Publication Date
9-1-2009
Abstract
White-winged Dove populations in Texas have extended their range over the past 50 years. Concurrent with this range expansion has been the establishment of new, urban populations which usually include some proportion of non-migratory residents. We conducted distance sampling point counts for White-winged Doves on 17 occasions between February 2006 and February 2007. We obtained White-winged Dove density estimates for all 17 distance sampling occasions. In addition, we trapped and banded White-winged Doves from January through August 2006 and recorded ages (hatching year or after hatching year). Winter population size was about 30% smaller than summer peak population size. The peak in summer population size also corresponds strongly with peak numbers of HY captures, indicating population growth is most likely the result of reproductive recruitment and not immigration.
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Recommended Citation
Small, Michael F.; Baccus, John T.; and Roberson, Jay A.
(2009)
"Intra-Annual Variation In White-Winged Dove Density In The Texas Hill Country,"
Bulletin of the Texas Ornithological Society: Vol. 42:
Iss.
1, Article 8.
Available at:
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/tos_bulletin/vol42/iss1/8