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It cannot be stated that 
side seedings undertaken on a 
they cannot be ruled out as a 
cover for pheasants. 
this one pilot project shows 
large scale are economically 
possible and feasible method 
beyond any doubt that road- 
justified , but rather that 
of establishing nesting 
3- Factors In f l uencing Dis tribution and Abundance of Pheasants W. L. Anderson,, 
D. R. Vance 
the dUtrihntini'if 7 8 de ' Mcienc y or exceS5 ° f some mineral might be limiting 
he ? °'! he ? ntS has been the sub J' ect p f intensive investigation durfng 
15 nL) U k pheasants were collected from three areas-located near Sibley 
October |q6h’ !?! fa ,'o^ an9e ’ and Ne ° 9a * poor ran 9 e ), respec t i ve I y--dur i ng 
nl, s b !I f d J f nuar ? 967, and disse Fted. Tissues and organs from these birds, 
«nt r at?o!s S „f f « 0 ' ’ 9r "' C ° rn ’ 8nd SOybeans from each araa . were analyzed for con- 
« f h elements. The results of this work indicated that the inorganic 
oood rlnL ' be anv1 ^ onmen ‘ and of pheasants differs greatly between poor range and 
® . 9 ' 9 th elements studied, suspicion was directed toward six (calcium, 
di«ribuTlnn°a a A S T'a “"'i 1 "' COba ' ‘ ’ and molybdenum) as possibly influencing the 
distribution and abundance of pheasants in Illinois. y 
nheaJ°r 0 a ta ! n ! dditi0nal informatio " on Possible relationships between minerals and 
hens a a fn b V i 8 second 'nvestigation was initiated in 1968 . Ten juvenile 
hens and 10 samp es of soil were collected at Sibley and at Neoga during February. 
Blood livers, gizzard linings, gizzard muscles, hearts, kidneys, lungs, pancreases 
generations of°c brd S ’ P ' US 9rit fr ° m the soil sam ples, were analyzed for con¬ 
centrations of 5 major elements and 57 trace elements. The samples of grit, blood 
and 1'vers were analyzed individually; the other internal organs were pooled according 
v l d° h ; S ^r ; e or e being analyzed. Preliminary examination of the data have ® 
Mpn ! COnce ntrat.ons of many elements in the grit and in pheasant organs from 
Neoga differ appreciably from those from Sibley. In grit, 29 elements were present 
ap n p“rt en to a br: T a heir ,0wer Umit5 ° f datapti °"l these, apprSety 
samples from 1ih?e abu . mia " t ’ and 7 less abundant, in samples from Neoga than in 
fcattl * Y ' pheasants, mean concentrations of all five major elements 
Neoqa bTrd^than ' i pbospbprus » potass i urn, and sodium) were less in livers from 
were significant at th^QO Q r ° m S ' b T b T dS ’ the differences for calcium and sodium 
SihTo 9 •; ! h 99 ' 9 percent level. Many more differences, Neoga versus 
completed! undoubtedly become a PP a rent when statistical analysis of the data is 
Responses of Bobwhites to Habitat Manipulation 
J. El 1 
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were ^ 3 S T" erS ' approximately 2,090 quadrat samples of vegetation 
were made on the Dale and Forbes areas to determine the vegetative responses to burn- 
mete^quadrat' "*1 P !" aCtlCeS in the experimental management zones. These 1/16-square- 
Tno or samples were made in open nontimbered fields 6 or 18 months after burn- 
habitat because P the 9 * he °P en f, elds are an important component of the bobwhite's 
habitat because they provide nesting and roosting cover and food. 
aoldenrnH m ?ri f r qUently ^° CCUrrin9 p,antS after the burnln 9 Of sharecropping were 
pilnsus) common 3 ? 0 n P * * r ° U ?? bu * tonweed (P.io dta teres ), fall white aster (Aster 
2il2lHl)^common tickle grass (A^rostis hyemalis ), Korean lespedeza (Lespedeza- 
--), common and lance-leaf ragweed ( Ambrosia artemisiifol ia and A. bidentata ), 
