Mountain quail: the lucky beneficiaries of high-severity fire
/This study characterizes the habitat of mountain quail (Oreortyx pictus) on the west slope of the California Sierra Nevada, evaluating land cover characteristics, fire history, and fire effects.
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Brunk, Kristin M., R. J. Gutiérrez, M. Zachariah Peery, C. Alina Cansler, Stefan Kahl, and Connor M. Wood. 2023. “Quail on Fire: Changing Fire Regimes May Benefit Mountain Quail in Fire-Adapted Forests.” Fire Ecology 19 (1): 19. https://doi.org/10.1186/s42408-023-00180-9.
