Operative temperature reduces habitat space for northern bobwhites

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1506-1511

  Forrester, N David ^a   Guthery, Fred S ^a,b   Kopp, Steven D ^a   Cohen, Will E ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY KINGSVILLE   (United States)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Colinus virginianus; Fragmentation; Habitat selection; Northern bobwhite; Operative temperature; Texas

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; GAMEBIRD; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT USE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; COLINUS; COLINUS VIRGINIANUS; GALLIFORMES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031756727     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3802017     Document Type: Article

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