Effects of parturition on home ranges and social affiliations of female white-tailed deer
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It is already known that female white-tailed deer seek isolation during the last stages of pregnancy and following parturition. It is possible that the need for isolation will prompt does with fawns to reduce the size of their home range. Recent research has studied 48 female white-tailed deer, looking at the impact of parturition, contraceptive treatment and a buck harvest on home range sizes and social affiliations. It was found that lactating does associate with other does less frequently than non-lactating does, and that contraceptive treatment has no significant impact on home range size, although it does reduce the frequency of social affiliations.
Publication Name: The Journal of Wildlife Management
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0022-541X
Year: 1996
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Modeling patch occupancy by forest rodents: Incorporating detectability and spatial autocorrelation with hierarchically structured data
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The multiscale effects of habitat fragmentation of forest rodent community structure and accounting for imperfect detection, spatial autocorrelation and the hierarchical structure of multiscalar data are discussed. The findings suggest that white-footed mice were nearly ubiquitous even though occurrence rates in less forested landscapes increased with distance from edge and greater volume of woody debris.
Publication Name: The Journal of Wildlife Management
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0022-541X
Year: 2005
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Effects of forest structure and fragmentation on site occupancy of bat species in Missouri Ozark Forests
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A study was conducted to determine the impact of modifications in structure and arrangement of the forest on the roosting and foraging habitats of the bat communities thereby affecting their distribution. The observations elucidate the effect of forest fragmentations and the information can be combined with forest-management practices into ensure bat conservation.
Publication Name: The Journal of Wildlife Management
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0022-541X
Year: 2006
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