Lesser prairie-chicken fence collision risk across its northern distribution

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 906-915

  Robinson, Samantha G ^a,e   Haukos, David A ^b   Plumb, Reid T ^a,f   Hagen, Christian A ^c   Pitman, James C ^d,g   Lautenbach, Joseph M ^a,h   Sullins, Daniel S ^a   Kraft, John D ^a   Lautenbach, Jonathan D ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Kansas Department of Wildlife & Parks   (United States)

^e VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f California Department of Fish and Wildlife   (United States)

^g Western Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies   (United States)

^h Sault Ste Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Colorado; fences; Kansas; lesser prairie chicken; management; mortality; Tympanuchus pallidicinctus

Indexed keywords

COLLISION; DEMOGRAPHY; GPS; LAND USE; LANDSCAPE; MARKING METHOD; MORTALITY RISK; POULTRY; PRAIRIE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; VEGETATION COVER;

COLORADO; KANSAS; UNITED STATES;

AVES; TYMPANUCHUS PALLIDICINCTUS;

EID: 84975091291     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: 19372817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jwmg.1073     Document Type: Article

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