Estimation of ring-necked pheasant condition with total body electrical conductivity

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 216-220

  Purvis, Jon R ^a,b   Gabbert, Andy E ^a   Brown, Michael L ^a   Flake, Lester D ^a  

^a SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

Condition; Lipid; Phasianus colchicus; Ring necked pheasant; TOBEC

Indexed keywords

BODY CONDITION; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ESTIMATION METHOD; GAMEBIRD;

PHASIANUS COLCHICUS;

EID: 0032866512     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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