Spatial ecology and habitat selection of breeding male pheasants

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 130-141

  Leif, Anthony P ^a,b,c  

^a SOUTH DAKOTA DEPARTMENT OF GAME   (United States)

^b South Dakota Department of Game Fish and Parks   (United States)

^c South Dakota Chapter of The Wildlife Society   (United States)

Author keywords

Dispersal; Habitat selection; Home range; Phasianus colchicus; Ring necked pheasant; Survival

Indexed keywords

DISPERSAL; HABITAT SELECTION; HOME RANGE; SURVIVAL;

NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH DAKOTA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

PHASIANIDAE; PHASIANUS; PHASIANUS COLCHICUS;

EID: 22244493939     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0091-7648(2005)33[130:SEAHSO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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