Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Section I Ecology and Life History of Texas Quails -- Introduction -- Gambel's Quail Ecology and Life History -- Montezuma Quail Ecology and Life History -- Northern Bobwhite Ecology and Life History -- Scaled Quail Ecology and Life History -- Diseases and Parasites of Texas Quails -- Section II Quail Populations in the Ecoregions of Texas: Management Opportunities and Research Challenges -- Quails on the Rolling Plains -- Bobwhites on the Cross Timbers and Prairies -- Bobwhites in the East Texas Piney Woods -- Bobwhites on the Blackland Prairies -- Quails on the Trans-Pecos -- Quails on the Edwards Plateau -- Quails on the High Plains -- Bobwhites on the Post Oak Savannah -- Bobwhites on the Gulf Coast Prairies -- Bobwhites on the South Texas Plains -- Section III Culture, Heritage, and Future of Texas Quails -- Quail Regulations and the Rule-Making Process in Texas -- Economic Aspects of Texas Quails -- Managing and Releasing Pen-Raised Bobwhites -- Operating a South Texas Quail Hunting Camp -- Strategies for Forming a Quail Management Cooperative -- Sources of Information and Technical Assistance for Quail Managers -- Effects of Quail Management on Other Wildlife -- The Science of Quail Management and the Management of Quail Science -- The Future of Quail Hunting and Sustainability Science -- References -- Contributors -- Index.