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Showing 1 to 20 of 46 for “"marten"”.
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The ecology of a recovering native predator: the European pine marten (Martes martes)
… of a recovering predator: the European pine marten in Ireland. The pine marten is a semi-arboreal opportunist, but in the fauna depauperate landscapes of Ireland and Britain, it appears to fill the niche as a key predator species. The natural recovery of the pine marten may provide us with …
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Space use behavior and multi-scale habitat selection of American marten (Martes americana) in northeastern Minnesota
… and anecdotal reports indicate that the American marten population in Minnesota has declined over the past 10 years. We deployed radiocollars on 170 marten from 2008-2012 and used location data to describe space use behavior, estimate home range size, and assess habitat selection at landscape and …
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Assessing American Marten Use of Track-Plate Box Surveys for Estimating Population Size in the Black Hills of South Dakota
Following a 50-year absence, American marten (Martes americana) were reintroduced into the Black Hills of South Dakota in 1980. Surveys conducted post-reintroduction indicated 2 regions of the Black Hills where sub-populations of marten existed; 1) a 246-km2 region in the northern Black Hills, and …
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Distribution and Abundance of American Martens and Cougars in the Black Hills of South Dakota and Wyoming
American martens (Martes americana) and cougars (Puma concolor) are 2 carnivores that have become reestablished in the Black Hills of South Dakota and Wyoming. I predicted current distributions and estimated population sizes for both species in the Black Hills. Using geographical information system …
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Automated exploitation of fully randomized executables
… and the target's environment. I present Marten, a new end-to-end system for automatically discovering, exploiting, and combining information leakage and buffer overflow vulnerabilities to generate exploits that are robust against defenses, compilation decisions, and environment …
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Analyse des données hydro-environnementales du parc Kejimkujik par réseaux de neurones et réseaux polynomiaux
… provenant des ruisseaux Moose Pit et Pine Marten situes dans la region du parc national Kejimkujik en Nouvelle-Ecosse. Les reseaux de neurones et les reseaux polynomiaux sont utilises pour etablir une relation entre les variables d'entree et les variables de sortie. Quoique les deux types …
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Changes in the status and distribution of mammals of the order Carnivora in Yorkshire from 1600. County history of the fox, badger, otter, pine marten, stoat, weasel, polecat, American mink, wildcat and domestic cat.
… badger (Meles meles), otter (Lutra lutra), pine marten (Martes martes), stoat (Mustela erminea), weasel (M. nivalis), polecat (M. putorius), American mink (M. vison), wildcat (Felis silvestris) and domestic cat (Felis catus). In the case of the domestic cat, questionnaire surveys quantified …
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Exploration of State and Trait Anger, Anger Expression, and Perfectionism In Collegiate Springboard Divers
… Perfectionism Scale (FMPS; Frost, Marten, Lahart, & Rosenblate, 1990). Data analysis showed no significant differences between genders for any scales or subscales of anger or perfectionism. State anger and its subscales were not significantly correlated with any subscales of …
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Landmark Analysis of Musteloid Carnassials Applied to Taxonomic Identification and Examination of Sexual Dimorphism and Regional Morphotypes
… skunk) and <i>Martes americana</i> (American marten) from <i>M. pennanti</i> (fisher). Sex-based and geographical patterns were also found in the data. Sex separated all three species via the lower carnassial. Geographic divisions were found for <i>Mephitis mephitis</i>, <i>Martes …
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Mechanical design for advancing small-scale solid state additive manufacturing to enable deposition of commercial metal alloys
… deposition of high-strength alloys, like marten-sitic steel and aluminum, addressing challenges such as material buckling, heating, and tool stability. Key achievements include optimizing process parameters for multi-track and multi-layer printing, enabling printing under extreme …
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From Reflective Practice to Practical Wisdom: A Phenomenological Study of Preservice Teachers' Educational Growth in a Method Course
… (1933), Habermas (1973), Gadamer (1975), van Marten (1990), Higgins (2001), Eisner (2002), and Schwandt (2002) guided this study. Theoretical and methodological principles of phenomenology were employed to analyze the data. Phenomenology is one of the interpretive traditions in which …
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“Man-Cub They Call Me”: Mowgli’s Constructed Childhood in Kipling’s Jungle Books
… “Modern children,” as conceptualized by James Marten, are always hybrid figures, and their bodies are the physical sites on which all abstract constructions and ideologies of childhood are projected and manifested.</p>
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"To Mississippi, Alone, Can They Look For Assistance:” Confederate Welfare In Mississippi
… builds on Elna Green, Kathleen Gorman, and James Marten analysis of pensions and the political process. This study directly challenges the work of R. B. Rosenburg in regards to the socio-economic status of Confederate veterans’ home residents. Primary sources used in this work include census …
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Exploring Gender Differences in Online Cancer Support Groups
… Brandi, Keller,</p> <p>Lindena, Newohner, & Marten‐Mittag, 2008). Moreover, females treated in University clinics and rehabilitation clinics reported significantly higher distress than their male counterparts in the same setting, yet distress rates varied in different settings (Herschbach, …
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Extending the analysis of the FlipIt game
… The game was first articulated and analyzed by Marten van Dijk, Ari Juels, Alina Oprea and Ronald L. Rivest. FlipIt (or otherwise The Game of "Stealthy Takeover") is a game-theoretic framework for modeling computer security scenarios. Such scenarios include targeted attacks, cryptographic key …
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Seguimiento y gestión de sistemas depredadores-presa : aplicación a la conservación de fauna amenazada
… appropriate for the detection of red fox and marten than the use of cameras. Spotlights at night provided an adequate estimate of fox abundance, but they must be repeated for at least two consecutive nights. In order to detect the maximum annual abundance, with the lowest coefficients of …
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