National Quail Symposium Proceedings
Volume 5 (2002)
Front Cover
Front Cover
Mick Hellickson
Front Matter
Title Page
Steven J. DeMaso, William P. Kuvlesky Jr., Fidel Hernandez, and Michael E. Berger
Acknowledgments
Steve DeMaso
Plenary Sessions
Arizona Quail: Species in Jeopardy?
Ron Engel-Wilson and William P. Kuvlesky Jr.
Emerging Trends in Midwest Bobwhite Culture
Thomas V. Dailey
Quail Management: Issues, Concerns, and Solutions for Public and Private Lands - A Southeastern Perspective
L. Wes Burger
Rangewide Trends in Landuse and Northern Bobwhite Abundance: An Exploratory Analysis
Markus J. Peterson, X. Ben Wu, and Paikho Rho
Ideas, Landscapes, and Conservation's New Frontier
Shane P. Mahoney
Impacts of Depredation on Quail
Macrohabitat Composition Surrounding Successful and Depredated Northern Bobwhite Nests
Eric L. Staller, William E. Palmer, and John P. Carroll
Bobcat Predation on Quail, Birds, and Mesomammals
Michael E. Tewes, Jennifer M. Mock, and John H. Young
Effects of Field Borders and Mesomammal Reduction on Northern Bobwhite and Songbird Abundance on Three Farms in North Carolina (Oral Abstract)
Peter T. Bromley, Shane D. Wellendorf, William E. Palmer, and Jeffery F. Marcus
Understanding the Relationship Between Northern Bobwhite Mortality and Raptor Migration in South Texas (Poster Abstract)
Fernando R. Holschneider, Fidel Hernandez, David Rios, and Juan D. Vasquez
Effects of Micro-Habitat, Macro-Habitat, and Predator Space-Use on Success of Northern Bobwhite Nests (Poster Abstract)
Pat Stockett, Mark Smith, James Austin, Scott Szukaitis, and Chrissie Henner
Pen-Reared Quail
Survival and Home Range Estimates of Pen-Raised Northern Bobwhites in Buffer Strip and Non-Buffer Strip Habitats
Michael J. Oakley, Dixie L. Bounds, Theodore A. Mullet, and Karen D. Gruen
Survival and Flight Characteristics of Captive-Reared and Wild Northern Bobwhites in Texas
Robert M. Perez, Don E. Wilson, and Karen D. Gruen
Survival and Habitat of Pen-Raised Northern Bobwhites at Camp Robinson Wildlife Demonstration Area, Arkansas (Poster Abstract)
Matthew D. Lewis, Steven Fowler, Chris Kellner, and James C. Bednarz
Weather Influences on Quail Management and Research
Effects of Hurricane Bret on Northern Bobwhite Survival in South Texas
Fidel Hernandez, Juan D. Vasquez, Fred C. Bryant, Andrew A. Radomski, and Ronnie Howard
Use of Weather Variables for Predicting Fall Covey Calling Rates of Northern Bobwhites
Ted P. Seiler, Ronald D. Drobney, and Thomas V. Dailey
Weather and Age Ratios of Northern Bobwhites in South Texas
Fred S. Guthery, Jeffery J. Lusk, David R. Synatzske, James Gallagher, and Stephan J. DeMaso
Fine Scale Influence of Weather on Northern Bobwhite Abundance, Breeding Success, and Harvest in South Texas
Robert M. Perez, James F. Gallagher, and Michael C. Frisbie
Western Quail Species
Brood Season Habitat Selection by Montezuma Quail in Southeastern Arizona
Kirby D. Bristow and Richard A. Ockenfels
Efficacy of Line Drives to Locate Montezuma Quail at Elephant Mountain Wildlife Management Area (Poster Abstract)
Froylan Hernandez, Louis A. Harveson, and Clay Brewer
Habitat Management and Related Issues
The Impact of Invasive Exotic Grasses on Quail in the Southwestern United States
William P. Kuvlesky Jr., Timothy E. Fulbright, and Ron Engel-Wilson
Initial Effects of Prescribed Burning on Survival and Nesting Success of Northern Bobwhites in West-Central Texas
Philip S. Carter, Dale Rollins, and Cody B. Scott
Does Habitat Management for Northern Bobwhites Benefit the Red Imported Fire Ant?
A.R. Forbes, C. B. Dabbert, R. B. Mitchell, and J. M. Mueller
Winter Macro- and Microhabitat Use of Winter Roost Sites in Central Missouri
Eliodora Chamberlain, Ronald D. Drobney, and Thomas V. Dailey
Characteristics of Four Agricultural Crops Established as Northern Bobwhite Brood Habitat
Denise A. Maidens and John P. Carroll
Effects of Northern Bobwhite Habitat Management Practices on Red Imported Fire Ants
Shaun Williamson, L. Wes Burger Jr., Stephen Demarais, and Michael Chamberlain
Response of Vegetation Important to Northern Bobwhites Following Chemical and Mechanical Treatments (Oral Abstract)
James R. Welch, K. V. Miller, and William E. Palmer
Winter Cover Height and Heat Loss: Is Taller Better? (Oral Abstract)
Eliodora Chamberlain, Ronald D. Drobney, and Thomas V. Dailey
Northern Bobwhite Habitat Use in a Forest-Dominated System (Poster Abstract)
Ira B. Parnell III, Sara H. Schweitzer, Craig G. White, and Lynn A. Lewis
Northern Bobwhite Population Response to Intensive Mechanical Hardwood Clean-Up (Post Abstract)
D. Clay Sisson, H. Lee Stribling, and Jerald F. Sholar
Northern Bobwhite Population Response to Intensive Modification of a Farm Landscape in Middle Georgia (Poster Abstract)
D. Clay Sisson, H. Lee Stribling, and Steven D. Mitchell
Landscape Scale Habitat Issues
Landscape-Scale Land-Cover Change and Long-Term Abundance of Scaled Quail and Northern Bobwhite in Texas
Andrew S. Bridges, Markus J. Peterson, Nova J. Silvy, Fred E. Smeins, and X. Ben Wu
Movement Patterns of Resident and Relocated Northern Bobwhites in East Texas
Xiangwen Liu, Montague Whiting Jr., D. Scott Parsons, and Donald R. Dietz
Breeding Season Movements and Dispersal of Northern Bobwhites in Fragmented Habitats of Virginia
Michael L. Fies, K. Marc Puckett, and Bonnie Larson-Brogdon
Habitat Selection of Northern Bobwhite in the Rio Grande Plains of Texas
William P. Kuvlesky Jr., Wendell G. Swank, and Nova J. Silvy
Contribution of CRP to Illinois Bobwhite Habitat at the Landscape Level (Poster Abstract)
Whitney L. Weber and John L. Roseberry
Habitat Selection of Northern Bobwhite Coveys on Two Intensive Agriculture Landscapes in Eastern North Carolina (Poster Abstract)
Shane D. Wellendorf, William E. Palmer, and Peter T. Bromley
Quail Population Dymanics and Monitoring
Cyclicity in Northern Bobwhites: A Time-Analytic Review of the Evidence
Wayne E. Thogmartin, John L. Roseberry, and Alan Woolf
Management Implications of Estimating Abundance of Quail Inhabiting Forest Environs in Mexico
Jack C. Eitniear and John T. Baccus
A Comparison of Two Quail Abundance Indices and Their Relationship to Quail Harvest in Texas
Stephen J. Demaso, Markus J. Peterson, Jon R. Purvis, Nova J. Silvy, and Jerry L. Cooke
Hunting Success and Northern Bobwhite Density on Tall Timbers Research Station: 1970-2001
William E. Palmer, Shane D. Wellendorf, Leonard A. Brennan, William R. Davidson, and Forest E. Kellogg
Factors Influencing Early Morning Covey Calling in Northern Bobwhites (Oral Abstract)
Shane D. Wellendorf, William E. Palmer, and Peter T. Bromley
Improving Quail Management Through Statistical Modelling (Poster Abstract)
Erynn M. Cull, Ronald D. Drobney, and Thomas V. Dailey
Comparison of Methods to Capture Bobwhites During Summer (Poster Abstract)
Shane D. Wellendorf, A. Vincent Carver, and William E. Palmer
Methods for Capturing, Marking, and Estimating Survival of Northern Bobwhite Chicks (Poster Abstract)
Mark D. Smith, Adam D. Hammond, L. Wes Burger, William E. Palmer, and A. Vince Curver
Quail Physiology and Genetics
Relationship Among Plasma Tiglycerides, Body Mass, Reproduction of Northern Bobwhites
J. M. Mueller and C. B. Dabbert
Comparison of Northern Bobwhite Chick Fecal and Crop Analyses
Kristen Utz, John P. Carroll, and Steven J. Moreby
Using Microsatellite DNA to Understand Bobwhite Behavior and Population Structure (Post Abstract)
Brant C. Faircloth, Kristine Oswald, William E. Palmer, John P. Carroll, and L. Wes Burger
Philosophies Relating to Quail and their Management
A Decade of Progress, A Decade of Frustration
Leonard A. Brennan
Effects of Supplemental Feeding on Northern Bobwhite Populations in South Texas
Ted B. Doerr and Nova J. Silvy
The Effect of Quail Feeders on Northern Bobwhite Density in Western Oklahoma
Stephen J. DeMaso, Darrell Townsend II, Scott A. Cox, Edward S. Parry, and Robert L. Lochmiller
The Bobwhite Quail Initiative: Restoring Georgia's State Gamebird While Improving the Environment (Poster Abstract)
Chris Baumann, Bobby Bond, Joy Bornhoeft, John Carroll, and Adam Hammond
Closing Remarks
Closing Remarks: Pieces of the Puzzle, Circles in the Stream
Leonard A. Brennan
Back Matter
Back Cover
Full Issue
Full Issue
Steven J. DeMaso, William P. Kuvlesky Jr., Fidel Hernandez, and Michael E. Berger