Viability of northern bobwhite populations

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 646-662

  Guthery, Fred S ^a   Peterson, Markus J ^b   George, Ronnie R ^c  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

Colinus virginianus; Density dependence; Harvest management; Northern bobwhite; Population modeling; Population viability; Quail; Weather catastrophes

Indexed keywords

GAMEBIRD; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION MODELING; VULNERABILITY;

NORTH AMERICA;

AVES; COLINUS; COLINUS VIRGINIANUS; PHASIANIDAE;

EID: 0033947065     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3802735     Document Type: Article

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