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Showing 1 to 20 of 22 for “"Supplemental Food"”.
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Nutritional Content of Supplemental Food Baskets Distributed by Charitable Agencies in Northeast Tennessee.
… needs of high-risk community members are met by supplemental food baskets distributed by charitable groups in northeast Tennessee. Hunger is a real problem among the area's elderly population, as 14.3% of the populations live at or below the poverty level. Data were collected using observation …
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Effect of a supplemental food supply on the reproductive attainment of the gray squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis)
The effect of a supplemental food supply on the reproductive attainment of the gray squirrel was investigated in the squirrel populations of two food supplemented Experimental and two Control woodlots near the campus of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia, from …
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Effects of supplemental food on the behavior, aggression, and paternity status of male Indigo Buntings (Passerina cyanea)
… study has investigated the possible effect of food availability on male mate guarding behavior. Additionally, previous results from food supplementation studies are mixed. My objectives were to determine how food supplementation might influence the breeding behavior of male Indigo Buntings …
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The Effect Of Supplemental Food On The Life History Traits And Demography Of A Population Of Peromyscus Mexicanus
… tropical forest was provided with a high quality food supplement for one year (Experiment 1). Unfed and fed populations were compared to assess the effect of food addition on the reproductive and developmental characteristics of females and young, and to assess the effect of food addition on …
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Bridging the Gap: Community Gardens as a Supplement to Senior Adult Food Assistance Programs
<p>Food insecurity and access to nutrition-rich food for senior adults receiving food assistance is an ever-growing concern in the United States. For households that lack accessible food, the availability of alternative sources of nutrition such as community gardens could be critically important to …
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The impact of urban centers on American goldfinches (Spinus tristis) overwintering at high latitudes
… with higher CORT may be more likely to locate supplemental food.</p>
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Food label reading habits of low-income women and women from the general population
… Education Act of 1990 (NLEA) mandates that the Food and Drug Administration overhaul existing food labeling regulations and provide the consumer with a standardized, informative food-labeling policy. The intended benefit is the elimination of the confusion currently surrounding food labeling and …
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Predicting Intention to Wean from the Bottle Among Hispanic Mothers
… mothers of infants enrolled in the Special Supplemental Food Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC).</p> <p><em>Method</em>. A convenience sample of 266 low-income Hispanic mothers of infants age 5 to 14 months old were categorized into four groups by experience weaning a child from …
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Use of restored grasslands by mammals in a dynamic agroecosystem: insights from camera trapping
… matrix (i.e., loss of hiding cover and supplemental food due to crop harvesting). Overall, landscape context was important in determining use of created grasslands. For instance, distance to nearest forest was the main predictor of site occupancy for raccoons, which has management …
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How does temperature affect Fork-tailed Drongo, Dicrurus adsimilis, foraging effort, nestling provisioning and growth rates?
… constraints on behaviour, from declining food availability and or access to prey items at high temperatures. In this study, I aimed to identify how temperature affects the foraging and provisioning behaviour of wild Fork-tailed Drongos, Dicrurus adsimilis, when supplemental food is …
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Nutritional and non-nutritional risk factors and pregnancy outcome of WIC participants in Virginia
The Special Supplemental Food Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC) is a public health intervention targeted to reach a high risk pregnant population in order to promote beneficial effects on pregnancy outcome. The ultimate goal of this research was to examine the pregnancy outcomes, …
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Seasonality and trade-offs in equatorial rufous-collared sparrows (Zonotrichia capensis)
… suggesting that paternity protection and food resource defense are the primary selective forces shaping male territorial behavior. Territorial aggression responses depended on the life history stage of males, which were not synchronized within the general population. In Chapter III, I …
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Intake of and attitudes toward soy milk and fruits and vegetables in special supplemental nutrition program for Women Infants and Children (WIC) participants
Background: The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) is the third largest food assistance program administered by the United States Department of Agriculture. Women and children participating in the WIC program receive vouchers from local clinics for …
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Digestibility of Foods and Anthropogenic Feeding of Black Bears in Virginia
… bear hunters have provided an unknown amount of food to black bears <i>(Ursus americanus)</i> in Virginia, supplementing their natural food supply. Possible effects of feeding bears can be negative, such as food conditioning and habituation to people, or positive, such as enhanced or sustained …
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Ecology of Merriam's Turkeys in the Southern Black Hills, South Dakota
… of female Merriam’s turkeys associated with supplemental food from livestock feeding or farmsteads was not different (P = 0.70) from females that wintered in forest habitats. Turkeys selected for open to mid-canopy (0-70%) mature (>22.9 cm diameter at breast height [DBH]) structural stage …
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Home range, site fidelity, reproductive ecology, and den site characteristics of the San Clemente Island fox
… Five of 23 foxes had home ranges that included supplemental food sources and human habitation, including all four females observed with pups, suggesting this could be a factor in reproductive success. I recommend caution when generalizing findings from other island fox subspecies and suggest …
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Culture of Channel Catfish in East-Central South Dakota Dugout Ponds
… rates of 309, 618, 1,235, and 1,853 fish/ha. Supplemental food was provided in 16 ponds (four at each stocking rate) at a rate of 4% body weight every other day. Fish in four ponds stocked, one at each of the respective stocking rates were not fed. Eleven of the 16 ponds which received feed …
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Relationship of Ruffed Grouse Home Range Size and Movement to Landscape Characteristics in Southwestern Virginia
… and/or laurel thickets also may be beneficial as supplemental winter cover, and mesic stands of mature hardwoods should be well interspersed with these cover types to provide supplemental food sources.
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Factors influencing Virginia WIC program participants in their decision not to breastfeed
This study was conducted to investigate why women participating in the WIC Program chose bottlefeeding rather than breastfeeding. Additionally, this investigator sought to determine the extent of prenatal education provided on the topic of breastfeeding within the health department population …
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Flightless Giant Canada Goose Depredation Abatement and Disgestibility of Selected Crops in South Dakota
… vegetation visual barriers in conjunction with a food plot. A study site was chosen along an open shoreline on the Whitewood Slough Game Production Area, Kingsbury County, South Dakota. The existing alfalfa field was manipulated to form an alfalfa barrier and adjacent food plot. The objectives in …
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