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Wildfire continues to threaten people and property across Texas. Rapid population growth into Wildland Urban Interface areas and increasing effects of long term drought and increased fuel loading conditions represent major concerns moving forward…
Year: 2017
Type: Website
Tanner, Elmore, Davis, Fuhlendorf, Dahlgren, Thacker, Orange
Beyond organisms experiencing direct impacts (mortality) from the presence of anthropogenic features, interactive relationships may exacerbate the effects of anthropogenic disturbance within the context of these features. For example, mortality risk…
Year: 2016
Type: Document
Miller, Elliot, Billmire, Robichaud, Endsley
Post-wildfire flooding and erosion can threaten lives, property and natural resources. Increased peak flows and sediment delivery due to the loss of surface vegetation cover and fire-induced changes in soil properties are of great concern to public…
Year: 2016
Type: Document
Cooper, Jhala, Rollins, Feagin
Northern bobwhites (Colinus virginianus) represent a valuable resource for upland game-bird hunters and the rural economies they support; however, bobwhite populations are declining across the United States. As ground-nesting birds, bobwhites are…
Year: 2015
Type: Document
Tri, Hernandez, Hewitt, Kuvlesky, Brennan
Northern bobwhite (Colinus virginianus) reproduction is a nutrient-intensive process. Arthropods are essential for breeding bobwhite hens and their offspring. Traditional supplemental feeding programs use corn and milo and typically neglect the…
Year: 2012
Type: Document
Kinsey, Small, Simpson, Perez, Baccus
Attempts to restore populations of northern bobwhites (Colinus virginianus) using pen-raised quail have been documented since the early 1900s. Low restoration success, based on low post-release survival rates and long distance dispersal from release…
Year: 2012
Type: Document
Chavarria, Montoya, Silvy, Lopez
Inclement weather such as droughts or hard freezes are known to negatively impact quail species and population viability models exist which have evaluated northern bobwhite (Colinus virginianus) response to summer and winter catastrophes. Previous…
Year: 2012
Type: Document
Chavarria, Silvy, Lopez, Hass, Kennedy
A 1,011.7-ha wildfire occurred in southeast Arizona in May 2009 and provided an opportunity to evaluate pre- and post-fire abundance of and habitat use by Montezuma quail (Cyrtonyx montezumae) through use of flush surveys and radiotelemetry. We…
Year: 2012
Type: Document
Abbott, Dabbert, Lucia, Mitchell, Andes
Habitat loss and fragmentation have been considered major causes for the decline of northern bobwhite (Colinus virginianus). There are > 400,000 ha of weeping lovegrass (Eragrostis curvula) Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) fields in the…
Year: 2012
Type: Document
Rollins, Taylor, Sparks, Wadell, Richards
Providing supplemental feed and water are sometimes used to manage scaled quail (Callipepla squamata) in the Chihuahuan Desert even though their biological and economical efficacies are questionable. Seasonal visitation rates of scaled quail and…
Year: 2009
Type: Document