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Activity Patterns And Habitat Use Of Northern Bobwhite Females In 2 Grazing Systems, R. Montague Whiting Jr., Denise L. Sloan
Activity Patterns And Habitat Use Of Northern Bobwhite Females In 2 Grazing Systems, R. Montague Whiting Jr., Denise L. Sloan
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During spring and summer of 1985 and 1986, we investigated activity patterns and habitat use of female northern bobwhite (Colinus virginianus) on 2 sites in south Texas. One site had been subjected to a short duration grazing (SDG) system and the other to a continuous grazing (CG) system. Nineteen females were radio-tagged in 1985 and 28 in 1986. Rainfall was above average in 1985 and below average in 1986; as a result, herbaceous ground cover was more dense in 1985 than in 1986. Due to extensive fencing, 58% of the SDG cell was within 25 m of a mowed roadside, …