Author: Vincent H. Reid
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Category : Birds
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description
Crops of bobwhite quail (Colinus virginianus) collected in 11 years in the longleaf-slash pine forest type were examined for food content. Seeds of woody plants made up 45% or more of the volume of food found in crops in 9 of the 11 winters. Seeds of pines, drupes of red bay, and acorns from various oaks were large-volume food items in certain years. As a group, seeds produced by legumes were the next largest in volume, varying from 2 to 48% in the 11 winters. Seeds of partridge peas, common lespedeza, bush clovers, milkpeas, and tick-clovers were important species. Volumes of seeds of grass, spurge, and sedge families were usually less than 12% for each group, and volumes of green leaves and animal matter less than 5% each. Panic and paspalums were principal grass species. Availability of seeds influenced consumption by forest-dwelling quail. In habitat management for quail, a variety of trees and shrubs should be maintained in the forest type to better insure a dependable food base, season to season and year to year. Similarly, desirable herbaceous food plants should be encouraged by fire and mechanical means.
Winter Feeding Habits of Quail in Longleaf-slash Pine Habitat
Author: Vincent H. Reid
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Category : Birds
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description
Crops of bobwhite quail (Colinus virginianus) collected in 11 years in the longleaf-slash pine forest type were examined for food content. Seeds of woody plants made up 45% or more of the volume of food found in crops in 9 of the 11 winters. Seeds of pines, drupes of red bay, and acorns from various oaks were large-volume food items in certain years. As a group, seeds produced by legumes were the next largest in volume, varying from 2 to 48% in the 11 winters. Seeds of partridge peas, common lespedeza, bush clovers, milkpeas, and tick-clovers were important species. Volumes of seeds of grass, spurge, and sedge families were usually less than 12% for each group, and volumes of green leaves and animal matter less than 5% each. Panic and paspalums were principal grass species. Availability of seeds influenced consumption by forest-dwelling quail. In habitat management for quail, a variety of trees and shrubs should be maintained in the forest type to better insure a dependable food base, season to season and year to year. Similarly, desirable herbaceous food plants should be encouraged by fire and mechanical means.
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Category : Birds
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description
Crops of bobwhite quail (Colinus virginianus) collected in 11 years in the longleaf-slash pine forest type were examined for food content. Seeds of woody plants made up 45% or more of the volume of food found in crops in 9 of the 11 winters. Seeds of pines, drupes of red bay, and acorns from various oaks were large-volume food items in certain years. As a group, seeds produced by legumes were the next largest in volume, varying from 2 to 48% in the 11 winters. Seeds of partridge peas, common lespedeza, bush clovers, milkpeas, and tick-clovers were important species. Volumes of seeds of grass, spurge, and sedge families were usually less than 12% for each group, and volumes of green leaves and animal matter less than 5% each. Panic and paspalums were principal grass species. Availability of seeds influenced consumption by forest-dwelling quail. In habitat management for quail, a variety of trees and shrubs should be maintained in the forest type to better insure a dependable food base, season to season and year to year. Similarly, desirable herbaceous food plants should be encouraged by fire and mechanical means.
Winter Feeding Habits of Quail in Longleaf-slash Pine Habitat
Agriculture Handbook
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Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 636
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Set includes revised editions of some issues.
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Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 636
Book Description
Set includes revised editions of some issues.
Wildlife Review
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Category : Wildlife conservation
Languages : en
Pages : 920
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Category : Wildlife conservation
Languages : en
Pages : 920
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Special Scientific Report--wildlife
Monthly Catalogue, United States Public Documents
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 836
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 836
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Monthly Catalog of United States Government Publications
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 566
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 566
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The Technical Literature on the American Woodcock, 1927-1978
Author: Thomas J. Dwyer
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Category : Scolopacidae
Languages : en
Pages : 432
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Category : Scolopacidae
Languages : en
Pages : 432
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Fisheries and Wildlife Research
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Category : Fisheries
Languages : en
Pages : 216
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Report on activities in the divisions of research.
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Category : Fisheries
Languages : en
Pages : 216
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Report on activities in the divisions of research.
Annual Report - United States Fish and Wildlife Service
Author: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
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Category : Fishery management
Languages : en
Pages : 406
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Category : Fishery management
Languages : en
Pages : 406
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