Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute

On-going Projects

Texas Bobwhites: A Guide to Their Food and Habitat Management
Jon A. Larson, Timothy E. Fulbright, Leonard A. Brennan, and Fidel Hernández

Nutritionally Balanced Supplemental Feed and Northern Bobwhite Nesting Ecology
Andrew N. Tri, William P. Kuvlesky, Jr., David G. Hewitt, Fidel Hernández, and Leonard A. Brennan

Field Tests of Sustained-Yield Harvest Management for Bobwhites in Texas
Joseph P. Sands, Matthew J. Schnupp, Trent W. Teinert, Stephen J. DeMaso, Fidel Hernández, Leonard A. Brennan,Dale Rollins, and Robert M. Perez

Effects of Tanglehead Grass on Northern Bobwhite Habitat Use
Michael C. Buelow, Leonard A. Brennan, Timothy E. Fulbright, and Fidel Hernández

An Evaluation of All-Terrain Vehicles to Estimate Bobwhite Density
Matthew J. Schnupp, Joseph P. Sands, Trent W. Teinert,Fidel Hernández, Stephen J. DeMaso, Leonard A. Brennan, Dale Rollins, and Robert M. Perez

Simulations of Sustained-Yield Harvest Management on Bobwhite Populations
Joseph P. Sands, Matthew J. Schnupp, Trent W. Teinert, Stephen J. DeMaso, Fidel Hernández, Leonard A. Brennan, Dale Rollins, and Robert M. Perez

Overwinter Survival of Bobwhites on Non-Hunted Areas in Texas
Trent W. Teinert, Joseph P. Sands, Matthew J. Schnupp, Stephen J. DeMaso, Fidel Hernández, Leonard A. Brennan, Dale Rollins, and Robert M. Perez

The Use of Hunting Dogs as an Alternative Distance Sampling Search Platform
Matthew J. Schnupp, Natasha W. Gruber, Joseph P. Sands, Fidel Hernández, Eric J. Redeker, Dale Rollins, Stephen J.DeMaso, Leonard A. Brennan, and Robert M. Perez

Dispersal, Habitat Area, and Effective Population Size of Bobwhites
Damon L. Williford, Leonard A. Brennan, Fidel Hernández, Randy W. DeYoung, Robert M. Perez, and Stephen J. DeMaso

A Latitudinal Comparison of Density- Dependent Reproduction in Bobwhites
Joseph P. Sands, Stephen J. DeMaso, Matthew J. Schnupp, Trent W. Teinert, Fidel Hernández, Leonard A. Brennan,Dale Rollins, and Robert M. Perez

Landscape Scale Assessment of Bobwhite Productivity in South Texas
Andrew N. Tri, Michael C. Buelow, Damon L. Williford, Jon A. Larson, Erin M. Wehland, Kyle A. Brazil, Jason B. Hardin, Fidel Hernández, and Leonard A. Brennan

Bobwhite Use of Guineagrass-Invaded Landscapes
Sarah F. Moore, Timothy E. Fulbright, and Leonard A. Brennan

Occupancy Modeling as a Method for Monitoring Montezuma Quail
Cristela Gonzalez, Fidel Hernández, Stephen J. DeMaso, Eric J. Redeker, Louis A. Harveson, Dave A. Holdermann, Froylán Hernández, Leonard A. Brennan, and Robert M. Perez

Evaluating the Attwater’s Prairie-Chicken Reintroduction in Goliad County, Texas
Aaron C. Pratt, Leonard A. Brennan, Michael E. Morrow, and John E. Toepfer

Relationships between Bobwhite Nutritional Condition and Parasite Numbers
Fidel Hernández, Dale F. Kane, Alan M. Fedynich, and Fred C. Bryant

Completed Projects

Survey of the Helminth Parasite Community in Bobwhites
Garrett Young and Alan M. Fedynich

Neural Predictions of Habitat Space for Masked Bobwhites
Fred S. Guthery and William P. Kuvlesky, Jr.

Diets of Bobwhites on San Jose Island
Steven S. Cramer and Scott E. Henke

Effects of Baiting Multiple Ranch Roads on Bobwhite Survival and Home Range
Aaron M. Haines, Fidel Hernández, Scott E. Henke, and Ralph L. Bingham

Quail Productivity and Quail-Habitat Relationships in South Texas
Kyle A. Brazil, Leonard A. Brennan, and Fidel Hernández

Refining the Morning Covey-Call Survey to Estimate Bobwhite Abundance
Joshua P. Rusk, Jason L. Scott, Fidel Hernández, and Fred C. Bryant

Habitat-Suitability Bounds for Bobwhite Nesting Cover on Semiarid Rangelands
Juan A. Arredondo, Jr., Fidel Hernández, Fred C. Bryant, Ralph L. Bingham, and Ronnie Howard

Bobwhite Population Irruptions: Testing an Age-Specific Reproduction Hypothesis
Fidel Hernández, Krisan M. Kelley, Juan A. Arredondo, Jr., Froylán Hernández, David G. Hewitt, Fred C. Bryant, and Ralph L. Bingham

Simulating the Effect of Predator Control on Northern Bobwhites
Michael J. Rader, Leonard A. Brennan, Fidel Hernández, and Nova J. Silvy

Analyzing Population Restoration Efforts for the Endangered Masked Bobwhite
Randy W. DeYoung, Fidel Hernández, William P. Kuvlesky, Jr., Leonard A. Brennan, Sally A. Gall, Ronald A. Van Den Bussche, and Fred S. Guthery

Evaluation of Survey Methods for Determining Bobwhite Abundance
Joshua P. Rusk, Fidel Hernández, Leonard A. Brennan, David G. Hewitt, Fred C. Bryant, and Eric J. Redeker

Impacts of Invasive Exotic Grasses on Bobwhite Habitat Use in South Texas
Joseph P. Sands, Leonard A. Brennan, Fidel Hernández, William P. Kuvlesky, Jr., James F. Gallagher, and Donald C. Ruthven, III

Northern Bobwhite Productivity and Habitat Relationships in South Texas
Kyle A. Brazil, Leonard A. Brennan, Fidel Hernández, and Bart M. Ballard

Restoration of Bobwhite Populations in Fragmented Landscapes
Jason L. Scott, Fidel Hernández, Leonard A. Brennan, Bart M. Ballard, and N. David Forrester

Does Microhabitat at Northern Bobwhite Nests Influence Nest Fate?
Stephen J. DeMaso, Fidel Hernández, Leonard A. Brennan, Nova J. Silvy, William E. Grant, and X. Ben Wu

Low mtDNA Structure among Bobwhites: Implications for Conservation
Erin M. Wehland, Randy W. DeYoung, Ana Sifuentes Rincón, Michelle A. Garcia, and Leonard A. Brennan