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Caleta morphodynamics, Perdido Key, Florida
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K.A. Jagger, N.P. Psuty, J.R. Allen
Sediment redistribution in a groin embayment under shore-normal wave approach
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B.O. Bauer, J.R. Allen, K.F. Nordstrom, D.J. Sherman
Process variation across a barred, tidal nearshore
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J.R. Allen, B.O. Bauer, N.P. Psuty, R.W.G. Carter
Effects of environmental contaminants on raptors in the Midwest
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Stanley N. Wiemeyer
Biological variability and the influence of stress on cholinesterase activity
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Barnett A. Rattner, A. Fairbrother
Compendium of crane behavior. Part 1: Individual (nonsocial) behavior
This paper provides the organizational framework, nomenclature, and abbreviated descriptions for all conspicuous nonsocial behavioral units for all 15 species of crane. We present eight generalized functional classes of behavior. These classes include about 90 discrete motor patterns that constitute the nonsocial repertoire of all cranes. We present this compendium to facilitate information exchan
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D. H. Ellis, George W. Archibald, S.R. Swengel, C.B. Kepler
Past and potential contributions of captive breeding to population recovery of the Whooping Crane
A captive Whooping Crane colony was established at the Patuxent Wildlifa Research Center in Maryland in 1966. This colony first produced eggs in 1975 and has produced 252 eggs through 1990. From 1976 to 1984, 73 eggs were sent Io Grays Lake, Idaho, the site of the first Whooplng Crane reintroduction attempt. Canada also provided 216 eggs (1976-1988) from the wild population. Although 84 chicks fle
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D. H. Ellis, G.F. Gee, D.G. Smith
A records system for a captive crane flock
Crane record keeping systems have been evolving at the Patuxent Wildlife Research Center (PWRC) since 1966 and at the International Crane Foundation (ICF) since 1974. The system we present here, a hybrid of the two systems, has been reorganized to promote easy access of information and to limit redundancy.
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D. H. Ellis, L. Hartman, Scott G. Hereford, J.L. McMillen
Flight restraint techniques for captive cranes
Traditional techniques for preventing escape of captive cranes (i.e., tenotomy, tenectomy, wing clipping, confinement under nets, and amputation) are discussed briefly. Two additional techniques (i.e., brailing and vane trimming) are described in detail. The advantages and limitations of each technique are presented.
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D. H. Ellis, F. J. Dein