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The study of chemical communication in free-ranging mammals
No abstract available.
Authors
L. D. Mech, R.P. Peters
Identification of potential harvest units in the United States of the American woodcock
Potential harvest units were examined in the United States for American woodcock (Philohela minor) based on the distribution of both direct and indirect recoveries of preseason bandings. Unweighted and weighted recoveries were used to definefour sets of units with a minimal interchange of birds. With a configuration that conforms to the existing boundary between the Atlantic and Mississippi wate
Authors
R.A. Coon, T.J. Dwyer, J.W. Artmann
Woodcock utilization of commercial timberlands in the northeast
This paper reports the results of studies in Maine (1975-77) and New Brunswick (1974) on the utilization of commercial timber areas by woodcock (Philohela minor). Openings created by logging operations were utilized for singing grounds and nocturnal roosting habitat. Singing male densities of 3.4 birds/1oo ha on were found on New Brunswick elearcuts, 0.24 birds/IOO ha on northern Maine elearcuts
Authors
C.P. Nicholson, S. Homer, R.B. Owen, T.G. Dilworth
Impact of estuarine pollution on birds
Pollution of estuaries affects bird populations indirectly through changes in habitat and food supply. The multi-factor pollution of Chesapeake Bay has resulted in diminution of submerged aquatic plants and consequent change in food habits of the canvasback duck. Although dredge-spoil operations can improve wildlife habitat, they often result in its demise. Pollution of estuaries also affects b
Authors
L. J. Blus, Stanley N. Wiemeyer, J.A. Kerwin, R.C. Stendell, H. M. Ohlendorf, L. F. Stickel
Reproductive success of Potomac River ospreys, 1971
No abstract available.
Authors
Stanley N. Wiemeyer
Population trend and winter deer consumption in a Minnesota wolf pack
No abstract available.
Authors
L. D. Mech
Planning for the future survival of the California condor
No abstract available.
Authors
S.R. Wilbur
Quantitative analysis of American woodcock nest and brood habitat
Sixteen nest and 19 brood sites of American woodcock (Philohela minoI) were examined in northern lower Michigan between 15 April and 15 June 1974 to determine habitat structure associated with these sites. Woodcock hens utilized young, second-growth forest stands which were similar in species composition for both nesting and brood rearing. A multi-varIate discriminant function analysis revealed a
Authors
A. Bourgeois
Earthworm populations as related to woodcock habitat usage in Central Maine
Lumbricid earthworms were sampled 'on two central Maine study areas between late April and early September, 1974, to relate earthworm abundance to use of feeding covers by American woodcock(Philoheli minor). On sampling days, occurring at 2 to 3 week intervals, a formalin solution was applied to thirty O.25m areas in heavjly, commonly, and rarely used woodcock covers (5 samples/type of feedjngcove
Authors
J.W. Reynolds, W.B. Krohn, G.A. Hordan
Experimental woodcock management at the Moosehorn National Wildlife Refuge
The purpose of this study is to develop woodcock(Philohela minor) management techniques that can be easily used by the small landowner or incorporated with other land management operations such as commercial timber harvesting. The Moosehorn National Wildlife Refuge contains areas which are characteristic of the abandoned farms now being purchased for recreation or retirement as well as areas suita
Authors
G.F. Sepik, R.B. Owen, M.W. Coulter
Reproductive maturation and breeding of woodcock in North Carolina
Breeding woodcock (PhiJohela minor) were studied in North Carolina during the winters and springs of 1974-75 and 1975-76.. Measurements of testes and ovaries from 19 male and 30 female woodcock suggest that gonadal recrudescence in many woodcock occurs on the wintering grounds. In males, testicular recrudescence occurred as early as December and was accompanied by territory selection and courtship
Authors
R.T. Stamps, P.D. Doerr