Spread and disappearance of the Greater Prairie-Chicken, Tympanuchus cupido, on the Canadian Prairies and adjacent areas

Canadian Field-Naturalist

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 1-21

  Houston, C Stuart ^a  

^a NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Decline; Ecologic factors; Extirpation; Greater Prairie Chicken; Spread; Tympanuchus cupido

Indexed keywords

BURNING; DROUGHT; GAMEBIRD; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HYBRIDIZATION; OVERGRAZING; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

CANADA;

AVES; BOS TAURUS; CUPIDO; GALLUS GALLUS; PHASIANIDAE; TYMPANUCHUS CUPIDO;

EID: 0036461682     PISSN: 00083550     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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