Radiotelemetry studies: Are we radio-handicapping northern bobwhites?

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 194-201

  Guthery, Fred S ^a   Lusk, Jeffrey J ^a,b,c  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Colinus virginianus; Demographic consequences; Northern bobwhite; Radio handicapping; Survival estimates; Telemetry

Indexed keywords

BIRD; DEMOGRAPHIC TREND; ESTIMATION METHOD; PRODUCTIVITY; RADIOTELEMETRY; SURVIVAL;

AVES; COLINUS; COLINUS VIRGINIANUS;

EID: 2142751241     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0091-7648(2004)32[194:RSAWRN]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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