Sound intensity of booming in lesser prairie-chickens

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1160-1162

  Butler, Matthew J ^a   Ballard, Warren B ^a   Holt, R Douglas ^a   Whitlaw, Heather A ^b,c  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT   (United States)

^c US Fish and Wildlife Service   (United States)

Author keywords

attenuation; audibility; booming; lek; lesser prairie chicken; population monitoring; sound intensity; Tympanuchus pallidicinctus; vocalization

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; GAMEBIRD; POPULATION ESTIMATION; SOUND PROPAGATION; VOCALIZATION;

TYMPANUCHUS PALLIDICINCTUS;

EID: 77953951037     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/2009-423     Document Type: Article

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