A localized epizootic of trichomoniasis in mourning doves.

Stable Isotopes Reveal That Saguaro Fruit Provides Different Resources to Two Desert Dove Species

During the Sonoran Desert summer, saguaro cacti produce an abundant fruit crop whose nutrients and water have distinctive stable isotope compositions. Carbon stable isotope analyses indicated that, at the peak of saguaro fruit production, saguaro fruit represented .90% of White-winged Dove and ;50% of Mourning Dove carbon incorporation. Over the entire summer, saguaro fruit comprised 50% and 14...

U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service

This report includes Mourning Dove Call-count Survey information gathered over the last 39 years within the conterminous United States. Trends were calculated for the most recent 2and 10-year intervals and for the entire 39-year period. Between 2003 and 2004, the average number of doves heard per route decreased significantly in the Eastern and Central Management Units. No change was detected i...

A Framework for Reproductive Models of Mourning Doves

Evaluating the Effect of Short-Term Capture and Handling on Fecal Glucocorticoid Metabolite Levels in Mourning Doves

Copyright © 2014 D.S. Jachowski, T.W. Mong, B.E. Washburn, J.H. Schulz & J.J. Millspaugh. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Published by: Portuguese Wildlife Society. Evaluating the Effect of Short-Term ...

A Comparison of Lead and Steel Shot Loads for Harvesting Mourning Doves

With approximately 100 million shots fired at mourning doves (Zenaida macroura) annually, it is incumbent on managers to determine whether changes in ammunition will substantially alter harvest metrics or hunter satisfaction. We compared mourning dove harvest metrics for 1 lead (Pb 71/2, 32 g) and 2 steel (Fe 7 and Fe 6, 28 g) 12-gauge ammunition types using a double-blind field test in central...