Nebraska Game and Parks Commission
Date of this Version
1973
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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Comments
Published by the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission. 1973. 58 pp.