Iowa’s Pheasant Roadside Index Fell 17% From 2025 but Stayed Above the 10-Year Trend
Iowa’s 2026 August roadside survey averaged 22.6 pheasants per comparable 30-mile route, down 17% from 2025 but still…
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Common Pheasants Were Not More Abundant in English Survey Squares With More Protected Land
BTO atlas data from 3,793 survey squares in four English counties found no evidence that common pheasants were…
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Polish Maize Fields Had Fewer Breeding Bird Species and Lower Bird Density
Across 122 plots in Poland, maize fields had fewer breeding bird species and lower bird density than mosaics…
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Magpies Dominated Predation on Artificial Pheasant Nests in Polish Urban Sites, Red Foxes in Farmland
Eurasian magpies were the main predator at destroyed artificial pheasant nests in Polish urban sites, while red foxes…
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Models Estimated Galliformes at 43% of Fox Diet on Releasing Sites and 33% Elsewhere
Stable-isotope models based on 117 red foxes estimated Galliformes at 43.1% of assimilated diet on gamebird-releasing sites and…
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Oriental Rat Snake Took Five of Nine Pheasant Eggs During Repeated Daytime Visits
Camera monitoring of a Formosan common pheasant nest at a Taiwanese solar facility recorded three daytime Oriental rat…
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Predation, Almost Entirely by Red Foxes, Accounted for 42% of Recorded Mortality in Wild Norfolk Hen Pheasants
Radio-tracking of 154 wild hen pheasants in eastern England found a median survival of 129 days; predation caused…
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Measured Direct Woodland Effects of Released Pheasants Did Not Extend Beyond 500 Metres
Surveys at 20 pheasant release sites in England and Wales found fewer seedlings, lower vascular-plant richness and less…
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Dew, Wind and Cloud Cover Influenced Pheasant Brood Detection Across 11 US States
One thousand replicated roadside surveys across 11 US states showed that ring-necked pheasant brood detection varied with morning…
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