Annual male lek attendance influences count-based population indices of greater sage-grouse

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 77, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1583-1592

  Blomberg, Erik J ^a,b   Sedinger, James S ^a   Nonne, Daniel V ^a   Atamian, Michael T ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b United States Geological Survey   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE   (United States)

Author keywords

annual lek attendance; capture mark recapture; Centrocercus urophasianus; detection probability; index; lek counts; population growth; temporary emigration

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; BIRD; BREEDING SITE; CAPTURE METHOD; EMIGRATION; LEK; MALE; POPULATION GROWTH; PROBABILITY; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SAMPLING;

NEVADA; UNITED STATES;

CENTROCERCUS UROPHASIANUS;

EID: 84886953180     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: 19372817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jwmg.615     Document Type: Article

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