Effects of supplemental prey, vegetation, and time on success of artificial nests

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1299-1305

  Vander Lee, Bruce A ^a,b   Lutz, R Scott ^a,b   Hansen, Leslie A ^a,c   Mathews, Nancy E ^a,b  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Artificial nests; Conservation Reserve Program; Predation; Supplemental prey; Vegetation density

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL NEST; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; PREY AVAILABILITY; VEGETATION COVER; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032704798     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3802848     Document Type: Article

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