An Evaluation of a Method for Reducing White-Tailed Deer Depredations on Soybeans in Western Tennessee

The development of the Land-Between-The-Lakes Wildlife and Recreation Area (LBL) in western Tennessee and Kentucky by the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) has greatly increased the deer population level on that area. Tenant farmers on LBL report increasing crop losses due to deer depredations, and the area\u27s wildlife managers are unable to maintain food plots for quail and other wildlife species because of deer damage

An Assessment of Farmers\u27 Attitudes Towards Deer and Deer Damage in West Tennessee

The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency (TWRA) has been involved in white-tailed deer (Odocoileus uirginianus) restoration since the 1950\u27s. Annual deer harvest summaries of the TWRA reveal a many-fold increase in the number of deer taken by hunters in recent years, reflecting the success of that project. However, that success may be perceived as a mixed blessing by some of Tennessee\u27s farmers, whose crops may be damaged by deer or who may have problems with deer hunters

Habitat Utilization by Bobwhite Quail During Winter

This study was conducted on a 214-acre area of the Ames Plantation, Fayette County, Tennessee. Information on habitat utilization by bobwhite quail (Colinus virginianus) during winter was obtained by telemetering quail during January - March, 1970. The ranges of five coveys averaged 16.7 acres. Coveys spent little time in cultivated fields although this type of cover constituted much of the home ranges of 4 coveys. Cedar woods, hardwood forests, and old fields were used in proportion to their abundance for diurnal protective cover by the quail population, but presence of honeysuckle (Lonicera japonica) or other dense understory cover generally increased the attractiveness of a wooded area for quail. Honeysuckle was also the preferred ground cover for roosts

Changes of Covey Affiliation by Bobwhite Quail in Tennessee

This study was conducted on a 214-acre area of the Ames Plantation, Fayette County, Tennessee. Information on behavior of bobwhite quail (Colinus virginianus) during winter was obtained through flushing, trapping, color-marking, and telemetering quail during January-March, 1970. Interchange of quail between coveys was common; at least 20 incidences of change in covey affiliation were recorded. An average covey lost and gained a member every 3 days. Rapid replacement of birds lost from covey ranges was attributed to communication between coveys

Land Use and Bobwhite Populations in an Agricultural System in West Tennessee

The efficacy of a computer assisted habitat evaluation system (IMGRID: Information Management on a GRID cell system) was tested on Ames Plantation in west Tennessee. Habitat characteristics and bobwhite (Colinus virginiana) population size were compared to delineate the effect of land use changes on bobwhites. Significant changes in land use occurred. Pastures decreased from 120.4 ha in 1966 to 35.0 ha in 1980, while soybeans increased from 102.4 to 193. 1 ha. Idle land decreased from 212.9 ha to 178.6 between 1966 and 1980. Bobwhite population size was negatively correlated with the area maintained in soybeans (r = -0.63) and positively correlated with pastures (r = 0.76) and idle land (r = O. 76). Multiple component analyses indicated highest use by bobwhites of (1) areas where idle land, forests, and agriculture came within close proximity, (2) areas near food plots, and (3) idle land alone. Single component analyses identified high use by bobwhites of idle land, wild herbaceous vegetation, and food plots. Within forests or idle land, bobwhites preferred areas containing honeysuckle

Estimating Bobwhite Population Size by Direct Counts and the Lincoln Index

Thirteen paired estimates of bobwhite (Colinus virginianus) populations were obtained using the Lincoln Index and a Walk Census on two study areas in Florida and one in Tennessee, Population densities ranged from 1,0 to 7,6 birds/ha as estimated by the Lincoln Index , Unadjusted estimates obtained by the Walk Census averaged 51 percent of those obtained by the Lincoln Index, The correlation coefficient (r) for the 13 paired estimates was 0,96, The linear relationship between the Walk Census and Lincoln Index estimates was defined by y = l,65x + 101.6, where y = Lincoln Index estimate and x = Walk Census estimate, The Lincoln Index gave an unbiased estimate of the true population; either adjusting the Walk Census estimates by doubling the count or using the predictive equation generally produced acceptable estimates of the true population

Effects of a Magazine’s Move to Online-only: Post-print Audience Attention and Readership Retention Revisited

For financial reasons, newspapers and magazines are increasingly going online-only. By doing so, some have returned to profitability, but with what consequences for their audiences? To expand the scant evidence base, we conducted a case study of the UK’s New Musical Express (NME) magazine. By analyzing quantitative audience data from official industry sources, we estimate total time spent with the NME by its British audience fell dramatically post-print—by 72%. This fall mirrors that suffered by The Independent newspaper, which went online-only two years earlier. We also report that the NME’s official net weekly and monthly readership increased post-print, although these results are difficult to compare with The Independent’s because the two titles differed in their print publication frequencies. We conclude that the attention periodicals attract via their print editions is unlikely to immediately transfer to their online editions should they go online-only. Building a fuller theory of print platform cessation, however—one that also encompasses changes in readership/reach—requires more comparable data. This case study provides further evidence to suggest that though, for newspapers and magazines, a post-print existence may be less costly, it is also more constrained, with much of the attention they formerly enjoyed simply stripped away