Quail VII: Proceedings of the Seventh National Quail Symposium (January 9-12, 2012 : Tucson, Arizona)

Authors

Clait E. Braun
Thomas V. Dailey, University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Date of this Version

2012

Document Type

Conference Proceeding

Citation

Quail VII: Proceedings of the Seventh National Quail Symposium (January 9-12, 2012 : Tucson, Arizona)

Editor: Clait E. Braun

Managing Editor: Thomas V. Dailey

Associate Editors: Roger Applegate, Leonard Brennan, Kirby Bristow, John P. Carroll, Stephen J. DeMaso, Fidel Hernández, James Martin, William Palmer, Dale Rollins, Theron Terhune, Christopher Williams

Published by: National Bobwhite Conservation Initiative University of Tennessee Knoxville, Tennessee, United States

ISBN: 9780578117706

Comments

Copyright 2012, the authors of the respective papers. Used by permission

Abstract

In memoriam: Walter Rosene, Jr., 1912-2005

In memoriam: John A. Crawford, 1946-2010

PLENARY

On some founding ideas of quailology and their propounders, Fred S. Guthery

One hundred years of quail management in Arizona, David E. Brown

Adaptive management and structured decision making: Is it really that easy? James (Barry) Grand

The Western Quail Management Plan, Larry Riley

Quail VII, a director’s perspective, Jonathan Gassett

BOBWHITE HABITAT MANAGEMENT

Impacts of invasive, exotic grasses on quail of southwestern rangelands: A decade of progress? William P. Kuvlesky Jr., Leonard A. Brennan, Timothy E. Fulbright, Fidel Hernández, Steven J. DeMaso, Joseph P. Sands, Robert M. Perez, and Jason B. Hardin

Effects of patch burning and grazing exotic-grass monocultures on northern bobwhite habitat and productivity, Eric D. Grahmann, Michael Hehman, Timothy E. Fulbright, and Fidel Hernández

Quail response to two large-scale wildfires in the Texas Panhandle, Kenneth A. Cearley, Dale Rollins, Chris Snow, and Brandon Wilson

Distance-based habitat associations of northern bobwhites in a fescue-dominated landscape in Kansas, Brian E. Flock, Philip S. Gipson, Roger D. Applegate, and Warren B. Ballard

Nesting of northern bobwhites on rangeland versus Conservation Reserve Program habitats in the Rolling Plains of Texas, Dale Rollins and Barrett A. Koennecke

Nest-site characteristics of northern bobwhites translocated into weeping lovegrass CRP, C. Wade Abbott, C. Brad Dabbert, Duane R. Lucia, Robert B. Mitchell, and Alicia K. Andes

Climate change and northern bobwhites: The state of our knowledge, possible outcomes, and the risk of ignorance, James A. Martin

BOBWHITE ARTIFICIAL MANAGEMENT AND RESEARCH

Survival and reproduction of parent-reared northern bobwhites, William E. Palmer, Randy D. Cass, Shane D. Wellendorf, Jerald F. Sholar, Theron M. Terhune, and John P. Carroll

Hunter harvest of pen-reared northern bobwhites released from the Surrogator, Reggie E. Thackston, D. Clay Sisson, Tyson L. Crouch, Danna L. Baxley, and Ben A. Robinson

Propagation effectiveness of the Surrogator for northern bobwhites in southern Texas, John C. Kinsey, Michael F. Small, Thomas R. Simpson, Robert M. Perez, and John T. Baccus

Fecundity of wild northern bobwhite hens under hatchery conditions, John T. Baccus, Kevin W. Dees, Michael F. Small, and Thomas R. Simpson

Effects of two commercial game bird feeds on captive northern bobwhite chick growth rates, Andrew N. Tri, Fidel Hernández, David G. Hewitt, William P. Kuvlusky Jr., and Leonard A. Brennan

Preference and nutrition of Quail Breeder 16TM, common agricultural feeds, and a mix of native seeds as northern bobwhite food, Jon A. Larson, Timothy E. Fulbright, Leonard A. Brennan, Fidel Hernández, and Fred C. Bryant

Effects of carbohydrate-based and protein-carbohydrate rations on wild bobwhite nesting and demographics, Andrew N. Tri, Fidel Hernández, David G. Hewitt, William P. Kuvlesky, Jr., and Leonard A. Brennan

Construction of species-specific PCR primers for detection of coccidia parasites in captive-reared northern bobwhites, Richard W. Gerhold, Larry R. McDougald, and Robert B. Beckstead

BOBWHITE BROOD ECOLOGY

Habitat selection by northern bobwhite broods in pine savanna ecosystems, William E. Palmer, D. Clay Sisson, Shane D. Wellendorf, Allan M. Bostick III, Theron M. Terhune, and Tyson L. Crouch

Arthropod consumption by northern bobwhite chicks in managed tall fescue monocultures, Douglas C. Osborne, Donald W. Sparling, and Thomas V. Dailey

Invertebrate abundance at northern bobwhite brood locations in the Rolling Plains of Texas, Thomas L. Warren, Sean R. Yancey, and C. Brad Dabbert

Do beneficial insect habitats also provide quality brood habitat for northern bobwhite? Charles J. Plush, Christopher E. Moorman, David B. Orr, and Chris Reberg-Horton

Impacts of bermudagrass on northern bobwhite chicks: Mobility and heat exposure, James A. Martin, Jason Burkhart, Reggie E. Thackston, and John P. Carroll

BOBWHITE ABUNDANCE ESTIMATION

Effect of abundance and survey protocol on estimates of occupancy and detection probability for northern bobwhites, Andrew D. Crosby and R. Dwayne Elmore

Expanding predictive assessment of northern bobwhite covey calling rates to incorporate regional effects, Kristine O. Evans, L. Wes Burger, Jr., Thomas V. Dailey, Beth A. Emmerich, Shane D. Wellendorf, Ted P. Seiler, and William E. Palmer

Monitoring northern bobwhite breeding populations in the Central Hardwoods Bird Conservation Region, Christopher M. Lituma, David A. Buehler, Evan P. Tanner, Ashley M. Unger, John J. Morgan, Patrick D. Keyser, and Craig A. Harper

Calling rates of male bobwhites during summer in north Florida, Shane D. Wellendorf and William E. Palmer

The Texas Quail Index: evaluating predictors of northern bobwhite productivity and abundance using citizen science, Kelly S. Reyna, Dale Rollins, and Dean Ransom, Jr.

Summer whistle counts, roadside counts, and fall abundance of northern bobwhite, Chad J. Parent, Fidel Hernández, Mick Hellickson, Marc Bartoskewitz, and Matthew J. Schnupp

BOBWHITE HARVEST MANAGEMENT

Do resident and non-resident northern bobwhite hunters self-regulate harvest based on population size? Christopher K. Williams and Roger D. Applegate

Factors influencing northern bobwhite hunting success on two South Georgia plantations, Shane D. Wellendorf, William E. Palmer, and D. Clay Sisson

Field application of sustained-yield harvest management for northern bobwhite in Texas, Joseph P. Sands, Matthew J. Schnupp, Trent W. Teinert, Stephen J. DeMaso, Fidel Hernández, Leonard A. Brennan, Dale Rollins, and Robert M. Perez

BOBWHITE POPULATION DYNAMICS

A Mid-Atlantic and a national population model of northern bobwhite demographic sensitivity, Christopher K. Williams, Brett K. Sandercock, Bridget M. Collins, Michael Lohr, and Paul M. Castelli

Temporal and spatial trends of northern bobwhite survival and nest success, Chad J. Parent, Fidel Hernández, David B. Wester, and Fred C. Bryant

Demographic analysis of a declining northern bobwhite population in southwestern Ohio, Robert J. Gates, Adam K. Janke, Marjorie R. Liberati, and Mark J. Wiley

Temporal variability in survival of non-breeding northern bobwhites in Ohio, Adam K. Janke and Robert J. Gates

Spring dispersal of northern bobwhites in southwestern Ohio, Marjorie R. Liberati and Robert J. Gates

Survival of radio-marked versus leg-banded northern bobwhite in Kentucky, Evan P. Tanner, Ashley M. Unger, Patrick D. Keyser, Craig A. Harper, Joseph D. Clark, and John J. Morgan

Northern bobwhite survival, nest success, and habitat use in Kentucky during the breeding season, Andrew S. West, Patrick D. Keyser, and John J. Morgan

Northern bobwhite survival related to movement on a reclaimed surface coal mine, Ashley M. Unger, Evan P. Tanner, Craig A. Harper, Patrick D. Keyser, and John J. Morgan

Age-specific nesting performance by northern bobwhites, Ryan S. Miller, William E. Palmer, and Shane D. Wellendorf

Northern bobwhite age ratios and productivity at the individual property scale in South Texas, Joseph P. Sands, Andrew N. Tri, Leonard A. Brennan, Fidel Hernández, Stephen J. DeMaso, and Robert M. Perez

Efficacy of targeted mist-netting to capture northern bobwhites during the non-breeding season in Ohio, Mark J. Wiley, Adam K. Janke, and Robert J. Gates

Parasitic eyeworm (Oxyspirura petrowi) in northern bobwhites from the Rolling Plains of Texas, 2007–2011, Stacie M. Villarreal, Alan M. Fedynich, Leonard A. Brennan, and Dale Rollins

BOBWHITE GENETICS

Genetic structure of northern bobwhites in northeast Mississippi and southwest Tennessee, Kristine O. Evans, Loren W. Burger Jr., and William E. Palmer

Northern bobwhite population structure and diversity in Texas and the Great Plains, Katherine S. Miller, Leonard A. Brennan. Randall W. DeYoung, Fidel Hernández, and X. Ben Wu

Genetic structure and diversity in South Texas bobwhites: implications for conservation, Randall W. DeYoung, Erin M. Wehland, Damon L. Williford, Angeline Zamorano, Joseph P. Sands, Leonard A. Brennan, Fidel Hernández, Stephen J. DeMaso, and Robert M. Perez

Phylogeography of bobwhites, Damon L. Williford, Randall W. DeYoung, Leonard A. Brennan, Fidel Hernández, and Rodney L. Honeycutt

The sexual proclivities of northern bobwhites, Brant C. Faircloth, William E. Palmer, Theron M. Terhune, Patricia A. Gowaty, and John P. Carroll

BOBWHITE PREDATION

Depredation patterns and northern bobwhite nest success in field borders, Jessica N. Piispanen and Jason D. Riddle

Exclosures: An experimental technique for protection of northern bobwhite nests, Joseph H. Treadway Jr., C. Brad Dabbert, Robert B. Mitchell, and Byron R. Buckley

Annual variation in northern bobwhite survival and raptor migration, Douglas Holt, L. Wes Burger Jr., Bruce D. Leopold, and K. David Godwin

Spatial analysis of predator abundance and northern bobwhite nest success in southern Texas, Ian C. Trewella, Chad J. Parent, Fidel Hernández, and Fred C. Bryant

Threat avoidance behavior and land use of the northern bobwhite in the Rolling Plains of Texas, Rebecca Perkins, Clint W. Boal, Dale Rollins, and Robert M. Perez

Distribution of common raccoons and coyotes during quail nesting season, Susan M. Cooper, Dale Rollins, and Shesh Jhala

Coyote diets on the Rolling Plains Quail Research Ranch, Mark A. Tyson, Dale Rollins, Warren B. Ballard, Philip S. Gipson, and Lloyd LaCoste

BOBWHITE CONSERVATION PLANNING

Application of metapopulation theory to northern bobwhite conservation, Joseph P. Sands, Stephen J. DeMaso, Leonard A. Brennan, Damon L. Williford, Randall W. DeYoung, Erin M. Wehland, Fidel Herna´ndez, and Katherine S. Miller

A county-based northern bobwhite habitat prioritization model for Kentucky, John J. Morgan, Gary Sprandel, Ben A. Robinson, and Keith Wethington

Northern bobwhite habitat modeling on a military installation in relation to red-cockaded woodpecker management, Dallas Paul Grimes, James A. Martin, and John P. Carroll

Development and implementation of a successful northern bobwhite translocation program in Georgia, D. Clay Sisson, William E. Palmer, Theron M. Terhune, and Reggie E. Thackston

What’s a quail worth? A longitudinal assessment of quail hunter demographics, attitudes, and spending habits in Texas, Jason L. Johnson, Dale Rollins, and Kelly S. Reyna

Value of private lands managed for wild bobwhites in the deep South, William E. Palmer, Shane D. Wellendorf, D. Clay Sisson, and B. Bostick

Private landowners’willingness to enroll their properties in a public hunting access program in northeast Missouri, Thomas B. Treiman, Thomas V. Dailey, Ronald A. Reitz, and Heather J. Scroggins

Rowing against the tide: Getting landowners to manage habitat for their favorite wildlife species, bobwhites, Thomas V. Dailey, Ronald A. Reitz, Heather J. Scroggins, William T. White, Thomas B. Treiman, and Nigel Hoilet

Using the conservation planning tool to effectively recover northern bobwhites: An example for states to effectively step-down the NBCI plan, Theron M. Terhune, William E. Palmer, Thomas V. Dailey, Billy Dukes, Charles L. McKelvy, John J. Morgan, James C. Pitman, Marc Puckett, and Reggie E. Thackston

WESTERN QUAIL

An analysis of masked bobwhite collection locales and habitat characteristics, David E. Brown, Kevin B. Clark, Randall D. Babb, and Grant Harris

Masked bobwhite: Status of an endangered subspecies, Robert Mesta

Review of masked bobwhite recovery effort, Dan Cohan, Mary Hunnicutt, Sally Gall, and Juliette Gutierrez

Gambel’s quail: A history of research and management at the Oracle Junction study area in Arizona, Johnathan C. O’Dell and Scott Christopher McAdams

Causes and consequences of mixed-species coveys of California and Gambel’s quail and their hybrids, Jennifer Gee

Use of portable infrared cameras to facilitate detection and capture success of Montezuma quail, Pedro M. Chavarria, Alison R. Kocek, Nova J. Silvy, and Roel R. Lopez

Post-fire succession and Montezuma quail in a semi-desert grassland of southeast Arizona, Pedro M. Chavarria, Nova J. Silvy, Roel R. Lopez, Christine Hass, and Linda Kennedy

Impact of inclement weather on overwinter mortality of Montezuma quail in southeast Arizona, Pedro M. Chavarria, Angel Montoya, Nova J. Silvy, and Roel R. Lopez

Montezuma quail management in Arizona: addressing needs of a consistent, dedicated public with a variable, inconsistent resource, Kirby D. Bristow, Johnathan C. O’Dell, and Mike Rabe

Spatial ecology and habitat selection of Montezuma quail in Texas, Curtis D. Greene, Louis A. Harveson, Dale Rollins, and Jonah Evans

Age, sex, and nest success of translocated mountain quail in Oregon, 2001–2010, David A. Budeau and Tim L. Hiller

Scaled quail reproduction in the Trans-Pecos Region of Texas, Robert J. Buntyn, Eddie K. Lyons, Dale Rollins, and Kenneth A. Cearley

Evaluation of survey indices for scaled quail in west Texas, Barrett A. Koennecke, Dale Rollins, Chris Snow, and Jeff White

The forgotten quail decline: the plight of scaled quail in Texas, Fidel Hernández, Chad J. Parent, Ian C. Trewella, and Eric D. Grahmann

Phylogeography of scaled quail, Damon L. Williford, Randall W. DeYoung, Leonard A. Brennan, Fidel Hernández, and Rodney L. Honeycutt

Closing remarks: are we whistling past the graveyard? Leonard A. Brennan

APPENDICES

National Bobwhite Conservation Initiative, NBCI 2.0

The unified strategy to restore wild quail, William E. Palmer, Theron M. Terhune, Tom V. Dailey, Don F. McKenzie, and John Doty

Executive Summary. Western Quail Management Plan. 2009, Mark L. Zornes and Richard A. Bishop