Microhabitat selection for nesting and brood-rearing by the Greater Sage-Grouse in xeric big sagebrush

Condor

Volumn 114, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 75-89

  Kirol, Christopher P ^a   Beck, Jeffrey L ^a   Dinkins, Jonathan B ^b   Conover, Michael R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological soil crust; Brood rearing; Centrocercus urophasianus; Grass cover; Greater Sage Grouse; Microhabitat selection; Nest occurrence; Wyoming

Indexed keywords

ARTEMISIA; ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA; ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA VASEYANA; ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA WYOMINGENSIS; BROMUS TECTORUM; CENTROCERCUS UROPHASIANUS; TETRAONIDAE;

EID: 84858437089     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/cond.2012.110024     Document Type: Article

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