Increasing and declining populations of northern bobwhites inhabit different types of landscapes

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 922-930

  Veech, Joseph A ^a,b  

^a Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Colinus virginianus; Cropland; Landscape composition; National Resources Inventory; North American Breeding Bird Survey; Northern bobwhites; Population; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

GAMEBIRD; LANDSCAPE; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GROWTH;

AVES; COLINUS; COLINUS VIRGINIANUS; PHASIANIDAE;

EID: 33748926487     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0022-541X(2006)70[922:IADPON]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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