Niche partitioning by lesser prairie-chicken Tympanuchus pallidicinctus and ring-necked pheasant Phasianus colchicus in southwestern Kansas

Wildlife Biology

Volumn 13, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2007, Pages 34-41

  Hagen, Christian A ^a,c   Pitman, James C ^a,b   Robel, Robert J ^a   Loughin, Thomas M ^a,d   Applegate, Roger D ^b,e  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Kansas Department of Wildlife & Parks   (United States)

^c OREGON DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE   (United States)

^d SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e Tennessee Wildlife Resource Agency   (United States)

Author keywords

Lesser prairie chickens; Niche partitioning; Phasianus colchicus; Ring necked pheasant; Southwestern Kansas; Tympanuchus pallidicinctus

Indexed keywords

AVES; PHASIANIDAE; PHASIANUS COLCHICUS; TYMPANUCHUS PALLIDICINCTUS;

EID: 34548010055     PISSN: 09096396     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2981/0909-6396(2007)13[34:NPBLPT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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