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Wpa News 23 (1989), World Pheasant Association

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WPA News (February 1989), number 23

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Loss Of Biological Diversity: A Global Crisis Requiring International Solutions: A Report To The National Science Board, Craig Call Black, Perry L. Adkisson, Gardner Mallard Brown, Rita Rossi Colwell, Charles E. Hess, James B. Holderman, K. June Lindstedt-Siva, William A. Nierenberg, Peter Hamilton Raven, Theodore M. Smith, Edward O. Wilson, W. Franklin Harris

Harold W. Manter Laboratory of Parasitology: Library Materials

Executive Summary

Biological diversity refers to the variety and variability among living organisms and the ecological complexes in which they occur. Diversity can be defined as the number of different items and their relative frequency. For biological diversity, these items are organized at many levels, ranging from complete ecosystems to the chemical structures that are the molecular basis of heredity. Thus, the term encompasses different ecosystems, species, genes, and their relative abundance (OTA, 1987).

There is an ongoing, unprecedented loss of the variety as well as absolute numbers of organisms-from the smallest microorganism to the largest and most spectacular of …

Wpa News 22 (1988), World Pheasant Association

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WPA News (November 1988), number 22

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Wpa News 21 (1988), World Pheasant Association

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WPA News (August 1988), number 21

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Wpa News 20 (1988), World Pheasant Association

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WPA News (May 1988), number 20

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Wpa News 19 (1988), World Pheasant Association

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WPA News (February 1988), number 19

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Wolf Distribution And Road Density In Minnesota, L. David Mech, Steven H. Fritts, Glenn L. Radde, William J. Paul

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

Distribution of the wolf (Canis lupus) in parts of Wisconsin (Thiel 1985) and Michigan and Ontario (Jensen et al. 1986) has been related to the density of roads passable by 2-wheel-drive vehicles. Wolves in those regions generally do not occur where road densities exceed 0.58 km/km², whereas similar areas nearby with fewer roads do contain wolves.

In a small segment of the wolf range in Minnesota, wolves did not have territories where roads exceeded a density of 0.73 km/km² (T. K. Fuller, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, unpublished data). In another small area of Minnesota …

Pheasants: Symptoms Of Wildlife Problems On Agricultural Lands: Proceedings Of A Symposium Held At The 49th Midwest Fish And Wildlife Conference (Milwaukee, Wisconsin: December 8, 1987), Diana L. Hallett, William R. Edwards, George V. Burger

Galliformes Specialist Group and Affiliated Societies: Conference Proceedings

100 years of ringnecks: An historical perspective on pheasants in North America, George V. Burger

Distribution and abundance of the ring-necked pheasant in North America, Robert B. Dahlgren

Federal pheasants-Impact of federal agricultural programs on pheasant habitat, 1934-1985, Alfred H. Berner

Wildlife ppportunities within federal agricultural programs, Stephen J. Brady and Rex Hamilton

The dynamics of pheasant Abundance During the transition of intensive row-cropping in Illinois, Stanley L. Etter, Richard E. Warner, G. Blair Joselyn, and John E. Warnock

Habitat management: How well do we recognize the pheasant facts of life? Richard E. Warner

A population model as an aid …

Wpa News 18 (1987), World Pheasant Association

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WPA News (December 1987), number 18

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Wpa News 17 (1987), World Pheasant Association

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WPA News (August 1987), number 17

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Wpa News 16 (1987), World Pheasant Association

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WPA News (July 1987), number 16

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Wpa News 15 (1987), World Pheasant Association

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WPA News (March 1987), number 15

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Proceedings Of Perdix Iv: Gray Partridge Workshop, Richard O. Kimmel, John W. Schulz, George J. Mitchell

Galliformes Specialist Group and Affiliated Societies: Conference Proceedings

Foreword, John W. Schulz Introduction to Perdix IV, Ted W. Weins

The effect of insect abundance on gray partridge chick survivorship in New York, Jody W. Enck

Foods and feeding behavior of young gray partridge in Minnesota, Richard Erpelding, Richard O. Kimmel, and Drake J. Lockman

Are the results of research on the partridge in Britain relevant to the conservation of this species in North America? G. R. Potts

Imprinting: A technique for wildlife research, Richard O. Kimmel and W. M. Healy

The Wisconsin experiment: Perdix IX Workshop, Robert T. Dumke and William J. Vander Zouwen, Jr.

Gray partridge estabilshment …

Wpa News 14 (1986), World Pheasant Association

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WPA News (November 1986), number 14

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Mortality Of White-Tailed Deer In Northeastern Minnesota, Michael E. Nelson, L. David Mech

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

Abstract: Two hundred nine white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) were radiotracked in the central Superior National Forest, Minnesota, from 1973 through winter 1983-84; 85 deaths were recorded. Annual survival was 0.31 for fawns (<1.0 years old), 0.80 for yearling (1.0-2.0 years old) females, 0.41 for yearling males, 0.79 for adult (≥2.0 years old) females, and 0.47 for adult males. Monthly survival rates were high from May through December (0.94-1.00), except for yearling (0.60) and adult (0.69) bucks during the November hunting season. Most mortality occurred from January through April when gray wolf (Canis lupus) predation was an important mortality source for all cohorts. Yearlings males were most vulnerable to hunting and adult males to wolf predation.

Wpa News 13 (1986), World Pheasant Association

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WPA News (July 1986), number 13

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Relationship Between Snow Depth And Gray Wolf Predation On White-Tailed Deer, Michael E. Nelson, L. David Mech

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

Abstract: Survival of 203 yearling and adult white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) was monitored for 23,441 deer days from January through April 1975-85 in northeastern Minnesota. Gray wolf (Canis lupus)predation was the primary mortality cause, and from year to year during this period, the mean predation rate ranged from 0.00 to 0.29. The sum of weekly snow depths/month explained 51% of the variation in annual wolf predation rate, with the highest predation during the deepest snow.

Wpa News 12 (1986), World Pheasant Association

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WPA News (April 1986), number 12

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Wpa News 11 (1986), World Pheasant Association

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WPA News (February 1986), number 11

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Third International Pheasant Symposium (January 1986 : Thailand), World Pheasant Association

Galliformes Specialist Group and Affiliated Societies: Conference Proceedings

Session 1: Thailand

Pheasants of Thailand, Somtob Norapuck

Habitat Destruction in Thailand, Chompool

Session 2: Adaptability of South-East Asian Pheasants

Some views of the adaptability of Rain Forest Pheasants, G. W. H. Davison

Session 3: Adaptability of Himalayan Pheasants

The Adaptability of the Pheasants of Bangladesh in Disturbed Habitats, Md Sohrab Uddin Sarker

Human Impact on Pheasant habitat and numbers of pheasants on Pipar, Central Nepal, Nick Picozzi

Session 4: The Adaptability of Pheasants in China and Pakistan

Summary of Western Tragopan Project in Pakistan with recommendations for conservation of the species, Kamal Islam and John A Crawford

The Breeding …

Wpa News 10 (1985), World Pheasant Association

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WPA News (November 1985), number 10

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Wpa News 9 (1985), World Pheasant Association

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WPA News (July 1985), number 9

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Wpa News 8 (1985), World Pheasant Association

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WPA News (April 1985), number 8

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Wpa News 7 (1985), World Pheasant Association

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WPA News (January 1985), number 7

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Bobwhite Thesaurus, Thomas G. Scott

Galliformes Specialist Group and Affiliated Societies: Reports and Other Materials

The Bobwhite Thesaurus was assembled with the belief that it  would make the voluminous literature more accessible. Publications  on the bobwhite have become so numerous and have been published  in so many different places that today's bobwhite researcher is seldom able to conduct the library search required to unearth all pertinent material. This results in failure to acknowledge and use prior  findings.

An effort has been made to seek out and index all publications  issued prior to 1983 that contain information on the bobwhite. All  publications found have been included irrespective of their apparent  worth excepting anonymous papers. Publications which …

Wpa News 6 (1984), World Pheasant Association

Galliformes Specialist Group and Affiliated Societies: Newsletters

WPA News (September 1984), number 6

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Wpa News 5 (1984), World Pheasant Association

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WPA News (May 1984), number 5

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Simulation Analyses Of Space Use: Home Range Estimates, Variability, And Sample Size, Marc Bekoff, L. David Mech

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

Simulations of space use by animals were run to determine the relationship among home range area estimates, variability, and sample size (number of locations). As sample size increased, home range size increased asymptotically, whereas variability decreased among mean home range area estimates generated by multiple simulations for the same sample size. Our results suggest that field workers should ascertain between 100 and 200 locations in order to estimate reliably home range area. In some cases, this suggested guideline is higher than values found in the few published studies in which the relationship between home range area and number of locations …

Wpa News 4 (1984), World Pheasant Association

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WPA News (January 1984), number 4

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Proceedings Of Perdix Iii: Gray Partridge And Ring-Necked Pheasant Workshop, Robert T. Dumke, Richard B. Stiehl, Richard B. Kahl

Galliformes Specialist Group and Affiliated Societies: Conference Proceedings

Foreword

Opening remarks: How far we have come, Robert A. McCabe

Gray Partridge Ecology and Management

Grey partridge population dynamics: Comparisons between Britain and North America, G. Richard Potts

Changes in the composition of the autumn food of the partridge in western Finland over 20 years, Erkki Pulliainen

Body condition of gray partridge during fall and winter in Saskatchewan, Ross W. Melinchuk and John P. Ryder

Nesting biology of gray partridge in east-central Wisonsin, Kevin E. Church

Procedures for introducing gray partridge into unoccupied range in New York, Kevin E, Church, William F. Porter, and David E. Austin

Landowner and …