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Smith, Finch, Hawksworth
Riparian forests of the American Southwest are especially prone to changes in composition and structure due to natural and anthropogenic factors. To determine how breeding mourning doves (Zenaida macroura) respond to these changes, we examined nest…
Year: 2012
Type: Document
Zornes, Bishop
Executive Summary ... 'The Western Quail Management Plan was created to provide range-wide and Bird Conservation Region (BCR) assessments of western quail population size, habitat abundance, current threats, management recommendations and research…
Year: 2012
Type: Document
Warren, Yancy, Dabbert
Northern bobwhite (Colinus virginianus), a bird of significant ecological and economic importance throughout the Rolling Plains region of Texas, has experienced significant population declines. Bobwhites have been the focus of extensive research for…
Year: 2012
Type: Document
Villarreal, Fedynich, Brennan, Rollins
The eyeworm Oxyspirura petrowi is an indirect life cycle nematode that occurs under the nictitating membrane on the eye surface of certain bird species. Previous studies from western or northwestern regions of Texas reported O. petrowi from northern…
Year: 2012
Type: Document
Tri, Hernandez, Hewitt, Kuvlesky, Brennan
Supplemental feeding of northern bobwhites (Colinus virginianus) is a widespread management practice. Bobwhite chicks in the wild consume only arthropods for their first 30-60 days of life. Arthropods may become less abundant and managers have…
Year: 2012
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
Treadway, Dabbert, Mitchell, Buckley
Nest predation has been implicated as a factor affecting northern bobwhite (Colinus virginianus) recruitment rates. Public stakeholders are increasingly questioning use of lethal methods to manage predation. We evaluated a nonlethal method…
Year: 2012
Type: Document
Sands, DeMaso, Brennan, Williford, DeYoung, Wehland, Hernandez, Miller
Northern bobwhite (Colinus virginianus) populations have declined throughout the majority of the species' range, and have experienced the largest declines in fragmented habitats, suggesting landscape scale processes may be responsible for this…
Year: 2012
Type: Document
Rollins, Koennecke
Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) contracts account for about 1.7 million ha in Texas, and are often touted as habitat for upland game birds. We compared nest site locations, hatch rates, and arthropod abundance for northern bobwhites (Colinus…
Year: 2012
Type: Document
Reyna, Rollins, Ransom
Annual abundance of northern bobwhites (Colinus virginianus) fluctuates drastically in semi-arid environments (e.g., Texas), which complicates the ability of wildlife biologists and quail managers to predict annual bobwhite productivity and relative…
Year: 2012
Type: Document