Breeding and non-breeding survival of lesser prairie-chickens Tympanuchus pallidicinctus in Texas, USA

Wildlife Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 89-96

  Lyons, Eddie K ^a   Collier, Bret A ^a   Silvy, Nova J ^a   Lopez, Roel R ^a   Toole, Benjamin E ^a   Jones, Ryan S ^a   DeMaso, Stephen J ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

Chicken; Lesser prairie; Radio; Survival; Telemetry; Texas Panhandle; Tympanuchus pallidicinctus

Indexed keywords

ARTEMISIA; ARTEMISIA FILIFOLIA; AVES; QUERCUS HAVARDII; TYMPANUCHUS PALLIDICINCTUS;

EID: 67249092403     PISSN: 09096396     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2981/07-083     Document Type: Article

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