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Bat Habitat Ecology Using Remote Acoustical Detectors at the Army National Guard Maneuver Training Center - Fort Pickett, Blackstone, Virginia
Bats occupy diverse and unique niches and are regarded as important components in maintaining ecosystem health. They are major consumers of nocturnal insects, serve as pollinators, seed disperser, and provide important economic benefits as consumers of agricultural and forest pest insects. Bats …
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Population genetics of Michaux's sumac, smooth sumac, and their hybrids
… populations located at Maneuver Training Center--Fort Pickett, VA (Fort Pickett), and a nearby property, Deepwater. Michaux's sumac requires soil disturbance and fire to maintain healthy populations. Before being added to the endangered species list, 47% of populations were extirpated due to …
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Investigation of a major reduction in hunter harvest of the cottontail rabbit in southeastern Virginia
… factor(s) responsible for these declines. The Fort Pickett military reservation in southeastern Virginia, where declines in rabbit harvest were documented, and the Radford Army Ammunition Plant (R.A.A.P.) in southwestern Virginia, known to support relatively high rabbit populations, were the …
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Some diseases and parasites affecting cottontail rabbits in Virginia
A serologic survey at Fort Pickett, Virginia was undertaken to determine if tularemia could be a factor in the continued low hunter harvest of cottontail rabbits. Between December 1976 and February 1978, ninety serum samples were collected from 11 species of mammals and 1 avian species, and tested …
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Disturbance, Functional Diversity and Ecosystem Processes: Does Species Identity Matter?
… ecosystem processes. I conducted my research at Fort Pickett, Virginia, USA to take advantage of the spatially and temporally predictable disturbance regime. In order to investigate the effect of plant functional composition on ecosystem properties, I used functional groups comprised of species …
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Bees, Bombs, and Burns: Disturbance and the Native Bee Communities of Military and Other Public Lands in Virginia
… specimens at Army Maneuver Training Center Fort Pickett. B. fraternus is an imperiled grassland bumblebee species that previously was known only from the southeastern region of Virginia. The species is thought to be in decline due to habitat loss/alteration, widespread pesticide use, and …