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Ring-Necked Pheasant Parasitism of Lesser Prairie-Chicken Nests in Kansas
Publication Type: | Journal Article |
Year of Publication: | 2002 |
Authors: | Hagen, CA, Jamison, BE, Robel, RJ, Applegate, RD |
Journal: | The Wilson Bulletin |
Volume: | 114 |
Issue: | 4 |
Date Published: | 2002 |
ISBN Number: | 00435643 |
Keywords: | Phasianidae, Phasianus, Phasianus colchicus, Tympanuchus, Tympanuchus pallidicinctus |
Abstract: | We report observations of Ring-necked Pheasants (Phasianus colchicus) parasitizing Lesser Prairie-Chicken (Tympanuchus pallidicinctus) nests in native sand sagebrush (Artemisia filifolia) rangeland in southwestern Kansas. We found low incidence of interspecific nest parasitism as only 3 of 75 prairie-chicken nests were parasitized. Two of the three parasitized clutches hatched, but no Ring-necked Pheasant chicks were known to have survived. |
URL: | http://www.jstor.org/stable/4164499 |
Short Title: | The Wilson Bulletin |
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