Browsing Graduate and Professional School by Subject "habitat"
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(2017-07-31)Wildlife management is essentially the balance between maintenance of habitat and control of population density. To demonstrate the application of multivariate techniques for habitat assessment, I evaluated 4 contemporary ...
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Early Migratory Behavior of Northern Fur Seal (Callorhinus ursinus) Pups from Bering Island, Russia (2012-07-16)I examined the population trends of northern fur seals (Callorhinus ursinus) using an age-specific metapopulation model that allowed migration between rookeries. Mortality and birth rates were modified to simulate future ...
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(2012-10-29)Landscape fragmentation poses a major threat to biodiversity world-wide. The goal of my dissertation research was to determine the effects of landscape fragmentation on a lizard community in the Mescalero-Monahans shinnery ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2006-08-16)Coastal dolphins are often exposed to habitat degradation and direct interactions with humans. Major factors that influence dolphin distribution, critical for conservation concerns, are still poorly understood even for the ...
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(2012-02-14)The Landowner Incentive Program (LIP) was developed by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department in 1997 in response to controversy and conflict between wildlife conservation agencies and landowners. The incentive was meant ...
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(2009-05-15)Several species of small, cavity-nesting owls occur in the Sierra Nevada, including in areas impacted by human activities. The owls typically use standing dead trees (snags) for nest sites. Although descriptive studies ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2005-11-01)This study investigated the use of high resolution satellite imagery in research involving habitat selection, and movement patterns of white-tailed deer and cattle in a semi-arid landscape. Vegetation classification was ...
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(2009-05-15)Understanding species-habitat relationships is fundamental to the conservation of a species. This is especially important when the species is considered endangered. The Golden-cheeked Warbler is a habitat specialist ...
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(2017-11-30)Rio Grande wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo intermedia) population dynamics (survival, reproduction) and habitat selection and use have been documented primarily within three ecoregions of Texas: 1) Edwards Plateau, 2) ...
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(2013-12-10)Spiranthes parksii Correll is a federally listed endangered terrestrial orchid endemic of Texas. The species exhibit a very limited geographic distribution and most remaining populations are threatened by habitat loss and ...
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(2020-10-28)As decades have passed there has been a noticeable decline in the northern bobwhite (Colinus virginianus; hereafter bobwhite) population. Only a handful of studies have been made in the assessment of the survival of ...