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Evidence of Non-Strike Induced Chemosensory Searching by Eastern Copperheads (Agkistrodon Contortrix) During Cicada Predation
<p>New evidence of active foraging by eastern copperheads, <italic>Agkistrodon contortrix</italic>, contradicts its description as an envenomation-reliant ambush predator. Evidence of active foraging through non-strike induced chemosensory searching (NSICS) was previously found in cottonmouths …
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Individual capture history affects site use and defensive behavior of foraging eastern copperheads at a recreational site
… and frequency of site use of foraging of eastern copperheads (Agkistrodon contortrix) at Koomer Ridge Campground in the Daniel Boone National Forest, Kentucky. Since 2015 this site has been used for ongoing, annual mark-recapture studies of the foraging ecology of copperheads as they predate …
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Population Demographics And Active Foraging Behavior Of Copperheads (Agkistrodon Contortrix) At A Recreational Site In Eastern Kentucky
… at the site. From 2015 to 2018, 84 individual copperheads (male = 46; female = 38) were captured, weighed, and PIT-tagged. The average number of snakes caught each year ranged from 18 to 45, and the total number of captures (including recaptures) was 261. The probability of apparent survival …
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Food Habits, Growth, Conversion Efficiency and Response to Prey Odors of the Copperhead, Agkistrodon Contortrix
… investigated during this study. Sixty-one adult copperheads were examined for prey remains and yielded 31 prey items of which 50% were small mammals. Captive neonates were observed to feed only on small skinks, various small colubrid snakes, and plethodontid salamanders. Growth rate was similar …
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Impacts of Driving Factors on Annual Cicada Emergence in Relation to the Seasonal Abundance of Eastern Copperheads (Agkistrodon contortrix)
… range. In eastern Kentucky, observations of copperheads congregating to feed on cicadas has been documented in recreational areas. This creates an urgency to understand the driving factors of the timing of this relationship to reduce negative human-copperhead interactions. The objective of …
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Ecology of Upland Snake Communities in Managed Montane Longleaf Pine Habitats of Georgia
… Black racers (<em>Coluber constrictor</em>), copperheads (<em>Agkistrodon contortrix</em>), corn snakes (<em>Pantherophis guttatus</em>), Eastern hognose (<em>Heterodon platirhinos</em>), and timber rattlesnakes (<em>Crotalus horridus</em>). Northern pine snake (<em>Pituophis melanoleucus …
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The Kimberlins Go To War: A Union Family in Copperhead Country
This is the story of the Kimberlin Family that sent 33 fathers and sons, brothers and cousins to fight for the Union cause during the Civil War. Ten family members were killed, wounded, or died of battlefield disease, a 30 percent casualty rate that is unmatched in recorded Scott County history. Of …
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A Vast and Varied Opposition: The Shifting War Democrat - Peace Democrat Continuum in Civil War Pennsylvania
This thesis identifies the Democratic party in Civil War Pennsylvania as existing along a shifting political continuum. This continuum ranged from the War Democrats, whose support for the Union war effort aided the Republican administration of Abraham Lincoln, to the Peace Democrats, whose …