Population density of Montezuma quail (Cyrtonyx montezumae) in the northeastern region of the State of Mexico, Mexico

Jaime Tapia Robles; Salvador Ibarra Zimbrón; Germán David Mendoza Martínez; Cecilia Zaragoza Hernández; Fernando Clemente Sánchez; Luis Antonio Tarango Arámbula

2002, Number 3

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Vet Mex 2002; 33 (3)

Population density of Montezuma quail (Cyrtonyx montezumae) in the northeastern region of the State of Mexico, Mexico

Tapia RJ, Ibarra ZS, Mendoza MGD, Zaragoza HC, Clemente SF, Tarango ALA

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ABSTRACT

This study was conducted in order to determine the population density of the Montezuma quail (Cyrtonyx montezumae) in the northwest region of the State of Mexico. The study area was defined as the II game region of the 1997 hunting calendar 1997. The sampling size included 249 700 ha: 73% forest- and 27% range-land; these areas were considered as the strata. Twenty-two units were sampled by conventional transects (5 km length and 50 m width) with pointing dogs. Quails were counted at each site, and were particularly found in pine-oak ecosystems with a population density of 0.0466 quail/ha in forest areas and 0.00089 quail/ha in range lands. Population density (quail/ha) by county was: 0.1420 in Aculco; 0.2283 in Almoloya de Juarez; 0.1071 in Atlacomulco; 0.2044 in Ixtlahuaca; 0.1363 in Morelos; 0.2777 in San Felipe del Progreso, and 0.1250 in Temascalcingo. This study is the first population estimate of the Montezuma quail in the State of Mexico in Mexico.

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