Covariate Abbr Definition
Ground Shrub Coverage GSC% < 1.5 m
Short Shrub Coverage SSC% 1.5 - 3.0 m
Medium Shrub Coverage MSC% 3.0 - 4.5 m
Tall Shrub Coverage TSC% > 4.5 m
Time-since-fire TSF days
Grazing Intensity GI cattle selection ratio
Distance to Feedline m

Breeding 2024

Medium Shrub

Multi-Shrub:Grazing

Figure ##: Predicted probabilites of selection by bobwhites at various
grazing intensities over percent coverage of a) ground (< 1.5 m), b)
short (1.5 - 3.0 m), c) medium (3.0 - 4.5m) and tall (< 4.5 m) shrubs during
the 2024 breeding season (April-September) at Mount Pleasant Plantation in
Georgetown County, South Carolina, USA.

Fire:Short Shrub

Fire:Grazing

Non-breeding 2024

Ground Shrub

Breeding 2025

Distance to Feedline

Tall Shrub

Multi-Shrub:Grazing

Figure ##: Predicted probability of selection by bobwhites across the range
of a) ground shrub and b) short shrub coverage during the 2025 breeding
season (April-September) at Mount Pleasant Plantation, Georgetown County, South
Carolina, USA.

Fire:Medium Shrub

Non-breeding 2025

Multi-Shrub

Figure ##: Predicted probabilities of selection by bobwhites across the range of a) ground shrub coverage,
b) short shrub coverage, c) medium shrub coverage, and d) tall shrub coverage during the 2025
non-breeding season (October-March) at Mount Pleasant Plantation, Georgetown County, South Carolina, USA.

Short Shrub:Grazing

Fire:Grazing

Fire:Multi-Shrub

Figure ##: Probabilities of selection by bobwhites at multiple time-since-fire values across percent
coverage of a) ground shrub coverage, b) short shrub coverage, c) medium shrub coverage, and
d) tall shrub coverage during the 2025 non-breeding season (October-March) at Mount Pleasant Plantation,
Georgetown County, South Carolina, USA.