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(2010-05-19)Research from the last two decades has elucidated the importance of migration in the annual cycle of ducks, but many aspects of migration ecology remain poorly understood due to the difficulty of investigating movements ...
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(2014-09-16)Spring migration is an understudied, but important time for waterfowl as conditions faced during this period may affect reproductive success. Therefore, increasing our understanding of waterfowl ecology during spring is ...
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(2016-08-24)Canada geese (Branta canadensis) breed in subarctic and temperate areas of North America, but both populations typically winter in temperate regions of the northern United States. During winter, Canada geese are increasingly ...
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(2012-05-22)The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) finalized its Clean Air Interstate Rule (CAIR) and Clean Air Visibility Rule emission regulations in 2005, to limit emissions of sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides and particulate ...
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(2012-09-18)Research on ecosystem services strives to build stronger linkages between ecological and economic systems in order to improve ecosystem management and human well-being. By clarifying how human populations benefit from ...
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(1999)I investigated mechanisms responsible for generating distribution patterns of tree squirrels in the agricultural landscape of eastern Illinois. I surveyed mammalian species richness in 10 forest remnants and found that 7 ...
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(2019-07-12)Climatic changes are occurring across the globe and warming is a pervasive issue for ectotherms across all habitats. Freshwater ecosystems are threatened by anthropogenic warming, and with projected increases in global ...
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(2012-05-22)Prairies have become a globally endangered resource. In Illinois, the pervasiveness of agriculture has resulted in an almost complete loss of natural prairie. Wildlife associated with prairie and grassland has concomitantly ...
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(2009)Finally, Salmonella infections in slider turtles were not significantly affected by the host or habitat characteristics measured in this study. No turtles out of 100 were shedding Salmonella. Dissections of 73 turtles, ...
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(2019-12-12)Shrubland birds are among the fastest declining groups of birds over the past 50 years. Habitat loss and degradation are proposed as being major drivers, but the underlying causes of these declines are unknown. I investigated ...
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(2012-05-22)Muskellunge Esox masquinongy are commonly stocked to either maintain or supplement populations across the Midwestern United States. The objectives of most fish stockings are to maximize survival and growth. Many potential ...
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(2010-08-20)It has been widely debated whether producing ethanol from corn is sustainable in the long term. Environmentally, the major concern is that producing ethanol from corn involves intensive water and energy consumption. ...
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(2014-05-30)Due to their elusive nature, most carnivore species are difficult to monitor and study, and thus data are often insufficient to guide appropriate conservation action or to test hypotheses regarding species ecology (Nowell ...
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(2011-01-14)Auchenorrhyncha (i.e., leafhoppers, treehoppers, spittlebugs, and planthoppers) represent some most diverse groups of herbivorous insects in the tallgrass prairie, they have close associations with many native prairie ...
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(2016-04-28)The western corn rootworm, Diabrotica virgifera virgifera LeConte, is the most economically significant insect pest of U.S. corn production and can inflict substantial yield loss. Historically, crop rotation was a successful ...
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(2010-08-31)In this study I evaluated the effectiveness of an acoustic recording system (SRS) for surveying tropical bird communities and species relative to traditional point count surveys. To address this goal, I compared species ...
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(2015-07-06)Tallgrass prairie is a highly endangered ecosystem in North America, and woody plant encroachment is one of the leading stressors facing prairie remnants. Insights into factors that predict vulnerability and resistance to ...
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(2013-08-22)The origin and maintenance of sexual reproduction has long been of interest to evolutionary biologists. While the relationship between genetic diversity and asexuality has received recent attention, the precise nature of ...
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(2014-05-30)Floristic Quality Assessment (FQA) is a measure of site conservation value. It is premised on using an area’s plant species composition and diversity to estimate its human disturbance and degradation levels. FQA metrics ...
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(2010-08-20)According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), carbon dioxide (CO2) concentration in the atmosphere has increased from its pre-industrial value of 280 parts per million by volume (ppmv) to 384 ppmv. ...
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