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Showing 1 to 15 of 15 for “"Sylvilagus floridanus"”.
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The Cottontail, Sylvilagus Floridanus Mearnsii The Cottontail Sylvilagus Floridanus Mearnsii
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Agricultural Land Use and the Eastern Cottontail in Illinois
… with the abundance of the eastern cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus) in Illinois and (2) determine the movements, home range, and habitat selection of cottontails in an intensively farmed region of Illinois. The county level index for cottontail abundance was related to 13 agricultural land use …
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Mammal Damage and Movements of Deer Mice in South Dakota Shelterbelts
… (Microtus ochragaster), and cottontail rabbits (Sylvilagus floridanus) was conducted on 5 woody species that colIIIllonly occur in South Dakota shelterbelts. Movementsof deer mice were studied in a mature shelterbelt using a smoked kymograph tracking technique. Green ash (Fraxinus pennsylvanica …
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Life History and Ecology of the Black-Footed Ferret in the Wild
… and dead prairie dogs, mice, cottontails (Sylvilagus floridanus), and birds placed near their burrow. A trench-like structure formed by ferrets digging in prairie-dog burrows was a characteristic sign indicating that ferrets were present. Numerous plugged burrows formed by prairie dogs …
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Influence of dietary Mirex and nutritive restriction on cottontail rabbit reproductive physiology
… characteristics of captive cottontail rabbits (Sylvilagus floridanus) after ingestion of 20 ppm Mirex or under the influence of 25 percent nutritive restriction were examined in three experiments. A 2 X 2 factorial design was employed in Experiment I in which 29 females were treated for 11 weeks …
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Influence of physical restraint and restraint-facilitating drugs on blood measurements of white-tailed deer and other selected mammals
… (Odocoileus virginianus), 84 cottontail rabbits (Sylvilagus floridanus), and greater than 500 laboratory white mice (Mus musculus) while subjected to various methods of restraint in the process of blood collection. The methods of restraint for deer included 3 drugs (Succinylcholine chloride [SCC], …
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Use of restored grasslands by mammals in a dynamic agroecosystem: insights from camera trapping
… raccoons (Procyon lotor), eastern cottontails (Sylvilagus floridanus), coyotes (Canis latrans), and white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus). Most species showed seasonal differences in grassland use that reflected the dynamic nature of the surrounding agricultural matrix (i.e., loss of hiding …
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Dangerous misperceptions with consequences: survival of Eastern cottontails on restored grasslands surrounded by agriculture
… important prey species, the eastern cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus), in restored grassland habitats and the surrounding agricultural matrix. From June 2014 through June 2016, I radio-collared 95 cottontails and tracked their movements until the transmitter failed or mortality occurred. I then …
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A determination of the species and subspecies of the rabbits of the genus Sylvilagus and their distribution in Virginia
… The ranges have been outlined as follows: Sylvilagus floridanus mallurus, ranging from the coast in the east, westward practically through the mountains; S. f. mearnsii is limited to the western corner of the state; S. f. hitchensi, known only from Smith's Island and Fisherman's Island off …
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The effects of mammalian herbivores on successional grasslands in central Illinois
… Microtus ochrogaster, M pennsylvanicus, and Sylvilagus floridanus) and related these data to those from the exclosure experiments. To determine the kinds and numbers of plants commonly dispersed by rabbits, I also collected and germinated plants from rabbit fecal pellets. Neither rabbit …
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Caracterización florística, estructural del bosque de las riveras de la Laguna de Apoyo y su contribución a la protección y conservación, Masaya-Granada
… peligro de extinción o ya desaparecidas están: Sylvilagus floridanus (conejo), Odocoileus virginianus (venado), Agamia agami (Garza), Didelphis marsupralis (Zorro cola pelada) y Herpetotheres Cachinnas (Gavilán guas). En el área de estudio se identificaron, un total de 9 fuentes de agua (ojo de …
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Assessing the Effects of Sea-Level Rise on Piping Plover (Charadrius Melodus) Nesting Habitat, and the Ecology of a Key Mammalian Shorebird Predator, on Assateague Island
… was strongly tied to eastern cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus) trap success, increasing sharply with increased eastern cottontail trap success, 2) red fox occupancy did not change in response to an intensive eradication program, and 3) red foxes in our study area generally moved little …
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Investigation of a major reduction in hunter harvest of the cottontail rabbit in southeastern Virginia
… that continuous declines of cottontail rabbit (Sylvilagus floridanus) populations have occurred in some areas of Virginia since the early 1930's. This study was undertaken to determine the factor(s) responsible for these declines. The Fort Pickett military reservation in southeastern Virginia, …
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Effects of food on bald eagle distribution and abundance on the northern Chesapeake Bay: an experimental approach
… platyrhynchos) and rabbits (eastern cottontails, Sylvilagus floridanus, or domestic rabbits, Oryctolagus cuniculus) in shoreline trials, and gizzard shad with mallards and eastern gray squirrels (Sciurus carolinensis) in captive eagle trials. Wild and captive eagles preferred catfish (P=0.0072 and …
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ECOLOGY OF THE SWAMP RABBIT AND EASTERN COTTONTAIL IN BOTTOMLAND HARDWOOD FORESTS IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS
Swamp rabbit and eastern cottontail populations have declined substantially in Illinois within the last half-century. Habitat loss and fragmentation, particularly of bottomland hardwood (BLH) forest, have left swamp rabbit populations patchily distributed along major rivers in the southern portion …