Browsing by Department "Rangeland, Wildlife, and Fisheries Management"
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(2023-04-24)Wildlife diversity is essential and valuable for the environment, society, and the economy. Grasslands have long been a biodiversity hotspot before anthropogenic impacts. In Texas, grasslands comprised much of the landscape ...
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(2023-07-13)In this dissertation, I investigated the health of wild birds by focusing on various aspects of both the hormonal stress response and its effects on the immune system. The adrenocortical stress response can predict both ...
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(2023-05-22)Species conservation requires broad, multidisciplinary knowledge over topics such as habitat and climate preferences, reproduction cycles, and factors that may put a species at risk such as anthropogenic disturbances. ...
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(2023-05-22)Species conservation requires broad, multidisciplinary knowledge over topics such as habitat and climate preferences, reproduction cycles, and factors that may put a species at risk such as anthropogenic disturbances. ...
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(2023-05-02)Northern bobwhite (Colinus virginianus) have experienced population reductions throughout their historic range over the past half-century according to multiple indices of abundance. This decline is often attributed in part ...
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(2023-08-03)Bats are an ecologically diverse order and important contributors to natural ecosystems. Despite their importance, detailed information on the ecology of bats is limited within the southern portion of Texas where most ...
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(2023-08-02)The white-tailed hawk (Geranoaetus albicaudatus) is a neotropical bird of prey listed as state-threatened in Texas due to a lack of information regarding population demographics and a restricted breeding range. The subsequent ...
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(2023-04-21)I studied the responses of wild ungulates to harassment by flies (Diptera) by reviewing the literature on North American ungulates and studying the behavior and physiology of female moose (Alces alces) in a boreal forest ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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(2023-08-06)Prescribed fire is a common method for managing forests and rangelands for livestock and wildlife in the United States. In areas like the Coastal Sand Plain ecoregion of Texas, prescribed fire is used to remove mature gulf ...
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(2023-04-10)Freshwater mussels are globally imperiled due to the human alteration of riverine systems. In semi-arid locations, they are jeopardized by declining streamflow and elevated temperatures. I measured the lethal thermal ...
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(2023-05-11)Understanding how the distribution and abundance of a species is influenced by geographical and environmental processes is a fundamental goal of basic and applied ecological research. Freshwater riverine ecosystems exhibit ...