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Distribution And Habitat Of Utilization Of The Four-Toed Salamander, Hemidactylium Scutatum, In The Ouachita Mountains Of Arkansas, David A. Saugey, Stanley E. Trauth
Distribution And Habitat Of Utilization Of The Four-Toed Salamander, Hemidactylium Scutatum, In The Ouachita Mountains Of Arkansas, David A. Saugey, Stanley E. Trauth
Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science
Four-toed salamanders in Arkansas represent a disjunct population separated from their main range in the eastern United States and Canada. Until recently, the distribution of this species was documented by a few individual specimens collected or observed from widely spaced localities which has resulted in its being considered rare and vulnerable. Recent investigations of distribution and habitat utilization indicate this species may be more common than previously believed, but also reaffirms the need to protect riparian habitat, springs, ponds, woodland seeps and other preferred, moist habitats containing mossy areas used as primary egg deposition sites.
Landowner Reports Of Deer Hunter Damage In Arkansas, Richard A. Kluender, T. Bentley Wigley Jr.
Landowner Reports Of Deer Hunter Damage In Arkansas, Richard A. Kluender, T. Bentley Wigley Jr.
Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science
Damage to property from deer hunters, though usually not discovered immediately, is a problem for many Arkansans. A questionnaire survey was mailed to 3,773 rural landowners in Arkansas to determine the type and cost of damage suffered from hunters. Thirty-five percent reported minor problems, and 15% reported severe damage from hunters. The most common problems caused by hunters were fence cutting (33%), severe littering (16%), road damage (13%), crop damage (10%), cattle shot (8%), gates left open (6%), and trespassing (6%). Eighty-three (5%) of the landowners reported damage costs of $500 or more; one sustained a $15,000 loss. Total state-wide …
Past And Present Distribution Of The Red-Cockaded Woodpecker Picoides Borealis And Its Habitat In The Ouachita Mountains, Arkansas, Joseph C. Neal, Warren G. Montague
Past And Present Distribution Of The Red-Cockaded Woodpecker Picoides Borealis And Its Habitat In The Ouachita Mountains, Arkansas, Joseph C. Neal, Warren G. Montague
Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science
Within the past 15 years, at least 41 and probably more active cavity tree clusters (or colonies) of Red cockaded Woodpeckers (Picoides borealis) have existed in remnant, mature shortleaf pine (Pinus echinata) woodlands in the Ouachita Mountains of Arkansas. These clusters were located on both private timberlands and in the Ouachita National Forest. Fewer than half of this number were still active in early 1991, and none remained on private timberlands. The species is presently restricted to the xeric, western margins of the Ouachitas in Scott and Polk counties within the confines of the Ouachita National Forest where it receives …
Five-Year Study Of Geocarpon Minimum At Warren Prairie Natural Area Bradley County, Arkansas, William M. Shepherd, Charles R. Preston, Robert Steinauer
Five-Year Study Of Geocarpon Minimum At Warren Prairie Natural Area Bradley County, Arkansas, William M. Shepherd, Charles R. Preston, Robert Steinauer
Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science
Geocarpon minimum, listed by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service as threatened, was monitored at Warren Prairie Natural Area, Bradley County, Arkansas, 1986-90. Selected environmental variables were compared with Geocarpon productivity plot by plot. Principal components (PC) analysis generated two eigenvectors that jointly accounted for 30% of the variation among plots. PC-l describes an exposure gradient; high-productivity plots had less litter and grass cover, more cryptogamic lip, and more iron nodules lying on the surface than most other plots. PC-II was more useful for separating highly productive plots from all other plots; the highly productive plots lay in close proximity …
Distribution, Scutellation, And Reproduction In The Queen Snake, Regina Septemvittata (Serpentes: Colubridae), From Arkansas, Stanley E. Trauth
Distribution, Scutellation, And Reproduction In The Queen Snake, Regina Septemvittata (Serpentes: Colubridae), From Arkansas, Stanley E. Trauth
Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science
The queen snake, Regina septemvittata, has a disjunct portion of its distribution in Arkansas. This rare, crayfish-eating species is best known from only a few isolated populations from several major streams that flow out of the Boston Mountains of the Ozark Plateau. A field study of this species was conducted during the summer of 1990, and only 4 specimens were documented. Gravid females were collected in July; sperm production was also noted in July. Parturition presumably takes place in August or early September. This species may qualify as threatened or endangered in Arkansas.
Synopsis Of The Notonectidae Of Arkansas, Stephen W. Chordas Iii, George L. Harp
Synopsis Of The Notonectidae Of Arkansas, Stephen W. Chordas Iii, George L. Harp
Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science
No abstract provided.
Aggressive Interactions Between Male Cotton Mice (Peromyscus Gossypinus) And Male Texas Mice (P. Attwateri), John A. Peppers, David W. Royal, Gary A. Heidt
Aggressive Interactions Between Male Cotton Mice (Peromyscus Gossypinus) And Male Texas Mice (P. Attwateri), John A. Peppers, David W. Royal, Gary A. Heidt
Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science
No abstract provided.
An Analysis Of Stomach Contents Of The Ouachita Madtom In Three Streams Of The Upper Saline River Drainage, Arkansas, Tim M. Patton, Mark L. Zornes
An Analysis Of Stomach Contents Of The Ouachita Madtom In Three Streams Of The Upper Saline River Drainage, Arkansas, Tim M. Patton, Mark L. Zornes
Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science
A study was conducted to identify typical foods eaten by the Ouachita madtom (Noturus lachneri), an endemic ictalurid of central Arkansas, and to compare these foods to the invertebrate community. Fish and invertebrate samples were collected in August and October, 1990, from a pool and adjacent riffle habitat in each of 3 streams in the upper Saline River drainage. Kick-net and electrofishing samples were collected at each site and the invertebrate organisms were identified to the lowest possible taxa. Stomachs from the N. lachneri specimens were removed and the contents were identified to order. Frequency of occurrence of each taxon …