Browsing by Department "Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences"
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A Herpetology Survey of Edith L. Moore Nature Sanctuary: A Nature Sanctuary West of Downtown Houston (2018-04-30)Urban herpetology “deals with the interaction of amphibians and reptiles and humans with each other and their environment in urban or urbanizing settings” (Mitchell et al. 2008). Miller (2006) urges that human experience ...
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(1977)The albacore, Thunnus alalunga, is a high seas pelagic tuna (Scombridae) whose distribution frequently seems governed by temperature. Tunas probably behaviorly thermoregulate using kineses. One method for explaining this ...
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(1982)The last decade has witnessed a 665% increase in licenses sold to fur trappers in Texas. In 1976-77, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department initiated a program of sending questionnaires to a randomly selected sample of ...
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(2012-07-16)Feral hogs (Sus scrofa) are considered an exotic, free-ranging ungulate distributed within numerous countries and continents to include the United States. The reproductive efficiency, lack of predators, land use practices ...
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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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(2018-11-26)Migratory songbirds have seen significant population declines over the last several decades. One threat to songbird populations may be due to adverse health effects of legacy contaminants such as organochlorine pesticides ...
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(2014-04-30)Sea otter (Enhydra lutris kenyoni) foraging behavior and prey preference (2001- 2004) and the behavior and activity budgets of females with dependent pups (2005- 2010) were studied during the summer (June-August) in Simpson ...
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(1977)Laboratory bioassays were conducted with toxaphene to determine its toxicity and LC₅₀ for grass shrimp, Palaemonetes pugio. Tests were conducted at 10, 19 and 100 ppb at 25°C and 10, 19 and 23 ppb at 30°C. The 24 hour LC₅₀ ...
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(2014-08-05)Understanding how habitat use and reproductive performance vary among age classes is important to understanding population structure and viability. Habitat conditions can affect occupancy and productivity of many songbirds, ...
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(2010-10-12)Common bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) are apex predators and indicators of localized ecosystem health. Accurate characterization of population demography is crucial to parameter predictions. However, descriptions ...
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(2010-10-12)The non-game wildlife trade poses a risk to our natural landscape, natural heritage, economy, and security. Specifically, the trade in non-game reptiles and amphibians exploits native populations, and is likely not sustainable ...
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(2021-06-01)Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are a group of synthetic organic compounds that have a large number of congeners and are used as surfactants in a wide range of consumer products, including firefighting foams, ...
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(2022-05-31)Traditional wildlife and range extension programs offered to landowners and land managers provide information, knowledge, and tools for land stewardship. However, effectively educating today’s landowners may require new ...
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(2019-12-03)Harmful algae blooms (HABs)are an increasing problem world-wide. The increasing occurrence and magnitude of HABs has often been linked to anthropogenic disturbances, some of which include salinization, nutrient ratios ...
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(2011-08-08)Predation is the leading cause of nest failure in songbirds. My study identified nest predators of black-capped vireos and white-eyed vireos, quantified the activity of potential predator species, examined the relationships ...
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(2013-05-14)The western North Pacific population of gray whales (Eschrichtius robustus) is critically endangered of extinction. The population size is estimated to be 131 individuals with 31 reproductive females. Throughout their ...
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(2021-07-20)Application of the theories of identity has been limited in the human dimensions of wildlife research. This is in spite of the fact that researchers have been using these theories to explain behaviors in a variety of ...
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(2014-05-03)Rivers are dynamic ecosystems with considerable heterogeneity across multiple spatial scales. Environmental factors, such as depth, physical structure, flow regime and habitat connectivity influence species distributions ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2004-09-30)Development on the island of Key Largo, Florida, has isolated the Key Largo woodrat (KLWR, Neotoma floridana smalli) on approximately 850 ha of remaining habitat. The KLWR was listed as a federally endangered species in ...
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(2014-11-19)The impairment of waterways by pathogens as indicated by the detection of high Escherichia coli (E. coli) levels continues to be a problem in Texas. Almost half of the assessed waterbodies designated for contact recreation ...