Browsing by Author "Silvy, Nova J."
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Baker, Bruce William (Texas A&M University. Libraries, )The productivity and habitat use of Rio Grande turkeys (Meleagris gallopavo intermedia) was evaluated from May 1976 through November 1977 on the Welder Wildlife Refuge near Sinton, Texas. During the summers of 1976 and ...
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The Influence of Livestock Protection Dogs on Mesocarnivore Activity in the Edwards Plateau of Texas Bromen, Nicholas A (2017-11-30)The use of livestock protection dogs (LPDs; Canis lupus familiaris) to deter predators from preying upon sheep and goat herds continues to increase across the United States. Most research regarding the efficacy of LPDs has ...
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Randel, Charles Jack (Texas A&M University, 2005-02-17)Since 1970, Rio Grande wild turkey (Meleagris gallapavo intermedia) numbers in the southern region of the Edwards Plateau of Texas have been declining. Nest-site characteristics and invertebrate abundance were hypothesized ...
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Lopez, Angelica (2012-02-14)The vitality of international transborder natural resources is important for the preservation of wildlife corridors, clean water, clean air, and working lands. In particular, not only does the Texas Rio Grande Valley ...
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Lyons, Eddie Keith (2009-05-15)Lesser prairie-chickens (Tympanuchus pallidicinctus) have declined throughout their range because of overgrazing and loss or fragmentation of habitat from conversion of native prairie to agricultural cropland. Lesser ...
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Peterson, Markus Nils (Texas A&M University, 2004-09-30)Urban development is of particular concern in the management of endangered Key deer (Odocoileous virginianus clavium) because highway mortality is the greatest single cause of deer mortality (≈ 50%), and the rural community ...
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Schmidt, Paige McGee (2011-02-22)The Lower Keys marsh rabbit (LKMR, Sylvilagus palustris hefneri), a subspecies of marsh rabbit endemic to the Lower Keys, Florida, is threatened with extinction due to extensive coastal development of salt marsh habitats. ...
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Proudfoot, Glenn Arthur (Texas A&M University, 2006-08-16)Sequences of the cytochrome b gene and genotypes from 11 polymorphic microsatellite loci were used to assess phylogeographic variation in ferruginous pygmy-owls (Glaucidium brasilianum) from Arizona, Mexico, and Texas. ...
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Movements, habitat use, and population dynamics of elk in Guadalupe Mountains National Park, Texas Carpenter, James Alan (Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1993)The elk (Cervus elaphus) population in and adjacent to Guadalupe Mountains National Park, Texas was studied to determine its current status and use of habitat, as well as to better understand factors in the population ...
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Dixon, Thomas Pingul (Texas A&M University, 2005-02-17)Surface mining and subsequent reclamation often results in the establishment of large areas of grassland that can benefit wildlife. Grasslands have declined substantially over the last 150 years, resulting in declines of ...
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Dreibelbis, Justin Zachary (2009-05-15)Rio Grande wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo intermedia) numbers in the southeastern region of the Edwards Plateau (EP) have shown a significant decline since the 1970s; however, the remainder of the EP had stable populations ...
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Demaso, Stephen (2010-01-16)Northern bobwhites (Colinus virginianus) are an important cultural, ecological, and economical part of the southern Texas landscape. I used radio-telemetry data from 2000?2005, part of a long-term, bobwhite study in southern ...
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Gandaria, Adan G. (2011-02-22)The Lower Rio Grande Valley (LRGV) of Texas is an ecologically diverse region in the United States and marks the northernmost extension for many tropical species of plants and animals. Since the early 1900s, 95% of the ...
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Schmidt, Jason Alan (2011-02-22)Wildlife biologists and land managers tasked with the recovery of the endangered Lower Keys marsh rabbit (LKMR; Sylvilagus palustris hefneri) were in need of a current population estimate as well as a method to estimate ...
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Schaap, Jody Neal (Texas A&M University, 2006-08-16)To determine possible causes of declining Rio Grande wild turkey (RGWT; Meleagris gallopavo intermedia) abundance in the southern Edwards Plateau, research was conducted on 4 sites, 2 with stable (S [SA and SB]; Kerr and ...
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Melton, Kyle Brady (2009-05-15)The abundance of Rio Grande wild turkeys (Meleagris gallopavo intermedia) in the southeastern Edwards Plateau of Texas has declined since the late 1970s. Because knowledge of reproductive rates is important to understanding ...
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Moreno, Marisela (2017-04-20)Hispanics, Blacks, and American Indians are historically underrepresented minorities in the sciences and even more so in the natural resource and related science (NRRS) majors. An effort to better understand retention and ...
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Catanach, Therese A. (2012-02-14)The leafhopper genus Xyphon, included in the sharpshooters, is a widely distributed group of insects whose species are vectors for various plant diseases. Xyphon has historically contained up to 9 species. These species ...
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Parker, Israel David (2011-10-21)Free-ranging wildlife are an important contributor of fecal pollution in the form of Escherichia coli (E. coli) to water bodies. Currently, details of this contribution are nebulous and understudied. Much of the related ...
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Jones, Ryan S. (2010-07-14)Lesser prairie chicken (Tympanuchus pallidicinctus) numbers have declined considerably in Texas since the early 1900s. Conversion of native prairie to cropland has been the major cause of the decline. I trapped and monitored ...