Effect of method, site, and taxon on line-intercept estimates of sagebrush cover

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 440-445

  Wambolt, Carl L ^a,d   Frisina, Michael R ^b   Knapp, Stephen J ^a,b   Frisina, R Margaret ^c  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WILDLIFE AND PARKS   (United States)

^c Wildlife Division ^*

^d Wildlife Division   (Turkey)

Author keywords

A. T. Wyomingensis; A. Tridentata vaseyana; Artemisia nova; Black sagebrush; Centrocercus spp.; Cover; Line intercept; Mountain big sagebrush; Sage grouse; Vegetation; Wyoming big sagebrush

Indexed keywords

BIRD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; HABITAT CORRIDOR; MORPHOLOGY; PLANT; SHRUB; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

ARTEMISIA; ARTEMISIA NOVA; ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA; ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA VASEYANA; ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA WYOMINGENSIS; CENTROCERCUS; CENTROCERCUS UROPHASIANUS;

EID: 33745633050     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0091-7648(2006)34[440:EOMSAT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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