Response of captive snowshoe hares to thiram-treated conifers
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The study of the forage preferences of snowshoe hares (Lepus americanus) for thiram-treated and untreated white spruce (Picea glauca) reveals that hares which were previously exposed to thiram-treated spruce eat treated twigs less than hares which were fed on untreated spruce do. The exposed hares recognize treated and untreated twigs. The naive hares develop a distaste for spruce twigs and consume less untreated twigs. Thiram is a repellent that helps to conserve timber.
Publication Name: The Journal of Wildlife Management
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0022-541X
Year: 1993
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Assessment of potential bias with snowshoe hare fecal pellet-plot counts
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Hare pellet-plots are studied in northern Idaho to quantify pellet decomposition rates across environmental gradients, and conducted feeding trials on captive hares to assess the role of diet on pellet production rates. Area pellet numbers tended to be higher on plots with high vegetative cover, which likely was a reflection of hare habitat choice rather than lesser pellet decomposition in such habitat.
Publication Name: The Journal of Wildlife Management
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0022-541X
Year: 2005
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Moose habitat preferences in response to changing availability
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The hypothesis that habitat preferences to wildlife are fixed is tested by comparing habitat preferences of two groups of moose (Alces alces) in northeastern Alberta, Canada. Findings indicate that habitat preference of moose was not fixed and changed with the changes in the relative abundance of available habitat.
Publication Name: The Journal of Wildlife Management
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0022-541X
Year: 2004
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