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Creator:: Scordino, Jonathan
Abstract:: The Steller Sea Lion Research Initiative was passed in 2001 to provide funding to help scientists determine causes and solutions for the population crash of Steller sea lions (Eumetopias jubatus). In response to need to understand population dynamics of Steller sea lions, NOAA Fisheries has spearheaded a large-scale, range-wide research...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: results from Robert Anthony, Jeff Laake, and Bryan Wright. I received help from Bryan Wright, Michael

Creator:: Swingle, James Kerr
Abstract:: We radiocollared a sample of 61 red tree voles in Douglas County, Oregon and monitored their movements to determine daily, seasonal, and sexual differences in behavior and home range attributes. We also collected information on nest attributes, survival, and dispersal of the radiocollared voles. Individual voles were monitored for periods...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Department of Fisheries and Wildlife at Oregon State University. Drs. Dan Schafer and Robert Anthony served

Creator:: Nieukirk, Sharon L.
Abstract:: The western North Atlantic population of the northern right whale (Eubalaena glacialis) was severely depleted by whaling over the last century. Despite over fifty years of protection, fewer than four hundred individuals are believed to exist in the North Atlantic. Relatively little is known about the diving behavior, respiratory physiology,...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: sincerely thank the members of my committee, Dr. William Pearcy, Dr. Robert Anthony, Dr. Fred Ramsey and

Creator:: Hokit, D. Grant
Abstract:: To assess the context dependence of kin discriminating behavior, I examined kin-biased aggregation behavior in tadpoles of R. cascadae in different ecological conditions. I manipulated food distribution, predator presence, thermal heterogeneity, and relatedness in a multifactorial mesocosm experiment. All four factors interacted to influence tadpole dispersion. My results suggest that...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: committee; Andrew Blaustein, Bruce Menge, Peter Dawson, Joseph Beatty, Robert Anthony and William Pearcy

Creator:: Hilken, Thomas O.
Abstract:: Research was conducted on the Keating rangelands in north-eastern Oregon to determine the food habits of deer and cattle and similarity of their diets, and to estimate deer and cattle months of grazing on both a quantitative and nutritional basis. Data were collected during the winters of 1978-1979, 1979-1980 and...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: all the members of my committee: Dr. Martin Vavra, Dr. William Krueger, Dr. Robert Anthony, Dr

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