Author: Michael J. DorrancePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Richardson's ground squirrel
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
The Annual Cycle and Population Dynamics of Richardson's Ground Squirrel
Author: Michael J. DorrancePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Richardson's ground squirrel
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
Population Dynamics of Richardson's Ground Squirrels
Author: Daniel Ralph MichenerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Animal populations
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
Wildlife Abstracts
Author: U.S. Fish and Wildlife ServicePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Animals
Languages : en
Pages : 826
Book Description
Aspects of Population Dynamics and Social Behavior in the Richardson's Ground Squirrel, as Modified by a Chemosterilant (mestranol)
Author: Louise Anna GouletPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ground squirrels
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Ecosystem Dynamics of the Boreal Forest : The Kluane Project
Author: Vancouver Charles J. Krebs Professor of Zoology University of British ColumbiaPublisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 9780199771349
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 542
Book Description
The boreal forest is one of the world's great ecosystems, stretching across North America and Eurasia in an unbroken band and containing about 25% of the world's closed canopy forests. The Kluane Boreal Forest Ecosystem Project was a 10-year study by nine of Canada's leading ecologists to unravel the impact of the snowshoe hare cycle on the plants and the other vertebrate species in the boreal forest. In much of the boreal forest, the snowshoe hare acts as a keystone herbivore, fluctuating in 9-10 year cycles, and dragging along secondary cycles in predators such as lynx and great-horned owls. By manipulating the ecosystem on a large scale from the bottom via fertilizer additions and from the top by predator exclosures, they have traced the plant-herbivore relationships and the predator-prey relationships in this ecosystem to try to answer the question of what drives small mammal population cycles. This study is unique in being large scale and experimental on a relatively simple ecosystem, with the overall goal of defining what determines community structure in the boreal forest. Ecosystem Dynamics of the Boreal Forest: The Kluane Project summarizes these findings, weaving new discoveries of the role of herbivores-turned-predators, compensatory plant growth, and predators-eating-predators with an ecological story rich in details and clear in its findings of a community where predation plays a key role in determining the fate of individuals and populations. The study of the Kluane boreal forest raises key questions about the scale of conservation required for boreal forest communities and the many mammals and birds that live there.
Canadian Journal of Zoology
Author: Wildlife Review
Author: Publisher:
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Category : Wild life, Conservation of
Languages : en
Pages : 716
Book Description
Ecology
Author: The Mammals of Minnesota
Author: Evan B. HazardPublisher: U of Minnesota Press
ISBN: 9781452901244
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 298
Book Description
A handbook of classification, identification, distribution, and ecology of 81 species of mammals now or once found wild in Minnesota. Minnesota has been the home of 81 species of mammals. This book is a comprehensive identification guide, also providing information on classification, distribution and ecology of these species. Each mammal is described in terms of size, color of fur, social and reproductive behavior, and interaction with people.
Squirrels of the World
Author: Richard W. Thorington Jr.Publisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 1421408686
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 470
Book Description
This is the most thorough treatment ever undertaken on the Sciuridae and promises to be the definitive book on squirrels for decades to come. Squirrels of the World, written by scientists with more than 100 years of collective experience studying these popular mammals, is the first comprehensive examination of all 285 species of squirrels worldwide. The authors reveal virtually every detail of the family Sciuridae, which includes ground squirrels, tree squirrels, flying squirrels, prairie dogs, and chipmunks. Each species—from the familiar gray squirrel of American backyards to the exotic and endangered woolly flying squirrel of Pakistan—is described in a detailed account that includes distinguishing characteristics, ecology, natural history, conservation status, and current threats to its existence. Squirrels of the World includes • stunning color photographs that document rare and unusual squirrels as well as common varieties • evolution, morphology, ecology, and conservation status • colorful range maps marking species distribution • images of the skull of each genus of squirrel • extensive references