Band-tailed Pigeons, Zenaida Doves, White-tipped Doves, and Scaly-naped Pigeons, A Funding Strategy

This Strategy, developed in 2011, contains recommendations for obtaining priority information needed to improve habitat and harvest management decisions for populations of band-tailed pigeons, Zenaida doves, white-tipped doves and scaly-naped pigeons by focusing on evaluating and improving knowledge of monitoring efforts, vital rates (survival, reproduction and recruitment) and habitat needs during the annual life cycle of these birds. The Strategy is intended to increase financial support for management and research during the next 5–10 years with thoughtful and deliberate planning based on good scientific principles.