Survival and cause-specific mortality of northern bobwhites in Western Oklahoma

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 663-671

  Cox, Scott A ^a   Peoples, Alan D ^b   DeMaso, Stephen J ^b,d   Lusk, Jeffrey J ^c   Guthery, Fred S ^c  

^a OK Dept of Wildlife Conservation   (United States)

^b OK Dept of Wildlife Conservation   (United States)

^c OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

Cause specific mortality; Colinus virginianus; Mortality; Northern bobwhite; Oklahoma; Survival

Indexed keywords

MORTALITY; RADIOTELEMETRY; SURVIVAL; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

NORTH AMERICA; OKLAHOMA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

COLINUS; COLINUS VIRGINIANUS; MAMMALIA; RAPTORES;

EID: 3843116722     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0022-541X(2004)068[0663:SACMON]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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