Evaluating spatially explicit viability of a declining ruffed grouse population

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 503-513

  Blomberg, Erik J ^a,d   Tefft, Brian C ^b   Reed, J Michael ^c   McWilliams, Scott R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^b RHODE ISLAND DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT   (United States)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bonasa umbellus; early successional forest; forest disturbance; forest management; population viability; PVA; Rhode Island; ruffed grouse

Indexed keywords

CARRYING CAPACITY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISPERSAL; DISTURBANCE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT TYPE; LAND USE CHANGE; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION MODELING; POPULATION SIZE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; POULTRY; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SUCCESSION; SURVIVAL;

RHODE ISLAND; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; BONASA UMBELLUS;

EID: 84859034563     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: 19372817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jwmg.278     Document Type: Article

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