Evaluation of brood detection techniques: Recommendations for estimating greater sage-grouse productivity

Western North American Naturalist

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 233-237

  Dahlgren, David K ^a   Messmer, Terry A ^a   Thacker, Eric T ^a   Guttery, Michael R ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

brood counts; Centrocercus urophasianus; Greater Sage Grouse; pointing dogs; spotlighting; Utah; walking surveys

Indexed keywords

CANIS FAMILIARIS; CENTROCERCUS; CENTROCERCUS UROPHASIANUS;

EID: 77955066767     PISSN: 15270904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3398/064.070.0210     Document Type: Article

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