Dispersal and Survival of Game Farm Bobwhite Quail in Northcentral Oklahoma

Baumgartner, F. M.

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“…An outgrowth of the conference is the publication of a 28-page "Suggested Outline for the Teaching of Venereal Disease Control," by the National League of Nursing Education, 2 Park Avenue, New York 16, N. Y. Divided into three major units, the outline covers: medical aspects of venereal disease; venereal disease within the framework of nursing; and community education in venereal disease.…”

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A Perspective on Rat Control

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1952

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A Perspective on Rat Control

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1952

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“…Although some evidence exists that autumn stocking of captive‐reared bobwhites can increase hunter success (Sexson and Norman ), it was established in the 1940s that captive‐reared birds are not an economically viable method to supplement or reestablish populations because so few birds survive (Clark , Phelps , Pough , Studholme , Buechner ). However, the survival rate for captive‐reared bobwhites is still greater than zero (Baumgartner , Wint , Oakley et al , Perez et al , Woods ), and given the total number released, introgression into the wild population may not be inconsequential. Published survival rates vary depending on length of study, condition of released birds, environmental factors, and method of tracking birds and recording survival.…”

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Two centuries of human‐mediated gene flow in northern bobwhites

2017

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The northern bobwhite (Colinus virginianus; hereafter, bobwhite) population decline has prompted several studies over the past decade investigating bobwhite population genetics and overall connectivity. The zeitgeist of current quail conservation is that bobwhite populations have become increasingly fragmented, leading to their decline as a result of reduced fitness associated with effects from small population size. A few studies exploring population-level patterns of genetic connectivity at the local scale have identified some areas possessing limited gene flow likely due to recent anthropogenic landscape changes. Interestingly, however, multiple studies using genetic methods have also suggested that the species has experienced a recent range-wide expansion with few barriers to dispersal, suggesting a large panmictic population. Although the above are both supported by empirical data, we highlight another possibility that has been proposed yet rarely investigated. Millions of wild bobwhites have been transported among populations, and millions more captive-reared bobwhites have been and continue to be released across the species' range. Given the massive scale at which bobwhites have been artificially dispersed, more research is needed to investigate the effects of introgression of nonlocal birds on our ability to understand recent changes in bobwhite population fragmentation, size, and diversity. Such information has important management implications to long-term bobwhite population sustainability. By quantifying the level of human-mediated bobwhite dispersal events, our review cautions against assigning evolutionary or conservation significance to patterns of genetic connectivity among bobwhite populations until a more systematic effort is made to verify that such activities have not affected our ability to identify natural gene-flow patterns at both local and broadscale distributions. Ó 2017 The Wildlife Society.

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“…As opportunities to harvest pheasant and bobwhite have declined, game managers have sought to increase hunting opportunities. Captive‐release programs are not a new approach for establishing or supplementing existing gamebird populations because they have been employed since the 1940s (e.g., Baumgartner , MacNamara and Kozicky ). Traditionally, captive‐release programs reared or purchased captive‐reared pheasants and bobwhites and released them directly into the wild.…”

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“…Traditionally, captive‐release programs reared or purchased captive‐reared pheasants and bobwhites and released them directly into the wild. Numerous studies have been undertaken to evaluate the efficacy of using captive‐release programs for pheasants and bobwhites, with most of the studies reporting that traditional captive‐release programs are ineffective and unsustainable because of high costs and low survival of naïve, released birds (Baumgartner , Hessler et al , Roseberry et al , DeVos and Speake , Sokos et al ).…”

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Evaluation of the Surrogator® system to increase pheasant and quail abundance

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Captive-rearing and release programs have been used to augment populations of ring-necked pheasant (Phasianus colchicus), northern bobwhite (Colinus virginianus), and other gamebirds to provide additional hunting opportunities. However, many question the efficacy of the rear-and-release technique to increase huntable gamebird populations. The Surrogator 1 (hereafter, surrogator) is a captive-rearing system purported to establish huntable gamebird populations within a property. Little research has been conducted to inform land managers and sportsmen and sportswomen about the effectiveness of this system. We evaluated the use of the surrogator for ring-necked pheasants and northern bobwhites from May to October 2009 and 2010 in Kiowa County, Kansas, USA. The 4-week in-surrogator survival rates for pheasant chicks were 85% AE 5% (SE) in 2009 (n ¼ 840) and 79% AE 8% in 2010 (n ¼ 420). The 5-week insurrogator survival of bobwhite chicks was 78% AE 12% (n ¼ 765) in 2009 and 79% AE 3% in 2010 (n ¼ 783). Released pheasant chicks had an overall survival rate of 8% AE 6% (n ¼ 58) over 12 weeks. Eight-week postrelease survival for bobwhites was 35% AE 5% (n ¼ 59). Postrelease survival of pheasants or bobwhites was not appreciably greater than conventional rear-and-release programs, suggesting that population establishment with surrogator birds may be difficult. Although 1,150 pheasants and 1,105 bobwhites were released, only 5.5% and 7.2% of bands were returned from harvested pheasants and bobwhites, respectively. The surrogator may not be effective for establishing or re-establishing pheasant and bobwhite populations, but it may be an effective tool to supplement existing gamebird populations to enhance hunting opportunities. Ó 2016 The Wildlife Society.

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Dispersal and Survival of Game Farm Bobwhite Quail in Northcentral Oklahoma

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A Perspective on Rat Control

A Perspective on Rat Control

Two centuries of human‐mediated gene flow in northern bobwhites

Evaluation of the Surrogator® system to increase pheasant and quail abundance

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