Differences in flight characteristics of pen-reared and wild prairie-chickens

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 650-654

  Hess, Marc F ^a,c   Silvy, Nova J ^a   Griffin, Clifton P ^a   Lopez, Roel R ^a   Davis, Donald S ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Attwater's prairie chicken; Flight distance; Flight speed; Flushing distance; Greater prairie chicken; Predator avoidance; Tympanuchus cupido

Indexed keywords

ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; CAPTIVE BREEDING; FLIGHT BEHAVIOR; GAMEBIRD; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

AVES; CANIS FAMILIARIS; TYMPANUCHUS; TYMPANUCHUS CUPIDO; TYMPANUCHUS CUPIDO ATTWATERI;

EID: 23744452050     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0022-541X(2005)069[0650:DIFCOP]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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