Spatial variation in lesser prairie-chicken demography: A sensitivity analysis of population dynamics and management alternatives

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 73, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1325-1332

  Hagen, Christian A ^a   Sandercock, Brett K ^a   Pitman, James C ^a,b   Robel, Robert J ^a   Applegate, Roger D ^b,c  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Kansas Department of Wildlife & Parks   (United States)

^c Tennessee Wildlife Resource Agency   (United States)

Author keywords

age specific; Artemisia filifolia; demographic rates; Kansas; Leslie matrix model; life table response experiment; prospective analyses; Tympanuchus pallidicinctus

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION STATUS; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FECUNDITY; GAMEBIRD; HABITAT CONSERVATION; LIFE TABLE; LIMITING FACTOR; NESTING SUCCESS; POPULATION BOTTLENECK; REPRODUCTIVE PRODUCTIVITY; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SURVIVAL;

KANSAS; UNITED STATES;

ARTEMISIA; ARTEMISIA FILIFOLIA; TYMPANUCHUS PALLIDICINCTUS;

EID: 77954491658     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/2008-225     Document Type: Article

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