Using human-imprinted chicks to evaluate the importance of forbs to sage-grouse

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 72, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1622-1627

  Huwer, Sherri L ^a,b   Anderson, David R ^a   Remington, Thomas E ^b   White, Gary C ^c  

^a Colorado State University ^*  (United States)

^b Wildlife Health Program   (United States)

^c Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

Brood habitat; Centrocercus urophasianus; Colorado; Forb; Growth; Habitat; Imprinting; Sage grouse

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BODY MASS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FEATHER; GAMEBIRD; GROWTH RESPONSE; HERB; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL; VEGETATION COVER;

COLORADO; MIDDLE PARK; MOFFAT COUNTY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

CENTROCERCUS UROPHASIANUS; TETRAONIDAE;

EID: 53049087710     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/2004-340     Document Type: Article

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