Translocation to a fragmented landscape: Survival, movement, and site fidelity of Northern Bobwhites

Ecological Applications

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1040-1052

  Terhune, Theron M ^a,b   Sisson, D Clay ^c   Palmer, William E ^b   Faircloth, Brant C ^b,d   Stribling, H Lee ^e   Carroll, John P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b TALL TIMBERS RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^c Albany Quail Project   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Colinus virginianus; Habitat fragmentation; Habitat quality; Movement; Multi strata models; Northern bobwhite; Patch size; Relocation; Site fidelity; Survival; Translocation

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT QUALITY; MOVEMENT; PATCH SIZE; PLUMAGE; RELOCATION; SITE FIDELITY; SURVIVAL; TRANSLOCATION;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; COLINUS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; LOCOMOTION; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COLINUS; ECOSYSTEM; GEORGIA; LOCOMOTION;

AVES; COLINUS; COLINUS VIRGINIANUS;

EID: 77953174061     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/09-1106.1     Document Type: Article

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