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Showing 1 to 4 of 4 for “"black-footed ferrets"”.
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Plague on the Prairie : the fight to save black-footed ferrets from the West's most insidious disease
When a single remaining population of black-footed ferrets was discovered in Meeteetse, Wyoming in 1981, scientists had one last chance to save North America's only native ferret from extinction. Though the discovered population numbered over 100 individuals when it was found, ferrets began to die …
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Efficacy of Scent Dogs in Detecting Black-Footed Ferrets (Mustela nigripes) at a Reintroduction Site in South Dakota
… nocturnal and fossorial lifestyle of endangered black-footed ferrets (Mustela nigripes) has made studying them difficult for biologists. Due to the nocturnal nature of black-footed ferrets, a limited number of monitoring techniques are available for use by site managers. Initial ferret surveys at …
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Life History and Ecology of the Black-Footed Ferret in the Wild
Twenty-one black-footed ferrets (Mustela nigripes) were observed at six different locations in southwest South Dakota between April 1966, and September 1967. All observations were made on black-tailed prairie-dog (Cynomys ludovicianus) towns from 15 to 100 acres in size. Because of the proximity of …
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Ecology of the Coyote (Canis latrans) at Wind Cave National Park
… coyotes may have on reintroduced endangered blackfooted ferrets (Mustela nigripes) to Wind Cave National Park, a study on coyote ecology was warranted. Our objectives were (1) to determine disease titers to canine distemper virus (CDV), Fransicella tularensis, and Yersinia pestis, (2) to …