Browsing by Subject "endangered species"
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(Texas A&M University, 2004-09-30)The coastal zone of Belize is home to the largest recorded number of the threatened Antillean manatee (Trichechus manatus manatus) within the species' Caribbean range. The objectives of my study were: (1) to determine ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2004-09-30)The goal of this inductive study was to identify factors that facilitate and inhibit binational collaboration in the recovery of endangered species in the northern Mexico borderlands, focusing on the Mexican wolf (Canis ...
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Brown-headed cowbird parasitism on endangered species: relationships with neighboring avian species (2009-05-15)Brown-headed cowbird (Molothrus ater) parasitism on the endangered black-capped vireo (Vireo atricapilla) is a management concern. Management for black-capped vireos in east-central Texas has focused on habitat restoration ...
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(Texas Agricultural Extension Service, 1992)
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(2009-05-15)The purpose of this study was to determine how manatees use Swallow Caye, Drowned Cayes, and Gallows Reef, three distinct habitat types within the Belize Barrier Reef lagoon system near Belize City. Data were collected ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2006-10-30)Ashe Juniper encroachment onto privately owned rangelands in Central Texas has resulted in significant degradation of the ecological condition of these lands, and a subsequent public concern for the hydrologic function, ...
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(2013-11-06)The black-capped vireo (Vireo atricapilla) is an endangered Neotropical migratory songbird that has received considerable attention in its breeding range, but relatively little attention in its winter range in Mexico. To ...
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(2014-08-01)I studied the potential for community-based planning in the winter habitat of the federally-endangered whooping crane (Grus americana) to better understand the relationships, barriers and opportunities to conservation and ...
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(Texas Agricultural Extension Service, 1981)
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(Texas A&M University, 2005-02-17)The current environmental status of the majority of Bermudas one hundred sixty-six known caves was investigated. This survey replicated a historical cave study performed in 1983, wherein each was analyzed for positive ...
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(2009-05-15)Once abundant in the Texas and Louisiana coastal prairie, currently the Attwater’s Prairie Chicken (Tympanuchus cupido attwateri, APC) is close to extinction. Efforts to increase the size of the remaining populations at ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2007-04-25)Using four AFLP markers and seven polymorphic microsatellite loci, we examined the genetic structure of the rare and endangered Spiranthes parksii Correll (Orchidaceae). Spiranthes parksii is not distinguishable from ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2005-02-17)Over the past 100150 years Texas rangelands have dramatically changed from native open savannahs to dense woodlands. On the Edwards plateau, a major management concern is the increasing encroachment of Ashe juniper ...
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(2012-07-16)Oak wilt is a fatal disease of oaks caused by the fungus Ceratocystis fagacearum. Loss or degradation of habitat due to the disease may negatively affect the federally endangered golden-cheeked warbler (Setophaga chrysoparia). ...
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(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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(2010-07-14)To accommodate for human population growth along the Texas I-35 corridor, land is becoming increasingly urban and decreasingly pervious, modifying the infiltration and runoff rates in the Edwards Aquifer, especially to its ...
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(2009-05-15)The goal of my dissertation was to describe the dynamics of a group of Houston toads located at the Griffith League Ranch (GLR), Bastrop County, Texas. My research included using statistical modeling to predict activity ...
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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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(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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(2023-06-01)This study has developed the scientific and socio-political framework for planning the reintroduction of an additional population of federally endangered ocelots (Leopardus pardalis) to part of the cats’ historic range in ...