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Movement Patterns of Rockfishes at the Redfish Rocks Marine Reserve, Oregon

Creator:: Calvanese, Thomas P.
Abstract:: The effects of Marine protected areas (MPAs) on adult fish populations depend on the degree of protection provided, which is partly a function of MPA size and the spatial extent of fish movements. The Redfish Rocks Marine Reserve (RRMR) and MPA, located on the south coast of Oregon near Port...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Marine Reserve, Oregon Abstract approved

Spatial Association of Humpback Whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) and their Prey in the Southern Gulf of Maine, USA

Creator:: Kirchner, Theresa
Abstract:: Efficient foraging strategies result in a predator spatially overlapping with its prey, foraging in the most profitable patches, and minimizing the time transiting between patches. Previous studies investigating baleen whale foraging strategies have generally focused on investigating spatial overlap with prey patches, patch profitability or movement within feeding grounds. The...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: ; Hazen et al., 2011, 2009). Behavioral observations of marine predator foraging behavior from animal

Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) Calling Behavior In Southeast Alaska : A Study In Acoustic Ecology And Noise

Creator:: Fournet, Michelle E. H.
Abstract:: Humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) are a widely distributed baleen whale species, well known for their diverse acoustic behavior. On high-latitude foraging grounds, humpback whales produce a suite of non-song vocalizations (“calls”) in concert with foraging and social behavior. In this dissertation I investigated the role of calls in the acoustic...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: their behavior in order to be heard. An animal that is able to successfully apply one or more of these

Chemical signaling and pheromone evolution in plethodontid salamanders

Creator:: Palmer, Catherine Anne
Abstract:: My dissertation focuses on the evolutionary forces that have shaped the chemical signaling system of plethodontid salamanders. Pheromones mediate two phases of plethodontid reproduction: mate attraction prior to courtship and female persuasion during courtship. Substrate-borne chemical signals are believed to play an important role in mate attraction for these animals....
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Animal Behavior Society, the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, and the National

Pheromone mechanisms and behavioral strategies for maximizing courtship success in a terrestrial salamander, Plethodon shermani

Creator:: Vaccaro, Elyse A.
Abstract:: Darwin devised the evolutionary theory of sexual selection to account for the manifold extravagances of courtship behaviors and displays. Mating interactions represent a major evolutionary process driving the elaboration, vibrancy, and peculiarity of these courtship traits. For my dissertation research, I strived to elucidate the dynamics that constitute the complex...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: the National Science Foundation and the Animal Behavior Society. My stipend was made possible

The Effect of Group Size on Individual Roles and the Potential for Cooperation in Group Bubble-net Feeding Humpback Whales (Megaptera novaeangliae)

Creator:: Mastick, Natalie
Abstract:: Group foraging is observed in many species as a means to increase the ability of members of the group to find and exploit patchy prey. Group foraging can be exhibited in a number of different contexts based on the relationships between the participants, including by-product mutualism. One variant of by-product...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: ). Coordinated nocturnal behavior of foraging jumbo squid Dosidicus gigas. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 455

Effects of Intranasal Oxytocin on Attachment in Pet Dogs (Canis lupus familiaris)

Creator:: Thielke, Lauren E.
Abstract:: The present study explored the effects of intranasal oxytocin (OT), a naturally occurring hormone, on the behavior of pet dogs in an attachment test. Each dog participated in two testing sessions. On one visit saline was administered nasally and on another OT was administered nasally. Condition order was counterbalanced. Following...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Lauren E. Thielke for the degree of Master of Science in Animal

Modeling animal movement to manage landscapes

Creator:: Larson-Praplan, Stephanie
Abstract:: Managing rangelands with livestock grazing is a tool that can be applied to obtain vegetation management objectives. Animals utilize available resources, which vary in quantity and quality, across the landscape. Their movements are adjusted to the spatial and temporal heterogeneity of resource distribution. Controlling livestock distribution is fundamental to economically...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: many factors including abiotic and biotic influences, animal behavior, and instinct all which effect

Life history and environmental influences on avian incubation and parental care in songbirds

Creator:: Austin-Bythell, Suzanne H.
Abstract:: Patterns of nest attendance behavior by breeding birds represent a parent-offspring trade-off in which adults balance self-maintenance with parental care decisions. Incubation, in particular, is of interest because adults must provide an environment suitable for embryonic development through nest-building and contact-incubation. We evaluated how adult incubation constancy and nest visitation...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: a test of the food limitation hypothesis. Animal Behavior, 73, 579-585. Christensen, V. (1995

Patterns and mechanisms : postcopulatory sexual selection and sexual conflict in a novel mating system

Creator:: Friesen, Christopher R.
Abstract:: Postcopulatory sexual selection—sperm competition and cryptic female choice—has become a major area of research over the past 40 years. Within this field there are many outstanding questions at every level of analysis, from proximate to ultimate. The fitness consequences for both sexes in the period after copulation and before fertilization...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: promiscuity is common and widespread across animal taxa (Smith 1984; Birkhead & Møller 1998; Simmons 2001

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Movement Patterns of Rockfishes at the Redfish Rocks Marine Reserve, Oregon

Spatial Association of Humpback Whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) and their Prey in the Southern Gulf of Maine, USA

Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) Calling Behavior In Southeast Alaska : A Study In Acoustic Ecology And Noise

Chemical signaling and pheromone evolution in plethodontid salamanders

Pheromone mechanisms and behavioral strategies for maximizing courtship success in a terrestrial salamander, Plethodon shermani

The Effect of Group Size on Individual Roles and the Potential for Cooperation in Group Bubble-net Feeding Humpback Whales (Megaptera novaeangliae)

Effects of Intranasal Oxytocin on Attachment in Pet Dogs (Canis lupus familiaris)

Modeling animal movement to manage landscapes

Life history and environmental influences on avian incubation and parental care in songbirds

Patterns and mechanisms : postcopulatory sexual selection and sexual conflict in a novel mating system

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