Macrohabitat effects on summer survival, movements, and clutch success of northern bobwhite in Kansas

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 675-685

  Taylor, J Scott ^a,b   Church, Kevin E ^b   Rusch, Donald H ^a   Cary, John R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b NEBRASKA GAME AND PARKS COMMISSION   (United States)

Author keywords

Clutch success; Colinus virginianus; Compositional analysis; Habitat selection; Kansas; Northern bobwhite; Population distribution; Survival

Indexed keywords

HOME RANGE; POPULATION DECLINE; SURVIVAL;

KANSAS; UNITED STATES;

AVES; COLINUS; COLINUS VIRGINIANUS;

EID: 0032958109     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3802657     Document Type: Article

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