Influence of landscape composition on sharp-tailed grouse lek location and attendance in Wisconsin pine barrens

Ecoscience

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 209-217

  Niemuth, Neal D ^a   Boyce, Mark S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN STEVENS POINT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Disturbance; Grassland bird; Landscape ecology; Pine barrens; Scale; Sharp tailed grouse; Timber harvest

Indexed keywords

DISTURBANCE; GAMEBIRD; GRASSLAND; HABITAT LOSS; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; TREE PLANTING;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WISCONSIN;

AVES; PHASIANIDAE; TYMPANUCHUS; TYMPANUCHUS PHASIANELLUS;

EID: 3943051985     PISSN: 11956860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11956860.2004.11682826     Document Type: Article

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