Effects of road baiting on home range and survival of northern bobwhites in southern Texas

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 401-411

  Haines, Aaron M ^a,b,c,d   Hernández, Fidel ^a,b,e,f,g   Henke, Scott E ^a,h,i,j   Bingham, Ralph L ^a,k,l,m,n  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY KINGSVILLE   (United States)

^b Caesar Kleberg Wildl Res Institute   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Texas Natl Chapters Wildl Soc   (United States)

^e Texas Natl Chapters Wildl Soc ^*

^f ANGELO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g Texas Quail Research Project   (United States)

^h PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j Wildlife Society   (United States)

^k Kleberg Institute   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^m UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

ⁿ TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Author keywords

Colinus virginianus; Movement; Northern bobwhites; Road baiting; Supplemental feeding; Survival

Indexed keywords

BAIT; FOOD SUPPLEMENTATION; HOME RANGE; MOVEMENT; PREDATION; SURVIVAL;

JIM HOGG COUNTY; NORTH AMERICA; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

AVES; COLINUS; COLINUS VIRGINIANUS; GALLIFORMES; MAMMALIA; SORGHUM; SORGHUM BICOLOR; VERTEBRATA; ZEA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 3242673622     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0091-7648(2004)32[401:EORBOH]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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