Relative abundance of bobwhites in relation to weather and land use

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 1040-1051

  Lusk, Jeffrey J ^a   Guthery, Fred S ^a   George, Ronnie R ^b   Peterson, Markus J ^b,c   DeMaso, Stephen J ^b  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Artificial neural network; Colinus virginianus; Index of abundance; Land use variables; Northern bobwhite; Relative abundance; Texas; Weather

Indexed keywords

BIRD; LAND USE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; WEATHER;

TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

AVES; BOS TAURUS; COLINUS; COLINUS VIRGINIANUS;

EID: 0036816807     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3802936     Document Type: Article

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