Home range, habitat use, and diet of Gould's turkeys, Peloncillo Mountains, New Mexico

Southwestern Naturalist

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 231-240

  York, Darryl L ^a,b   Schemnitz, Sanford D ^a  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCTOSTAPHYLOS; ARCTOSTAPHYLOS PUNGENS; ARCTOSTAPHYLOS UVA-URSI; AVES; BRASSICA; BRASSICACEAE; JUNIPERUS; JUNIPERUS DEPPEANA; MELEAGRIS GALLOPAVO; MELEAGRIS GALLOPAVO MEXICANA; ORYZOPSIS; PINUS EDULIS; PIPTOCHAETIUM FIMBRIATUM; RIPARIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0037897326     PISSN: 00384909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1894/0038-4909(2003)048<0231:HRHUAD>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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