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FEB 1 0 1981 
MONTHLY WILDLIFE RESEARCH LETTER 
LIBRARY 
Illinois Federal Aid Projects W-66-R, W-87-R, and '1-83-R 
Department of Conservation and Natural History Survey, Cooperating 
Glen C. Sanderson and Eva Steger, Editors 
Urbana, 111Inois 
January, 1981 
Vol. 2A, No. 1 
Manipulation of Pheasant Habitat - V/-66-R 
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alfalfa than in fescue-mix vegetation. 
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noise and biow vegetation. Songbird 1™ £ roadwa^ 
b rhe d?tch e or a mids opes'(10-15 yards from the roadway), and 19 on backslopes 
06° n or more Jard^ f^ ihrioliway)/ A,though the frequency of nesting on 
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vigorously than on the foreslopes and midslopes. 
T h e nrel iminary findings of the Odell study suggest that RV'BB's do not 
exhibit avoidance blhavior in selecting nest sites along heavily travelled 
Interstate highways. This preliminary conclusion, however, should not 
extended to other species without further research. 
The data collected primarily for RWBB's have implications for • 
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to maintain. 
