New insight to old hypotheses: Ruffed Grouse population cycles

Wilson Journal of Ornithology

Volumn 120, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 239-247

  Zimmerman, Guthrie S ^a,b   Horton, Rick R ^c,d   Dessecker, Daniel R ^e   Gutierrez R J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

^c Ruffed Grouse Society   (United States)

^d MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

^e Ruffed Grouse Society   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMEBIRD; POPULATION CYCLE; POPULATION MODELING; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WINTER;

ACCIPITER GENTILIS; BONASA UMBELLUS; TETRAONIDAE;

EID: 45149133715     PISSN: 15594491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1676/07-050.1     Document Type: Article

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