Sage Grouse Leks on Recently Disturbed Sites
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How predation risk affects the temporal dynamics of avian leks: greater sage grouse versus golden eagles.
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Range Management
سال: 1981
ISSN: 0022-409X
DOI: 10.2307/3898135