An abrupt interface between mountains and prairies in southwestern Alberta means wilderness areas and carnivore populations overlap cattle grazing lands. Consequently, there is concern about the effects of large carnivores, especially wolves, on livestock. I used GPS clusters and scat samples to determine year-round wolf diets in this region. Both methods indicated a significant seasonal shift in wolf diets from wild prey during the non-grazing season to cattle in the grazing season. The GPS cluster method effectively identified wolf kills but this method relies on telemetry with high accuracy and precision. In southwestern Alberta, Argos satellite radicollars have been used extensively by wildlife managers. I compare how differences in precision between GPS and Argos technologies affect the estimation of habitat-selection models. Differences in accuracy and precision can lead to erroneous conclusions about animal selection of habitat. / Ecology

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2007. / Adviser: Elizabeth Hearne. UMI Cat. no.: 3269982. Includes bibliographical references (p. 411-442)

Thesis (troisième cycle)--Université de Paris III, 1983. / Bibliography: p. 212-219.

The Sami has lived of reindeer husbandry for more than a thousand years, but the reindeer has also been an important prey for predators as wolverines, bears, lynx’ and wolfs. For the reindeer and their own survival, the Sami therefor have developed a unique knowledge regarding predators they must avoid, of which the wolf is the worst of them all. This thesis attempts to point out in which ways the wolf has effected the reindeer husbandry in Sweden, and how the problems has been presented through three periods during the last hundred years, in one of the Sami’s own media channels, the magazine called Samefolket. The thesis also attempts to clarify the implemented and proposed solutions, and the changing of them, and even to find out how the reindeer herder’s, and people in general, have looked at the occurrence of wolves, now and then. The Swedish wolf population has increased considerably during the last hundred years, but the occurrence of wolves has been a significant problem for the reindeer husbandry during all the treated periods. The wolves chases, sores, aches and kills all kinds of reindeers, and spreads the reindeer herds, and scares them and makes them difficult to work with. In addition, this create great frustration, stress and a lot of extra work for those who work with the reindeers. Several measures to solve the problem has been proposed, and with different results. In previous years, hunting with different methods was common, and good hunting performances was prized. From 1966, killing wolves is illegal. The development of good compensation systems is therefore one of the tried solutions of the problems after that. In recent years, it has also been decided that the wolf population should not exceed a particular number of individuals in the reindeer pastry areas.

The study was focused on study of diversity of Cryptosporidium spp. in wild canines and bears in the Czech Republic, Slovak Republic, Poland and Romania. A total of 359 faecal samples were collected from 179 red foxes (Vulpes vulpes), 83 grey wolves (Canis lupis), 63 brown bears (Ursus arctos) and 34 jackals (Canis aureus). Faecal samples were screened for Cryptosporidium by microscopy and PCR/sequencing. Phylogenetic analysis of small-subunit rRNA, actin and 60-kDa glycoprotein sequences revealed the presence of C. tyzzeri, C. andersoni in red foxes, C. canis and C. ubiquitum in gray wolves and C. galli in a brown bear and a red fox. Subtyping of C. ubiquitum and C. tyzzeri isolate by sequence analysis of the 60-kDa glycoprotein gene showed that isolates belonged to the XIId and IXa subtype family, respectively. Detection of host-non-specific cryptosporidia, except C. canic and C. ubiquitum, in wild canine and bears shows rather a food preference of screened carnivors than on an active infection.

No período de julho de 2004 a junho de 2012, foram realizadas 104 capturas de lobos-guará. Os animais foram contidos quimicamente para coleta de material biológico. Carrapatos foram encontrados em 94 lobos e enviados ao Laboratório de Doenças Parasitárias da FMVZ-USP, onde foram identificados com auxílio de estereomicroscópio e chaves taxonômicas. Das amostras analisadas, foram encontradas 72 larvas, 188 ninfas e 911 carrapatos adultos, pertencetes as espécies Rhipicephalus microplus, Amblyomma spp., Amblyomma cajennense, Amblyomma ovale, Amblyomma brasiliense, Amblyomma tigrinum. O presente trabalho registra pela primeira vez larva de R. microplus e adulto de A. brasiliense parasitando C. brachyurus no país, reforçando os achados prévios da literatura destas espécies de carrapatos utilizarem os lobos-guará como hospedeiros. Sangue e soro também foram coletados durante contenção química, 67 amostras de sangue total de lobos guará e 52 carrapatos adultos foram testados através da técnica de Reação em Cadeia de Polimerase (PCR) para a pesquisa de DNA de Anaplasma spp., Babesia spp., Ehrlichia spp., Hepatozoon spp. e Rickettsia spp. Foi realizada a sorologia para a pesquisa de anticorpos anti-Rickettsia spp. para 210 amostras de soro de cães domésticos e 43 foram positivas. Quatro indivíduos apresentaram reação homóloga para R. parkeri, dois para R. rhipicephali, um para R. rickettsii. Alem disso, foram testadas 88 amostras de soro de lobo guará e, destas, 84 foram positivas para pelo menos uma das espécies de Rickettsia e indicaram reação homóloga para R. parkeri e R. rhipicephali. Foram testadas 84 amostras de soro de lobo-guará na sorologia para Ehrlichia canis e, destas, 16 foram positivas. Nos testes moleculares foi detectada e confirmada a presença de H. canis, H. felis, R. parkeri já descritas para os hospedeiros vertebrados e invertebrados testados no estudo e ainda o primeiro registro em A. tigrinum de Candidatus R. andeanae e Candidatus Midichloria mitocondrii / From July 2004 to June 2012, 104 maned wolves were captured. The animals were chemically restrained in order to collect biological material. Ticks were found in 94 wolves and sent to the Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases FMVZ USP, and were identified using a stereomicroscope and taxonomic keys. Of the samples analyzed, 72 were larvae, 188 nymphs and 911 adult ticks, from the species Rhipicephalus microplus , Amblyomma spp , A. cajennense, Amblyomma ovale, Amblyomma brasiliense e Amblyomma tigrinum. This paper reports for the first time larvae of R. b. microplus and adult of A. brasiliense parasitizing C. brachyurus in the country, reinforcing the findings in previous studies of these species of ticks using the maned wolves as hosts . Blood and serum samples were also collected during chemical restraint, 67 blood samples of maned wolves and 52 adult ticks were tested using the technique of Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) for the detection of DNA of Anaplasma spp., Babesia spp. Ehrlichia spp., Hepatozoon spp. and Rickettsia spp. Serology was performed for the detection of antibodies to Rickettsia spp. 210 serum samples of domestic dogs were tested and 43 were positive. Four individuals showed reaction homologous to R. parkeri, two for R. rhipicephali and one for R. rickettsia. In addition, we tested 88 serum samples of maned wolf and 84 were positive for at least one species of Rickettsia and indicated homologous reaction to R. parkeri and R. rhipicephali. 84 maned wolf serum samples were in serology for Ehrlichia canis and 16 were positive. In molecular tests was detected and confirmed the presence of H. canis, H. felis and R. parkeri had already been described for the vertebrate and invertebrate hosts tested in the study. This is also the first report of Candidatus R. andeanae and Candidatus Midichloria mitocondrii in A. tigrinum

My grandfather 's name is Adolf Šprincl . Over 12 years he was a professional coach hockey teams in France (with various interruptions from 1971 to 1994 ) , where he trained teams in Tours, Villard de Lans and Grenoble. The last named team is most associated with him. Les Loups de Brleurs - Wolves in the burner. My father's name is Milan Šprincl . From the age of 5 years he`s playing hockey. From the age of 18 years it played at a professional level in the Czech first league . The most important places in his life are hockey stadiums in Jihlava and Hodonin. Both stadiums stands on the site of a old cemetery in neighborhood there is a Baroque cemeterychapel. I tried to play hockey, but I failed. I continue in the family tradition of hockey and also the grandfather's work in Grenoble. Documentary film with elements of experimental manipulations and fiction passages will map to the development of French hockey and also the mystique associated with hockey . Attempts to reveal a seemingly random connections between hockey and sacred land for the rest of the dead. At the same time this film plans to close a series of films with the theme of my personal family history, to which I perceive in abstract forms. The film is shot on VHS camcoder. I shoot hockey stadiums (especially in Hodonin and Jihlava ) in which interests me as architectural monumentality of these sports , but also the context in which they are found (hockey arena on former cemeteries , etc. ) . The next part takes place in France , near Grenoble, where he focuses on the current state of French hockey (interviews with prominent personalities of French hockey - Jean Leblond / Vice President of the French hockey , Dany Grandor / former player Grenobelu - officer team, Stéphane Bailles / first hockey scout in France, Jean - Luc Dalaison / journalist Le Dauphiné and others) and link to my grandfather , who is one of the most important figures in the history of the hockey team Bruleurs Les Loups de Grenoble . Another important part is i work with historical documents ( articles in French and Czech press about his grandfather , his personal correspondence , notebooks with notes for training and game strategy , and also relics of his time in France) and a part takes place on the ice rink , where you will be using the other game lines and projections manipulated match in hockey (tells the legend of the mountain Vercors of wolves who ate people ) . Part of the film is the creation of costumes (especially hockey jerseys ) and props.

Two obstructionist ways of doing politics on contentious wildlife management issues currently reflect a legitimacy deficit in official channels for public engagement. The first is that of a pernicious “direct-action” politics, in the form of resort by hunters in rural Sweden to illegal killings of protected wolves over whose policy they contest. The second obstruction is when environmental non-governmental organizations routinely file appeals in higher-level courtrooms contesting democratically mandated wolf cull decisions. Although markedly different when it comes to their categorically deliberative values as well as fidelity to the law, we argue both extra-legal and the litigative phenomena reflect disenfranchisement with the participation channels in which such controversies may be resolved through a public dialogue. We also argue that both possess negative systemic deliberative value inasmuch as they frustrate goals of reaching deliberative consensus, by contributing to a stalled public communication on wolf management. We address this deficit by appeal to recent developments in the theory and practice of mini-publics that promote both the categorical and systemic deliberative value of channeling contestation. In particular, we appeal to a novel conception of hunter-initiated, but citizen controlled, mini-publics as a vehicle for re-starting stalled public communication on wolf conservation.

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