Review of Texas Bobwhites: A Guide to Their Foods and Habitat Management. By Jon A. Larson, Timothy E. Fulbright, Leonard A. Brennan, Fidel Hernandez, and Fred C. Bryant.

Authors

Markus J. Peterson, Texas A&M UniversityFollow

Date of this Version

Spring 2012

Citation

Great Plains Research 22.1 (Spring 2012)

Comments

© 2012 Copyright by the Center for Great Plains Studies, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Abstract

Texas Bobwhites: A Guide to Their Foods and Habitat Management is a pictorial guide to the identification of seeds commonly consumed by northern bobwhites (Colinus virginianus)-- and the plants that produce them--in Texas. The authors "hope that interest in what constitutes good bobwhite habitat among hunters and nature enthusiasts will be enhanced by this guide to the identification of seeds eaten by quail." Targeting this lay audience leads to certain constraints regarding how the text, particularly, is presented. Regardless, because Texas includes much of the southern terminus of the Great Plains, this book is directly relevant to readers of Great Plains Research interested in bobwhite conservation, identifying seeds eaten by bobwhites and other wildlife, and identifying the plants that produce these seeds.