Abcds Of Triggerfish In Pemba And Misali Island: Abundance, Biodiversity, Behaviour, Cultural Significance And Distribution, 2023 SIT Study Abroad
Abcds Of Triggerfish In Pemba And Misali Island: Abundance, Biodiversity, Behaviour, Cultural Significance And Distribution, Hannah Ng Shueh Yi
Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection
This study takes a socioecological approach to understanding triggerfish (Balistidae) in Pemba Island, using Misali Island reefs as a sample ecological site. Two reef sites on Misali Island and three of four districts in Pemba were observed during the study. The abundance of Balistipus undulatus at one of two study sites is close to the maximum carrying capacity of the reef. Overall observed biodiversity was low. Behavioural trends point to distinct species specific defence strategies and species aggression taking different forms. Triggerfishes cultural significance was primarily as a food fish, though it is not highly sought after. With polarised responses …
A Survey Of Captive Wild And Exotic Animal Training Programs In The Eastern United States, 2023 Liberty University
A Survey Of Captive Wild And Exotic Animal Training Programs In The Eastern United States, Savannah Atchison
Senior Honors Theses
Methods of positive reinforcement as a successful means for animal training are the result of many years of research into operant conditioning and learning. However, current literature is unclear on the extent to which these methods are utilized in captive wild and exotic animal populations in the United States. Through phone interviews with animal trainers employed at zoos and wildlife rehabilitation centers in the eastern United States, the author determined that these facilities are currently utilizing positive reinforcement training methods which are proving to be a great benefit for all parties involved. They are enabling a variety of voluntary health …
Anuran Species Diversity And Abundance Between Three Locations In El Valle De Antón, Coclé, Panamá, 2023 SIT Study Abroad
Anuran Species Diversity And Abundance Between Three Locations In El Valle De Antón, Coclé, Panamá, Xena Gehring
Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection
Panama is an incredibly biodiverse country that houses 230 species of amphibians including 188 species of frogs, 35 of which are endemic to Panama. Commonly found in terrestrial and aquatic habitats, frogs play a very important role in the regulation of insect populations and serve as a valuable food resource to other predators. The greatest threat to amphibian species at this time is Chytridiomycosis, a fungal pathogen that infects the skin and often results in death. Many species of amphibians have already gone completely extinct or are extinct in the wild due to the proliferation of this disease. The skin …
Understanding Invasive Predation: Detections Of Feral Cats (Felis Catus) On Kangaroo Island’S Western River Refuge, 2023 SIT Study Abroad
Understanding Invasive Predation: Detections Of Feral Cats (Felis Catus) On Kangaroo Island’S Western River Refuge, Leah Boget
Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection
Feral cats (Felis catus) are a priority-level threat for small to medium-sized native vertebrates across Australia and especially so in insular environments like that of Kangaroo Island, South Australia. The island is home to several endangered and geographically restricted species, including the Kangaroo Island Dunnart (Sminthopsis aitkeni), an endangered marsupial endemic to Kangaroo Island. When bushfires spread across the island and burned x percent of native vegetation in late 2019 to early 2020, these populations were critically impacted and post-fire feral cat predation on the island risked their extinctions, motivating the creation of a refuge with …
Impact Of Wildlife Provisioning On Species Diversity, Relative Frequency, And Richness In New South Wales, 2023 SIT Study Abroad
Impact Of Wildlife Provisioning On Species Diversity, Relative Frequency, And Richness In New South Wales, Alanah Cohen-Tigör
Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection
Wildlife provisioning and camera trapping are two recently evolving methods of conservation and wildlife management, aimed at protecting animals in the face of ever worsening climate change. Habitats are being destroyed by climate disruption, decreasing species diversity and abundance worldwide. It is imperative that methods of protecting species are developed to slow or reverse this era of extinction. By providing supplementary food and water to ecological communities, the hope is that species will have improved survivorship and reproduction, making them more resilient and resistant to population decline. Camera trapping is product of modern technology, allowing researchers to monitor species without …
Morphological Differences Align With Habitat Partitioning Among Three Species Of Percina (Percidae: Actinopterygii) In The Roanoke River, Virginia, 2023 Roanoke College
Morphological Differences Align With Habitat Partitioning Among Three Species Of Percina (Percidae: Actinopterygii) In The Roanoke River, Virginia, Michael M. Calvert, Steven L. Powers
Southeastern Fishes Council Proceedings
The upper Roanoke River has three species of Percina (P. nevisense, Chainback Darter; P. roanoka, Roanoke Darter; and P. rex, Roanoke Logperch). Resource partitioning appears to be a key component of maintaining diverse fish assemblages with habitat and food partitioning cited as especially important in communities containing members of the same family. Some aspects of the diets of these species have been documented in the literature with only modest differences among them. Microhabitat data for adults of these species have also been published revealing differences in habitat occupied by each with P. roanoka living in the fastest, shallowest …
Increasing Capture Rates Of Grassland Birds Over Thirteen Years Indicates Successful Restoration, 2023 Georgia College & State University
Increasing Capture Rates Of Grassland Birds Over Thirteen Years Indicates Successful Restoration, Katie Stumpf, Charles Muise
Georgia Journal of Science
Grassland bird populations are being lost at an alarming rate due to human modifications to grassland ecosystems. Grassland restoration has been shown to mitigate population declines for many species that use these habitats at some point in their annual cycles. We examined capture rates of adult, breeding, and hatch-year birds at a restored grassland site in the piedmont of central Georgia to determine whether colonization, breeding success, hatching success, and recruitment processes were impacting populations of grassland birds. We banded birds approximately twice per month from January 2009 through December 2021 at Panola Mountain State Park. Restoration efforts started in …
Rosp 3d Skull (Roseate Spoonbill), 2023 Nova Southeastern University
Rosp 3d Skull (Roseate Spoonbill), Kevin Rafferty, Briana K. Zaffiro, David Kerstetter
All Scans: Kerstetter Fisheries and Avian Ecology 3D Scan Series
3D skull of a roseate spoonbill
Ycnh 3d Skull, 2023 Nova Southeastern University
Ycnh 3d Skull, Kevin Rafferty, Briana K. Zaffiro, David Kerstetter
All Scans: Kerstetter Fisheries and Avian Ecology 3D Scan Series
No abstract provided.
Black Crowned Night Heron, 2023 Nova Southeastern University
Black Crowned Night Heron, Kevin Rafferty, Briana K. Zaffiro, David Kerstetter
All Scans: Kerstetter Fisheries and Avian Ecology 3D Scan Series
No abstract provided.
Mafr 3d Skull, 2023 Nova Southeastern University
Mafr 3d Skull, Kevin Rafferty, Briana K. Zaffiro, David W. Kerstetter
All Scans: Kerstetter Fisheries and Avian Ecology 3D Scan Series
3D Scan of a Magnificent Frigatebird
Insentient “Cognition”?, 2023 Université du Québec à Montréal & University of Southampton
Insentient “Cognition”?, Stevan Harnad
Animal Sentience
A sentient state is a state that it feels like something to be in. Cows have them, cars don’t. Cognitive capacities are a subset of behavioral capacities. Not all behavioral capacities are cognitive (but the distinction is fuzzy). Might the difference have something to do with whether the behaver is sentient?
2022-2023 Christmas Bird Counts, 2023 Nebraska Ornithologists' Union
2022-2023 Christmas Bird Counts, Don Paseka
Nebraska Bird Review
Sixteen counts were run in the 2022-2023 CBC season. Because of weather and rescheduling issues, the Crawford, Harrison, and Harlan County counts were cancelled. Eight of the counts were completed during the first week of the count period and the other eight were scattered throughout the remainder of the count period. An early December cold snap seemed to drive many of the birds south, but the weather on actual count days was fairly benign: mostly dry with an average high of 34˚F and an average low of 19˚F and with three circles reporting light snow. The total number of species …
Winter Field Report, Dec. 2022 - Feb. 2023, 2023 Nebraska Ornithologists' Union
Winter Field Report, Dec. 2022 - Feb. 2023, W. Ross Silcock
Nebraska Bird Review
Since this is a Winter Seasonal Report, it seems appropriate to lead off with notable reports of occurrences that might be considered unexpected for midwinter, of which there were several. A range of species was involved, suggesting an encompassing cause such as climate change. Of interest were northerly wintering groups of waterfowl including Gadwall, Green-winged Teal, Canvasback, Ringnecked Duck, and Hooded Merganser. Reports of wintering Tundra Swans, Whitewinged Doves, and Lesser Goldfinches continue to increase, and numerous Redwinged Blackbirds in the northeast in midwinter were unexpected. Also quite unexpected were two Sandhill Cranes wintering in the east, the state’s first …
The Nebraska Bird Review Annual Color Photo Section, 2023 University of Nebraska - Lincoln
The Nebraska Bird Review Annual Color Photo Section
Nebraska Bird Review
Virginia Rail and chick, Washboard Road, North Platte, Lincoln Co., 28 June 2023. Photo by Boni Edwards.
American Coot, Eagle Scout Lake, Hall Co., April 2020. Photo by Colleen Childers.
Hudsonian Godwit, Marsh Wren Community Wetlands, Lancaster Co., 21 May 2022. Photo by Kirill Belashchenko.
American Avocet, N.P. Dodge Park, Omaha, Douglas Co., 2 May 2023. Photo by Thane Dinsdale
Female Cape May Warbler, photographer's backyard, Bellevue, Sarpy Co., 10 May 2022. Photo by Loren Padelford.
Male Cape May Warbler, Ft. Niobrara NWR, Cherry Co., 13 May 2022. Photo by Gordon Warrick.
Tennessee Warbler, Fontenelle Forest Wetlands, Sarpy Co., 24 …
Annual Treasurer's Report For 2022, 2023 Nebraska Ornithologists’ Union
Annual Treasurer's Report For 2022, Jan Johnson
Nebraska Bird Review
No abstract provided.
The Nebraska Bird Review: A Magazine Of Ornithology Of The Nebraska Region. Volume 91, Number 1. March 2023, 2023 University of Nebraska - Lincoln
The Nebraska Bird Review: A Magazine Of Ornithology Of The Nebraska Region. Volume 91, Number 1. March 2023, Nebraska Ornithologists’ Union
Nebraska Bird Review
Winter Field Report, Dec. 2022 - Feb. 2023 by W. Ross Silcock
Annual Color Photo Section
Annual Treasurer's Report for 2022 by Jan Johnson
Subscription and Organization Information
Dear Duck-Billed Platypus, 2023 School of Rural Health, Monash University
Dear Duck-Billed Platypus, Michael J. Leach Dr
The STEAM Journal
This piece is a concrete poem that both shows and describes the platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus).
A New Species Of Scorpio From Jordan (Scorpiones: Scorpionidae), 2023 Marshall University
A New Species Of Scorpio From Jordan (Scorpiones: Scorpionidae), Mohammad Al-Saraireh, Ersen A. Yağmur, Bassam Abu Afifeh, Zuhair Amr
Euscorpius
A new species Scorpio granulomanus sp. n. is described and illustrated from Dibbeen Forest, Jerash Governorate, Jordan. The new species is compared with the previously recorded species of the genus Scorpio L., 1758 in the Middle East; it can be distinguished from all other congeners by its very large, pointed granules on the dorsoexternal surface of the chela manus, and an untypically elongated chela manus.
Black Vulture Skull, 2023 Nova Southeastern University
Black Vulture Skull, Briana K. Zaffiro, David W. Kerstetter
All Scans: Kerstetter Fisheries and Avian Ecology 3D Scan Series
Skull from 8 cm total length [Coragyps atarus (Black Vulture)]