Identifying predators and nest fates of bobwhites in southern Texas

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1626-1630

  Rader, Michael J ^a,c   Teinert, Trent W ^a   Brennan, Leonard A ^a   Hernández, Fidel ^a   Silvy, Nova J ^b   Wu, X Ben ^b  

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

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bobwhite; Colinus virginianus; Infrared video cameras; Nest fate; Nest predation; South Texas

Indexed keywords

ANT; BREEDING SEASON; CANID; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; GAMEBIRD; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; MUSTELID; NEST PREDATION; NESTING; PREDATION; PREDATOR; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

NORTH AMERICA; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

AVES; CANIS LATRANS; CARNIVORA; COLINUS; COLINUS VIRGINIANUS; MAMMALIA; MEPHITIS; MEPHITIS MEPHITIS; RODENTIA; SOLENOPSIS GEMINATA; SOLENOPSIS XYLONI; TAXIDEA TAXUS; TAXUS;

EID: 48249139378     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/2006-185     Document Type: Article

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