Effects of harvest and climate on population dynamics of northern bobwhites in south Florida

Wildlife Research

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 396-407

  Rolland, Virginie ^a,c   Hostetler, Jeffrey A ^a,d   Hines, Tommy C ^b   Johnson, Fred A ^a   Percival, H Franklin ^a   Oli, Madan K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b BOX 509 ^*  (United States)

^c ARKANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

elasticity analysis; harvest management; LTRE analysis; management scenarios; stochastic demography; weather conditions

Indexed keywords

BROOD SIZE; GAMEBIRD; HARVESTING; HUNTING; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MORTALITY; NESTING; PARAMETERIZATION; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION GROWTH; PRIVATE LAND; STOCHASTICITY; SURVIVAL; WEATHER;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

AVES; COLINUS; COLINUS VIRGINIANUS;

EID: 80054115405     PISSN: 10353712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WR10239     Document Type: Article

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