Download or read book Population Dynamics and Habitat Use of Desert Mule Deer in the Trans Pecos Region of Texas written by Richard Kenneth Lawrence and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Habitat Use by Desert Mule Deer and Collared Peccary in an Urban Environment written by Elizabeth S. Bellantoni and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Texas Wildlife Resources and Land Uses written by Raymond C. Telfair and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2011-01-20 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Natural habitats for wildlife in Texas and the many species they support are dwindling at an alarming rate as an ever-growing population continues to develop the land for commercial, industrial, and agricultural uses. To take stock of our current wildlife and land resources, identify challenges facing them, and offer strategies for future management and conservation, this book presents over twenty-five essays by experts from a wide range of governmental and private organizations involved in wildlife policy and management. Modeled on the proceedings of a 1982 wildlife symposium published by the Texas Chapter of The Wildlife Society, this book updates and expands the issues involved in wildlife and land use. The chapters are grouped into five sections-perspectives on Texas wildlife resources, future expectations in land use, the public and future demands for wildlife, wildlife management and research, and wildlife management on public lands. The diverse and sometimes competing viewpoints presented here will be important reading for everyone concerned with managing land for wildlife.
Download or read book Effects of Spike 20P on Habitat Use and Movements of Mule Deer and Other Wildlife in Trans Pecos Texas written by Reagan Thomas Gage and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Wildlife Ecology and Management in Mexico written by Raul Valdez and published by Texas A&M University Press. This book was released on 2019-02-07 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mexico is the fourteenth largest country in the world and ranks fifth in biodiversity. Located in the transition zone between the temperate and tropical regions of North and South America, Mexico is an important migratory corridor for wildlife and also provides wintering habitat for several species of bats, monarch butterflies, and temperate North American nesting birds. Mexico faces several challenges to wildlife management and conservation efforts. While there is increased public education and acknowledgment of the valuable benefits wildlife provides, there is still much work to do to incentivize conservation efforts. Fortunately, there is growing recognition that Mexico’s wildlife resources can be a critical component in the rural economic development of the country. Bringing together an international team of wildlife experts across North America, Wildlife Ecology and Management in Mexico provides information on the status, distribution, ecological relationships, and habitat requirements and management of the most important game birds and mammals in Mexico. It also reviews current threats and challenges facing wildlife conservation as well as strategies for resolving these issues. This reference is a valuable tool for wildlife biologists, wildlife management professionals, and anyone interested in conserving Mexico’s wealth of natural resources. By laying out the challenges to conservation research, editors Raul Valdez and J. Alfonso Ortega-S. hope to encourage interdisciplinary communication and collaboration across borders.
Download or read book Habitat Use by Desert Mule Deer and Collared Peccary in an Urban Environment written by Elizabeth S. Bellantoni and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Social and Scientific Factors Impacting Mule Deer Habitat Conservation in the Intermountain West written by Nicholas F. Trulove and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus ) in the Intermountain West, alterations to habitat are outpacing strategies to mitigate human disturbance on critical seasonal ranges and migration routes. Conserving mule deer habitat requires cooperation between a diverse group of stakeholders, state wildlife agencies, and federal land management agencies. The first chapter of this thesis explores the current and historical relationship between state wildlife agencies, citizen stakeholders, and federal agencies in order to highlight opportunities to improve cooperative habitat conservation in the United States. Conservation is a result of social, political, and economic action, but relies upon science to inform policy. The second chapter explores the seasonal habitat use of mule deer in southwestern Wyoming. In response to low fawn recruitment, the Wyoming Game and Fish Department deployed 15 GPS collars on adult female mule deer in an effort to enhance knowledge of mule deer population dynamics, migrations, and habitat use. The study captured two winter climate regimes, with greater winter severity during the 2010-11 winter compared to the winter of 2011-12. Deer migrated an average of 23.9 km (SE = 2.2) between seasonal ranges, and completed spring migrations nearly one month earlier following the milder winter of 2011-12 ( t 19 = 5.53, df = 19, P ? 0.001). Pooled, the average area of winter ranges (1057 ha, SE = 103, n = 26) was larger than summer ranges (423 ha, SE = 51 ha, n = 25) (t = -5.44, df = 49, P ≤ 0.001), with no increase or decrease in size of seasonal ranges detected between years (P = 0.243) according to a post-hoc Tukey HSD test. Between years, deer were observed to shift the geographic center of winter ranges (2.9 km, SE = 1.1, n = 12) to a larger degree than summer ranges (0.4 km, SE = 0.1, n = 12) (t = -2.20, df = 22, P = 0.040). Survival and pregnancy rates (86% and 96%, respectively) correlated closely with other mule deer studies, and neither factor appears to negatively impact population growth. Identifying seasonal ranges and migration routes, and quantifying seasonal habitat use, will assist Wyoming Game and Fish Department efforts to protect mule deer seasonal habitats and migration routes, and direct vegetation manipulations intended to improve the nutritional quality of habitats. On average, winter ranges included a later percentage of shrub-dominated habitat (83.8%, SE = 0.3, n = 26) than summer ranges (57.5%, SE = 2.0, n = 25) (t = -4.42, df = 49, P ? 0.001). Summer ranges averaged a greater proportion of agricultural lands (2.8%, SE = 1.1, n = 25) and aspen (Populus tremuloides ) habitats (9.0%, SE = 2.2, n = 25) than winter ranges (0.1%, SE = 0.1, n = 26 and 0.2%, SE = 0.0, n = 26, respectively) (t = 3.03, df = 49, P = 0.004 and t = 3.86, df = 49, P ? 0.001, respectively). Mule deer ranges are primarily located on Bureau of Land Management (73%, SE = 2.8, n = 51) and privately owned (17.3%, SE = 2.9, n = 51) lands, highlighting opportunities for cooperative partnerships for mule deer habitat conservation.
Download or read book The Mammals of Trans Pecos Texas written by Franklin D. Yancey and published by Texas A&M University Press. This book was released on 2023-12-14 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One hundred and five species of mammals are native to the Trans-Pecos region of Texas. The greatly varied terrain, climate, and vegetation make its mammalian life exceptionally varied, ranging from tiny shrews to great elks, from bats to aquatic beavers and muskrats, from desert-dwelling kangaroo rats to forest-loving chipmunks, and from an assortment of mice and rats to predatory cougars and coyotes. This fully revised and updated edition of The Mammals of Trans-Pecos Texas provides a guide to the identification of these animals and summarizes important facts about their lives. With nearly every species illustrated with accurate, detailed pen-and-ink drawings by artist Chester O. Martin and color plates of some of the most iconic mammals that live in the Trans-Pecos region, it exemplifies how biologists integrate art with science to develop a wider appreciation for nature. The account of each species is arranged to contain a brief description of the animal, the geographic distribution of the species, and a discussion of the natural history of the mammal. This authoritative work brings together an appreciation for and understanding of the diversity of fauna, life histories, and ecologies within a unique and fascinating landscape.
Download or read book Influence of Precipitation and the Effects of Season Change on Desert Mule Deer Populations in Trans Pecos Texas written by Ryan E. Walser and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus) in west Texas are of considerable economic importance to landowners. Therefore, understanding the effects of precipitation and length of hunting season on mule deer are crucial for their management. From 1986-2000 mule deer population numbers in Trans-Pecos, Texas have shown a 55% decline. The population has been estimated at a high of 221,952 in 1986 and a low of 99,790 in 2000. It appears that below average precipitation from 1986-2000 may have been one of the factors that led to the decline. I used Palmer drought indices as well as raw precipitation data to evaluate relationships between population abundance and fawn production and annual and seasonal precipitation from 1978-2003. Population abundance was most strongly correlated to the Palmer Hydrologic Drought Index (PHDI) (R = 0.645, P ≤ 0.001). Fawn production showed the strongest positive correlation to the Palmer Modified Drought Index (PMDI) (R = 0.553, P = 0.003). The mule deer population in west Texas is susceptible to long-term and short-term drought. In 1988, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) changed the mule deer hunting season from a 9-day to a 16-day season. Subsequently, in 2005, the mule deer season was changed from a 16-day to a 60-day hunting season modeled after the Managed Lands Deer Permits (MLDP) program for white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus). Therefore I evaluated the effects of the season change in 1988 to assess whether the 2005 season change would have any effects on the mule deer population in Trans-Pecos, Texas. I looked for differences in harvest quality, quantity, and population abundance before (1980-1987) and after (1988-1995) the season change. I found no difference in spread, basal circumference, or number of points (P ≥ 0.27). Conversely, age increased from a mean of 4.47 to 4.83 years. I found no change in the number of bucks harvested (P = 0.19) but, the buck:100 doe ratio increased (P = 0.001). There was no evidence that an extended season caused a decrease in quality and an increase in quantity of bucks harvested.
Download or read book The Effects of Supplemental Feed on Seasonal Home Ranges and Habitat Use of Mature Mule Deer Bucks in Trans Pecos Texas written by Andrew S. James and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Habitat Use by Desert Mule Deer written by Leonard L. Ordway and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Desert Mule Deer Ecology and Habitat Use on Cattle grazed Grass shrub Range written by Kim Elizabeth Ragotzkie and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Evaluation of a Translocated Population of Desert Mule Deer in the Chihuahuan Desert of Northern Coahuila Mexico written by Alfonso Ortega-Sanchez and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus) are large (30-150 kg) ungulates that occur from southern Alaska to the desert mountains, grasslands, and coastal regions of northern and western Mexico. In Mexico, conservation efforts have taken place to reestablish mule deer to their original distribution; however, little information exists on these species. I evaluated post-release movements and vegetation type preferences of translocated desert mule deer in northern Coahuila, Mexico comparing soft- and hard-release as methods of liberation. Translocated mule deer presented difference in dispersal distance from the release site of soft- versus hard-release methods (P = 0.001); however, no difference existed when comparing post-release range sizes of deer released using these methods (P = 0.793). Mule deer habitat was characterized in 3 different classes: creosote flats, lechuguilla hills, and xeroriparian vegetation types. At second order analysis, xeroriparian vegetation type had a higher use/availability ratio (Sxeroriparian = 3.68). At third order habitat selection, 1 of 15 individuals used xeroriparian vegetation type in lesser proportion than its availability (S 1.0) on the upland study area. Six of 15 individuals used xeroriparian vegetation type randomly (S = 1.0-1.1). Eight of 15 individuals used xeroriparian vegetation type in greater proportion than its availability (S 1.1). Translocated mule deer preferred (P = 0.002) to use xeroriparian (9.2% ) greater than their availability (2.5%); use of Lechuguilla hills (63%) presented no difference (P = 0.005) from its availability (64%); and use of creosote flats (25%) was different (P = 0.004) when compared to its availability (34%). Considering the results of my research, I conclude the use of soft-release method is a reliable and successful method for reducing post-release movement of desert mule deer. Although their home ranges may not be reduced in size, translocated mule deer that are soft-released tend to establish their ranges closer to their release site. I provide a guide that describes the options for reintroducing mule deer in the Chihuahuan Desert of Mexico. The electronic version of this dissertation is accessible from http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/151934
Download or read book Habitat Use Herd Ecology and Seasonal Movements of Mule Deer in the Texas Panhandle written by Benjamin Henry Koerth and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Population Ecology and Habitat Relationships of Mule Deer in Bridger Mountains Montana written by Harvey E. Nyberg and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Study of the Reproductive Pattern in the Desert Mule Deer Odocoileus Hemionus Crooki Mearns Related to Range Conditions in the Trans Pecos Region of Texas written by Janakkumar Haribhai Desai and published by . This book was released on 1962 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
