Ecology and Management of the Mourning Dove

Abstract

From slipcover: ...provides in-depth information on the biology, life history, population characteristics, behavior,and research on the species. The result is a book that should become an invaluable reference tool to biologists, sportsmen and women, bird watchers, and others. ...designed to assist the mourning dove enthusiast to better understand this important North American gamebird by presenting, in readable style, a thorough examination of mourning dove ecology. Twenty-nine chapters in four sections cover such topics as classification and distribution; migration; nesting; reproductive strategy; growth and maturation; feeding habits; diseases; survey procedures; population trends; care of captive mourning doves; and hunting. Each topic is handled by leading experts in the wildlife field, who share the results of decades of research on the mourning dove.