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Cyclophyllidea Van Beneden In Braun, 1900, Jean Mariaux, Vasyl V. Tkach, Gergana P. Vasileva, Andrea Waeschenbach, Ian Beveridge, Yana D. Dimitrova, Voitto Haukisalmi, Stephen E. Greiman, D. Timothy J. Littlewood, Arseny A. Makarikov, Anna J. Phillips, Tantely Razafiarisolo, Vincent Widmer, Boyko B. Georgiev
Cyclophyllidea Van Beneden In Braun, 1900, Jean Mariaux, Vasyl V. Tkach, Gergana P. Vasileva, Andrea Waeschenbach, Ian Beveridge, Yana D. Dimitrova, Voitto Haukisalmi, Stephen E. Greiman, D. Timothy J. Littlewood, Arseny A. Makarikov, Anna J. Phillips, Tantely Razafiarisolo, Vincent Widmer, Boyko B. Georgiev
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Sharp-Tailed Grouse Nest Survival And Nest Predator Habitat Use In North Dakota’S Bakken Oil Field, Paul C. Burr, Aaron C. Robinson, Randy T. Larsen, Robert A. Newman, Susan N. Ellis-Felege
Sharp-Tailed Grouse Nest Survival And Nest Predator Habitat Use In North Dakota’S Bakken Oil Field, Paul C. Burr, Aaron C. Robinson, Randy T. Larsen, Robert A. Newman, Susan N. Ellis-Felege
Biology Faculty Publications
Recent advancements in extraction technologies have resulted in rapid increases of gas and oil development across the United States and specifically in western North Dakota. This expansion of energy development has unknown influences on local wildlife populations and the ecological interactions within and among species. Our objectives for this study were to evaluate nest success and nest predator dynamics of sharp-tailed grouse (Tympanuchus phasianellus) in two study sites that represented areas of high and low energy development intensities in North Dakota. During the summers of 2012 and 2013, we monitored 163 grouse nests using radio telemetry. Of these, …
Increased Bufflehead (Bucephala Albeola) Breeding Activity In Minnesota, Susan N. Ellis-Felege, Cassandra G. Skaggs, Gregory A. Knutsen
Increased Bufflehead (Bucephala Albeola) Breeding Activity In Minnesota, Susan N. Ellis-Felege, Cassandra G. Skaggs, Gregory A. Knutsen
Biology Faculty Publications
Buffleheads (Bucephala albeola) predominantly nest in the boreal forests and aspen parklands of Canada and Alaska. Historically, Buffleheads were common migrants but not summer residents in Minnesota. However, recent observations in Minnesota and surrounding states suggest increased breeding activity in the region. In 1978, the first Bufflehead brood in Minnesota was recorded at East Park Wildlife Management Area. Annually, Agassiz National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) has conducted pair and brood surveys, with species-specific records available from 1990 to 2014. We report an increase in numbers of Bufflehead breeding pairs and broods at Agassiz NWR and new pair observations in …
Landscape Features Affecting Northern Bobwhite Predator-Specific Nest Failures In Southeastern Usa, Susan N. Ellis-Felege, Shannon E. Albeke, Nathan P. Nibbelink, Michael J. Conroy, Clay Sisson, William E. Palmer, John P. Carroll
Landscape Features Affecting Northern Bobwhite Predator-Specific Nest Failures In Southeastern Usa, Susan N. Ellis-Felege, Shannon E. Albeke, Nathan P. Nibbelink, Michael J. Conroy, Clay Sisson, William E. Palmer, John P. Carroll
Biology Faculty Publications
Nest predation is a critical component in avian productivity and typically is the leading cause of nest failure for most birds. Several landscape features are thought to drive the behavioral interaction between northern bobwhite (Colinus virginianus; e.g., nest placement) and their predators (e.g., search methods for food acquisition). In order to understand habitat characteristics influencing predation, we studied bobwhite nests using 24-hour near-infrared video cameras. We monitored 675 bobwhite nests with cameras on 3 properties in northern Florida and southern Georgia, USA, during 2000–2006. To test the association between nest failures and specific failure causes with landscape structure, we calculated …