Nebraska Game and Parks Commission

 

Document Type

Article

Date of this Version

1973

Comments

Published by the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission. 1973. 58 pp.

Abstract

Table of Contents

The Study … 6

Population Studies … 8 ...

Methods … 8 ...

Results and Discussion … 9

Nesting Studies … 13 ...

Methods … 13 ...

Results and Discussion … 14 ...

Nest Parasitism … 16 ...

Effects of Nest Searching on Nest Fate ... 17 ...

Nesting Chronology ... 18 ...

Roadside Nests ... 21 ...

Nesting in Experimental Alfalfa ... 22 ...

Pheasant Production in Wetlands ... 23

Brood Studies … 26 ...

Methods ... 26 ...

Sampling Problems ... 26 ...

Results and Discussion ... 27

Cover Utilization by Pheasant Broods ... 29 ...

Methods ... 30 ...

Brood Observations ... 30

Harvest ... 35 ...

Methods ... 35 ...

Results and Discussion ... 36 ...

Calculated Hunting Pressure on Hen Pheasants ... 38

Pesticides and Pheasants … 39

Literature Cited ... 42

Appendix ... 44

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