The need to improve our attention to scale of resolution in grouse research

Wildlife Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 385-391

  Keppie, Daniel M ^a   Kierstead, Jonathan M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^b Bowater   (Canada)

Author keywords

Research; Ruffed grouse; Scale dependency; Scale of resolution; Spruce grouse

Indexed keywords

BONASA UMBELLUS; DENDRAGAPUS CANADENSIS; PHASIANIDAE; PICEA;

EID: 1042279228     PISSN: 09096396     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2981/wlb.2003.009     Document Type: Conference Paper

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