Download PDF by Leonard A. Brennan,Katharine Armstrong: Texas Quails: Ecology and Management (Perspectives on South

By Leonard A. Brennan,Katharine Armstrong

ISBN-10: 1585445037

ISBN-13: 9781585445035

Nothing is extra evocative of the Texas open air than the whistled name of the bobwhite. whereas the general two-note greeting is now only a reminiscence for many people who dwell within the state’s becoming city sprawl, this chook is an financial commodity on par with vegetation and farm animals in a few areas of Texas.

3 different local species of quail additionally inhabit Texas. just like the northern bobwhite, the scaled quail is critical as a online game poultry. the opposite species, Gambel’s quail and Montezuma quail, are present in constrained components of southwestern Texas and characterize a massive indicator of wooded area, rangeland, and habitat conditions.

Texas Quails provides the 1st whole review of the 4 species of quail present in this monstrous country. specialists describe every one of them and view all geographic areas of the kingdom for ancient and present inhabitants traits, habitat prestige, and examine wishes. those specialists additionally speak about administration practices, searching matters, economics, and diseases.

With the hot construction of the Texas Quail Conservation Initiative, this quantity offers a well timed and complete view of quail technological know-how and stewardship.

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