Ruffed grouse (Bonasa umbellus) brood microhabitat selection in the southern Appalachians

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 150, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 95-103

  Haulton, G Scott ^a,c   Stauffer, Dean F ^a   Kirkpatrick, Roy L ^a   Norman, Gary W ^b  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries   (United States)

^c Adirondack Ecological Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMEBIRD; GROUND COVER; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; HABITAT SELECTION; MICROHABITAT;

APPALACHIANS; UNITED STATES;

ARTHROPODA; BONASA; BONASA UMBELLUS; GALLUS GALLUS; PHASIANIDAE;

EID: 0038447132     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1674/0003-0031(2003)150[0095:RGBUBM]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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