Weather and prairie grouse: Dealing with effects beyond our control

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 22-34

  Flanders Wanner, Bridgette L ^a,b,e,f,g   White, Gary C ^{a,h,i,j,k,l,m,n}   McDaniel, Leonard L ^c,d,o,p,q,r  

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

^b Sand Lake National Wildlife Refuge   (United States)

^c Valentine National Wildlife Refuge   (United States)

^d North Dakota State University ^*  (United States)

^e NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f Prairie Grouse Technical Council   (United States)

^g S Dakota Chapter of the Wildl Soc   (United States)

^h IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^j OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^k UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^l LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

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

ⁿ Mexican Spotted Owl Recovery Team   (Mexico)

^o UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^p Box 202A   (United States)

^q Br Predator Rodent Contr Wildl S   (United States)

^r West River Area   (United States)

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Author keywords

Brood survival; Grouse; Harvest age ratios; Nest success; Precipitation; Production; Sharp tailed grouse; Temperature; Tympanuchus; Weather

Indexed keywords

DISTURBANCE; GAMEBIRD; PRAIRIE; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SURVIVAL; TEMPERATURE; WEATHER; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

NEBRASKA; NORTH AMERICA; SAMUEL R. MCKELVIE NATIONAL FOREST; UNITED STATES;

PHASIANIDAE; TYMPANUCHUS; TYMPANUCHUS PHASIANELLUS;

EID: 2142821048     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0091-7648(2004)32[22:WAPGDW]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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