Reproduction by northern bobwhites in western Oklahoma

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 133-139

  Cox, Scott A ^a   Guthery, Fred S ^b   Lusk, Jeffrey J ^b   Peoples, Alan D ^c   Demaso, Stephen J ^c,d   Sams, Mike ^c  

^a OK Dept of Wildlife Conservation   (United States)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OK Dept of Wildlife Conservation   (United States)

^d TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

Clutch size; Colinus virginianus; Nest phenology; Nest success; Northern bobwhite; Oklahoma; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

CLUTCH SIZE; GAMEBIRD; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; NEST PREDATION; NESTING; NESTING SUCCESS; PHENOLOGY;

NORTH AMERICA; OKLAHOMA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

COLINUS; COLINUS VIRGINIANUS;

EID: 18044391492     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0022-541X(2005)069<0133:RBNBIW>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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