Lesser Prairie-Chicken nest site selection and vegetation characteristics in tebuthiuron-treated and untreated sand shinnery oak in Texas

Authors

D. A. Haukos, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas
L. M. Smith, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas

Abstract

Radiotelemetry was used to evaluate Lesser Prairie-Chicken (Tympanuchus pallidicinctus) nesting response to herbicidal conversion of sand shinnery oak (Quercus havardii) rangeland to grassland. Hens selected nest sites in residual grasses within lightly grazed sand shinnery oak habitat with >75% vertical screening in the first 0.33 m and 50% overhead cover.

Recommended Citation

Haukos, D. A. and Smith, L. M. (1989) "Lesser Prairie-Chicken nest site selection and vegetation characteristics in tebuthiuron-treated and untreated sand shinnery oak in Texas," Great Basin Naturalist: Vol. 49: No. 4, Article 20.
Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/gbn/vol49/iss4/20