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Using Infrared Imagery To Estimate White-Tailed Deer Populations On The Pine Bluff Arsenal, D. M. Techentin, E. S. Boyd, W. E. Sparks, R. E. Kissell Jr.
Using Infrared Imagery To Estimate White-Tailed Deer Populations On The Pine Bluff Arsenal, D. M. Techentin, E. S. Boyd, W. E. Sparks, R. E. Kissell Jr.
Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science
Military installations present unique challenges to natural resource managers managing wildlife populations. For those species that are hunted or trapped, it is important to provide data to these installations for achieving sustainable harvests. Pine Bluff Arsenal (PBA), a military installation in southeastern Arkansas, manages for a host of wildlife species including white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus). However, baseline data regarding population size for deer are lacking. We used infrared technology and distance sampling to estimate the size of the winter, post-harvest deer population on PBA. We identified 9 competing models. The best model provided an estimate of density of 0.245 deer/ha …
Distribution, Life History Aspects, And Conservation Status Of The Spothanded Crayfish, Orconectes (Procericambarus) Punctimanus (Creaser) (Decapoda: Cambaridae), In Arkansas, C. T. Mcallister, H. W. Robison
Distribution, Life History Aspects, And Conservation Status Of The Spothanded Crayfish, Orconectes (Procericambarus) Punctimanus (Creaser) (Decapoda: Cambaridae), In Arkansas, C. T. Mcallister, H. W. Robison
Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science
The spothanded crayfish, Orconectes (Procericambarus) punctimanus (Creaser), is an endemic crayfish of the Interior Highlands (Ozark Plateau) of Arkansas and Missouri. Fieldwork within the Arkansas portion of its overall distribution from 1999–2012 and a search of museum and literature records revealed a state distribution of 11 counties in northern Arkansas. Eighty-two collections of this crayfish were made from the White River system in 9 counties, including Baxter, Fulton, Independence, Izard, Lawrence, Marion, Randolph, Sharp, and Stone. Two additional counties, Clay and Searcy, are also added to the distribution of O. punctimanus from museum and literature records. This crayfish inhabits areas …
New Vertebrate Records And Natural History Notes From Arkansas, M. B. Connior, R. Tumlison, H. W. Robison
New Vertebrate Records And Natural History Notes From Arkansas, M. B. Connior, R. Tumlison, H. W. Robison
Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science
No abstract provided.
History And Current Status Of Egyptian Goose (Alopochen Aegyptiacus) In Northwestern Arkansas, K. G. Smith, D. A. Fames
History And Current Status Of Egyptian Goose (Alopochen Aegyptiacus) In Northwestern Arkansas, K. G. Smith, D. A. Fames
Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science
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Nocturnal Communal Winter Bird Roosts In Northwestern Arkansas, D. A. James
Nocturnal Communal Winter Bird Roosts In Northwestern Arkansas, D. A. James
Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science
No abstract provided.
Morphology Of Rathke's Glands In The Snapping Turtle, Chelydra Serpentina, With Comments On The Presence Of Multilaminar Lamellar Bodies In Turtles, S. E. Trauth
Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science
I examined the histology and ultrastructure of Rathke’s glands in hatchling, juvenile, and adult snapping turtles (Chelydra serpentina). This species possesses four pairs of Rathke’s glands (i.e., one axillary and three inframarginals) that are embedded beneath marginal bones and are named primarily according to the anatomical location of their orifices. These integumentary glands are similar anatomically and ultrastructurally to one another. Each gland is comprised of a single, highly vascularized, secretory lobule, which is surrounded by a thick tunic of asymmetrically arranged, striated muscle. Two types of large secretory vacuoles characterize most of the holocrine cells produced by a relatively …
The Southern Arkansas University Biodiversity Collections, S. E. Krosnick, K. S. Dockter
The Southern Arkansas University Biodiversity Collections, S. E. Krosnick, K. S. Dockter
Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science
No abstract provided.
Demographics Of Mole Salamanders (Ambystoma Talpoideum) In A Northeastern Arkansas Pond, J. W. Stanley, J. R. Engelbert, M. K. Patrick, J. A. Sawyer, S. E. Trauth
Demographics Of Mole Salamanders (Ambystoma Talpoideum) In A Northeastern Arkansas Pond, J. W. Stanley, J. R. Engelbert, M. K. Patrick, J. A. Sawyer, S. E. Trauth
Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science
No abstract provided.
New Host And Geographic Distribution Record For The Leech, Myzobdella Reducta (Annelida: Hirudinida: Rhynchobdellida: Piscicolidae), From Arkansas, C. T. Mcallister, W. E. Moser, D. J. Richardson, H. W. Robison
New Host And Geographic Distribution Record For The Leech, Myzobdella Reducta (Annelida: Hirudinida: Rhynchobdellida: Piscicolidae), From Arkansas, C. T. Mcallister, W. E. Moser, D. J. Richardson, H. W. Robison
Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science
No abstract provided.
Summary Of Previous And New Records Of The Least Darter (Etheostoma Microperca) In Arkansas, B. K. Wagner, M. D. Kottmyer, M. E. Slay
Summary Of Previous And New Records Of The Least Darter (Etheostoma Microperca) In Arkansas, B. K. Wagner, M. D. Kottmyer, M. E. Slay
Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science
The least darter, Etheostoma microperca, has a limited distribution in Arkansas and is designated as a species of greatest conservation need by the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission. The fish was first documented in the state in 1938 in Wildcat Creek west of Springdale with additional discoveries in 1960, 1973, 1981, and 1982. A 1997 study documented the persistence of the species in Healing Spring Run and a spring run tributary of Osage Creek, 2 of the historic streams. Field sampling in 2004-2005 and 2010-2011, provided more concentrated sampling efforts in the basin. This study sought to determine the present …
Status, Dispersal, And Breeding Biology Of The Exotic Eurasian Collared-Dove (Streptopelia Decaocto) In Arkansas, J. M. Fielder, R. Kannan, D. A. James, J. Cunningham
Status, Dispersal, And Breeding Biology Of The Exotic Eurasian Collared-Dove (Streptopelia Decaocto) In Arkansas, J. M. Fielder, R. Kannan, D. A. James, J. Cunningham
Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science
The exotic Eurasian Collared-Dove (Streptopelia decaocto) was first sighted in Arkansas at Harrison (Boone Co.) on 25 June 1989. Since this initial sighting the species has grown in numbers and is now present in 42 of 75 counties across the state. In the spring and summer of 2009 and 2010, 20 nests were observed in the urban areas of Fort Smith (Sebastian County). Fifteen of the 20 nests (75%) were located on human-made structures of which 13 (65%) were on an electrical substation and two (10%) were on utility poles. The remaining 5 nests (25%) were in trees. Mean nest …