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Tb157: Capture, Care, And Handling Of Fishers (Martes Pennanti), Herbert C. Frost, William B. Krohn
Tb157: Capture, Care, And Handling Of Fishers (Martes Pennanti), Herbert C. Frost, William B. Krohn
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These authors brought fishers into captivity to assess the reproductive cycles of both sexes and to monitor females with known reproductive histories. In addition, kits born in captivity were raised to sexual maturity to monitor growth and development. Here they report on the rates at which fishers were caught, the care and maintenance of fishers while in captivity, and the handling procedures used with 44 fishers taken from the wild and 38 fishers conceived in the wild and born in captivity, during the period from 1990 to 1993.
Tb132: An Annotated Bibliography Of Predator Research In Maine, 1974-1988, Stephen M. Arthur, William B. Krohn
Tb132: An Annotated Bibliography Of Predator Research In Maine, 1974-1988, Stephen M. Arthur, William B. Krohn
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From 1974 to 1988, graduate students (13 M.S. and 5 Ph.D.) and faculty members from the University of Maine conducted a series of studies regarding the ecology of coyotes, red foxes, bobcats, pine martens, fishers, otters, and their prey. This research was reported in 67 theses, journal articles, or other reports, which are abstracted here. An introductory section summarizes the major findings.
Tb117: Techniques For Using The Growth And Behavior Of Imprinted Ducklings To Evaluate Habitat Quality, Malcolm L. Hunter Jr., Jack W. Witham, Jody Jones
Tb117: Techniques For Using The Growth And Behavior Of Imprinted Ducklings To Evaluate Habitat Quality, Malcolm L. Hunter Jr., Jack W. Witham, Jody Jones
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We developed a technique for evaluating duckling habitat quality that is based on two assumptions. In good habitat young birds (1) grow rapidly and thus are better able t o survive stresses such as inclement weather, and (2) spend relatively less time moving about in search of food and more time resting and thus are less conspicuous to predators. We imprinted artificially incubated and hatched ducklings by being present at the time of hatching; i.e., the ducklings thought we were their mother. Ducklings were split into broods and placed on ponds where their growth was measured and their behavior monitored …