Association of ring-necked pheasant, gray partridge, and meadowlark abundance to Conservation Reserve Program grasslands

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1276-1284

  Haroldson, Kurt J ^a   Kimmel, Richard O ^a   Riggs, Michael R ^b   Berner, Alfred H ^a,c  

^a MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

^b Statistics and Public Health Research Division   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Abundance; Conservation Reserve Program; Grasslands; Gray partridge; Habitat; Meadowlark; Minnesota; Perdix perdix; Phasianus colchicus; Ring necked pheasant; Sturnella; Weather

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; GAMEBIRD; GRASSLAND; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; POPULATION GROWTH; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE;

MINNESOTA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

AVES; PERDIX; PERDIX PERDIX; PHASIANIDAE; PHASIANUS COLCHICUS; STURNELLA;

EID: 33845398431     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0022-541X(2006)70[1276:AORPGP]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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