Comparison of Fall and Winter Food Habits for Sympatric Chukar and Gray Partridge in Hells Canyon of Idaho and Oregon

Northwest Science

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 42-47

  Churchwell, Roy ^a,c   Ratti, John T ^a   Edelmann, Frank ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^b IDAHO POWER COMPANY   (United States)

^c OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COEXISTENCE; DIETARY OVERLAP; GAMEBIRD; NICHE OVERLAP; SYMPATRY;

HELLS CANYON; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ALECTORIS; ALECTORIS CHUKAR; AVES; PERDIX; POACEAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 1442291132     PISSN: 0029344X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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