Ruffed grouse selection of drumming sites in the Black Hills National Forest

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 165, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 400-411

  Hansen, Christopher P ^a   Rumble, Mark A ^b   Millspaugh, Joshua J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE CLASS; BREEDING SITE; DICOTYLEDON; DISCRETE CHOICE ANALYSIS; GAMEBIRD; SITE SELECTION; VEGETATION COVER;

BLACK HILLS NATIONAL FOREST; SOUTH DAKOTA; UNITED STATES; WYOMING;

AVES; BONASA UMBELLUS; POPULUS; POPULUS TREMULOIDES;

EID: 79953239398     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1674/0003-0031-165.2.400     Document Type: Article

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