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tL^roVnest' success"!" 9 ^ field'"" 1 ' AUh ° U9h high at first, 
years, to the exten? thfr n„? V Progressively declined through the 
(Table I). As shown in Tabl^ I ^he^nnua l°dec I i'ne" 5 “ hatChed ' 97 ° 
the Experimental Field is high,; correlated wHh'Tne^d^dat lonf 1 '^ 
in a ne"td s Uuluon'^f'nesUnc^T' ^7* inCreaSeS from * ear to year 
Field for more than 5 years it is UkelTth^ '? ^ Ex P erlmenta ’ 
*oI d 7y V e e a^f°n b ::t rV :ea^7 V o el b^ ^ 
tjF * « ,on 
are evidence that over a period of cp mana 9 ement > the data listed in Table 1 
(strip) cover are cons iste'nt 
Table |. Fate of pheasant nest$ on s . b|ey Exper . menta| Roads . des 
and Experimental Field (24.0 acres), 1963 - 72 . 
Established 
Nests 
Percent 
Successful 
Percent 
Predation 
79.9 
75.0 
30.2 
32.5 
•^£ olo 9V and Management of Squirrels 
42.8 
30:349!37) ,O ^s?ra°^d'f^^??:; n 7 A ;:i' 0 d i-^ -sour. Conf. 
for adult gray squirrels exposed to nest bJxes'com^T^hXTa^tu 
C. M. Nixon 
