Factors influencing northern bobwhite nest-site selection and fate

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 564-571

  Lusk, Jeffrey J ^a,b   Smith, Steven G ^a,c   Fuhlendorf, Samuel D ^a   Guthery, Fred S ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Nebraska Game and Parks Commission   (United States)

Author keywords

Colinus virginianus; Nest fate; Nest site selection; Neural network modeling; Northern bobwhite

Indexed keywords

BIRD; CANOPY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; NEST; VIDEOGRAPHY;

COLINUS; COLINUS VIRGINIANUS;

EID: 33646701969     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0022-541X(2006)70[564:FINBNS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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