The impacts of mining on the habitat ecology of raccoons in east-central Texas /
and movements, habitat use, resting site use, home range
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| Format: | Thesis eBook |
| Language: | English |
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1995.
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| Online Access: | Link to OAKTrust copy |
| Summary: | and movements, habitat use, resting site use, home range and radio-collared 12 and 4 adult raccoons in unmined and based on live-trapped raccoons. Raccoons inhabiting be incapable of supporting population densities found in conclusion that reclaimed habitats may not be mitigating the distribution of habitat types would influence diel activity During each season, I monitored continuous 24-hr activity and Habitat alterations associated with strip-mining and habitat use, and annual and seasonal home range sizes. habitats used trees more often as resting sites than did I discussed 5 recommendations to improve reclamation efforts. identified and its predictions regarding the potential impacts of habitat alterations on wildlife by comparing impacts of strip-mining on raccoons. Based on these results, in vegetation composition and structure and the spatial isolated resources for raccoons. Raccoons in unmined loss of unmined woodlands. Although it was not possible to Mine in Freestone County, Texas. I hypothesized that changes movement patterns of 4 radio-collared raccoons in unmined and movement patterns within and across the reclaimed landscape patterns of landscape use and behavior of raccoons (Procyon population sex-age structure suggest that reclaimed areas may raccoons in reclaimed areas; brushpiles were used more often raccoons to evaluate resting site use in unmined and reclaimed areas had larger annual home ranges and their reclaimed areas, respectively, and observed patterns of reclaimed areas. Estimates of population demographics were reclaimed areas. I relocated inactive radio-collared reclamation may reduce the suitability of an area for reproduction. I evaluated several predictions regarding the results from this study provided support for the processes it rotor) in unmined and reclaimed habitats on the Big Brown size, and ultimately the demography of raccoons. I captured suggested those areas offered less abundant and/or more test the validity of all aspects of the conceptual model, than trees by raccoons in reclaimed areas. Improved pasture underutilized by raccoons. Analyses of trapping success and unmined habitats. Collectively, these findings support the was the most abundant habitat type in reclaimed areas and was wildlife by redistributing requirements for survival and |
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| Item Description: | "Major subject: Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences". Vita. |
| Physical Description: | xi, 161 leaves : illustrations, maps ; 28 cm. Also available online. Issued also on microfiche from Lange Micrographics. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |