Parasitism of greater prairie-chicken nests by ring-necked pheasants

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 854-863

  Westemeier, Ronald L ^a   Buhnerkempe, John E ^a,b   Edwards, William R ^a   Brawn, Jeffrey D ^a   Simpson, Scott A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^b ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Exotics; Greater prairie chicken; Illinois; Nest parasitism; Phasianus colchicus; Reproduction; Ringnecked pheasant; Tympanuchus cupido

Indexed keywords

GAMEBIRD; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; ISOLATED POPULATION; NEST; PARASITISM; POPULATION DECLINE;

ILLINOIS; JASPER COUNTY; USA;

AVES; CUPIDO; GALLUS GALLUS; PHASIANIDAE; PHASIANUS COLCHICUS; TYMPANUCHUS; TYMPANUCHUS CUPIDO; TYMPANUCHUS CUPIDO PINNATUS;

EID: 0031823686     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3802536     Document Type: Article

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