Download or read book Monitoring Wild Ring necked Pheasant Population Restoration in Pennsylvania written by Lacey Williamson and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ring-necked pheasants (Phasianus colchicus) are a non-native species that has become naturalized and a popular game bird in the United States. The population in Pennsylvania has been declining since the 1970s despite stocking and habitat restoration efforts. One of the management objectives of the Pennsylvania Game Commission is to provide quality pheasant hunting which requires restoration of the wild pheasant population so that it is naturally reproducing and able to withstand hunting pressure. The current best potential habitat for pheasants within the state was identified and 4 wild pheasant recovery areas (WPRAs) were created to monitor pheasant restoration efforts. At these areas, it was illegal to release stocked pheasants, hunt and harvest either sex, or train dogs. Wild-trapped pheasants from South Dakota and Montana were released at the study areas to ensure there would be an adequate founding population for restoration purposes. The Pennsylvania Game Commission set objectives for a density of 3.86 female pheasants/km2 and that would be adequate for maintaining a sustainable population with hunting pressure. To assess the success of the project and aid in future management decisions, we explored methods of estimating the density by incorporating multiple detection probabilities and a model for predicting potential female pheasant density based on micro-habitat data. As opposed to requiring multiple years of monitoring to obtain population trends using indices of abundance, we used crowing counts and adjusted for detection probabilities to estimate density at each of 12 study areas from 2013 to 2016. Our density estimates were adjusted for the probability a male pheasant crowed in a 3-minute survey period, the probability an observer was able to detect a pheasant given that it crowed, and the probability of flushing a male pheasant. We found the probability a male crowed in the survey period to decrease linearly during the breeding period (21 April23 May) from 0.659 to 0.464. The probability of detecting a crowing pheasant at 0.80 km was >0, indicating that there was no distance at which it was reasonable to assume no birds could be detected. Instead, the effective area was used and is robust to choice of radius. Because the male pheasants are recorded during the crowing counts and female densities are required to meet objectives, we estimated the probability of flushing a male pheasant to be 0.495 yielding an almost 1:1 sex ratio. Only one of 12 study areas achieved the female density goal of 3.86 females/km2 from 2013 to 2016. The methods used to obtain these density estimates simplified the crowing count protocol and can easily be used and adjusted for other species, detection probabilities, or survey areas to estimate density.To assess habitat or landscape composition at the WPRAs, we conducted a micro-habitat analysis by identifying all vegetation types within a 0.56 km radius of the survey point (hereafter referred to as survey circle) resulting in digitized maps of micro-habitat within a survey circle. Our objective was to create a model that would be able to predict potential female pheasant densities based on proportion of habitat type in a survey circle. We had 37 vegetation types that were combined into 8 habitat types a priori and used these as independent variables in our predictive models. We used our methods of estimating pheasant densities (Chapter 2) to estimate female density at the survey circle to be used as the dependent variable. For the model, we used 2 years of micro-habitat data (20132014) and density estimates (20142015). We estimated that female pheasant densities were influenced most by the proportion of idle grasses and forest. We found the proportion of idle grass to positively influence pheasant densities, while forest had a negative influence. This model will be important for improving habitat to meet a desired pheasant density goal by allowing managers to make recommendations for quantity and proportions of habitat needed to achieve desired pheasant density goals. Only one study area, Washingtonville West, was successful in meeting the density goal of 3.86 female pheasants/km2, while all other study areas did not exceed a density of 2 females/km2. Washingtonville West had the lowest average proportion of forest in a survey circle of any study area. From 2013 to 2015, the average proportion of forest ranged from 4.3% to 9.3% at Washingtonville West, compared to an overall average at all the WPRAs ranging from 15.6% to 17.6%. Given that roughly 60% of the overall landscape in Pennsylvania is forested, the WPRAs represent a small section of the state that is potentially suitable pheasant habitat. Even at this suitable habitat, we only achieved a self-sustainable pheasant population that can withstand hunting pressure at one study area which had

Download or read book Ecology of the Wild trapped and Transplanted Ring necked Pheasant Near Centre Hall Pennsylvania written by James E. Myers and published by . This book was released on with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Ring necked Pheasant and Its Management in North America written by Waldo Lee McAtee and published by . This book was released on 1945 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Index to Federal Aid Publications in Sport Fish and Wildlife Restoration and Selected Cooperative Research Project Reports March 1968 written by United States. Department of the Interior. Library and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 740 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Index to Federal Aid Publications in Sport Fish and Wildlife Restoration and Selected Cooperative Research Project Reports written by United States. General Land Office and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 730 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Ring necked Pheasant written by Charles Fergus and published by . This book was released on with total page 14 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Pennsylvania Game Commission Compliance with Its Strategic Plan written by Pennsylvania. General Assembly. Legislative Budget and Finance Committee and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 752 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Ecology and Management of the Ring necked Pheasant in Pennsylvania written by Pierce Edwin Randall and published by . This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Ring necked Pheasant in New York written by New York (State). Division of Conservation Education and published by . This book was released on 1959 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Pennsylvania Game News written by and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Wildlife Techniques Manual written by Nova J. Silvy and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2012-03 with total page 1133 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A standard text in a variety of courses, the Techniques Manual, as it is commonly called, covers every aspect of modern wildlife management and provides practical information for applying the hundreds of methods described in its pages. To effectively incorporate the explosion of new information in the wildlife profession, this latest edition is logically organized into a two-volume set: Volume 1 is devoted to research techniques and Volume 2 focuses on management methodologies.

Download or read book Wildlife Report written by and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Journal of the Pennsylvania Academy of Science written by and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book General Technical Report RMRS written by and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Conservation Directory 2000 written by National Wildlife Federation and published by Lyons Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 636 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Lyons Press is proud to present the forty-fifth annual edition of the National Wildlife Federation's "Conservation Directory" of U.S. and international organizations and agencies working to protect the environment -- the most vital resource of its kind. Included are: members of the United States Congress; government agencies; citizens' groups; educational institutions; databases, services, periodicals, and other directories; federally protected conservation areas; indexes; and more. This annual directory is essential for colleges and universities, libraries, environmental activists, students, outdoor writers, science editors, natural-resource agencies, those seeking employment in the field of conservation, researchers, and all individuals interested in wildlife and ecology.

Download or read book The North American Model of Wildlife Conservation written by Shane P. Mahoney and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2019-09-10 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The foremost experts on the North American Model of Wildlife Conservation come together to discuss its role in the rescue, recovery, and future of our wildlife resources. At the end of the nineteenth century, North America suffered a catastrophic loss of wildlife driven by unbridled resource extraction, market hunting, and unrelenting subsistence killing. This crisis led powerful political forces in the United States and Canada to collaborate in the hopes of reversing the process, not merely halting the extinctions but returning wildlife to abundance. While there was great understanding of how to manage wildlife in Europe, where wildlife management was an old, mature profession, Continental methods depended on social values often unacceptable to North Americans. Even Canada, a loyal colony of England, abandoned wildlife management as practiced in the mother country and joined forces with like-minded Americans to develop a revolutionary system of wildlife conservation. In time, and surviving the close scrutiny and hard ongoing debate of open, democratic societies, this series of conservation practices became known as the North American Model of Wildlife Conservation. In this book, editors Shane P. Mahoney and Valerius Geist, both leading authorities on the North American Model, bring together their expert colleagues to provide a comprehensive overview of the origins, achievements, and shortcomings of this highly successful conservation approach. This volume • reviews the emergence of conservation in late nineteenth–early twentieth century North America • provides detailed explorations of the Model's institutions, principles, laws, and policies • places the Model within ecological, cultural, and socioeconomic contexts • describes the many economic, social, and cultural benefits of wildlife restoration and management • addresses the Model's challenges and limitations while pointing to emerging opportunities for increasing inclusivity and optimizing implementation Studying the North American experience offers insight into how institutionalizing policies and laws while incentivizing citizen engagement can result in a resilient framework for conservation. Written for wildlife professionals, researchers, and students, this book explores the factors that helped fashion an enduring conservation system, one that has not only rescued, recovered, and sustainably utilized wildlife for over a century, but that has also advanced a significant economic driver and a greater scientific understanding of wildlife ecology. Contributors: Leonard A. Brennan, Rosie Cooney, James L. Cummins, Kathryn Frens, Valerius Geist, James R. Heffelfinger, David G. Hewitt, Paul R. Krausman, Shane P. Mahoney, John F. Organ, James Peek, William Porter, John Sandlos, James A. Schaefer

Download or read book Wildlife Resource Trends in the United States written by Curtis H. Flather and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: