Effects of military operations on behavior and hearing of endangered sonoran pronghorn

Wildlife Monographs

Volumn , Issue 157, 2004, Pages 1-41

  Krausman, Paul R ^a   Harris, Lisa K ^b   Blasch, Cathy L ^a,d   Koenen, Kiana K G ^a,e   Francine, Jon ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b Harris Environmental Group Inc   (United States)

^c SRS Technologies   (United States)

^d ARIZONA GAME AND FISH DEPARTMENT   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Aircraft; Antilocapra americana sonoriensis; Arizona; Auditory brainstem response; Behavior; Endangered; Hearing; Military; Sonoran pronghorn

Indexed keywords

ANTILOCAPRA AMERICANA; ANTILOCAPRA AMERICANA SONORIENSIS; CERVIDAE; ODOCOILEUS; ODOCOILEUS HEMIONUS; UNGULATA;

EID: 3543020337     PISSN: 00840173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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