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Document Type

Research

Abstract

Before a game species can be managed properly, it is necessary to have a knowledge of its mobility patterns. The radius of mobility from a center will determine minimum range requirements for the game bird or mammal. Some of the earliest banding studies (Stoddard, 1931) indicated that nearly half of the quail spent their life-spans within a quarter mile of their birth places. Few ever wandered more than a mile. Later studies in other parts of the country (Duck, 1943; Lehmann, 1946; Murphy and Baskett, 1952) have shown that quail make longer movements. Because of these varying movement records in different parts of the country, trapping and banding studies were carried on in Iowa on a 3,320-acre study plot of the Decatur County Quail Research Area during the winters of 1951-1952 (Gooden, 1952), 1952-1953, and 1953-1954, to determine the seasonal movement patterns of Iowa quail.

Publication Date

1954

Journal Title

Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

Volume

61

Issue

1

First Page

500

Last Page

503

Copyright

©1954 Iowa Academy of Science, Inc.

Language

en

File Format

application/pdf

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