Improving northern bobwhite habitat by converting tall fescue fields to native warm-season grasses

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 97-104

  Washburn, Brian E ^a   Barnes, Thomas G ^a   Sole, Jeffrey D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b Kentucky Chapter Nat Conserv   (United States)

Author keywords

Festuca arundinacea; Glyphosate; Herbicides; Imazapic; Native warm season grasses; Northern bobwhite

Indexed keywords

BURNING; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; METHODOLOGY; SPECIES CONSERVATION; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

COLINUS VIRGINIANUS; FESTUCA ARUNDINACEA; NEOTYPHODIUM COENOPHIALUM;

EID: 0034063221     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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