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Author | : Leonard A. Brennan |
Publisher | : Texas A&M University Press |
Total Pages | : 510 |
Release | : 2006-11-27 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 9781585445035 |
Nothing is more evocative of the Texas outdoors than the whistled call of the bobwhite. While the familiar two-note greeting is now just a memory for most of us who live in the state’s growing urban sprawl, this bird is an economic commodity on par with crops and livestock in some regions of Texas. Three other native species of quail also inhabit Texas. Like the northern bobwhite, the scaled quail is significant as a game bird. The other two species, Gambel’s quail and Montezuma quail, are found in limited areas of southwestern Texas and represent an important indicator of forest, rangeland, and habitat conditions. Texas Quails presents the first complete assessment of the four species of quail found in this vast state. Experts describe each of them and examine all geographic regions of the state for historical and current population trends, habitat status, and research needs. These experts also discuss management practices, hunting issues, economics, and diseases. With the recent creation of the Texas Quail Conservation Initiative, this volume provides a timely and comprehensive view of quail science and stewardship.
Author | : Jon A. Larson |
Publisher | : University of Texas Press |
Total Pages | : 294 |
Release | : 2010-08-25 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 0292777973 |
Northern bobwhites are one of the most popular game birds in the United States. In Texas alone, nearly 100,000 hunters take to the field each fall and winter to pursue wild bobwhite quail. Texas is arguably the last remaining state with sufficient habitat to provide quail-hunting opportunities on a grand scale, and Texas ranchers with good bobwhite habitat often generate a greater proportion of their income from fees paid by quail hunters than from livestock production. Managing and expanding bobwhite habitat makes good sense economically, and it benefits the environment as well. The rangelands and woodlands of Texas that produce quail also support scores of other species of wildlife. Texas Bobwhites is a field guide to the seeds commonly eaten by northern bobwhites, as well as a handbook for conserving and improving northern bobwhite habitat. It provides identifying characteristics for the seeds of 91 species of grasses, forbs, woody plants, and succulents. Each seed description includes a close-up and a scale photo of the seed and the plant that produces it, along with a range map. Using this information, hunters can readily identify concentrations of plants that are most likely to attract quail. Landowners and rangeland managers will greatly benefit from the book's state-of-the-art guidance for habitat management and restoration, including improving habitat dominated by invasive and nonnative grasses.
Author | : Leonard Alfred Brennan |
Publisher | : Texas A&M University Press |
Total Pages | : 507 |
Release | : 2007 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 1603445129 |
Texas Quails presents the first complete assessment of the four species of quail found in this vast state. Experts describe each of them and examine all geographic regions of the state for historical and current population trends, habitat status, and research needs. These experts also discuss management practices, hunting issues, economics, and diseases.
Author | : William E. Palmer |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 160 |
Release | : 2017-07-17 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9780970388667 |
The Tall Timbers Bobwhite Quail Management Handbook is an essential tool for anyone wanting to understand the ecology and management of bobwhites in their eastern range.
Author | : Stuart Gentling |
Publisher | : University of Texas Press |
Total Pages | : 236 |
Release | : 2001-11-15 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 0292728344 |
As Audubon's "Birds of America" was the most magnificent ornithological publication of the 19th century, "Of Birds and Texas" may rightfully claim that honor for the 20th. A.C. Greene praised it as "the most stunning and prodigious book in Texas history (and possibly forever)." 50 color plates.
Author | : Paul Johnsgard |
Publisher | : Lulu.com |
Total Pages | : 134 |
Release | : 2017-10-10 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 1609621174 |
This book documents the biology of six species of New World quails that are native to North America north of Mexico (mountain, scaled, Gambel's, California, and Montezuma quails, and the northern bobwhite), three introduced Old World partridges (chukar, Himalayan snowcock, and gray partridge), and the introduced common (ring-necked) pheasant. Collectively, quails, partridges, and pheasants range throughout all of the continental United States and the Canadian provinces. Two of the species, the northern bobwhite and ring-necked pheasant, are the most economically important of all North American upland game birds. All of the species are hunted extensively for sport and are highly popular with naturalists, birders, and other outdoor enthusiasts.
Author | : Harry Church Oberholser |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 602 |
Release | : 1974 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : |
This book is to give a detailed history of natural history of all the species and subspecies of indigenous birds which have occurred within the confines of the present (1973) state of Texas from the date of the first recorded bird observation in late summer of 1535 through the winter season of 1972-73.
Author | : Gunnar M. Brune |
Publisher | : Texas A&M University Press |
Total Pages | : 616 |
Release | : 2002 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 9781585441969 |
This text explores the natural history of Texas and more than 2900 springs in 183 Texas counties. It also includes an in-depth discussion of the general characteristics of springs - their physical and prehistoric settings, their historical significance, and their associated flora and fauna.
Author | : Jim Peterson |
Publisher | : University of Texas Press |
Total Pages | : 220 |
Release | : 2010-07-05 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 9780292787926 |
The Trans-Pecos, that huge region of Texas west of the Pecos River, is richer in recorded bird species than all but three of the United States. Hundreds of birders come here each year in search of species such as the Colima Warbler which are rarely if ever spotted in other parts of the country. Yet, until now, there was no comprehensive birding guide devoted to the entire region. Designed for intermediate to advanced birders, Birds of the Trans-Pecos provides an annotated checklist of all 482 species found in the region. The species accounts include seasonal distribution, documentation of nesting, most likely habitat, and the bird's status as a "Texas Review Species." The authors also describe the geography and bird habitats of the Trans-Pecos; federal and state parklands in the area (including Big Bend and Guadalupe Mountains), with the species that occur in each; and the mountain-breeding birds and species of special interest.
Author | : Ronald J. Kendall |
Publisher | : CRC Press |
Total Pages | : 342 |
Release | : 2016-04-19 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 1439817952 |
Updating the extremely successful Wildlife Toxicology and Population Modeling (CRC Press, 1994), Wildlife Toxicology: Emerging Contaminant and Biodiversity Issues brings together a distinguished group of international contributors, who provide a global assessment of a range of environmental stressors, including pesticides, environmental contaminant