Hunting mortality and overwinter survival of northern bobwhites relative to food plots in Kansas

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 1120-1127

  Madison, L Andrew ^a,b   Robel, Robert J ^a   Jones, David P ^c  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Department of the Army   (United States)

Author keywords

Colinus virginianus; Food plots; Kansas; Mortality; Northern bobwhite; Quail; Survival; Winter

Indexed keywords

FOOD SUPPLEMENTATION; GAMEBIRD; HUNTING; MORTALITY; OVERWINTERING; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

UNITED STATES;

AVES; COLINUS; COLINUS VIRGINIANUS; MAMMALIA; PHASIANIDAE;

EID: 0036977715     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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