Acute exposure to hyperthermic oscillating temperatures during pre-incubation influences northern bobwhite development, hatching, and survival. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2019 Temperature extremes alter development, growth, hatching, and survival of eggs of ground-nesting birds, particularly during pre-incubation (egg laying) when eggs are left unattended and exposed to the environment for days or weeks before parental ...
Kelly S Reyna
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Evaluation of Acoustic Recording Devices to Survey Northern Bobwhite Populations
Wildlife Society Bulletin, 2020 Reliable methods for monitoring wildlife populations are paramount to effective conservation and management. There are a variety of available techniques that vary in cost and feasibility. We field‐tested a commercially available acoustic recording device
Nathan G. Wilhite +2 more
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Mesopredator predation risk limits northern bobwhite nesting habitat
Ecosphere, 2023 Predators can significantly limit the amount of available habitat for vulnerable prey. Encouraging spatial segregation of predators and prey through habitat management prescriptions may be a useful tool to increase productivity and abundances of prey ...
Jonathan P. Harris, Timothy J. O'Connell
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Potential impact of neonicotinoid use on Northern bobwhite (Colinus virginianus) in Texas: A historical analysis. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2018 The widespread use of neonicotinoid insecticides in recent years has led to increasing environmental concern, including impacts to avian populations. In Texas and across their range, Northern bobwhite (Colinus virginianus) habitat frequently overlaps ...
Hannah M H Ertl +3 more
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A Highly Contiguous Reference Genome for Northern Bobwhite (Colinus virginianus) [PDF]
G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics, 2019 Northern bobwhites (Colinus virginianus) are small quails in the New World Quail family (Odontophoridae) and are one of the most phenotypically diverse avian species.
Jessie F. Salter +7 more
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Annotated Draft Genome Assemblies for the Northern Bobwhite (Colinus virginianus) and the Scaled Quail (Callipepla squamata) Reveal Disparate Estimates of Modern Genome Diversity and Historic Effective Population Size [PDF]
G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics, 2017 Northern bobwhite (Colinus virginianus; hereafter bobwhite) and scaled quail (Callipepla squamata) populations have suffered precipitous declines across most of their US ranges.
David L. Oldeschulte +13 more
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Northern bobwhite (Colinus virginianus) population response to anthelminthic treatment in the Rolling Plains ecoregion of Texas, 2014–2016 [PDF]
International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and WildlifeNorthern bobwhite quail (Colinus virginianus) are an economically significant gamebird that has experienced continued general decline in the Rolling Plains ecoregion of Texas.
Cassandra Henry +3 more
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Molecular identification and characterization of partial COX1 gene from caecal worm (Aulonocephalus pennula) in Northern bobwhite (Colinus virginianus) from the Rolling Plains Ecoregion of Texas [PDF]
International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife, 2017 Aulonocephalus pennula is a nematode living in the caeca of the wild Northern bobwhite quail (Colinus virginianus) present throughout the Rolling Plains Ecoregion of Texas.
Aravindan Kalyanasundaram +2 more
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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 +5 more
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“Weight of evidence” as a tool for evaluating disease in wildlife: An example assessing parasitic infection in Northern bobwhite (Colinus virginianus) [PDF]
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 ...
Cassandra Henry +8 more
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