Ruffed grouse population dynamics in the central and southern Appalachians

Biological Conservation

Volumn 133, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 364-378

  Tirpak, John M ^a   Giuliano, William M ^b   Allan Miller, C ^c   Allen, Thomas J ^d   Bittner, Steve ^e   Buehler, David A ^f   Edwards, John W ^g   Harper, Craig A ^f   Igo, William K ^h   Norman, Gary W ⁱ   Seamster, M ^j   Stauffer, Dean F ^k  

^a FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d WV Division of Wildlife Resources   (United States)

^e Natural Resources Wildlife Division   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^g WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h West Virginia Department of Natural Resources   (United States)

ⁱ Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries   (United States)

^j North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission   (United States)

^k VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Author keywords

Brood; Elasticity; Fecundity; Life stage analysis; Sensitivity; Survival

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL METHOD; DATA SET; FECUNDITY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GAMEBIRD; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GROWTH; RADIOTELEMETRY; REPRODUCTIVE STATUS; SURVIVAL;

APPALACHIANS; NORTH AMERICA;

AVES; BONASA UMBELLUS; FAGUS; FAGUS GRANDIFOLIA; PHASIANIDAE; QUERCUS;

EID: 33749050584     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2006.06.014     Document Type: Article

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