Home range and habitat use of male ruffed grouse in managed mixed oak and aspen forests

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 109, Issue 1-3, 1998, Pages 271-278

  McDonald Jr , John E ^a   Storm, Gerald L ^a   Palmer, William L ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Pennsylvania Game Commission   (United States)

Author keywords

Aspen; Bonasa umbellus; Clearcutting; Drumming; Oak; Pennsylvania; Populus; Quercus; Ruffed grouse; Telemetry; Wildlife

Indexed keywords

FOREST MANAGEMENT; GAMEBIRD; HABITAT USE; HOME RANGE; MALE BEHAVIOR;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032538108     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(98)00251-5     Document Type: Article

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