Theses and Dissertations

ORCID

0009-0006-8978-1369

Advisor

McConnell, Mark

Committee Member

Conner, L.

Committee Member

Iglay, Raymond

Date of Degree

8-12-2026

Original embargo terms

Visible MSU Only 1 year

Document Type

Graduate Thesis - Campus Access Only

Major

Wildlife, Fisheries & Aquaculture

Degree Name

Master of Science (M.S.)

College

College of Forest Resources

Department

Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Aquaculture

Abstract

Successful wildlife conservation requires a comprehensive understanding of resource selection patterns. I described northern bobwhite (Colinus virginianus) non-breeding season resource selection in a supplementally fed, fire-managed system and investigated how distance to feedline was influenced by landcover type and fire history. I also described the five and ten-day giving up densities (GUDs) and investigated the depletion of grain sorghum relative to landcover type. I recorded bobwhite locations five times per day, three times per week. I found that the probability of use decreased as distance to feedline increased for planted pine (unburned), planted pine (burned), scrub/shrub (unburned), and hardwood. Conversely, I found the probability of use increased as distance to feedline increased for natural pine (burned). I found that agricultural and hardwood-pine landcover types exhibited greater 5 and 10-day GUDs relative to natural pine. Supplemental feeding and landcover type directly alter the resource selection and foraging behavior of northern bobwhite.

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