Seasonal Precipitation and Scaled Quail in Eastern New Mexico
- 1 July 1968
- journal article
- research article
- Published by JSTOR in The Journal of Wildlife Management
- Vol. 32 (3) , 641-+
- https://doi.org/10.2307/3798952
Abstract
Spring-summer rainfall was positively and significantly correlated with subsequent hunter success on scaled quail (Callipepla squamata) in eastern New Mexico during 1957-66. It is reasonable to assume that hunter success is related to quail population density in a direct, but not necessarily proportional, way. On this assumption it appears that the quail population of eastern New Mexico is importantly influenced and perhaps controlled by spring-summer rainfall. No statistically significant correlation was found between fall-winter precipitation and hunter success. Hence, it appears that, unlike the situation in Arizona with respect to Gambel''s quail (Lophortyx gambelii), fall-winter precipitation had no important influence on the scaled quail population studied.This publication has 0 references indexed in Scilit: