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Yarborough, Gist, Loberger, Rosenstock
Ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa) forests of the southwestern United States have changed dramatically over the past century, primarily in response to grazing, logging, and fire suppression practices. As a result, forest restoration treatments are…
Year: 2015
Type: Document
Tomecek, Pierce, Peterson
Managing exploited species characterized by declining abundance, such as northern bobwhite Colinus virginianus and scaled quail Callipepla squamata, presents challenges for regulatory agencies and wildlife managers. Our objective was to determine…
Year: 2015
Type: Document
Tanner, Elmore, Fuhlendorf, Davis, Thacker, Dahlgren
Supplementing wildlife populations with resources during times of limitation has been suggested for many species. The focus of our study was to determine responses of northern bobwhite (Colinus virginianus; Linnaeus) and scaled quail (Callipepla…
Year: 2015
Type: Document
Foye, Greenwood, Masloski, Payton
Numbers of northern bobwhite, Colinus virginianus (L.), have decreased during the past 50 years in Oklahoma. It is unknown if the availability of ground-dwelling arthropods on which bobwhite chicks rely for 80% of their protein requirements plays a…
Year: 2015
Type: Document
Blomberg, Gibson, Sedinger
Estimated probability of daily nest survival is commonly used to derive cumulative nest survival for a specified nest-exposure period. For many species of birds, the presence of a parent is an important cue used by researchers to locate nests, but…
Year: 2015
Type: Document
Zhang, Cheng, Sun, Zhuang, Li, Liu, Lee, Tang
Avian species are sensitive to pesticides and industrial chemicals, and hence used as model species in evaluation of chemical toxicity. In present study, we assessed the toxicity of more than 663 diverse chemicals on 17 avian species. All the…
Year: 2015
Type: Document
Smith
From the text ... 'In this article, I will share with you a study I conducted in graduate school at Oklahoma State University. This study was conducted in the Texas Panhandle in Roberts County, Texas, during 2001 and 2002. The purpose of the study…
Year: 2015
Type: Document
Dunham, Soliz, Brightman, Rollins, Fedynich, Kendall
Northern bobwhite (Colinus virginianus) have experienced a dramatic decline in West Texas over the last 3 yr, and investigations are underway to evaluate the role of parasites in this decline. One of the key parasites being investigated is the…
Year: 2015
Type: Document
Dodds, Gido, Whiles, Daniels, Grudzinski
We propose the Stream Biome Gradient Concept as a way to predict macroscale biological patterns in streams. This concept is based on the hypothesis that many abiotic and biotic features of streams change predictably along climate (temperature and…
Year: 2015
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