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OverviewThis book presents the results and conclusions of the longest continuous study ever undertaken for a local North American game bird population. Since 1950 abundance has been determined seasonally by direct count, nesting ecology by field searches and observation, and hunting pressure and harvest by field interviews. Land use and weather conditions also have been recorded. The period of the study saw considerable change in regional land use and included several of the most severe winters in recorded weather history. Continuing harvest of the study population did not have a progressively depressing effect on standing densities; rather it held breeding stock somewhat below K at a more productive point on the growth curve. Roseberry and Klimstra report that there was clear evidence of an 8 to 10-year cycle within the study population. They found after examining a number of cycle theories that a close temporal relationship existed between their bobwhite data and the nodal lunar cycle described by Archibald (1977). Sound field techniques, long-term data acquisition, and appropriate mathematical and statistical treatment of the data combine to provide a significant contribution to what is known of not only bobwhite but basic population ecology. Full Product DetailsAuthor: John L. Roseberry , Willard D. KlimstraPublisher: Southern Illinois University Press Imprint: Southern Illinois University Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.658kg ISBN: 9780809311163ISBN 10: 080931116 Pages: 304 Publication Date: 01 January 1984 Audience: College/higher education , General/trade , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Temporarily unavailable  The supplier advises that this item is temporarily unavailable. It will be ordered for you and placed on backorder. Once it does come back in stock, we will ship it out to you. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationJohn L. Roseberry is a researcher in the Cooperative Wildlife Research Laboratory, Southern Illinois University. He received the Wildlife Society’s 1980 Wildlife Publication Award for his article, “Bobwhite Population Responses to Exploitation: Real and Simulated.” Willard D. Klimstra is Professor of Zoology and Director, Cooperative Wildlife Research Laboratory, Southern Illinois University Carbondale. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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