Use and misuse of prairie chicken lek surveys

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 457-459

  Applegate, Roger D ^a  

^a Kansas Department of Wildlife & Parks   (United States)

Author keywords

Index; Lek survey; Population density; Population trend; Prairie chickens; Tympanuchus

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033923608     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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