Gunnison sage-grouse use of Conservation Reserve Program fields in Utah and response to emergency grazing: A preliminary evaluation

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 957-962

  Lupis, Sarah G ^a   Messmer, Terry A ^a   Black, Todd ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Centrocercus minimus; Conservation Reserve Program; Emergency grazing; Gunnison sage grouse; Habitat use; Utah

Indexed keywords

BIRD; GRAZING; HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT USE; LIVESTOCK FARMING;

NORTH AMERICA; SAN JUAN COUNTY [UTAH]; UNITED STATES; UTAH;

AVES; CENTROCERCUS MINIMUS; CENTROCERCUS UROPHASIANUS;

EID: 33845950099     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0091-7648(2006)34[957:GSUOCR]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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