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Effects of Prescribed Fire on Northern Bobwhite Nesting Ecology

Wildlife Society bulletin, 2021
Repeated prescribed fire can create and maintain areas with sparse overstory tree cover and a dense grass‐forb‐shrub understory, providing habitat for northern bobwhite (Colinus virginianus; hereafter, bobwhite).
Sarah B. Rosche, C. Moorman, Anthony J. Kroeger, K. Pacifici, Jeffrey G. Jones, C. DePerno   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

“Weight of evidence” as a tool for evaluating disease in wildlife: An example assessing parasitic infection in Northern bobwhite (Colinus virginianus)

International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife, 2020
The potential of parasites to affect host abundance has been a topic of heated contention within the scientific community for some time, with many maintaining that issues such as habitat loss are more important in regulating wildlife populations than ...
C. Henry, M. Brym, Kalin Skinner, Kendall R. Blanchard, Brett J. Henry, Alyssa Hay, Jessica L. Herzog, A. Kalyanasundaram, R. Kendall   +8 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Broad-Scale Relations between Conservation Reserve Program and Grassland Birds: Do Cover Type, Configuration and Contract Age Matter? [PDF]

, 2010
The Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) is a voluntary cropland set-aside program where environmentally-sensitive cropland is retired to a conservation practice.
Bucholtz, Shawn, Burger, L. Wes, Jr., Riffell, Sam, Scognamillo, Daniel   +3 more
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Nonconsumptive effects of hunting on a nontarget game bird

Ecology and Evolution, 2019
Human hunting activity and disturbance can significantly impact prey species through both consumptive and nonconsumptive effects. The nonconsumptive effects of rabbit hunting on Northern Bobwhite (Colinus virginianus; hereafter, bobwhite) are currently ...
Jessica L. Mohlman, Rachel R. Gardner, I. B. Parnell, Nathan G. Wilhite, James A. Martin   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Demographic response of Northern Bobwhite to hardwood canopy management in pine savanna

Ecosphere, 2022
Disruption of historic fire regimes has led to the expansion of hardwoods into pine savanna ecosystems in the southeastern United States. Management strategies that reduce mature mesophytic oaks in pine savanna that was previously fire suppressed may ...
Kristen M. Malone, Theron M. Terhune II, Kathryn E. Sieving   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

On reversing the northern bobwhite population decline: 20 years later

Wildlife Society Bulletin, 2013
The northern bobwhite (Colinus virginianus) decline has become a cause célébre of wildlife conservation during the past 2 decades. With few exceptions, current broad‐scale population trends show ongoing erosion in bobwhite numbers across most of the ...
Fidel Hernández, Leonard A. Brennan, Stephen J. DeMaso, Joseph P. Sands, David B. Wester   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Predicting seasonal infection of eyeworm (Oxyspirura petrowi) and caecal worm (Aulonocephalus pennula) in northern bobwhite quail (Colinus virginianus) of the Rolling Plains Ecoregion of Texas, USA

International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife, 2019
The northern bobwhite quail (Colinus virginianus) is a popular gamebird in the Rolling Plains Ecoregion of West Texas. However, there has been a population decline in this area over recent decades.
Kendall R. Blanchard, Aravindan Kalyanasundaram, Cassandra Henry, Matthew Z. Brym, James G. Surles, Ronald J. Kendall   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Helminths and the northern bobwhite population decline: A review

Wildlife Society Bulletin, 2016
Long‐term data from the Breeding Bird Survey and Christmas Bird Count indicate that northern bobwhite (Colinus virginianus; hereafter, bobwhite) populations have declined since 1961 in all but 1 of the 31 states they occupy within the United States. This
Andrew C. Olsen, Leonard A. Brennan, Alan M. Fedynich   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Sericea lespedeza control with postemergence and preemergence herbicide applications in fields managed for northern bobwhite

Wildlife Society Bulletin, 2023
Sericea lespedeza (Lespedeza cuneata) is an invasive nonnative legume that commonly occurs on sites managed for northern bobwhite (Colinus virginianus).
Mark A. Turner, Bonner L. Powell, J. Wade GeFellers, Jacob T. Bones, Spencer G. Marshall, Craig A. Harper   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Reviewing the effects of food provisioning on wildlife immunity [PDF]

, 2018
While urban expansion increasingly encroaches on natural habitats, many wildlife species capitalize on anthropogenic food resources, which have the potential to both positively and negatively influence their responses to infection.
Babayan, Simon A., Forbes, Kristian M., Strandin, Tomas   +2 more
core   +1 more source