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Sex determination of the Acadian Flycatcher using discriminant analysis Sex determination of the Acadian Flycatcher using discriminant analysis
I used five morphometric variables from 114 individuals captured in Arkansas to develop a discriminant model to predict the sex of Acadian Flycatchers (Empidonax virescens). Stepwise discriminant function analyses selected wing chord and tail length as the most parsimonious subset of variables for discriminating sex. This two-variable model correctly classified 80% of females and 97% of...
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R.R. Wilson
Birds and the Animal Welfare Act Birds and the Animal Welfare Act
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Glenn H. Olsen
Pesticides in surface water in the Connecticut, Housatonic, and Thames River basins, 1992-95 Pesticides in surface water in the Connecticut, Housatonic, and Thames River basins, 1992-95
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Marc James Zimmerman
Relation of water quality to land use in the drainage basins of four tributaries to the Toms River, New Jersey, 1994-95 Relation of water quality to land use in the drainage basins of four tributaries to the Toms River, New Jersey, 1994-95
The influence of land use on the water quality of four tributaries to the Toms River, which drains nearly one-half of the Barnegat Bay wateshed, was studied during the initial phase of a multiyear investigation. Water samples were collected from and streamflows were measured in Long Swamp Creek, Wrangel Brook, Davenport Branch, and Jakes Creek during periods of base flow and stormflow in...
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Kathryn Hunchak-Kariouk
Land use planning: sustainable tourism Land use planning: sustainable tourism
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J.D. Peine
Potential effects of pathogen-induced hemlock forest decline on aquatic biodiversity in Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area Potential effects of pathogen-induced hemlock forest decline on aquatic biodiversity in Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area
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C.D. Snyder, J.A. Young, D. Lemarie, D. R. Smith, R. Ross, R. Bennett
The Southern Appalachians: The settings for the case study The Southern Appalachians: The settings for the case study
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J.C. Randolph, M.L. McKinney, C. Allen, J.D. Peine
Factors associated with temporal variation in EMS: Research task report on early mortality syndrome workshop Factors associated with temporal variation in EMS: Research task report on early mortality syndrome workshop
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J. Fitzsimons, S.B. Brown, D. C. Honeyfield, D. E. Tillitt, J. Zajicek, J.G. Hnath
Environmental monitoring Environmental monitoring
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E.R. Smith, C.R. Parker, J.D. Peine
Climate Change: potential effects in the Southern Appalachians Climate Change: potential effects in the Southern Appalachians
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J.D. Peine, C.W. Berish
Sea-floor methane blow-out and global firestorm at the K-T boundary Sea-floor methane blow-out and global firestorm at the K-T boundary
A previously unsuspected source of fuel for the global firestorm recorded by soot in the Cretaceous-Tertiary impact layer may have resided in methane gas associated with gas hydrate in the end-Cretaceous seafloor. End-Cretaceous impact-generated shock and megawaves would have had the potential to initiate worldwide oceanic methane gas blow-outs from these deposits. The methane would...
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M.D. Max, William P. Dillon, C. Nishimura, B.G. Hurdle
Transitions in forest fragmentation: implications for restoration opportunities at regional scales Transitions in forest fragmentation: implications for restoration opportunities at regional scales
Where the potential natural vegetation is continuous forest (e.g., eastern US), a region can be divided into smaller units (e.g., counties, watersheds), and a graph of the proportion of forest in the largest patch versus the proportion in anthropogenic cover can be used as an index of forest fragmentation. If forests are not fragmented beyond that converted to anthropogenic cover, there...
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James D. Wickham, K. Bruce Jones, Kurt H. Riitters, Timothy G. Wade, Robert V. O’Neill