Habitat Use by Mountain Quail in Northern California
- 1 February 1987
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Ornithological Applications
- Vol. 89 (1) , 66-74
- https://doi.org/10.2307/1368760
Abstract
We studied habitat use by Mountain Quail (Oreortyx pictus) at four sites in northern California. Vegetative cover types (macrohabitats) were used in proportion to availability. Significant microhabitat variables which distinguished used from available microhabitat structure included proximity to water and tall, dense shrubs. Mountain Quail population densities ranged from 9 to 30 birds per 100 ha; populations with greater densities used a larger range of the available microhabitat structure.This publication has 4 references indexed in Scilit:
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