Land-use patterns surrounding greater prairie-chicken leks in northwestern Minnesota

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 189-198

  Merrill, Michael D ^a   Chapman, Kim A ^a,c   Poiani, Karen A ^b   Winter, Brian ^a  

^a THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Geographic Information Systems; GIS; Greater prairie chicken; Land use pattern; Leks; Patches; Tympanuchus cupido pinnatus

Indexed keywords

GAMEBIRD; HABITAT STRUCTURE; LAND USE; LEK; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

MINNESOTA; UNITED STATES;

TYMPANUCHUS CUPIDO;

EID: 0033009058     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3802500     Document Type: Article

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