Evaluation of the landscape surrounding northern bobwhite nest sites: A multiscale analysis

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1528-1537

  White, Craig G ^a,b   Schweitzer, Sara H ^a   Moore, Clinton T ^a   Parnell III, Ira B ^a,c   Lewis Weis, Lynn A ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b IDAHO DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME   (United States)

^c Georgia Department of Natural Resources   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Colinus virginianus; Conservation Reserve Program; Georgia; Habitat; Land cover; Landscape; Multiscale analysis; Nest; Northern bobwhite

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; GIS; HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT STRUCTURE; NEST SITE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

GEORGIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

COLINUS; COLINUS VIRGINIANUS;

EID: 33645674149     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0022-541X(2005)69[1528:EOTLSN]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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