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index Page numbers in italics indicate illustrations ; those followed by t and map indicate tables and maps respectively. absolute abundance, 137, 145–55, 146, 149, 154 Acacia rigidula, 125–26t Accipiter cooperii, 32, 86 additive-mortality theory, 178 adult bobwhite, described, 160, 161 advertising, 215–16 aflatoxin, 87–89, 88 age determination, 160–63, 161, 162, 163t age ratios. See sex and age ratios agricultural property tax exemptions, 218 altricial young, 3 ambisexual polyandry, 11 Ambrosia psilostachya, 23 Ambrosia trifida, 23 animal unit (AU), 69 annual survival, 166–69, 167t, 169t Austin, Ed, 193, 195 bag limits, 190–91 bare ground needs, 21, 21 BBS (Breeding Bird Survey), 6, 7t Beasom, Samuel L., 109–10, 111 Bell Rhodesgrass (Chloris gayana), 76 bermudagrass (Cynodon dactylon), 76, 129, 130, 131 Bingham, Ralph L., 12 birds, evolution of, 1–3 birds, nongame, 232–34 blackbrush (Acacia rigidula), 125–26t black-throated bobwhite (Colinus nigrogularis), 2 block pattern of brush management, 48, 48–49, 61t blue darters. See Cooper’s hawk The Bobwhite Quail: Its Habits, Preservation and Increase (Stoddard), 5, 10, 31 The Bobwhite Quail: Its Life and Management (Rosene), 41, 111 Bobwhites in the Rio Grande Plain of Texas (Lehmann), 37, 102 bobwhite species, 2, 133. See also northern bobwhite body condition, supplemental feeding and, 84, 84 boom-and-bust phenomenon, 12–13, 235 Bothriochloa ischaemum, 76 Bouteloua curtipendula, 78, 79 breeding. See reproduction Breeding Bird Survey (BBS), 6, 7t breeding-season cover, 15–17, 16, 17 Brennan, Leonard A., 4 browse, 223–24 brush: benefits of, 62–63; herbicides in diversity of, 55; historic changes in amount of, 119 Brush Busters program, 56 brush cover: amount of grasses and forbs vs., 42; planting of, 122–23, 123, 124– 27t, 127–28; proper amounts of, 43–45, 44. See also woody cover brush management, 43–63; for doves, 230; herbicides for, 55–56, 56; mechanical methods for, 50–55, 51, 53, 54; prescribed fire for, 56–60, 57; and promotion of habitat diversity, 61–62, 62; for turkeys, 228–29; for white-tailed deer, 224–25 brush management patterns: block patterns , 48, 48–49, 61t; costs of, 60–61, 61t; motte patterns, 47, 47, 61t; strip patterns, 47, 47, 61t 238 index brush sculpting, 49, 49 brush shelters, 121, 121–22 brush status, and stocking rates, 69–70 buffelgrass (Pennisetum ciliare), 76, 76, 129, 130, 131, 133, 226 bulldozers, 54 Bumelia lanuginosa, 126–27t bundleflower (Desmanthus spp.), 25 Buntyn, Robert J., 107 business management, 209–21; legal issues, 209–12; pricing of quail hunting , 212–16, 214t; return on investment, 216–18; sources of information on, 219–21; tax considerations, 219 Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute (CKWRI), 77, 117, 130–31 causes, ultimate vs. proximate, 8 Celtis pallida, 124–25t census, 136 chaining, 52–54, 53, 225 Chamaecrista fasciculata. See partridge pea chittam (Bumelia lanuginosa), 126–27t Chloris gayana, 76 CKWRI. See Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute coastal prairies, lack of brush in, 119 Colinus, evolution of genus, 2, 2–3 Colinus cristatus, 2 Colinus leucopogon, 2 Colinus nigrogularis, 2 Colinus virginianus. See northern bobwhite Colinus virginianus ridgwayi, 133 Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) fields, 119 consultants, 220, 221 continuous grazing, 70–71, 71 cool-season forbs and grasses, 26–27, 27 Cooper, Susan, 227 Cooper’s hawk (Accipiter cooperii), 32, 86 corn: in food plots, 94t; as supplemental feed, 82–83, 83t cost-sharing programs, 218 counts. See population counts cover: breeding-season, 15–17, 16, 17; yearround , 17–21, 18, 19, 20 cover management, 119–33; brush plantings for, 122–23, 123, 124–27t, 127–28; brush shelters for, 121, 121–22; control of nonnative grasses in, 128–33, 129, 130, 132; grazing exclosures for, 128; half-cutting for, 119–21, 120 coverts, 160, 161 covey call counts, 145, 145–48, 146 covey size, 187–88 crested bobwhite (Colinus cristatus), 2 croton (Croton spp.), as food sources, 23–24, 24 CRP (Conservation Reserve Program) fields, 119 Curtis, Paul D., 11 Cynodon dactylon. See bermudagrass daily bag limits, 190–91 decreasers, 66 deer surveys, 154–55 deferment of grazing, 71 density, supplemental feeding and, 84 density-estimation count methods, 137. See also absolute abundance density per acre: approximate range of, 180–81, 181; fall, in bobwhite harvest regulation, 183–84 Desmanthus spp., 25 Desmodium spp., 25 DeYoung, Charles A., 45 Dicanthium annulatum. See Kleberg bluestem diet. See food sources Diospyros texana, 125–26t discing: for brush management, 54; for food management, 91, 91, 96–99, 97, 98 disease: feeders and, 87; and...