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Population ecology of feral horses in an era of fertility control management
… populations using fertility control. I followed feral horses (Equus caballus) in three intensively managed populations to assess longitudinal treatment effects on demography. The transient contraceptive porcine zona pellucida (PZP) produced longer duration of infertility than intended. Repeated …
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Effects of Grazing by Feral Horses on Dune and Salt Marsh Vegetation at Cumberland Island, Georgia
<p>Feral horses range throughout Cumberland Island National Seashore, Georgia, and may have detrimental impacts on vegetation important in stabilizing the dune and salt marsh habitats. Areas accessible to horses were calculated with aerial photographs and GIS technology. During summer 2000,1 …
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Greater Sage-grouse habitat and demographic response to grazing by non-native ungulates
… the impacts of grazing by livestock and feral horses on Greater Sage-grouse (\textit{Centrocercus urophasianus}, hereafter sage-grouse) often focus on the negative impacts to habitat, and speculate how the sage-grouse populations will respond in turn. While the linkage between sage-grouse …
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Factors That Affect Harem Stability in a Feral Horse (Equus caballus) Population on Shackleford Banks island, NC
… to the prevalence of strong group affiliations. Feral horses maintain stable harems of one or two males and several females, and harem stability is strongly related to individual fitness. Anecdotal evidence and an early study in the non-breeding season suggest that management of the Shackleford …