Simulating northern bobwhite population responses to nest predation, nesting habitat, and weather in south Texas

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 61-70

  Rader, Michael J ^a,c   Brennan, Leonard A ^a   Brazil, Kyle A ^a,d   Hernández, Fidel ^a   Silvy, Nova J ^b  

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

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

bobwhite; Colinus virginianus; drought; nest predation; nesting habitat; population; predator control; simulation; south Texas; stochastic modeling

Indexed keywords

HABITAT MANAGEMENT; MORTALITY; NEST PREDATION; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION MODELING; POULTRY; PREDATOR CONTROL; RADIOTELEMETRY; STOCHASTICITY;

TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

COLINUS; COLINUS VIRGINIANUS;

EID: 79951897952     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jwmg.4     Document Type: Article

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