Factors affecting white-winged, white-tipped, and mourning dove reproduction in Lower Rio Grande Valley

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 286-295

  Hayslette, Steven E ^a   Tacha, Thomas C ^a   Waggerman, Gary L ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY KINGSVILLE   (United States)

^b TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

Food; Habitat; Leptotila verreauxi; Lower Rio Grande Valley; Mourning dove; Nesting; Predation; Texas; White tipped dove; White winged dove; Zenaida asiatica; Zenaida macroura

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; PRODUCTIVITY; REPRODUCTION;

RIO GRANDE VALLEY; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

CELTIS LAEVIGATA; LEPTOTILA VERREAUXI; PITHECELLOBIUM EBANO; QUISCALUS MEXICANUS; ZENAIDA ASIATICA; ZENAIDA MACROURA;

EID: 0033982924     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3803001     Document Type: Article

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