Estimating calling rates of northern bobwhite coveys and measuring abundance

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 672-682

  Wellendorf, Shane D ^a,b   Palmer, William E ^b   Bromley, Peter T ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TALL TIMBERS RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Autumn; Call count; Call rate; Colinus virginianus; Covey; Florida; North Carolina; Northern bobwhite; Quail; Tennessee

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CALLING BEHAVIOR; ESTIMATION METHOD; RADIOTELEMETRY; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

FLORIDA; NORTH AMERICA; NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

COLINUS; COLINUS VIRGINIANUS; PHASIANIDAE;

EID: 3843089601     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0022-541X(2004)068[0672:ECRONB]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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