Anecdotal data gathered from many populations suggest that southern flying squirrel (SFS, Gluucomys volans) use of the endangered red-cockaded woodpecker’s (RCW, Picoides borealis) nest and roost cavities may negatively affect RCW populations. We conducted a controlled experiment to determine the effects of SFSs on RCW reproductive success. During the 1994 and 1995 breeding seasons, SFSs were r...

Abstract The responses of wildlife to environmental factors are conservation importance. However, the absence relevant information due inadequate studies, and lack understanding influences on wildlife, particularly in Zambezian bioregion, remain a concern. For instance, there is shortage knowledge relationship between fixed effects behaviour as well nest group sizes Smith’s bush squirrels, Para...

This study aimed to evaluate the effect of rootstocks on fruit sugars, organic acids, and carotenoids. The contents of sugars and organic acids in fruits were determined by HPLC. Total acidity (TA), total soluble solids (TSS), and pH value of the juice were also evaluated. Total carotenoids and chlorophylls contents were measured using a spectrophotometer. The content of ethylene in fruits was ...

Coccidian parasites of red squirrels (Sciurus vulgaris) and grey squirrels (Sciurus carolinensis) in England S.J. Ball, P. Daszak, A.W. Sainsbury & K.R. Snow To cite this article: S.J. Ball, P. Daszak, A.W. Sainsbury & K.R. Snow (2014) Coccidian parasites of red squirrels (Sciurus vulgaris) and grey squirrels (Sciurus carolinensis) in England, Journal of Natural History, 48:19-20, 1225-1230, DO...

Strongly interacting species often have pronounced direct and indirect effects on other species. Here we focus of the effects of pine squirrels (Tamiasciurus spp.), which are a dominant pre-dispersal seed predator of many conifers including limber pines (Pinus flexilis) and whitebark pines (P. albicaulis). Pine squirrels depress seed abundance by harvesting most limber and whitebark pine cones ...

Environmental Science and Geography Program, University of Alaska Southeast, 11120 Glacier Highway, Juneau, AK 99801, USA (SP) United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station, Forestry and Range Sciences Laboratory, 1401 Gekeler Lane, La Grande, OR 97850, USA (WPS) Department of Biology and Wildlife, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK 99775,...

We present outcomes from curricular changes made to an introductory calculus-based physics course whose audience is primarily life sciences majors, the majority of whom plan to pursue postbaccalaureate studies in medical and scientific fields. During the 2011-2012 academic year, we implemented a Physics of the Life Sciences curriculum centered on a draft textbook that takes a novel approach to ...

A recent trend in Black German theatre engages with fantasy and posthumanism to criticize racism nationalism. In Krieg der Hörnchen (War of the Squirrels), Simone Dede Ayivi combines postnationalism, using fears invasive gray squirrels taking over habitat native red reimagine xenophobic racist debates about migration.