West Nile virus and sage-grouse: What more have we learned?

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 616-623

  Naugle, David E ^a   Aldridge, Cameron L ^e   Walker, Brett L ^a,f   Doherty, Kevin E ^a   Matchett, Marc R ^b   McIntosh, Jock ^c,g   Cornish, Todd E ^d   Boyce, Mark S ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^b Charles M Russell National Wildlife Refuge   (United States)

^c ALBERTA ENVIRONMENT AND PARKS   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^f Notrhern Powder River Basin   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Centrocercus urophasianus; Emerging infectious disease; Monitoring; Population decline; Sage grouse; Survival; West Nile virus

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DISEASE PREVALENCE; GAMEBIRD; INFECTIVITY; POPULATION DECLINE; VIRAL DISEASE;

ALBERTA; CALIFORNIA; CANADA; COLORADO; MONTANA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD; WYOMING;

CENTROCERCUS UROPHASIANUS; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 27144531126     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0091-7648(2005)33[616:WNVASW]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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