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  • About
  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
    Our metadata is collected from universities around the world. If you manage a university/consortium/country archive and want to be added, details can be found on the NDLTD website.
51

Local Distribution in a Population of Uinta Ground Squirrels

Walker, Robert Edgar 01 May 1968 (has links)
In an attempt to describe, explain, and show the demographic significance of annual variations in the nesting distribution of Uinta ground squirrels, a study was conducted during the summers of 1964 through 1967 in northern Utah. Procedures included both trapping and direct observation. It was found that females tended to nest in open, previously inhabited, grassy areas. Males resided throughout a variety of habitats. This typical nesting distribution was established initially in the summer by juveniles shortly after they first appeared aboveground. The extent to which the distribution was maintained the following spring depended largely upon the number of female s which emerged from hibernation and the pattern in which they emerged. The number of females which appeared depended upon the previous year's breeding density and productivity. The pattern of emergence appeared to be a function of an inherent pattern of physiological arousal from hibernation and the prevailing weather conditions. The number and sequence of emergence of females in the early spring affected breeding and social organization in a manner which limited the number of females which retained residences in the study area. This determined the actual breeding density. In addition, emergence influenced the production of offspring by altering both the breeding density and the number of non-productive females in the population. The adaptive significance of the system and its applicability to other species are discussed.
52

The Annual Demography of a Population of Antelope Ground Squirrels in Curiew Valley, Utah

Kitts, James R. 01 May 1970 (has links)
The annual demography of a population of antelope ground squirrels in Curlew Valley, Utah was studied by measuring population density, natality, and mortality. Capture- recapture techniques yielded lower estimates than the Hayne strip- census. The estimates suggested 1968 was a year of population decline. One hundred seventy- three squirrels were collected and autopsied to obtain sex ratio , age structure, natality, and mortality data . The seasonal sex ratios for adult and yearling squirrels showed 82 percent females in spring 1968, this gradually changed to 56 percent by winter . The seasonal sex ratios of the young squirrels showed 59 percent females upon emergence from natal burrows in summer 1968, increasing to 79 percent by winter. The squirrels collected were aged by cementum annuli . The oldest were believed to be 5 years old . They composed 1.2 percent of the collection while young- of- the-year composed 38. 7 percent. The estimate of mean corpora lutea was 7.6, the mean embryo count was 7.2, and the mean post-partum placental scar count was 5.8. The mean corpora lutea count for yearlings was statistically lower than the count for adults and the mean ovulation rate for 1968 statistically lower than the rate for 1969. An estimate of litter size from four nests gave a mean of 4.5. In 1968, the conception rate was 91 percent with yearlings comprising 75 percent of those not conceiving. In 1969, the rate was 100 percent. Pre-Emergence mortality of the young was 41 percent. post-emergence mortality was 86 percent, and mortality, March - November, 1968 was 92 percent. Adult and yearling spring-to-spring mortality for study area squirrels calculated from retrap data was 81 percent. Spring-to-spring mortality calulated from age distribution data and Ricker's formula was 71 percent. The spring-to-fall mortality for 1968 calculated from density estimates and age distribution data was 53 percent.
53

THE EFFECT OF HABITAT SOUND PROPERTIES ON ALARM CALLING BEHAVIOR IN TWO SPECIES OF TREE SQUIRRELS (SCIURUS NAYARITENSIS AND SCIURUS ARIZONENSIS)

Hobbs, Donna Edeen January 1980 (has links)
Sound attenuation properties of the habitats occupied by two species of tree squirrels affect whether or not the squirrels will make alarm calls. Sound properties have been compared among habitats, microhabitats, weather conditions and seasons. In each case alarm calling activity is consistent with the hypothesis that calling behavior is acted upon by natural selection: calling occurs when squirrel calls carry well, and thus where the potential for communication is high.
54

The Abert squirrel (Sciurus aberti aberti) and its relationship to the forests of Arizona

Keith, James Oliver, 1932- January 1956 (has links)
No description available.
55

The role of differentially expressed genes and their protein products in the hibernating thirteen-lined ground squirrel Spermophilus tridecemlineatus /

Hittel, Dustin Shayne, January 1900 (has links)
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Carleton University, 2002. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 166-178). Also available in electronic format on the Internet.
56

Antioxidant defense in the hibernating thirteen-lined ground squirrel Spermophilus tridecemlineatus /

Ni, Zhouli, January 1900 (has links)
Thesis (M. Sc.)--Carleton University, 2004. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 119-132). Also available in electronic format on the Internet.
57

Regulation of protein and phospholipid metabolism in the 13-lined ground squirrel, Spermophilus tridecemlineatus, and the wood fog, Rana sylvatica /

Woods, Ashley January 1900 (has links)
Thesis (M.Sc.) - Carleton University, 2005. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 134-145). Also available in electronic format on the Internet.
58

Transcriptional regulation in the hibernating thirteen-lined ground squirrel, Spermophilus tridecemlineatus /

Morin, Pier Jr, January 1900 (has links)
Thesis (Ph.D.) - Carleton University, 2006. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 118-138). Also available in electronic format on the Internet.
59

Daily activity rhythms in the flying squirrel, Glaucomys volans

DeCoursey, P. J. January 1959 (has links)
Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1959. / Typescript. Vita. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 148-162).
60

An examination of two unconventional methods to assess resource use by two New Brunswick forest mammals : the marten and the northern flying squirrel

Bourgeois, Maryse C. January 1900 (has links) (PDF)
Thesis (M. Sc.)--Acadia University, 1997. / Includes bibliographical references. Also available on the Internet via the World Wide Web.

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