CROWING; POPULATION INDEX; RING-NECKED PHEASANT; SICHUAN PHEASANT; VOCALIZATION;

AVES; PHASIANAS COLCHICUS STRAUCHI; PHASIANIDAE; PHASIANUS COLCHICUS; PHASIANUS COLCHICUS TORQUATUS;

EID: 0031425792     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3802135     Document Type: Article

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