Evaluating call-count procedures for measuring local mourning dove populations
Transactions of the Missouri Academy of Science
By: M.J. Armbruster, T.S. Baskett, W.R. Goforth, and K.C. Sadler
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Abstract
Seventy-nine mourning dove call-count runs were made on a 32-km route in Osage County, Missouri, May 1-August 31, 1971 and 1972. Circular study areas, each 61 ha, surrounding stop numbers 4 and 5, were delineated for intensive nest searches and population estimates. Tallies of cooing male doves along the entire call-count route were quite variable in repeated runs, fluctuating as much as 50 percent on consecutive days. There were no consistent relationships between numbers of cooing males tallied at stops 4 and 5 and the numbers of current nests or doves estimated to be present in the surrounding study areas. We doubt the suitability of call-count procedures to estimate precisely the densities of breeding pairs, nests or production of doves on small areas. Our findings do not dispute the usefulness of the national call-count survey as an index to relative densities of mourning doves during the breeding season over large portions of the United States, or as an index to annual population trends.
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| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | Evaluating call-count procedures for measuring local mourning dove populations |
| Series title | Transactions of the Missouri Academy of Science |
| Volume | 12 |
| Year Published | 1978 |
| Language | English |
| Contributing office(s) | Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center |
| Description | 16 p. |
| Larger Work Type | Article |
| Larger Work Subtype | Journal Article |
| Larger Work Title | Transactions of the Missouri Academy of Science |
| First page | 75 |
| Last page | 90 |
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