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GERMÁN DAVID MENDOZA MARTÍNEZ
FERNANDO CLEMENTE SÁNCHEZ
JOSÉ LUIS ALCÁNTARA CARBAJAL
LILIA HERNÁNDEZ PALAFOX
MARIVEL HERNÁNDEZ TÉLLEZ
JUAN IGNACIO VALDÉZ HERNÁNDEZ

Abstract

THE PRESENT STUDY WAS CONDUCTED TO DETERMINE THE POPULATION DENSITY AND HABITAT USE OF THE MONTEZUMA QUAIL (CYRTONYX MONTEZUMAE) IN HUALTEPEC, HIDALGO, MEXICO, AT THREE VEGETATION TYPES: FOREST, GRASSLAND AND TRANSITIONAL ZONE (ECOTONE). THE STUDY SITE IS LOCATED IN THE WESTERN SECTION OF THE STATE OF HIDALGO, WITH A SAMPLING AREA OF 5 715 HA. FIFTY FIVE UNITS WERE SAMPLED TO EVALUATE HABITAT USE THROUGH BIRD SIGNS (DROPPINGS, SOIL SCRATCHES, FEATHERS AND NESTS), AND TO ASSES POPULATION DENSITY USING STANDARDIZED TRANSECTS (6 KM LENGTH €” 50 M WIDTH), WITH THE HELP OF POINTING DOGS. AT EACH SITE, THE SIGNS WERE RECORDED AND OBSERVED QUAILS WERE COUNTED. POPULATION DENSITY (QUAIL/HA) RANGED FROM 0.1341 TO 0.2318. NO DIFFERENCES WERE FOUND IN QUAIL DENSITY AMONG VEGETATION TYPES (FOREST, 0.1765; GRASSLAND, 0.2318; ECOTONE, 0.1341); HOWEVER, THE MOST UTILIZED HABITAT WAS ECOTONE, FOLLOWED BY GRASSLAND AND FOREST. THE AVAILABILITY OF SCRATCHES AND OXALIS BULBS WAS HIGHER (P < 0.05) AT THE GRASSLAND. THE NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS, FEATHERS, DROPPINGS (P < 0.10) AND NESTS AND SCRATCHES WERE ALSO HIGHER (P < 0.05) AT GRASSLAND. THIS STUDY IS THE FIRST POPULATION DENSITY ESTIMATE OF THE MONTEZUMA QUAIL IN THE STATE OF HIDALGO IN MEXICO.
Keywords:
MONTEZUMA QUAIL CYRTONYX MONTEZUMAE POPULATION DENSITY HABITAT USE

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