Evaluating lek occupancy of greater sage-grouse in relation to landscape cultivation in the Dakotas

Western North American Naturalist

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 310-320

  Smith, Joe T ^a,d   Flake, Lester D ^a,d   Higgins, Kenneth F ^a   Kobriger, Gerald D ^b   Homer, Collin G ^c  

^a SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b North Dakota Game and Fish Department   (United States)

^c EARTH RESOURCES OBSERVATION AND SCIENCE EROS CENTER   (United States)

^d Box 212 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Greater Sage Grouse; Lek; North Dakota; Satellite imagery; South Dakota

Indexed keywords

CENTROCERCUS UROPHASIANUS;

EID: 23644452671     PISSN: 15270904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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