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Satellite telemetry and wildlife studies in India: Advantages, options and challenges Satellite telemetry and wildlife studies in India: Advantages, options and challenges
Greater spatial coverage, accuracy and non-invasiveness of satellite technology make it one of the best tools to track long-distance migrants, which is otherwise difficult using conventional radio telemetry. In this article, we review the evolution of satellite telemetry and its application. We provide examples of three recent studies in India that have demonstrated and created a...
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Sàlim Javed, Hiroyoshi Higuchi, Meenakshi Nagendran, John Y. Takekawa
Perennial vegetation data from permanent plots on the Nevada Test Site, Nye County, Nevada Perennial vegetation data from permanent plots on the Nevada Test Site, Nye County, Nevada
Perennial vegetation data from 68 permanent plots on the Nevada Test Site, Nye County, Nevada, are given for the period of 1963 through 2002. Dr. Janice C. Beatley established the plots in 1962 and then remeasured them periodically from 1963 through 1975. We remeasured 67 of these plots between 2000 and 2003; the remaining plot was destroyed at some time between 1975 and 1993. The plots...
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Robert H. Webb, Marilyn B. Murov, Todd C. Esque, Diane E. Boyer, Lesley A. DeFalco, Dustin F. Haines, Dominic Oldershaw, Sara J. Scoles, Kathryn A. Thomas, Joan B. Blainey, Philip A. Medica
Bat inventory of the Point Loma Peninsula Including the Cabrillo National Monument Bat inventory of the Point Loma Peninsula Including the Cabrillo National Monument
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D.C. Stokes, C.S. Brehme, Robert N. Fisher
Selection of flooded agricultural fields and other landscapes by female northern pintails wintering in Tulare Basin, California Selection of flooded agricultural fields and other landscapes by female northern pintails wintering in Tulare Basin, California
Habitat selection and use are measures of relative importance of habitats to wildlife and necessary information for effective wildlife conservation. To measure the relative importance of flooded agricultural fields and other landscapes to northern pintails (Anas acuta) wintering in Tulare Basin (TB), California, we radiotagged female pintails during late August-early October, 1991-1993...
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Joseph P. Fleskes, Robert L. Jarvis, David S. Gilmer
Evaluating options for revegetation following a catastrophic fire in a pinyon-juniper community at Grand Canyon/Parashant National Monument, Arizona Evaluating options for revegetation following a catastrophic fire in a pinyon-juniper community at Grand Canyon/Parashant National Monument, Arizona
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S.J. Scoles, T. C. Esque, L.A. DeFalco, S.E. Eckert, D.F. Haines
Distribution of female northern pintails in relation to hunting and location of hunted and non-hunted habitats in the Grassland Ecological Area, California Distribution of female northern pintails in relation to hunting and location of hunted and non-hunted habitats in the Grassland Ecological Area, California
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J. P. Fleskes, D.S. Gilmer, R. L. Jarvis
Native American impacts on fire regimes of the California coastal ranges Native American impacts on fire regimes of the California coastal ranges
Aim Native American burning impacts on California shrubland dominated landscapes are evaluated relative to the natural lightning fire potential for affecting landscape patterns.Location Focus was on the coastal ranges of central and southern California.Methods Potential patterns of Indian burning were evaluated based upon historical documents, ethnographic accounts, archaeological...
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Jon E. Keeley
Lead burdens and behavioral impairments of the lined shore crab Pachygrapsus crassipes Lead burdens and behavioral impairments of the lined shore crab Pachygrapsus crassipes
Sublethal burdens of lead impair behaviors critical to survival in a variety of animals. In a test arena, I measured refuge-seeking behaviors of adult, male, lined shore crabs from lead-free and lead-contaminated sites. The body sizes of the test groups did not differ although the mean total body lead burdens differed by over 2,300%. A lead-contaminated environment does not appear to...
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Clifford A. Hui
Recovery Plan for the Pitcher's Thistle (Cirsium pitcheri) Recovery Plan for the Pitcher's Thistle (Cirsium pitcheri)
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Interspecific interactions in trematode communities Interspecific interactions in trematode communities
This chapter reviews the behavioural ecology of trematodes, focusing on intramolluscular stages. Interspecific competitive interactions, their frequency, dominance hierarchies and resolutions are discussed. Strategies employed by larval trematode species to adapt to a hostile, competitive environment, how these adaptations shape larval trematode communities, and how altered trematode...
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Kevin D. Lafferty
Sampling methods and trapping success trends for the Mohave ground squirrel (Spermophilus mohavensis) Sampling methods and trapping success trends for the Mohave ground squirrel (Spermophilus mohavensis)
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M.L. Brooks, J.R. Matchett
Clam density and scaup feeding behavior in San Pablo Bay, California Clam density and scaup feeding behavior in San Pablo Bay, California
San Pablo Bay, in northern San Francisco Bay, California, is an important wintering area for Greater (Aythya marila) and Lesser Scaup (A. affinis). We investigated variation in foraging behavior of scaup among five sites in San Pablo Bay, and whether such variation was related to densities of their main potential prey, the clams Potamocorbula amurensis and Macoma balthica. Time-activity...
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Victoria K. Poulton, James R. Lovvorn, John Y. Takekawa