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Patch Size And Nest Density Influence Nest Survival, Victoria L. Simonsen, Joseph J. Fontaine
Patch Size And Nest Density Influence Nest Survival, Victoria L. Simonsen, Joseph J. Fontaine
National Quail Symposium Proceedings
Nest predation is the primary cause of avian nest failure and therefore an important driver of avian population growth. Studies indicate that landscape context plays an important role in nest success, and although this is widely attributed to changes in nest predator communities, landscape context also influences nest density which affects predator search area and effort. Much debate remains as to whether specifically the size of a habitat patch or the density of nests has the greatest effect on nest predation rates. We explored the interactions between landscape context, predator efficiency, and nest survival. Northern bobwhite quail (Colinus virginianus …
Survival And Cause-Specific Mortality Of White-Tailed Deer (Odocoileus Virginianus) Neonates In A Southeastern Kentucky Population, Joseph R. Mcdermott
Survival And Cause-Specific Mortality Of White-Tailed Deer (Odocoileus Virginianus) Neonates In A Southeastern Kentucky Population, Joseph R. Mcdermott
Theses and Dissertations--Forestry and Natural Resources
Maintaining desired numbers of wildlife species requires an understanding of species-specific population dynamics. For ungulate species such as the white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus), understanding the neonatal survival rate of a population and factors that influence that survival rate, may be two of the most important factors to successful deer management. We examined neonatal survival in an eastern Kentucky population of deer living in relatively low densities (/ km2), with adequate habitat and supposedly poor population growth. Neonates (102) were captured in the summer birth periods of 2014 - 2016 and radio-monitored until the beginning of the …