Madison, Wisconsin: Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
Summary
Booming ground surveys are reported for three prairie chicken areas in central Wisconsin for 22, 22, and 10 years respectively. The population trends shown have some bearing on cycle theory but neither strongly support nor deny it. Such surveys are useful indices of population trends and of habitat quality, both of which have strong management implications. For these reasons as well as for their research value, booming ground surveys will have increasing value in future years, and should be continued.