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Big Game Habitat Utilization in Noncommercially Thinned Ponderosa Pine in Custer State Park
… was used to improve big game habitat in Custer State Park, South Dakota. Thinning densely stocked ponderosa pine created more diverse and productive foraging areas for big game species. This study evaluated utilization of forages in thinned pine stands by elk (Cervus elaphus), mule deer …
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Habitat Selection and Sexual Suggestion of Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep in Custer State Park, South Dakota
Spatial segregation between Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis canadensis) ram and ewe herds has been documented by Geist (1971), Geist and Petocz (1977), Shank (1979), Morgantini and Hudson (1981), and Hogg (1983), where ram herds consist of mature males approximately 4 years old and …
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Lungworm Infections, Reproduction and Summer Habitat Use of Bighorn Sheep in Custer State Park, South Dakota
… it to decline to 1 animal by 1959 (W. Winter, Custer State Park, pers. comm.). A second reintroduction of Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep was made in Custer State Park in 1964. Again the population increased, reaching a level of 100-150 animals by 1975 (Trefethen 1975). The population in the park …
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Effects of Ivermectin on Lungworm Infection and Lamb Survival of Bighorn Sheep in Custer State Park, South Dakota
… of lambs of free-ranging bighorn sheep in Custer State Park (CSP), South Dakota. Three distinct ewe herds in CSP allowed for comparisons among ewes given o, l, and 2 treatments of ivermectin. Treatments were given in February and March, 1987, and January and February, 1988. Ivermectin was …
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Seasonal Movements, Habitat Use Patterns and the Effects of Human Disturbances on Elk in Custer State Park, South Dakota
… relation to human use patterns were studied in Custer State Park (CSP), South Dakota from June 1993 to September 1994. Twenty-four adult, radio-collared elk (14 cows and 10 bulls) were relocated by ground triangulation or visual observation from 2-5 times/week from July 1993 to September 1994 …
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Impacts of Land Cover Changes on Ecosystem Services Delivery in the Black Hills Ecoregion from 1950 to 2010
… is applied to the Black Hills National Forest, Custer State Park, and Wind Cave National park, in order to compare different management systems in the Black Hills and their implications for ecosystems services delivery over time. Although the trends of changes vary among the case studies …
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Anthropogenic Factors Affecting Mountain Lions in the Black Hills of South Dakota
… 2005, South Dakota Department of Game, Fish, and Parks, deemed it prudent to permit sport-hunting of mountain lions and because scientific research had been occurring, the opportunity to investigate the relationship between mountain lions and sport-hunting arose. The objectives of this research …
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Factors Influencing Use of Fecal Line Surveys For Estimating Trends in Predator Populations in Western South Dakota
… and the B lack Hills (Lawrence, Pennington, and Custer counties), South Dakota study areas from February to October 1 998 and from February to mid-May and September to October 1 999. Food habits of coyotes were determined from fecal analysis of samples collected from study areas. Four coyotes (3 …