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Table 17. Estimated survival rates of mourning doves according to location of study and 
method of computing survival rates. 




Survival rate (%) 
Location Adult Immature 
Missouri 45.0 26.0 
Louisiana 37.0 18.0 
Missouri 53.4 35.3 
Missouri 52.9 34.3 
Tennessee 19.2 16.7 
Eastern United States» 39.1 95.8 
Texas 44.8 41.4 
Missouri 42.4 95.1 
Oklahoma 52.4¢ 
Missouri 44.1 26.1 

Method of 
computation® Source 
LT Tomlinson (1959) 
LT Watts (1969) 
RRR Reeves (unpubl. rep.) 
LT Henry (1970) 
SM Orr (1973) 
SM Hayne (1975) 
SM Dunks (1977) 
SM Present study 
SM Lewis and Morrison (1978) 
SM Dunks et al. (1982) 



aLT = Life table; RRR = Relative recovery rate; SM = Stochastic model. 
bEastern Management Unit (see Fig. 1). 
¢Adults and immatures combined. 
Mortality Attributable to Hunting 
The proportions of mortality due to hunting were similar 
for immature and adult doves: 19 and 18%, respectively. 
However, immature survival rates were much lower than 
adult survival rates. Therefore, the non-hunting mortality 
of immatures was greater than the non-hunting mortality 
of adults. A similar relationship was found by other workers 
(Dunks 1977; H. M. Reeves, upubl. rep.). 
Although adult males experienced a higher proportion 
of mortality from hunting than did females (20 vs. 14%, 
respectively), survival rates of adult females were consider- 
ably less than survival rates of adult males. Therefore, 
females had a higher non-hunting mortality rate. 
Acknowledgments 
We express appreciation to F. B. Samson, Colorado Co- 
operative Wildlife Research Unit; G. F. Krause, Depart- 
ment of Statistics, and J. N. Burroughs and S. S. Clark, 
School of Forestry, Fisheries and Wildlife, University of 
Missouri—Columbia; and J. H. Dunks, Texas Parks and 
Wildlife Department, for advice and assistance. 
We thank the dove banders, employees of the Missouri 
Department of Conservation or the U.S. Fish and Wildlife 
Service, who provided data for the study: D. Adams, M. J. 
Armbruster, A. F. Artus, R. K, Baskett, R. D. Basler, C. M. 
Blanchard (deceased), C. H. Caldwell, P. D. Cassady, J. E. 
Cook, S. L. Duff, H. Duncan, M. Duquette, C. Foulks, 
W. V. Grieshaber (deceased), F. M. Grogan, J. A. Hague, 
D. L. Henry, W. R. Leonard, B. G. Martin (deceased), 
M. R. McCulley, W. E. McDonald, R. D. Miller, 
D. Poage, J. D. Prunty, J. E. Rathert, D. L. Raymer, 
B. W. Rose, W. E. Sanders, R. Sperber, G. S. Terhune, 
C. M. Thompson, T. A. Westhoff, Y. L. Willis, and T. R. 
Winchell. 
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