Results of Long-Term Direct Counts of Upland Game Species on Three Intensive Study Areas in Iowa, March 1983

(1983) Results of Long-Term Direct Counts of Upland Game Species on Three Intensive Study Areas in Iowa, March 1983. Natural Resources, Department of

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Abstract

Research on the ecology of the bobwhite quail has been conducted intermittently on the Decatur-Wayne Quail Research Area (DWQRA) since 1935 by personnel of the Iowa Conservation Commission (ICC) and the Iowa Cooperative Wildlife Research Unit (CWRU) of Iowa State University. Several tracts of privately-owned farmland located in Decatur and Wayne Counties in south-central Iowa were organized into two adjoining Game Management Areas in 1933 and 1934. This report is an attempt to summarize existing spring and fall bobwhite quail population data for the DWQRA, illuminate the census methods used, and examine habitat and weather relationships on the area relative to quail numbers.