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Backproraid’ ooo «ce oaie she bs 5 Hes DRA belle Pd a Oe title ede ret Se be ea ene een eae 2 
Overview of the Mourning Dove .......... 0.00: c ee cee eee eect ee ete een nee nee 2 
Distribtitign: . op eeteds eyes e pet ile Stalag ia BOER Hebe na Le pees 2 
Management Unit Concept ...5 0 ig ce ee ee tee E ee OUR User e ad etd 3 
Population ‘Monitoring. ..o0. sy cee cet eee ye ete ae eas has Gee Eb 3 
Janportance of Breeding Areas: 6.6 were pe ive tees bat a Pha ee Seb eee 4 
Central Management Unit Mourning Dove Habitat ............... 00.6 c cee eens 4 
Mourning Dove Hunting Regulations and Harvest ............... 006. ce eee eee eees 8 
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Central Management Unit Preseason Banding Program ..................000+0005: 9 
Objectives of Banding and Underlying Assumptions ................. 0500s eee eee 10 
Objectives of the Central Management Unit Banding Analysis .................... ll 
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Data Criteria, Reformatting, and Tabulations ............ 2.00. .0 0. eee eee eee 12 
Data Limitations.) ev BP Reg adel Fete eae Fk 26 BA aed 7a AEM 13 
Representativeness of Doves Banded .........- 2.6... cece eee eee eee eee 13 
Imprecise Indirect Band Recoveries .........5 02sec i cece eee gabe eentee 14 
Ariglvtiog]  ProcQdure’. % oclysiece porns s evsetece nek cae AAR Oe LER are a AV a oo eae Ta. 14 
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Banding Accomplishments... ¢-..+ 2-6 i: save lee ees ee ee pep ea pe een de tere genes 14 
Distribution of Band Recoveries .........-.-.. 06 ccc ee cece eee cece eee teen eens 15 
Distribution from Central Management Unit States (All Doves) ............... 16 
Central Management Unit—General ........ 0.0.0 c cc ee ee ees 16 
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