DESERT TRACKS
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2024

Fall
Featured Article: The Power of Rocks: Using Trincheras to Enhance Scaled Quail Habitat
Aaron O. Ortega-Gonzalez, Justin T. French, Carlos E. Gonzalez, and Louis A. Harveson

Spring
Featured Article: Restoration of Native Vegetation in Areas Invaded by Lehmann’s Lovegrass
Andres Solorio Pulido, Carlos E. Gonzalez, Justin T. French, Louis A. Harveson, and J. Silverio Avila
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

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

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

SPRING
Featured Article: Ecology of Two Desert Quail Species
Ron Jankowiak & Ryan S. Luna
2018

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

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

SPRING
Featured Article: The Cryptic Montezuma Quail
Elizabeth Oaster and Ryan Luna
2017

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

SPRING
Featured Article: A Quail of Many Names: The Mysterious Montezuma
By Curtis Greene and Louis A. Harveson
2013

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

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

WINTER
Featured Article: Monitoring Scaled Quail Productivity through Drought
By Richard Temple, Carlos Gonzalez-Gonzalez, Jack Turney, and Louis A. Harveson
2012

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

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

WINTER
Featured Article: Restoring Bighorn Sheep to Big Bend Ranch State Park
By Thomas S. Janke and Louis A. Harveson
2011

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

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

SPRING
Featured Article: Evaluating the Success of Pronghorn Restoration
By Bonnie J. Warnock
2010

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

SPRING/SUMMER
Featured Article: Using Fire and Herbicide to Control Whitebrush
By Iric Burden and Bonnie J. Warnock
2009

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

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

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