Factors influencing survival of radiotagged and banded northern bobwhites in Georgia

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1288-1297

  Terhune, Theron M ^a   Sisson, D Clay ^b   Grand, James B ^c   Stribling, H Lee ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b Albany Quail Project   (United States)

^c AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dead recoveries; Kaplan Meier; Mark recapture; Northern bobwhite; Program MARK; Radiotransmitter; Survival estimation

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; GAMEBIRD; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; POPULATION ESTIMATION; RADIOTELEMETRY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SURVIVAL;

AVES; COLINUS; COLINUS VIRGINIANUS;

EID: 43249095863     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/2005-640     Document Type: Article

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