Northern bobwhite (Colinus virginianus) abundance in relation to yearly weather and long-term climate patterns

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 146, Issue 1-3, 2001, Pages 3-15

  Lusk, Jeffrey J ^a   Guthery, Fred S ^a   DeMaso, Stephen J ^b  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Oklahoma Dept of Wildl Conserv   (United States)

Author keywords

Artificial neural networks; Climate adaptation; Colinux virginianus; Global warming; Northern bobwhites; Population abundance; Weather patterns

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; GLOBAL WARMING;

UNITED STATES;

COLINUS; COLINUS VIRGINIANUS; PHASIANIDAE;

EID: 0035673785     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3800(01)00292-7     Document Type: Article

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