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Creator:: Leslie, David M.
Abstract:: Nutritional ecology of unhunted and sympatric populations of Roosevelt elk, Cervus elaphus roosevelti, and Columbian black-tailed deer, Odocoileus hemionus columbianus, was investigated in old-growth forests of the Hoh Valley in Olympic National Park, Washington, from September 1979 to November 1981. Seasonal diets of both cervids generally were comprised of common...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: . Bruce B. Moorhead and Dr. Gerald R. Wright of the National Park Service and Drs. Robert G. Anthony

Creator:: Baber, Daniel W.
Abstract:: A feral pig population on Santa Catalina Island, California, was studied for 17 months beginning in July 1980. Density was estimated to be 21 to 34 pigs/km² (95% confidence interval) using capture-recapture techniques. Dry season home ranges determined from radio-telemetry data were small and differed significantly between boars and sows....
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Creator:: Creech, Tyler G.
Abstract:: Landscape characteristics can strongly influence demographic and genetic processes in wildlife populations. Climate change and human land use are causing many landscapes to change rapidly, and the effects on wildlife populations must be understood to properly manage these threats and design effective conservation strategies. In this dissertation, I explored the...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Tyler G. Creech for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Wildlife Science presented on January 25

Creator:: Ivey, Gary L.
Abstract:: California's Central Valley agricultural landscapes provide several important wintering regions for Pacific Flyway sandhill crane (Grus canadensis) populations; however, the value of those regions is being compromised by urban expansion, other developments, and conversions to incompatible crop types. Greater (G. c. tabida) and lesser sandhill cranes (G. c. canadensis) both...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: incompatible crop types. Greater (G. c. tabida) and lesser sandhill cranes (G. c. canadensis) both have

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