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Alternative Methods of Controlling Wildlife Populations
Contributor(s):: Lindsay Aspin, Chantel McDowell, Rebecca Rocha, Julie M. Fagan
Every year New Jersey sets aside several days for a state-sponsored black bear hunt. We feel that this hunt is unnecessary, and that proper human behaviors will change black bear behavior, and ultimately decrease human-bear interactions. This way, humans are at peace, and bears are at peace, and...
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Hunting Bambi : evaluating the basis for selective harvesting of juveniles
Contributor(s):: Jos M. Milner, Christophe Bonefant, Atle Mysterud
Human harvesting is often a major mortality factor and, hence, an important proximate factor driving the population dynamics of large mammals. Several selective harvesting regimes focus on removing animals with low reproductive value, such as “antlered” harvests in North America and...
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The impact of a wolf conservation project on attitudes of the public, hunters and farmers toward wolves in Slovenia
Contributor(s):: Jasna Mulej Tlhaolang
For successful conservation of large carnivores, charismatic and controversial species, ensuring human tolerance is essential. Therefore, wolf conservation projects aim to improve both the biological and socio-political conditions. I used a mixed methods approach to explore the effectiveness of a...
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Ducks and Deer, Profit and Pleasure: Hunters, Games and the Natural Landscapes of Medieval Italy
Contributor(s):: Cristina Arrigoni Martelli
This dissertation is an ample and thorough assessment of hunting in late medieval and Renaissance northern and central Italy. Hunting took place in a variety of landscapes and invested animal species. Both of these had been influenced by human activities for centuries. Hunting had deep cultural...
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The zooarchaeology of great house sites in the San Juan Basin of the American Southwest
Contributor(s):: Shaw Badenhorst
This dissertation considers animal remains from great houses in the San Juan Basin of the American Southwest. The archaeofauna from an outlying great house, Albert Porter Pueblo in the central Mesa Verde region, occupied between Pueblo II and III (A.D. 1020-1280), indicates that turkey increased...
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Harvest demographics of temperate-breeding Canada geese in South Dakota, 1967-1995
Contributor(s):: Gleason, Jeffrey S., Jenks, Jonathan A., Naugle, David E., Mammenga, Paul W., Vaa, Spencer J., Pritchett, Jennifer M.
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Evaluating competing preferences of hunters and landowners for management of deer populations
Contributor(s):: D'Angelo, Gino J., Grund, Marrett D.
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Quantitative assessment of bullet fragments in viscera of sheep carcasses as surrogates for white-tailed deer
Contributor(s):: Cruz-Martinez, Luis, Grund, Marrett D., Redig, Patrick T.
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The National Wildlife Control Training Program: an evolution in wildlife damage management education for industry professionals
Contributor(s):: Curtis, Paul D., Smith, Raj, Hygnstrom, Scott
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A spatially explicit model of the white-tailed deer population in Delaware
Contributor(s):: Jennings, Brian, Bowman, Jacob L., Tymkiw, Elizabeth L.
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Determination of residue levels of alpha-chloralose in duck tissues
Contributor(s):: Goldade, David A., Stahl, Randal S., Johnston, John J.
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Testing systems of avian perch deterrents on electric power distribution poles in sage-brush habitat
Contributor(s):: Dwyer, James F., Doloughan, Kerrin W.
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Keys to managing a successful archery deer hunt in an urban community: a case study
Contributor(s):: Stewart, Chad M., Keller, Bruce, Williamson, Chad R.
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Lead from spent ammunition: a source of exposure and poisoning in bald eagles
Contributor(s):: Cruz-Martinez, L., Redig, P. T., Deen, J.
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Too many hogs? A review of methods to mitigate impact by wild boar and feral hogs
Contributor(s):: Massei, G., Roy, S., Bunting, R.
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Late summer movements by giant Canada geese in relation to a September hunting season
Contributor(s):: Dleter, C. D., Anderson, B. J., Gleason, J. S., Mammenga, P. W., Vaa, S.
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Survival and harvest characteristics of giant Canada geese in eastern South Dakota, 2000-2004
Contributor(s):: Dieter, C. D., Gleason, J. S., Andersoi, B. J., Vaa, S., Mammenga, P. W.
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Assessing the effectiveness of the Birdsbesafe anti-predation collar cover in reducing predation on wildlife by pet cats in Western Australia
| Contributor(s):: Hall, C. M., Fontaine, J. B., Bryant, K. A., Calver, M. C.
Many pet cats hunt and, irrespective of whether or not this threatens wildlife populations, distressed owners may wish to curtail hunting while allowing their pets to roam. Therefore we evaluated the effectiveness of three patterned designs (simple descriptions being rainbow, red and yellow) of...
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Individual hunting behaviour and prey specialisation in the house cat Felis catus: implications for conservation and management
| Contributor(s):: Dickman, C. R., Newsome, T. M.
Predators are often classed as prey specialists if they eat a narrow range of prey types, or as generalists if they hunt multiple prey types. Yet, individual predators often exhibit sex, size, age or personality-related differences in their diets that may alter the impacts of predation on...
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Hunting: In Search of the Wild Life [Book review]
| Contributor(s):: Swanson, Regina
