Influence of precipitation on demographics of northern bobwhites in southern Texas

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 1071-1079

  Hernández, Fidel ^a,b,c   Hernández, Froylán ^a   Arredondo, Juan A ^a,c   Bryant, Fred C ^a,d,e   Brennan, Leonard A ^a,f,g   Bingham, Ralph L ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY KINGSVILLE   (United States)

^b Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute   (United States)

^c HUGHES STX CORPORATION   (United States)

^d Boone ^*  (United States)

^e Society for Range Management   (United States)

^f Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute   (United States)

^g Texas Quail Council   (United States)

Author keywords

Colinus virginianus; Drought; Northern bobwhites; Population dynamics; Texas; Weather

Indexed keywords

BIRD; DROUGHT; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RANGELAND;

NORTH AMERICA; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

COLINUS; COLINUS VIRGINIANUS;

EID: 30344433461     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0091-7648(2005)33[1071:IOPODO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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