DESERT TRACKS

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2023

Fall

Featured Article: Predicting Habitat Overlap Between Montezuma Quail and Feral Pigs

Maya Vaughn, Ryan S. Luna, and Justin T. French

Summer

Featured Article: Effects of Cattle Grazing on Forb Biomass and Nutrition in Pronghorn
Habitat in the Trans-Pecos, Texas

Leanna S. Morin, Carlos E. Gonzalez, Justin T. French, Louis A. Harveson (BRI) & Shawn S. Gray (TPWD)

2022

SUMMER

Featured Article: Assessing Pronghorn Restoration Success: Movement and Acclimation

Erin C. O’Connell, Justin T. French, Carlos E. Gonzalez, Louis A. Harveson, Shawn S. Gray , L. Cody Webb

SPRING

Featured Article: The Economics of Stewardship: Big Game Hunting in the Trans-Pecos

Kelley Mundy, Louis A. Harveson, Stacey S. Dewald, Patricia M. Harveson and Billy Tarrant

2021

FALL

Featured Article: Development by Design: An Update from Respect Big Bend

Billy Tarrant

SUMMER

Featured Article: Influence of Black-tailed Prairie Dogs on Vegetation and Cattle Movement

Cullom Simpson, Louis A. Harveson, Bonnie J. Warnock, and Whitney Gann

SPRING

Featured Article: Wintering Birds’ Early Response to Shrub Removal in West Texas

Alejandro Chávez Treviño, Mieke Titulaer, Carlos Gonzalez, and Louis A. Harveson

2020

FALL

Featured Article: Eyeworm and Cecal Worm Abundance in Trans-Pecos Quails

Rachel E. Bittner, Joshua G. Cross, and Ryan S. Luna (BRI)

SUMMER

Featured Article: West Texas Mountain Lion Movement Patterns and Home Ranges

Dana L. Karelus and Patricia Moody Harveson (BRI)

SPRING

Featured Article: Cattle Grazing: A Tool to Promote Pronghorn Habitat

Jacob C. Locke, Carlos E. Gonzalez, Justin T. French, Louis A. Harveson (BRI) & Shawn S. Gray (TPWD)

2019

Spring 2018
WINTER

Featured Article: Desert Bighorn Sheep: A Comparison of Translocation Methods
Taylor Daily, Carlos Gonzalez, Louis Harveson & Froylan Hernandez

Fall 2018
SUMMER

Featured Article: Overwinter Habitat Use of Baird’s and Grasshopper Sparrows in the Marfa Grasslands
Fabiola Baeza-Tarin & Mieke Titulaer

Spring 2018
SPRING

Featured Article: Ecology of Two Desert Quail Species
Ron Jankowiak & Ryan S. Luna

2018

Fall 2018
WINTER

Featured Article: Scavenger Ecology of the Davis Mountains, Texas
Michael Stangl & Patricia Harveson

Fall 2018
FALL

Featured Article: Desert Bighorn Restoration
Carlos Gonzalez, Louis A. Harveson, Roel R. Lopez, and Froylan Hernandez

Spring 2018
SPRING

Featured Article: The Cryptic Montezuma Quail
Elizabeth Oaster and Ryan Luna

2017

Fall 2017
FALL

Featured Article: Wintering Grassland Birds in West Texas
Denis J. Perez-Ordonez, Mieke Titulaer, Russell Martin (TPWD), and Louis A. Harveson

Summer 2017
SUMMER

Featured Article: Effects of Age on Home Ranges of Mule Deer Bucks
Louis A. Harveson, Thomas S. Janke, and Andy James

Spring 2017
SPRING

Featured Article: Combating Woody Encroachment of Western Honey Mesquite Using Sendero® Herbicide
James D. Eddy, Ryan S. Luna, and Dewey Stockbridge (TPWD)

2016

Fall 2016
FALL

Featured Article: Mitigating Habitat Disturbance from Oil and Gas Development in West Texas
By Colin Shackelford, Jameson Crumpler, and Louis A. Harveson

SUMMER 2016
SUMMER

Featured Article: Evaluating the Potential for Mountain Lion-Human Conflict in BBNP
By David Price Rumbelow and Patricia Moody Harveson

SPRING 2016
SPRING

Featured Article: The Role of Rainfall in Scaled Quail Reproductive Success
By Ernesto Garcia-Ortega and Ryan S. Luna

2015

Fall 2015
FALL

Featured Article: Understanding Diets of Pronghorn in the Trans-Pecos
By Justin French, Ryan O’Shaughnessy, Shawn Gray (TPWD), and Louis A. Harveson

Spring 2015
SUMMER

Featured Article: Black Bear Activity Patterns in Big Bend National Park
By Skyler Stevens, Cameron Goebel, Patricia Moody Harveson, and Raymond Skiles (BBNP)

Spring 2015
SPRING

Featured Article: BRI Research Accelerates Desert Bighorn Restoration
By Thomas S. Janke, Carlos Gonzalez-Gonzalez, Joshua Cross, Louis A. Harveson, and Froylan Hernandez (TPWD)

2014

Fall 2014
FALL

Featured Article: Using VLSA to Assess Vegetation in Desert Grasslands
By Megan Boatright, Bonnie J. Warnock, and Corey Moffet (Noble Foundation)

Summer 2014
SUMMER

Featured Article: Understanding Mountain Lion-Prey Dynamics
By Patricia Moody Harveson, Katie Dennison, Louis A. Harveson

Spring 2014
SPRING

Featured Article: A Quail of Many Names: The Mysterious Montezuma
By Curtis Greene and Louis A. Harveson

2013

Fall 2013
FALL

Featured Article: Pronghorn Restoration 2013: The Marathon Experience
By Taylor Garrison, Louis A. Harveson, and Shawn Gray

Summer 2013
SUMMER

Featured Article: Effects of Supplemental Feed on Mature Mule Deer Bucks
By Andy James and Louis A. Harveson

Winter 2013
WINTER

Featured Article: Monitoring Scaled Quail Productivity through Drought
By Richard Temple, Carlos Gonzalez-Gonzalez, Jack Turney, and Louis A. Harveson

2012

Fall 2012
FALL

Featured Article: Introducing the Trans-Pecos Native Plant Materials Initiative
By Colin Shackelford, Bonnie J. Warnock, and Forrest Smith

SPRING 2012
SPRING

Featured Article: Assessing Mountain Lion Predation in the Davis Mountains
By Colin Shackelford, Bonnie J. Warnock, and Forrest Smith

WINTER 2012
WINTER

Featured Article: Restoring Bighorn Sheep to Big Bend Ranch State Park
By Thomas S. Janke and Louis A. Harveson

2011

FALL 2011
FALL

Featured Article: Understanding Hummingbird Ecology in the Big Bend
By Patricia Moody Harveson, Dauna Jo Hodnett, and Josette Delgado

SUMMER 2011
SUMMER

Featured Article: Effects of Wildfire on Flora & Fauna of the Big Bend
By Bonnie J. Warnock

SPRING 2011
SPRING

Featured Article: Evaluating the Success of Pronghorn Restoration
By Bonnie J. Warnock

2010

FALL/WINTER 2010
FALL/WINTER

Featured Article: Identifying Potential Black Bear Corridors
By Cherie New and Patricia Moody Harveson

SPRING/SUMMER 2010
SPRING/SUMMER

Featured Article: Using Fire and Herbicide to Control Whitebrush
By Iric Burden and Bonnie J. Warnock

2009

FALL/WINTER 2009
FALL/WINTER

Featured Article: Movements and Habitat Use of West Texas Elk
By Brendan Witt and Louis A. Harveson

SPRING/SUMMER 2009
SPRING/SUMMER

Featured Article: Site Fidelity of Translocated Mule Deer in Mexico
By Jose de la Luz Martinez Garcia and Louis A. Harveson

2008

FALL/WINTER 2008
FALL/WINTER

Featured Article: Evaluating Movements of Mature Mule Deer Bucks
By Misty L. Sumner and Louis A. Harveson

SPRING/SUMMER 2008
SPRING/SUMMER

Featured Article: Assessing Pronghorn Movements Using Genetic Techniques
By Renee Keleher and Louis A. Harveson