Changes in the distribution and status of sage-grouse in Utah

Western North American Naturalist

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 203-214

  Beck, Jeffrey L ^a   Mitchell, Dean L ^b   Maxfield, Brian D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^b UTAH DIVISION OF WILDLIFE RESOURCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Artemisia tridentata; Centrocercus minimus; Centrocercus urophasianus; Greater Sage Grouse; Gunnison Sage Grouse; Habitat loss; Sage grouse; Sagebrush habitats; Utah

Indexed keywords

ACER NEGUNDO; ARTEMISIA; ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA; CENTROCERCUS MINIMUS; CENTROCERCUS UROPHASIANUS; PHASIANIDAE; SALVIA; SAMBUCUS NIGRA CANADENSIS; TRIDENTATA;

EID: 0038332084     PISSN: 15270904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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