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Wpa News 4 (1984), World Pheasant Association

Galliformes Specialist Group and Affiliated Societies: Newsletters

WPA News (January 1984), number 4

Published by the World Pheasant Association

Breeding Birds In Cedar Stands In The Great Dismal Swamp, Karen A. Terwilliger, Robert K. Rose

Biological Sciences Faculty Publications

The Great Dismal Swamp located in the coastal plain on the Virginia- North Carolina border, has long been recognized as a vegetationally distinctive region with many unusual geological and biological features. Formerly at least twice the currently estimated size of 85,000 hectares (Carter 1979), the Great Dismal Swamp is still shrinking because of a dropping water table caused by more than 200 years of logging, ditching, and other human activities. In 1973, the Union Camp Corporation donated a 19,871-hectare tract located near Suffolk, Virginia. to The Nature Conservancy, which transferred the land to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. This …

Angularella Audubonensis Sp. N. (Dilepididae) And Other Cestodes Of Cliff Swallows In Colorado, Jeffrey D. Stamper, Gerald D. Schmidt

Harold W. Manter Laboratory of Parasitology: Faculty Publications

One hundred forty-five cliff swallows, Petrochelidon pyrrhonota, were examined for cestodes in two separate surveys in Weld County, Colorado. Seven species representing four genera were found. Angularella audubonensis sp. n. is differentiated by the small size of the rostellar hooks (8.4-13.5 μm) and the medial relationship of the cirrus pouch to the osmoregulatory canals. Other species collected were Angularella beema, Anonchotaenia globata, Mayhewia ababili, Vitta magniuncinata, Vitta parvirostris and Vitta riparia. Seven new hosts and geographic distribution records were established for Colorado, and six new records were determined for North America.

Alcataenia Campylacantha (Krabbe, 1869) From Pigeon Guillemots, Cepphus Columba Pallas, And Black Guillemots, Cepphus Grylle (Linnaeus), And Alcataenia Sp. Indet. (Cestoda: Dilepididae) From Kittlitz's Murrelets, Brachyramphus Brevirostris (Vigors) In Alaska, Eric P. Hoberg

Harold W. Manter Laboratory of Parasitology: Faculty Publications

Alcataenia campylacantha (Krabbe, 1869) is redescribed and reported for the first time from pigeon guillemots, Cepphus columba Pallas, in Alaska. Specimens of this cestode were also found in black guillemots, Cepphus grylle (Linnaeus) at Point Barrow, Alaska. There were no substantial differences in morphological characters between populations of this cestode from the North Atlantic and North Pacific basins. Additionally, Alcataenia sp. indet. is reported, with a partial description, from Kittlitz's murrelets, Brachyramphus brevirostris (Vigors), in Alaska. This constitutes the first record of dilepidid cestodes from birds of the genus Brachyramphus Brandt.

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On trouvera ici une nouvelle description d’ …

Alcataenia Longicervica Sp. N. From Murres, Uria Lomvia (Linnaeus) And Uria Aalge (Pontoppidan) In The North Pacific Basin, With Redescriptions Of Alcataenia Armillaris (Rudolphi, 1810) And Alcataenia Meinertzhageni (Baer, 1956) (Cestoda: Dilepididae), Eric P. Hoberg

Harold W. Manter Laboratory of Parasitology: Faculty Publications

Alcataenia longicervica sp. n. (Cestoda: Dilepididae) is described from murres, Uria spp., in Alaska and other localities in the Pacific basin. From Alcataenia armillaris (Rudolphi, 1810), which it most closely resembles, A. longicervica is distinguished by larger size of organs (cirrus sac, vitelline gland, and seminal receptacle), greater number of testes, and extremely long neck. In specimens of A. longicervica there are 22-27 rostellar hooks distributed in two rows. Hooks in the anterior row measure 41-49 μm in length while those in the posterior are 38-48 μm. Two species of Alcataenia, A. armillaris and A. meinertzhageni (Baer, 1956), both …

The Dynamics Of Animal Distribution: An Evolutionary/Ecological Model, Charles H. Smith

Faculty/Staff Personal Papers

Investigators have sometimes assumed that the factors underlying animal distribution are too complex to lend themselves to normative modelling. In this work, a model of environment and community interaction is constructed which lends itself to the latter kind of interpretation. It is posed that spatially-varying rates and magnitudes of availability of moisture at given locations act as stresses on the nature of community infrastructure, and secondarily on the rates at which new populations may become integrated into these. Populations are thereby viewed as tending to change range in common directions, though at overall rates remaining peculiar to each. This interpretation …

Aspects Of The Nesting Ecology Of Least Terns And Piping Plovers In Central Nebraska, Craig A. Faanes

Papers in Ornithology

Breeding habitat of the least tern is made up primarily of coastal beaches and inland river sandbars. Populations of the interior (Sterna antillarum athalassos) and east coast (S. a. antillarum) subspecies are now declining (Marshall et al. 1975, Duffy 1977, Jernigan et al. 1978) and the western subspecies (S. a. browni) is endangered (Wilbur 1974). Although coastal populations have received considerable attention (Wolk 1974, Atwood et al. 1977, Blodgett 1978), little research has been conducted on the interior race (Hardy 1957, Downing 1975).

The piping plover inhabits river sandbars and sand beaches and, like …

A Checklist Of Parasites Of California, Oregon, And Washington Marine And Estuarine Fishes, Milton S. Love, Mike Moser

Harold W. Manter Laboratory of Parasitology: Faculty Publications

This report is a summary of the published records of parasites found from the marine and estuarine fishes of California, Oregon, and Washington. Coverage has not been limited to the western United States, but rather includes parasite reports from throughout each fish's range. Included is a host-parasite list and parasite-host cross index.

We have produced this survey because we felt there was a need for a single source which would list all the parasites infecting marine and estuarine fish from California, Oregon, and Washington. Pertinent sources are scattered over a number of journals, covering many years. Workers find it time …

Results Of The Alcoa Foundation-Suriname Expeditions. Vii. Records Of Mammals From Central And Southern Suriname, Stephen L. Williams, Hugh H. Genoways, Jane A. Groen

University of Nebraska State Museum: Mammalogy Papers

The occurrence of three species of mammals previously unknown in Suriname is documented. The new taxa recorded include Vampyrops aurarius, Vampyrops lineatus, and Natalus tumidirostris. Additional information is provided on Centronycteris maximiliana, Sigmomys alstoni, Zygodontomys brevicauda, and Cavia aperea from Suriname.

Wpa News 3 (1983), World Pheasant Association

Galliformes Specialist Group and Affiliated Societies: Newsletters

WPA News (August 1983), number 3

Published by the World Pheasant Association

Wpa News 2 (1983), World Pheasant Association

Galliformes Specialist Group and Affiliated Societies: Newsletters

WPA News (May 1983), number 2

Published by the World Pheasant Association

An Evaluation Of Small Rodents In Four Dismal Swamp Plant Communities, F. Elizabeth Breidling, Frank P. Day Jr., Robert K. Rose

Biological Sciences Faculty Publications

Diversity and density of small rodents in the Dismal Swamp are believed to be low. Reasons for this may be excessive predation, heavy interspecific pressure from large rodents, lack of suitable habitat, low food availability or flooding.

Rodent populations were evaluated using live-traps and pitfall traps in four different Dismal Swamp plant communities. Habitat was compared on the basis of phytomass studies previously reported. Flood levels were recorded during live-trapping sessions. Mast from trees was collected in modified mast collectors, and fed to Peromyscus leucopus in the laboratory.

Only two small rodent species were captured: Ochrotomys nuttalli and Peromyscus leucopus …

Internationales Symposium Über Die Erforschung Biologischer Ressourcen Der Mongolischen Volksrepublik, Michael Stubbe, W. Hilbig, N. Dawaa

Erforschung biologischer Ressourcen der Mongolei / Exploration into the Biological Resources of Mongolia, ISSN 0440-1298

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Vom 29. 8. b is 2. 9. 1983 organisierte die Sektion Biowissenschaften der Martin-Luther-Universität gemeinsam mit der Biologischen Gesellschaft der DDR in Halle/ Saale die bisher größte internationale wissenschaftliche Konferenz über die Erforschung biologischer Ressourcen der MVR.

166 Biologen, Fachleute anderer Disziplinen der Naturwissenschaften, der Landwirtschaftswissenschaften und Medizi aus der UdSSR (18), CSSR (15), MVR (13), VR olen (3), Frankreich (2) und der DDR (115) nahmen an diesem Symposium teil, um in einem intensiven Erfahrungsaustausch Fragen der Erforschung der biologischen Ressourcen der MVR zu beraten.

Beitrag Zur Ökologie Und Morphologie Von Ovis Ammon L. 1758 In Der Mvr, N. Dawaa, Ch. Suchbat, Michael Stubbe

Erforschung biologischer Ressourcen der Mongolei / Exploration into the Biological Resources of Mongolia, ISSN 0440-1298

In dеп Jahгen 1971 und 1974 bis 1977 wurden einige Daten zum Sozialverhalten von Ovis ammon im Mongolischen und Gobi-Altai in der Mongolischen Volksгepublik zusammengetгagen. Die Rudelgrößen und -zusammensetzungen sind saisonal be­ dingt. Beobachtungen zur ciгcadianen und ciгcannualen Aktivität sowie zu inteгspezifischen Kontakten von Wild- und Haustieгen weгden aufsummiert. Die jährliche Zuwachsrate liegt im Mongolischen Altai erhebich unter jener im Gobi-Altai . Diese Erkenntnis sowie zu eraгbeitende Analysen zur Altersstгuktur und natiürlichen Mortalität stellen Gruпdparameter zuг wirtschaftlichen Nutzung der Wildschafbestände dar. Morphologische Daten von 5 Widdern aus dem Gobi-Altai kennzeichnen das Hornwachstum in dieser Region.

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Der Erste Nachweis Von Sorex Isodon Turov, 1924 (Mammalia: Insectivora) In Der Mongolei, Namshil Chotolchu

Erforschung biologischer Ressourcen der Mongolei / Exploration into the Biological Resources of Mongolia, ISSN 0440-1298

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Das bekannte Areal von Sorex isodon erstreckt sich von Finnland über den europäischen Teil der Sowjetunion, durch Mittel- und Ostsibirien über das Baikalgebiet bis zum Fernen Osten, nach Kamtschatka und den nördlichen Kurilen. Vom Territorium der Mongolischen Volksrepublik war die Art bischer nicht nachgewiesen (BANNIKOV 1954, DULAMCEREN 1970).

Stand Und Aufgaben Der Erforschung Der Eintagsfliegenfauna (Insecta, Ephemeroptera) In Der Mongolischen Volksrepublik, D. Braasch

Erforschung biologischer Ressourcen der Mongolei / Exploration into the Biological Resources of Mongolia, ISSN 0440-1298

Der gegenwärtige Stand der Erforschung der mongolischen Ephemeropterenfauna wird dargelegt. Für die MVR können 54 Arten belegt werden. Die Eintagsfliegen des Landes entstammen verschiedenen Gruppen und Faunenelementen: holarktische, eurosibirische, mongolische und mandschuro-japanische.

Ubersicht Der Ergebnisse Der Ungarischen Zoologischen Expeditionen In Der Mongolischen Volksrepublik 1963-1968, Zoltan Kaszab

Erforschung biologischer Ressourcen der Mongolei / Exploration into the Biological Resources of Mongolia, ISSN 0440-1298

Die Fauna der Mongolischen Volksrepublik war bis zu den 60er Jahren unseres Jahrhunderts fast unbekannt geblieben. Eine Ausnahme ist die Wirbeltierfauna, welche vor allem von russischen Zoologen gründlich erforscht und deren Resultate publiziert wurden. Dagegen hatten wir von den Wirbellosen nur spärliche Angaben in der Literatur, welche teils auf der Sammeltätigkeit russischer Forscher beruhen. Von ungarischer Seite war nur eine Expedition an der Jahrhundertwende (1898) von dem Grafen Eugen ZICHY durchgeführt worden, und während der kurzen Durchreise (3. bis 15. September) in der Mongolei hat sein Begleiter E. CSIKI, damaliger Kustos der Zoologischen Abteilung des Ungarischen Nationalmuseums, ein abwechslungsreiches zoologisches …

Entwicklung Und Stand Der Geobotanischen Forschung Über Die Mongolische Volksrepublik, W. Hilbig, B. M. Mirkin

Erforschung biologischer Ressourcen der Mongolei / Exploration into the Biological Resources of Mongolia, ISSN 0440-1298

In vor liegendem Beitrag wird die Entwick lung der geobotanischen Forschung über das Gebiet der Mongolischen Volksrepublik dargestellt. Ausgehend von ersten eigen­ ständigen geobotanischen Forschungen sowjetischer Botaniker auf Expeditionen durch die Mongolei in den 20er und 30er Jahren, wurde die pflanzengeograph isch-vegeta­ tionskundliche Erkundung der Mongolei auf sowjetisch-mongolischen Exped itionen der 40er und 50er Jahre weitergeführt. Die besonderen Verd'.enste von A. A JUNA­ TOV und E. M. LAVRENKO an der Entwicklung der geobotanischen Forschung in der Mongolei werden hervorgehoben. JUNATOV war auch besonders an der Heran­ bildung mongolischer Geobotaniker beteiligt. Einen besond eren Schwerpunkt der geobotanischen Forschung in der Mongolischen …

Abriß Der Erforschungsgeschichte Der Avifauna Mongolica, R. Piechocki

Erforschung biologischer Ressourcen der Mongolei / Exploration into the Biological Resources of Mongolia, ISSN 0440-1298

Die erste Periode der Erforschung der Avifauna mongolica umfaßt den Zeitraum von 1871 bis 1931. Nach den zentralasiatischen Expeditionen von N. M. PRZEVALSKIJ brachten dieser und danach F. D. PLESKE und W. L. BIANCHI die ersten ornithologischen Beiträge heraus. Im Auftrage der Russischen Geographischen Gesellschaft leitete G. N. POTANIN eine Expedition durch die Nordwest-Mongolei. Weitere Expeditionen führte P. K. KOZLOV durch; die ornithologische Ausbeute wurde von W. L. BIANCHI bearbeitet. Um die Jahrhundertwende setzt die Erforschung der Nordmongolei ein durch W. S. MOLLESON, 0. BAMBERG und F. SCHILLING. Die ornithologische Erschließung der Nordwest-Mongolei ist P. P. SUSHKIN und A. J. …

Stand Der Akklimatisation Von Ondatra Zibethica L., 1766 In Der Mongolei, N. Dawaa, P. Lchamsuren, Michael Stubbe

Erforschung biologischer Ressourcen der Mongolei / Exploration into the Biological Resources of Mongolia, ISSN 0440-1298

Die Bisamratte Ondatra zibethica ist auf dem Territorium der Mongolischen Volksrepublik in den Flußsystemen der Selenga, des Ulz und Onon sowie des Bulgan-gol selbständig eingewandert. Zu Einbürgerungen kam es 1967 und 1971 am Char-us-nuur sowie 1978 am Zergijn-caagan-nuur und Olon-nuur. Der weiteren Verbreitung dieses wertvollen Pelzlieferanten wird besondere Aufmerksamkeit geschenkt.

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На территсрии Монгольской Народной Республики ондатра Ondatra zibethica са­ мостоятельно заселила системы рек Селенга, Улз, Онон и Булган-Гол. Интро­ дукции происошли в 1967 и 1973 гг. на Хар-Ус-Нууре, а также в 1978 г. на Зер­ гийн-Цагаан-Нуурс и Олон-Нууре. Дальнейшему распространению этого ценного шушного зверя удс."l'ястся особое внимание. …

Zur Entwicklung Der Wildforschung Und Jagdwirtschaft In Der Mongolischen Volksrepublik, N. Dawaa, Ch. Suchbat

Erforschung biologischer Ressourcen der Mongolei / Exploration into the Biological Resources of Mongolia, ISSN 0440-1298

1972 wurde an dег Mongolischen Staallichen Unveгsität Ulan-Bator mit der Ausbildung von Wildbiologen begonnen, um durch diese Fachkadeг die Aгbeit auf jagd wirtschaftlichem Gebiet qualitativ entscheidend zul veгbesseгn. Die Veгfasseг beгichten übег die wichtigsteп Forschuпgsaufgaben im Lehrstuhl füг Zoologie, Bereich Jagdwirtschaft, die sich auf Fгagen der Ökonomie und Organisation der Jagdwirtschaft, dег Erkundung dег Wildbiologie und Bejagungs- sowie Erfassungsmethoden der Wildbestäпde, dег Qualitätsverbesserung der Jagdprodukte und dег Akklimatisation bzw. Reakklimutisation von Wildtieren koпzentгieгen.

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Заключение

С 1972 г. в Монгольском Государственном Унинерситеге в Улан-Баторе обучаются охотоведы, чтобы с помощью этих кадров качественно заметно улучшить работу в области охотничьего хозяйства. …

Wpa News 1 (1983), World Pheasant Association

Galliformes Specialist Group and Affiliated Societies: Newsletters

WPA News (January 1983), number 1

Published by the World Pheasant Association

Mammals Of The Northern Great Plains, J. Knox Jones Jr., David M. Armstrong, Robert F. Hoffmann, Clyde Jones

University of Nebraska State Museum: Mammalogy Papers

For the purposes of this book, the Northern Great Plains are defined as the states of Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota. As a physiographic concept, the northern part of the great interior grasslands of North America is, of course, much broader in geographic extent than the Dakotas and Nebraska, but the three states lie in the heart of the region, and thus the title for this work seems appropriate. Our expectations in writing Mammals of the Northern Great Plains were to provide a comprehensive, yet semitechnical, treatmeat of free-living mammals that would prove useful to specialist and nonspecialist alike. …

Gastrointestinal Helminths Of The Cougar, Felis Concolor L., In Northeastern Oregon, Robert L. Rausch, C. Maser, Eric P. Hoberg

Harold W. Manter Laboratory of Parasitology: Faculty Publications

Helminths of nine species were identified from 39 cougars obtained in northeastern Oregon (Walbowa, Baker, and Union counties), viz., Taenia omissa Lühe, 1910 (100%); T. ovis krabbei Moniez, 1879 (61%); T. hydatigena Pallas, 1776 (10%); Mesocestoides lineatus (Goeze, 1782) (5%); Toxascaris leonina (von Linstow, 1902) (69%); Toxocara cati (Schrank, 1788) (15%); Physaloptera praeputialis von Linstow, 1889 (13%); Pterygodermatites affinis (Jagerskiold, 1904) (ca. 2%); and Trichinella sp. (larvae) (ca. 2%). In addition, undeveloped cestodes of the genus Taenia in 26 animals had lost rostellar hooks and could not be identified. Host-records, prevalence, and biological characteristics of some of the helminths are …

Determining Sex Of Plains Pocket Gophers By Incisor Width, Ronald M. Case, Alan B. Sargeant

University of Nebraska State Museum: Mammalogy Papers

Biologists studying food habits of predators can often determine the prey species but not the sex of the prey from remains found at dens, in stomachs, scats, or pellets of predators. Knowledge of the sex of prey is useful in evaluating predator food habits as well as indicating sex specific differences in prey behavior.

Plains pocket gophers, Geomys bursarius, can be easily identified by the presence of two prominent grooves on the face of each upper incisor. This makes them ideal specimens for studying prey remains. In this paper, we present data that can be used to identify the …

Proceedings, Second National Bobwhite Quail Symposium (September 13-15, 1982, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma), Frank Schitoskey Jr., Elizabeth C. Schitoskey, Larry G. Talent

Galliformes Specialist Group and Affiliated Societies: Conference Proceedings

Bobwhite quail and changing land use, W. D. Klimstra

Land use and bobwhite populations in an agricultural system in west Tennessee, J. R. Exum, R. W. Dimmick, and B. L. Dearden

Estimating bobwhite population size by direct counts and the Lincoln index, R. W. Dimmick, F. E. Kellogg, and G. L. Doster

Evaluation of bobwhite quail surveys in Kansas, R. Wells and K. Sexson

Efficiency of dogs in locating bobwhites, F. E. Kellogg, G. L. Doster, W. R. Davidson, and W. M. Martin

A 10-year study of bobwhite quail movement patterns, G. F. Smith, F. E. Kellogg, G. L. Doster, …

Karyotypic Relationships Within The Short-Tailed Shrews, Genus Blarina, Sarah B. George, Hugh H. Genoways, Jerry R. Choate, Robert J. Baker

University of Nebraska State Museum: Mammalogy Papers

Short-tailed shrews of the genus Blarina exhibit considerable geographic variation in both diploid number and fundamental number. Four chromosomal groups are recognized within the genus: Blarina brevicauda, FN = 48; 2N = 50, 49, or 48; B. carolinensis, FN = 45 or 44; 2N = 46, 39, 38, or 37; B. c. peninsulae, FN = 52; 2N = 52, 51, or 50; B. hylophaga, FN = 62, 61, or 60; 2N = 52. B. c. peninsulae also may be a distinct species, but exact determination must await location and analysis of a zone of contact with …

An Analysis Of Howling Response Parameters Useful For Wolf Pack Censusing, Fred H. Harrington, L. David Mech

United States Geological Survey, Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center: Publications

Gray wolves (Canis lupus) were studied from April 1972 through April 1974 in National Forest in northeastern Minnesota by radio-tracking and simulated howling. Based during 217 of 456 howling sessions, the following recommendations were derived for using howling as a census technique: (1) the best times of day are dusk and night; (2) July, August, and are the best months; (3) precipitation and winds greater than 12 km/hour should be avoided; (of 5 single howls should be used, alternating "flat" and "breaking" howls; (5) trials should 3 times at about 2-minute intervals with the first trial at lower …

The Sale, Lease Or Exchange Of Indian Water Rights For Energy Development, Thomas W. Fredericks

New Sources of Water for Energy Development and Growth: Interbasin Transfers: A Short Course (Summer Conference, June 7-10)

34 pages.

Contains references.

Weather Resources Management And Interbasin Transfer Law [Outline], Ray Jay Davis

New Sources of Water for Energy Development and Growth: Interbasin Transfers: A Short Course (Summer Conference, June 7-10)

21 pages (includes illustrations).