From the field: Outbreak of West Nile virus in greater sage-grouse and guidelines for monitoring, handling, and submitting dead birds

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 1000-1006

  Walker, Brett L ^a,c,d,e,f,g   Naugle, David E ^a,f,h   Doherty, Kevin E ^a,f,i,j   Cornish, Todd E ^b,f,k,l,m  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^c Powder River Basin   (United States)

^d Powder River Basin   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f UM ^*

^g Wildlife Society (TWS)   (United States)

^h SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^l NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^m UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

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Author keywords

Centrocercus urophasianus; Emerging infectious disease; Greater sage grouse; Lek count; Montana; Population decline; Powder River Basin; Survival; West Nile virus; Wyoming

Indexed keywords

GAMEBIRD; MORTALITY; POPULATION DECLINE; SURVIVAL; VIRAL DISEASE;

ALBERTA; CANADA; MONTANA; NORTH AMERICA; POWDER BASIN; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD; WYOMING;

ANIMALIA; AVES; CENTROCERCUS; CENTROCERCUS UROPHASIANUS; FLAVIVIRUS; PHASIANIDAE; SALVIA; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 7544235231     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0091-7648(2004)032[1000:FTFOOW]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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