Nesting ecology of Lesser Prairie-Chickens in sand sagebrush Prairie of Southwestern Kansas

Wilson Journal of Ornithology

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 23-35

  Pitman, James C ^a,b   Hagen, Christian A ^a,c   Jamison, Brent E ^a,d   Robel, Robert J ^a   Loughin, Thomas M ^a   Applegate, Roger D ^b,e  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Kansas Department of Wildlife & Parks   (United States)

^c OREGON DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE   (United States)

^d MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION   (United States)

^e TENNESSEE WILDLIFE RESOURCES AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTEMISIA; ARTEMISIA FILIFOLIA; CANIDAE; CANIS LATRANS; PITUOPHIS; PITUOPHIS MELANOLEUCUS; TYMPANUCHUS PALLIDICINCTUS;

EID: 33646525709     PISSN: 15594491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1676/1559-4491(2006)118[0023:NEOLPI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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