Author : James L. Ruos
Release : 1971
Genre : Bird populations
Kind : eBook
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Book Synopsis Mourning Dove Status Report, 1970 by : James L. Ruos
Download or read book Mourning Dove Status Report, 1970 written by James L. Ruos. This book was released on 1971. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: U.S. mourning dove population indexes increased by 4% from 1969 to 1970 in the Eastern Management Unit, but declined 2% in the Central Management Unit and 11% in the Western Management Unit. The changes were below the 10-year means, 1960-69, by 3% in the Eastern Unit, 15% in the Central, and 27% in the Western. Regression analyses of the call-count data for 1960-70 indicate a statistically significant downward trend in dove breeding populations in all management units; mean rates of decline were 1% a year in the Eastern Unit, 3% a year in the Central, and 4% in the Western
