BOBWHITES AND UPLAND WILDLIFE

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

BOOKS

Guthery, F. S. 1986. Beef, brush and bobwhites. Kleberg Institute Press, Texas A&M University-Kingsville. Out of print but sometimes available on Amazon.com.

Guthery, F. S. 2000. On bobwhites. Texas A&M University Press, College Station.

This book is a collection of 55 brief and light essays on the biology and management of bobwhites. Sections include Life and Times, Management, Populations and Harvest, and Issues and Philosophies. ($20, soft cover, postage paid).

Guthery, F. S. 2002. The technology of bobwhite management. Iowa State Press, Ames. Out of print.

Guthery, F. S. 2008. A primer on natural resource science. Texas A&M University Press, College Station.

The 15 chapters in this book address topics on the nature and philosophy of natural resource science. Chapter topics include 1) the nature of science; 2) hypotheses; 3) induction, deduction, and retroduction; 4) the nature of facts; 5) human influences; 6) creativity; 7) critical thinking; 8) observational versus experimental science; 9) mathematics; 10) statistics; 11) model selection; 12) interpreting single-variable models; 13) interpreting multivariable models; 14) means, ends, and shoulds; and 15) publishing. The intended audience is graduate students in the natural resource sciences but the book serves a broader readership, including faculty and practicing research ecologists. ($20, soft cover; $40, hard cover; postage paid).

"I intend to require all of my graduate students to read this book by the end of year one of graduate study....Guthery has written a tour de force in depth that will shape the field of wildlife science for many years."--Steven W. Buskirk, Department of Zoology and Physiology, University of Wyoming

Send orders to the Department of Natural Resource Ecology and Management, 008C Ag Hall, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK 74078.

RESEARCH ARTICLES

Free reprints of many of the articles listed below are available by writing the Department of Natural Resource Ecology and Management (address just above).

Habitat Ecology and Management

Cram, D., R. E. Masters, F. S. Guthery, D. M. Engle, and W. G. Montague. 2002. Northern bobwhite population and habitat response to pine-grassland restoration. Journal of Wildlife Management 66:1031–1039.

Guthery, F. S. 1997. A philosophy of habitat management for northern bobwhites. Journal of Wildlife Management 61:291–301.

Guthery, F. S. 1999. Slack in the configuration of habitat patches for northern bobwhites. Journal of Wildlife Management 63:245–250.

Guthery, F. S. 1999. The role of free water in bobwhite management. Wildlife Society Bulletin 27:538–542.

Guthery, F. S., M. C. Green, R. E. Masters, S. J. DeMaso, H. M. Wilson, and F. B. Steubing. 2001. Land cover and bobwhite abundance on Oklahoma farms and ranches. Journal of Wildlife Management 65:838–849.

Guthery, F. S., and N. E. Koerth. 1992. Substandard water intake and inhibition of bobwhite reproduction during drought. Journal of Wildlife Management 56:760–768.

Guthery, F. S., N. M. King, K. R. Nolte, W. P. Kuvlesky, Jr., S. DeStefano, S. A. Gall, and N. J. Silvy. 2000. Comparative habitat ecology of Texas and masked bobwhites. Journal of Wildlife Management 64:407–420.

Guthery, F. S., N. M. King, K. R. Nolte, W. P. Kuvlesky, Jr., S. DeStefano, S. A. Gall, and N. J. Silvy. 2001. Multivariate perspectives on patch use by masked bobwhites. Journal of Wildlife Management 65:118–124.

Guthery, F. S., N. M. King, W. P. Kuvlesky, Jr. S. DeStefano, S. A. Gall, and N. J. Silvy. 2001. Comparative habitat use by three quails in desert grassland. Journal of Wildlife Management 65: 850–860.

Guthery, F. S., T. L. Hiller, W. H. Puckett, Jr., R. A. Baker, S. G. Smith, and A. R. Rybak. 2004. Effects of feeders on dispersion and mortality of bobwhites. Wildlife Society Bulletin 32:1248–1254.

Harveson, L. A., N. I. Kassinis, and F. S. Guthery. 2000. Bird use of bobwhite loafing shelters on a Conservation Reserve Program field. Proceedings of the National Quail Symposium 4:63–65.

Koerth, N. E., and F. S. Guthery. 1991. Water restriction effects on northern bobwhite reproduction. Journal of Wildlife Management 55:132–137.

Kopp, S. D., F. S. Guthery, N. D. Forrester, and W. E. Cohen. 1998. Habitat selection modeling for northern bobwhites on subtropical rangeland. Journal of Wildlife Management 62:884–895.

Lusk, J. J., S. G. Smith, S. D. Fuhlendorf, and F. S. Guthery. 2005. Factors influencing northern bobwhite nest-site selection and fate. Journal of Wildlife Management 70:564-571.

Spears, G. S., F. S. Guthery, S. M. Rice, S. J. DeMaso, and B. Zaiglin. 1993. Optimum seral stage for bobwhites as influenced by site productivity. Journal of Wildlife Management 57:805–811.

Biology, Ecology, and Conservation

Cox, S. A., A. D. Peoples, S. J. DeMaso, J. J. Lusk, and F. S. Guthery. 2004. Survival and cause-specific mortality of northern bobwhites in western Oklahoma. Journal of Wildlife Management 68:663–671.

Cox, S. A., F. S. Guthery, J. J. Lusk, A. D. Peoples, S. J. DeMaso, and M. Sams. 2005. Reproduction by bobwhites in western Oklahoma. Journal of Wildlife Management 69:133–139.

Forrester, N. D., F. S. Guthery, S. D. Kopp, and W. E. Cohen. 1998. Operative temperature reduces habitat space for northern bobwhites. Journal of Wildlife Management 62:1506–1511.

Guthery, F. S. 1999. Energy-based carrying capacity for quails. Journal of Wildlife Management 63:664-674.

Guthery, F. S., A. R. Rybak, S. D. Fuhlendorf, T. L. Hiller, S. G. Smith, W. H. Puckett, Jr., and R. A. Baker. 2005. Aspects of the thermal ecology of bobwhites in north Texas. Wildlife Monographs 159.

Guthery, F. S., C. L. Land, and B. W. Hall. 2001. Heat loads on reproducing bobwhites in the semiarid subtropics. Journal of Wildlife Management 65:111–117.

Guthery, F. S., M. J. Peterson, and R. R. George. 2000. Viability of northern bobwhite populations. Journal of Wildlife Management 64:646–662.

Guthery, F. S., and W. P. Kuvlesky, Jr. 1998. The effect of multiple-brooding on age ratios of quail. Journal of Wildlife Management 62:540–549.

Harveson, L. A., F. S. Guthery, and E. C. Hellgren. 2004. Invertebrate consumption by breeding northern bobwhites and its relation to production. Southwestern Naturalist 49:472–477.

Hiller, T. L., and F. S. Guthery. 2004. Correlates of fall-spring mass dynamics of northern bobwhites. Wilson Bulletin 116:324–329.

Hiller, T. L., and F. S. Guthery. 2005. Microclimate versus predation risk in roost and covert selection by bobwhites. Journal of Wildlife Management 69:140–149.

Kuvlesky, W. P. et al. 2000. Status of endangered masked bobwhite recovery in the United States and Mexico. Proceedings of the National Quail Symposium 4:42–57.

Lusk, J. J., S. A. Cox, S. J. DeMaso, A. D. Peoples, and F. S. Guthery. 2004. Survival and growth of northern bobwhite chicks in western Oklahoma. American Midland Naturalist 153:389–395.

White, S. L., K. R. Nolte, W. P. Kuvlesky, F. S. Guthery, and S. A. Gall. 2000. Comparative morphology and genetics of Texas and masked bobwhites. Proceedings of the National Quail Symposium 4:111–114.

Weather Effects

Guthery, F. S., J. J. Lusk, D. R. Synatzske, J. Gallagher, S. J. DeMaso, R. R. George, and M. J. Peterson. 2002. Weather and age ratios of northern bobwhites in southern Texas. Proceedings of the National Quail Symposium 5:99–105.

Guthery, F. S., N. D. Forrester, K. R. Nolte, W. E. Cohen, and W. P. Kuvlesky. 2000. Potential effects of global warming on quail populations. Proceedings of the National Quail Symposium 4:198–204.

Heffelfinger, J. R., F. S. Guthery, R. J. Olding, C. L. Cochran, and C. M. McMullen. 1999. Influence of precipitation timing and summer temperatures on reproduction of Gambel's quail. Journal of Wildlife Management 63:154–161.

Lusk, J. J., F. S. Guthery, and S. J. DeMaso. 2001. A neural model for predicting northern bobwhite abundance in the Rolling Red Plains of Oklahoma. Pages 345–355 in Predicting Species Occurrence—Issues of Scale and Accuracy. Island Press, Covella, CA.

Lusk, J. J., F. S. Guthery, and S. J. DeMaso. 2001. Northern bobwhite (Colinus virginianus) abundance in relation to yearly weather and long-term climate patterns. Ecological Modelling 146: 3–15.

Lusk, J. J., F. S. Guthery, M. J. Peterson, and S. J. DeMaso. 2007. Evidence for regionally synchronized cycles in Texas quail population dynamics. Journal of Wildlife Management 71:837-843.

Lusk, J. J., F. S. Guthery, M. J. Peterson, and S. J. DeMaso. 2007. Long-term climate trends and northern bobwhite populations in South Texas. Proceedings of the National Quail Symposium 6:in press.

Lusk, J. J., F. S. Guthery, R. R. George, M. J. Peterson, and S. J. DeMaso. 2002. Bobwhite abundance in relation to weather and land use. Journal of Wildlife Management 66:1040–1051.

Philosophy and Review

Brennan, L. A., F. Hernandez, W. P. Kuvlesky, Jr., and F. S. Guthery. 2007. Upland game bird management: linking theory and practice in South Texas. Pages 65-78 in T. E. Fulbright and D. G. Hewitt, editors. Wildlife science: linking ecological theory and management implications. CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida.

Guthery, F. S. 2004. Commentary: the flavors and colors of facts in wildlife science. Wildlife Society Bulletin 32:288–297.

Guthery, F. S. 2007. Deductive and inductive methods of accumulating reliable knowledge in wildlife science. Journal of Wildlife Management 71:222-225.

Guthery, F. S., J. J. Lusk, and M. J. Peterson. 2001. The fall of the null hypothesis: liabilities and opportunities. Journal of Wildlife Management 65:379–384.

Guthery, F. S., J. J. Lusk, and M. J. Peterson. 2004. Hypotheses in wildlife science. Wildlife Society Bulletin 32:1325–1332.

Guthery, F. S., and L. A. Brenna. 2007. The science of quail management and the management of quail science. Pages 407-421 in L. A. Brennan, editor. Texas quails. Texas A&M University Press, College Station.

Guthery, F. S., L. A. Brennan, M. J. Peterson, and J. J. Lusk. 2005. Information theory in wildlife science: critique and viewpoint. Journal of Wildlife Management 69:457–465.

Guthery, F. S., and N. J. Silvy. 1999. Wildlife research in Texas, 1981–1990. Pages 274-281 in R. C. Telfair III, editor. Texas wildlife resources and land uses. University of Texas Press, Austin.

Guthery, F. S., and R. L. Bingham. 2007. A primer on interpreting regression models. Journal of Wildlife Management 71:684-692.

Hernandez, F., R. Perez, and F. S. Guthery. 2007. Bobwhites in the South Texas Plains. Pages 273-296 in L. A. Brennan, editor. Texas quails. Texas A&M University Press, College Station.

Hernandez, F., F. S. Guthery, and W. P. Kuvlesky, Jr. 2002. The legacy of bobwhite research in south Texas. Journal of Wildlife Management 66:1–18.

Williams, C. K., F. S. Guthery, R. D. Applegate, and M. J. Peterson. 2004. The northern bobwhite decline: scaling our management for the twenty-first century. Wildlife Society Bulletin 32:861–869.

Harvest Management

Guthery, F. S., A. K. Crews, J. J. Lusk, R. N. Chapman, and M. Sams. 2004. Effects of bag limits on bobwhite hunters and harvest. Journal of Wildlife Management 68:1095–1103.

Guthery, F. S., M. J. Peterson, J. J. Lusk, M. J. Rabe, S. J. DeMaso, M. Sams, R. D. Applegate, and T. V. Dailey. 2004. Multistate analysis of fixed, liberal regulations in quail harvest management. Journal of Wildlife Management 68:1104–1113.

Radomski, A., and F. S. Guthery. 2000. Theory of the hunter-covey interface. Proceedings of the National Quail Symposium 4:78–81.

Techniques

Guthery, F. S., A. R. Rybak, W. R. Walsh, S. D. Fuhlendorf, and T. L. Hiller. 2005. Quantifying usable space for wildlife with use-availability data. Journal of Wildlife Management 69:655–663..

Guthery, F. S., and J. J. Lusk. 2004. Radiotelemetry studies: are we radio-handicapping northern bobwhites? Wildlife Society Bulletin 32:194–204.

Hansen, H. M., and F. S. Guthery. 2001. Calling behavior of bobwhite males and the call-count index. Wildlife Society Bulletin. 29:145-152.

Hiller, T. L., F. S. Guthery, A. R. Rybak, S. D. Fuhlendorf, S. G. Smith, W. H. Puckett, Jr., and R. A. Baker. 2007. Management implications of cover selection data: northern bobwhite example. Journal of Wildlife Management 71:195-201.

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