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Behavioral Phenomena and Population Estimation of White-Tailed Deer Based on Camera Trap Data [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
When shaping management actions and conservation programs, it is essential to understand the population dynamics of a species. One species that sees extensive management and research effort is the white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus), as it is both
Hills, Meghan
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Effectiveness of wildlife guards at access roads

open access: yesWildlife Society Bulletin, 2013
The reconstruction of 90.6 km of U.S. Highway 93 from Evaro to Polson, Montana, USA, includes 41 wildlife crossing structures and 13.4 km of road with wildlife fencing. These measures are aimed at reducing wildlife–vehicle collisions and increasing human
Tiffany D. H. Allen   +2 more
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Managing for diversity: harvest gap size drives complex light, vegetation, and deer herbivory impacts on tree seedlings

open access: yes, 2016
Many managed northern hardwood forests are characterized by low-diversity tree regeneration. Small harvest gaps, competition from shrub–herb vegetation, and browsing by white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) contribute to this pattern, but we know ...
M. Walters   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Deer Prion Proteins Modulate the Emergence and Adaptation of Chronic Wasting Disease Strains

open access: yesJournal of Virology, 2015
Transmission of chronic wasting disease (CWD) between cervids is influenced by the primary structure of the host cellular prion protein (PrPC). In white-tailed deer, PRNP alleles encode the polymorphisms Q95 G96 (wild type [wt]), Q95 S96 (referred to as ...
Camilo Duque Velásquez   +7 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Measuring Peripheral Tissue DHA Turnover Using a Novel 13C Enrichment Technique

open access: yesLipids, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Recently, through the use of compound‐specific isotope analysis (CSIA), our lab validated the utility of 13C enrichment (δ13C) of docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) by using a very high δ13C in a diet switch study by measuring brain, liver, and plasma DHA turnover and half‐lives via high‐precision gas chromatography combustion isotope ratio mass ...
Brinley J. Klievik   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Extraction and Quantification of Hydrolyzable Tannins in Acorns from Different Species of Oak Trees (Quercus spp.) [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Do white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) prefer to eat certain types of acorns based on tannin content? Hydrolyzable tannins consist of gallate groups connected via ester linkages to a carbohydrate (D-glucose) The Prussian Blue method was used to ...
Browning, Sarah, Woodruff, Marshall E.
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Growing Our Roots

open access: yesLanguage and Literacy: A Canadian Educational e-journal
This study examines early language and literacy from Indigenous perspectives, addressing the educational gap for Indigenous children. Through an Indigenous methodology, 22 participants revealed themes on culturally responsive education, cultural ...
Lois Maplethorpe, Eunice Eunhee Jang
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Analysis of 19 Minerals and Cortisol in Red Deer Hair in Two Different Areas of the Stelvio National Park: A Preliminary Study

open access: yesAnimals, 2019
The aim of the study was to perform an investigation on the concentration of 19 minerals and cortisol in red deer (Cervus elaphus) hair, a matrix that is easy to collect with non-invasive and painless sampling, able to represent an integrative values of ...
Marta Montillo   +8 more
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Improving hospital nutrition care through “Indigenous cultural safety” of menu options: Results of a cross‐sectional survey of Indigenous people in Western Canada

open access: yesNutrition in Clinical Practice, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Hospital nutrition services rarely offer Indigenous‐specific menu options, an essential element of delivering “Indigenous cultural safety” in nutrition care to Indigenous patients. Methods Indigenous participants (n = 370) completed a semistructured Indigenous Food Ways survey (paper‐based and online) from 2021 to 2022 as part of ...
Annalijn I. Conklin   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Therapeutic Value of Intellectual Virtue

open access: yesHumana.Mente: Journal of Philosophical Studies, 2012
The focus of this article is to offer an account of how the development of one’s intellectual character has therapeutic value in the attempt to overcome self-deception.
Mark Young
doaj  

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