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Rodentia and lagomorpha Rodentia and lagomorpha
This comprehensive review examines the extensive literature on wild rodents and lagomorphs as biomonitors of environmental contamination. This chapter covers studies dealing with exposure and effects of environmental contaminants on rodent and lagomorph species, including pesticides (organochlorines, organophosphorus and carbamate compounds, herbicides, plant growth regulators...
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S.R. Sheffield, K. Sawicka-Kapusta, J.B. Cohen, Barnett A. Rattner
Sea level rise and salt marsh dynamics: Changes in Atlantic coastal waterbird habitats Sea level rise and salt marsh dynamics: Changes in Atlantic coastal waterbird habitats
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G. Sanders, D.J. Prosser, R.M. Erwin
Spontaneous neoplasia in amphibia Spontaneous neoplasia in amphibia
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David Earl Green, J.C. Harshbarger
Status and biogeography of the West Indian manatee Status and biogeography of the West Indian manatee
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L.W. Lefebvre, M. Marmontel, J. Reid, G. B. Rathbun, D. Domning
Stream loss and fragmentation due to impoundments in the upper Oconee watershed Stream loss and fragmentation due to impoundments in the upper Oconee watershed
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M.D. Merrill, Mary C. Freeman, B. J. Freeman, E.A. Kramer, L.M. Hartle
Tagging and tracking Tagging and tracking
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Mark N. Landers, A. Westgate, Robert K. Bonde, M.J. Murray
The effect of chemical weapons incineration on the survival rates of Red-tailed Tropicbirds The effect of chemical weapons incineration on the survival rates of Red-tailed Tropicbirds
In 1992, the Johnston Atoll Chemical Agent Disposal System (JACADS) began incinerating U.S. chemical weapons stockpiles on Johnston Atoll (Pacific Ocean) where about 500,000 seabirds breed, including Red-tailed Tropicbirds (Phaethon rubricauda). We hypothesized that survival rates of birds were lower in those nesting downwind of the incinerator smokestack compared to those upwind, and...
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E.A. Schreiber, G.A. Schenk, P.F. Doherty
The effects of semen collection on fertility in captive, naturally fertile, sandhill cranes The effects of semen collection on fertility in captive, naturally fertile, sandhill cranes
We tested to see if semen collection interferes with fertility in naturally fertile pairs of cranes. We used 12 naturally fertile, Florida sandhill crane (Grus canadensis pratensis) pairs for this study, 6 control and 6 experimental. All pairs had previously produced fertile eggs. Semen was collected on Tuesday mornings and Friday afternoons from 26 February 1993 to 4 June 1993. We used
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G. Chen, G.F. Gee, Jane M. Nicolich, J.A. Taylor
The great alligator-caiman debate: Meditations on crocodilian life-history strategies The great alligator-caiman debate: Meditations on crocodilian life-history strategies
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C.L. Abercrombie, Kenneth G. Rice, C. A. Hope
The National Park Service Natural Resources Management Trainee Program: 20 years later - looking back to the future The National Park Service Natural Resources Management Trainee Program: 20 years later - looking back to the future
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A.F. O'Connell, W.H. Walker, W.R. Supernaugh, S. Chaney, D. Manski, J. Jarvis
The one-by-one method for releasing cranes The one-by-one method for releasing cranes
Although the trend for the past 2 decades has been toward releasing naive groups of juveniles after a lengthy acclimation period, in 5 separate releases (1996-2000) we tested the idea that naive juvenile greater sandhill cranes (Grus canadensis tabida) would survive better if released singly into a wild flock of predator-wary birds than if left as a group, inexperienced at foraging and...
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D. H. Ellis, D.P. Mummert, R.P. Urbanek, M. Kinloch, C. Mellon, T. Dolbeare, D.P. Ossi
The robust design for capture-recapture studies: analysis using program MARK The robust design for capture-recapture studies: analysis using program MARK
Collecting capture-recapture data under Pollock?s robust design provides an additional source of information on capture probability that can be used to provide less biased and more efficient estimates of population dynamics parameters. In addition, it can be used to estimate the probability of being available for capture, which in some cases (e.g., breeding proportion) has ecological...
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W. L. Kendall