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Seasonal usage by bobwhites (Colinus virginianus) of plant foods affected by prescribed fire management was investigated in southwestern Georgia and northern Florida. The early spring diet changed quickly from greenery to grass seeds (particularly Panicum spp.), while fruits from woody plants predominated in summer. The fall-winter diet was dependent on rainfall during flowering and fruiting periods of forbs and on periodic hard mast crops. An inverse relationship existed (P < 0.05, r = 0.54) between consumption of legumes (Fabaceae) and oak mast (Quercus spp.); acorns apparently were preferred when both were available. Habitats comprised of (l) annually-burned grass-forb areas for seed production, 92) infrequently-burned rough for fruit supplies, nesting and escape cover, and (3) hardwood coverts for mast production provide for seasonal requirements and help buffer the effects of drought on food supplies. © by the Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies. Abstract reproduced by permission. email: seafwa@aol.com
Cataloging Information
- burning intervals
- Callicarpa americana
- Cassia
- Ceanothus
- Centrosema virginianum
- coastal plain
- Colinus virginianus
- cover
- droughts
- escape cover
- fire injuries (plants)
- fire management
- Florida
- flowering
- forbs
- forest management
- fruits
- Galactia
- game birds
- Georgia
- grasses
- hardwoods
- herbaceous vegetation
- hunting
- legumes
- Liquidambar styraciflua
- mast
- nesting
- nesting cover
- north Florida
- Nyssa sylvatica
- Oenothera
- overstory
- Panicum
- Paspalum
- pine forests
- Pinus echinata
- Pinus palustris
- Pinus taeda
- plantations
- precipitation
- Prunus serotina
- Quercus
- Quercus nigra
- Quercus virginiana
- Rubus
- Schrankia microphylla
- Scleria
- Scutellaria
- seasonal activities
- seed production
- seeds
- south Georgia
- Tall Timbers Research Station
- Trichostema setaceum
- Trifolium
- understory vegetation
- Vigna unguiculata
- wildlife
- wildlife food plants
- wildlife habitat management
- woody plants
- Zea mays
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