Duck and shorebird reproduction in the grasslands of central California
Roger L. Hothem, Daniel Welsh
1994, California Fish and Game (80) 68-79
No abstract available....
Wolf and bear predation on white-tailed deer fawns in northeastern Minnesota
K. E. Kunkel, L.D. Mech
1994, Canadian Journal of Zoology (72) 1557-1565
Whitetailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) fawn mortality was studied during the summers of 1989 and 1990 in northeastern Minnesota. Estimated pooled mortality rates for 21 radio-tagged fawns were 0.44 for the May-June, 0.13 for the July-October, and 0.51 for the May-October intervals. Predation accounted for all mortalities, with...
First specimens of sooty shearwater, Newell's shearwater, and white-faced storm-petrel from American Samoa
G.S. Grant, P.W. Trail, R. B. Clapp
1994, Notornis (41) 215-217
Reproductive success of barn swallows nesting near a selenium-contaminated lake in east Texas, USA
Kirk A. King, T. W. Custer, D.A. Weaver
1994, Environmental Pollution (84) 53-58
Reproductive success and contaminant levels in 1986 and 1987 were compared between Barn Swallows nesting at selenium-contaminated Martin Lake, Texas, USA, and swallows nesting at a reference site. Nests were initiated about the same time or earlier at Martin Lake than at the reference site and clutch size was similar...
Survival and causes of mortality in juvenile Puerto Rican parrots
G.D. Lindsey, W.J. Arendt, Jan Kalina
1994, Journal of Field Ornithology (65) 76-82
Fifteen juvenile Puerto Rican Parrots (Amazona vittata) from wild nests in 1985, 1986 and 1987 were radio monitored an average of 110 +- 15.9 (SE) d (range 4-209 d) post-fledgling. Minimum survival was 67% (n = 3) in 1985, 100% (n = 4) in 1986 and 43% (n = 7)...
Contaminants in eggs of aquatic birds from the grasslands of central California
R. L. Hothem, D. Welsh
1994, Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology (27) 180-185
Eggs were collected from the Grasslands of western Merced County, California, during 1986 and 1987, and at the Mendota Wildlife Area in Fresno County in 1987, as part of a reproductive study of nesting ducks and shorebirds. The eggs were analyzed to evaluate the effects of contaminants in agricultural drainwater...
Density estimation using the trapping web design: A geometric analysis
W.A. Link, R. J. Barker
1994, Biometrics (50) 733-745
Population densities for small mammal and arthropod populations can be estimated using capture frequencies for a web of traps. A conceptually simple geometric analysis that avoid the need to estimate a point on a density function is proposed. This analysis incorporates data from the outermost rings of traps,...
On the importance of sampling variance to investigations of temporal variation in animal population size
W.A. Link, J.D. Nichols
1994, Oikos (69) 539-543
Our purpose here is to emphasize the need to properly deal with sampling variance when studying population variability and to present a means of doing so. We present an estimator for temporal variance of population size for the general case in which there are both sampling variances and covariances...
Prevalence of eustrongylidosis in wading birds from colonies in California, Texas, and Rhode Island, USA
J. C. Franson, T. W. Custer
1994, Colonial Waterbirds (17) 168-172
Snowy Egret (Egretta thula) and Black-crowned Night-Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax) nestlings from colonies in Texas, Rhode Island, and California and Great Egret (Casmerodius albus) nestlings from Texas were examined for eustrongylidosis, or infection by the parasitic nematode Eustrongylides spp. In 31% (24/77) of all broods examined, at least one nestling was...
Symptoms and circumstances associated with bites by the brown tree snake (Colubridae: Boiga irregularis) on Guam
T. H. Fritts, M. J. McCoid, R.L. Haddock
1994, Journal of Herpetology (28) 27-33
A review of 94 cases of snakebite by the brown tree snake, Boiga irregularis, in Guam spanning a two year period shows a high proportion (80%) involve victims bitten while sleeping in their homes at night. Some bites apparently involve attempts to feed on small children. Of all children less...
Identification of sex in Boiga irregularis: Implications for population dynamics in Guam
M.A. Jordan, G.H. Rodda
1994, Journal of Herpetology (28) 381-384
No abstract available....
Trail conditions and management practices in the National Park Service
J. L. Marion
1994, Park Science (14) 16-17
Lyme disease and conservation
H. Ginsberg
1994, Conservation Biology (8) 343-353
Lyme disease is a tick-borne illness that is widespread in North America, especially in the northeastern and northcentral United States. This disease could negatively influence efforts to conserve natural populations in two ways: (1) the disease could directly affect wild animal health; and (2) tick control efforts could adversely affect...
Habitat preferences of Peromyscus spp. in a mixed boreal ecosystem
S. Garman, A.F. O'Connell Jr., J.H. Connery
1994, Canadian Field-Naturalist (108) 67-71
No abstract available....
Habitat use by an endangered riverine fish and implications for species protection
C.S. Robbins
1994, Ecology of Freshwater Fish (3) 177-178
We investigated habitat specificity of the amber darter (Percina antesella Williams & Etnier 1977), an imperiled fish from restricted portions of 2 rivers in the southeastern United States. Foraging amber darters occupied a narrow range of riffle habitat, consistently avoiding areas < 20 cm deep and with velocity <...
Female feral dog and two pups kill a deer fawn at the Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, Laurel, Maryland
N.E. Federoff, W.J. Jakob, W.C. Bauer
1994, Maryland Naturalist (38) 1-2
Determining age and sex of oma o (Myadestes obscurus)
S.G. Fancy, J.D. Jacobi, T.K. Pratt, C.J. Ralph
1994, 'Elepaio (54) 25-27
No abstract available....
A fall land bird migration across the South China Sea from Indo-China to the Greater Sunda Islands
D. H. Ellis, A.K. Kepler, C. B. Kepler
1994, Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society (91) 427-434
We encountered 150 land birds representing 14 families along the cruise track of the Soviet Oceanographic Research Vessel AKADEMlK KOROLEV in the South China Sea. We saw most of these birds during a 3 -day period in a small area c. 350 km southeast of the southern tip of...
[Obituary] Robert Earl Stewart, Sr., 1913-1993
H.K. Nelson, D.L. Trauger
1994, Wildlife Society Bulletin (22) 530-532
Demographic analysis of marked birds. [Book review] Marked Individuals in the Study of Bird Populations by J.-D. Lebreton and Ph. M. North, editors
J.R. Sauer
1994, Condor (96) 571-572
No abstract available....
Methods of age determination of the desert tortoise, Gopherus agassizii
D.J. Germano, T. H. Fritts
1994, Proceedings of the Desert Tortoise Council (1987-1991) 93-100
[Book review] White ibis: wetland wanderer, by K.L. Bildstein
R. B. Clapp
1994, Audubon Naturalist (20) 23
[Book review] Bird Census Techniques by Colin J. Bibby, Neil D Burgess, and David A. Hill. Academic Press
C.S. Robbins
1994, The Wilson Bulletin (106) 176-177
[Book review] Iguanas: a guide to their biology and captive care by Fredric L. Frye and Wendy Townsend
G.H. Rodda
1994, Herpetological Review (25) 85-87
Horse impacts: research findings and their implications
C. Widner, J. L. Marion
1994, Master Network (2) 5-6