Seasonal movements and dispersal patterns: Implications for recruitment and management of willow ptarmigan (Lagopus lagopus)

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 194-201

  Hörnell Willebrand, Maria ^a   Willebrand, Tomas ^a   Smith, Adam A ^b  

^a INLAND NORWAY UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b GAME CONSERVANCY TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

dispersal; Lagopus lagopus; management; movement; ptarmigan; recruitment

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; DISPERSAL; GAMEBIRD; HARVESTING; IMMIGRATION; JUVENILE; MORTALITY; MOVEMENT; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PREDATION; RADIOTELEMETRY; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SEASONALITY;

NORWAY; SWEDEN;

AVES; LAGOPUS LAGOPUS; SALIX;

EID: 84895132652     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: 19372817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jwmg.650     Document Type: Article

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