Winter survival and additive harvest in northern bobwhite coveys in Kansas

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 94-100

  Williams, Christopher K ^a   Lutz, R Scott ^a   Applegate, Roger D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b Kansas Department of Wildlife & Parks   (United States)

Author keywords

Additive mortality; Colinus virginianus; Covey size; Density dependence; Fragmentation; Harvest; Immigration; Kansas; Natural mortality; Northern bobwhite

Indexed keywords

GAMEBIRD; HARVESTING; MORTALITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SURVIVAL; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

KANSAS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

COLINUS; COLINUS VIRGINIANUS;

EID: 1642435730     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0022-541X(2004)068[0094:WSAAHI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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