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Volume 45, Number 1,
September 1998:
Greater Prairie Chicken Management

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ISSUE HOME PAGE

ABOUT THIS ISSUE
- about KSN
- about the author

IN THIS ISSUE
- introduction
- what is a greater prairie chicken?
- habitat
- managing habitat
- booming grounds
- booming ground survey
- nesting
- broods
- fall and winter habitat
- summary
- decreasers/increasers/ invaders
- jump shooting/pass shooting
- further reading

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Greater Prairie Chicken Management
by Gerald J. Horak and Roger D. Applegate


Greater Prairie Chicken Management
Index of Images


Photo

RANGELAND CLASSIFICATION KEY

 

CONDITION CLASS CHARACTERISTICS
Excellent

1. Decreasers in reproducing stands
2. Plants in healthy condition
3. Increasers not conspicuous

 

Good

1. Decreasers conspicuous
2. Decreasers capable of discovery
3. Invaders reproducing markedly

 

Fair

1. Decreasers not conspicuous
2. Annuals conspicuous
3. Incresers established

 

Poor

1. Decreasers absent
2. Invaders established
3. Forage plants nearly absent
4. Increasers nearly absent.

 

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