Guidelines for managing lesser prairie-chicken populations and their habitats

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 69-82

  Hagen, Christian A ^a,b,h,i   Jamison, Brent E ^a,c,d,j   Giesen, Kenneth M ^e,f,k,l,m   Riley, Terry Z ^{g,j,n,o,p,q,r,s,t,u,v}  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^d Yakama Nation   (United States)

^e NATIONAL WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^f Wildlife Management Institute ^*  (United States)

^g Wildlife Management Institute   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

ⁱ FORT LEWIS COLLEGE   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^l Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^m Colorado Division of Wildlife ^*  (United States)

ⁿ Wildlife Management Institute (WMI)   (United States)

^o WMI   (United States)

^p Midwest and Northern Great Plains   (United States)

^q Iowa Department of Natural Resources   (United States)

^r Black Hills National Forest   (United States)

^s Chequamegon National Forest   (United States)

^t NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^u OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^v Wildlife Society   (United States)

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Author keywords

Artemisia filifolia; Guidelines; Lesser prairie chicken; Management zone; Mixed grass prairie; Quercus havardii; Sand sagebrush; Shinnery oak; Tympanuchus pallidicinctus

Indexed keywords

ENDANGERED SPECIES; GAMEBIRD; GUIDELINE; HABITAT RESTORATION; PRAIRIE; SPECIES CONSERVATION; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

NORTH AMERICA;

ARTEMISIA; ARTEMISIA FILIFOLIA; ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA; GALLUS GALLUS; QUERCUS; QUERCUS HAVARDII; TYMPANUCHUS; TYMPANUCHUS PALLIDICINCTUS;

EID: 2142755505     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0091-7648(2004)32[69:GFMLPP]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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