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Environmental impacts: fire's influence on soils, water, and air [Chapter 7]
Arno, Allison-Bunnell
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Year: 2002
Type: Document

Mixed signals: a brief history of American perceptions of fire [Chapter 2]
Arno, Allison-Bunnell
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Year: 2002
Type: Document

Bobcat predation on quail, birds, and mesomammals
Tewes, Mock, Young
We reviewed 54 scientific articles about bobcat (Lynx rufus) food habits to determine the occurrence of quail, birds, and mesopredators including red (Vulpes vulpes) and gray fox (Urocyon cinereoargenteus), raccoon (Procyon lotor), skunk (Mephitis…
Year: 2002
Type: Document

Rangewide trends in landuse and northern bobwhite abundance: an exploratory analysis
Peterson, Wu, Rho
Biologists generally assume that habitat loss, fragmentation, and conversion resulting from changes in landuse are primarily responsible for the nearly rangewide declines in northern bobwhite (Colinus virginianus) abundance noted since at least 1990…
Year: 2002
Type: Document

The impact of invasive exotic grasses on quail in the southwestern United States
Kuvlesky, Fulbright, Engel-Wilson
Five native quail species inhabit arid and semi-arid ecosystems in the southwastern United States. One species is endangered, one species is declining throughout it's historic range, another species is declining in portions of its historic range,…
Year: 2002
Type: Document

Arizona Quail: species in jeopardy?
Engel-Wilson, Kuvlesky
An overview of the 4 native species of quail in Arizona, their distribution, and habitats is presented. Possible threats to their long-term existence are explored. A discussion on harvest and hunters and the biological and political impacts hunters…
Year: 2002
Type: Document

Management implications of estimating abundance of quail species inhabiting forest environs in Mexico
Baccus
Estimating abundance of forest quail in Mexico offers unique challenges to wildlife managers. Unlike quail inhabiting grassland, forest quail are often cryptic, live in inaccessible mountainous areas, and unpredictably respond to playback census…
Year: 2002
Type: Document

Emerging trends in midwest bobwhite culture
Dailey
We begin the 21st century with the Midwestern northern bobwhite (Colinus virginianus) range reduced to a small portion of its historic distribution. This precipitous decline occurred largely during the last quarter of the 20th century, coincident…
Year: 2002
Type: Document

Brood season habitat selection by Montezuma quail in southeastern Arizona
Bristow, Ockenfels
Habitat conditions during brood season can affect Montezuma quail (Cyrtonyx montezumae) population levels in Arizona, and land use practices can affect these habitat conditions. General habitat affinities of Montezuma quail are known, however,…
Year: 2002
Type: Document

Effects of Phos-Chek® G75-F and Silv-Ex® on developing northern bobwhite quail (Colinus virginianus)
Buscemi, Hoffman, Vyas, Spann, Kuenzel
Eggs of nesting birds situated in peripheral areas serving as fire breaks are at risk of being sprayed with fire control chemicals. Acute toxicity tests were conducted by immersing northern bobwhite quail eggs for 10 s in different water-based…
Year: 2002
Type: Document