MANAGING FOR BOBWHITE QUAIL IN THE SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AGRICULTURAL CONSULTANTS FEBRUARY 9, 2007
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1 MANAGING FOR BOBWHITE QUAIL IN THE SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AGRICULTURAL CONSULTANTS FEBRUARY 9, 2007
2 Ecology and Management Population Trends Biology Habitat requirements Management
3 Bobwhite Range Based on BBS
4 Trends in Bobwhite Populations
5 REASONS FOR DECLINE Habitat loss Declining habitat quality Landscape level population processes Predation processes
6 Historic Populations Primitive agriculture Diverse cropping and fallow practices Complex landscape By-product of land use
7 Modern Landscapes Large scale Monocultural Industrial
8 Agro-ecosystems Loss of woody cover Loss of idle herbaceous cover Lack of prescribed fire
9 Loss of Woody Cover Decreases escape cover Decreases mast abundance Decreases thermal protection
10 Elimination of Idle Herbaceous Cover Loss of annual weed communities Brood habitat Foraging habitat Roosting habitat
11 LACK OF PRESCRIBED FIRE Advanced natural succession Expansion of forest into previously none forested habitats Changes in forest structure
12 Forested Landscapes Conversion of open lands to forest Intensive site preparation Rapid canopy closure Lose early successional window
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14 Bobwhite Adaptations Granivorous Favor early successional habitats Ground nesters Relatively short-lived Breed multiple times a season Precocial young
15 Annual Cycle of Bobwhite Breeding Season Advertising and mate selection Egg laying Incubation Brood-rearing rearing
16 Annual Cycle of Bobwhite Fall Covey Formation Food limitations Thermal requirements Predator avoidance
17 Advertising & Mate Selection Males attract females by calling Female selects nest site
18 Egg Laying Female lays 1 eggs/1.2 days ave. ~18 days for 15-egg clutch
19 Egg Laying Peak nest initiation incubated first nests ~ 5 May incubated nests ~ 28 July -incubated renests ~ 25 August
20 Incubation Male or female incubates eggs Incubation period is 23 days
21 Bobwhite Nest Success Average nest success 20 55% Takes an average of 2-32 attempts to produce 1 successful nest
22 Brood-rearing rearing Chicks precocial First 2 weeks critical At 14 days chicks fly and thermoregulate Male or female parental care
23 Chick Survival 3-weeks 36-55% Recruitment to fall 25 36%
24 Bobwhite Adult Survival Annual survival 5 27% Over winter survival 15-64% Breeding season survival 33-44%
25 Adult Predators
26 Adult Predators
27 Adult Predators
28 Nest Predators
29 Nest Predators
30 Nest Predators
31 Manage Predators by Managing Habitat Thin mature pine < 60ft 2 BA /ac Thin pine plantations aggressively Control hardwood mid & overstory in pine stands Restrict hardwoods to natural drains Create & maintain adequate ground cover
32 To Manage Quail you Must Manage Succession Fire Disking Rotational cropping Herbicide Mowing
33 DISKING Sets back succession Inhibits woody invasion Stimulates germination of annual grasses and forbs
34 Prescribed Fire Sets back succession Inhibits woody invasion Stimulates germination of grasses, forbs, and legumes
35 Prescribed Fire Reduces litter accumulation Creates bare ground Creates mosaic of communities
36 Timber Thinning Allows sunlight to forest floor Stimulates ground cover Thin often &early Thin heavily ft 2 /ac Poor Poor sites thin to lower BA
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38 Field Borders Native herbaceous community Provides Increased usable space Nesting habitat Brood-rearing rearing habitat Roosting habitat Holds birds on landscape
39 CCRP CP33 Habitat Buffers for Upland Birds Incentive payments for establishing and maintaining buffers. Applied adjacent to field edges of eligible cropland Program sign-up at local FSA
40 Bobwhite Values Ecological Social Aesthetic Recreational Economic
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