Horace W. Norton, Thomas G. Scott, William R. Hanson, Willard D. Klimstra, Whistling-Cock Indices and Bobwhite Populations in Autumn, The Journal of Wildlife Management, Vol. 25, No. 4 (Oct., 1961), pp. 398-403
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Norton et al. (1961) studied this question.