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- Title
ASSOCIATION OF NORTHERN BOBWHITES WITH SURFACE WATER IN THE SEMI-ARID TEXAS PANHANDLE.
- Authors
HILLER, TIM L.; FELIX, ALEXANDRA B.; GUTHERY, FRED S.
- Abstract
We assessed association of Northern Bobwhites (Colinus virginianus) with surface water (natural and artificial) in the semi-arid Texas Panhandle during May-September 2001-2003. The difference between mean Euclidean distances of nest locations (n = 33) and random points to nearest surface water was -107.8 m (SE = 17.4, 95% CL = -142.7 to -72.9) indicating that nest locations were closer to water than expected by chance. Non-nesting birds appeared to associate with surface water during summer (May-Aug) based on differences between location distances of 83 bobwhites (1,408 locations) and random-point distances to nearest surface water (x¯ ± SE = -62.4 ± 17.0 m, 95% CL = -96.4 to -28.4). Our results provide evidence that bobwhites may associate with surface water in the semi-arid Texas Panhandle. Received 22 February 2008. Accepted 16 August 2008.
- Subjects
TEXAS Panhandle (Tex.); TEXAS; NORTHERN bobwhite; WATER; NESTS; BOBWHITES
- Publication
Wilson Journal of Ornithology, 2009, Vol 121, Issue 1, p135
- ISSN
1559-4491
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1676/08-033.1