On reversing the northern bobwhite population decline: 20 years later

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 177-188

  Hernández, Fidel ^a   Brennan, Leonard A ^a   De Maso, Stephen J ^a,b   Sands, Joseph P ^a,c   Wester, David B ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY KINGSVILLE   (United States)

^b Gulf Coast Joint Venture   (United States)

^c U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive management; Bobwhite; Colinus virginianus; Conservation planning; Northern bobwhite; Northern Bobwhite Conservation Initiative; Quail

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CONSERVATION PLANNING; GAMEBIRD; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT LOSS; HOME RANGE; LAND USE CHANGE; POPULATION DECLINE; TWENTIETH CENTURY; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

UNITED STATES;

COLINUS; COLINUS VIRGINIANUS; PHASIANIDAE;

EID: 84878308485     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: 19385463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wsb.223     Document Type: Article

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