Population Dynamics of Mourning Doves Banded in Missouri
Population Dynamics of Mourning Doves Banded in Missouri

Author: Richard D. Atkinson

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Published: 1982

Total Pages: 28

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Most mourning doves (Zenaida macroura) banded in eastern Missouri in 1968-76 and recovered outside the State moved south-southeast into Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, and South Carolina. Most doves banded in central and western Missouri and recovered elsewhere moved south-southwest into Kansas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Texas, Mexico, and Central America. Several central Missouri doves moved southeast.

Migration, Harvest, and Population Dynamics of Mourning Doves Banded in the Central Management Unit, 1967-77
Migration, Harvest, and Population Dynamics of Mourning Doves Banded in the Central Management Unit, 1967-77

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Published: 1982

Total Pages: 136

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A banding program for mourning doves (Zenaida macroura) was conducted by the 14 Central Management Unit (CMU) States and the U.S. FIsh and Wildlife Service during 1967-74. Banding and recovery records, as well as data from annual call-count and harvest surveys, were subsequently analyzed by a subcommittee of the Central Migratory Shore and Upland Game Bird Technical Committee. This paper presents information on mourning dove habitat, hunting regulations, and harvest in the CMU; distribution and derviation of band recoveries in and from CMU; distribution of mourning dove harvest in Mexico and Central America; chronology of migration; survival and recovery rates; effects of hunting on CMU mourning dove populations; and indirect nationwide mourning dove population estimates.