Browsing by Author "Lishak, Robert"

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Can a Horse Learn While Under the Influence of a Tranquilizer (acepromazine maleate)?

Griffith, Samantha (2006-12-15)

Although tranquilizers commonly are used as “training aids,” little is known about how this practice affects efficiency of learning in the horse. Forty mature horses were used to compare learning performance of tranquilized ...

Ecological Distribution of Shrews in the Cumberland Plateau of Alabama

Moss, Jackson (2015-12-14)

Shrews are small mammals that often occur in sympatry with other species of shrews. This suggests some form of resource partitioning is occurring. I examined eight habitats in Jackson County, Alabama, and detected ...

The Effect of Ad Libitum Concentrate Feeding on Crib-Biting Behavior in the Horse

Fenn, Teresa (2012-10-31)

Previous research indicates cribbing behavior in horses increases when horses were fed concentrate meals. This study used 10 mature cribbing geldings to investigate effects of ad libitum concentrate feeding on cribbing ...

The effects of male philopatry on reproductive behaviors and fitness in Columbian ground squirrels (Urocitellus columbianus)

Klase, Carrie C. (2016-11-09)

Decreased fitness is a consequence of inbreeding in many species. As a result, a variety of behavioral mechanisms, such as dispersal, are employed be mammals to avoid mating with relatives. Columbian ground squirrels ...

A Floristic Study of Weaver Creek Wetland, Santa Rosa County, Florida

Holt, Courtney (2008-05-15)

Steepheads (streams that originate from the bases of valley walls) create a unique freshwater wetland habitat. Currently, steepheads are known to exist only in the southeastern United States along the Gulf Coastal Plain. ...

Habitat Associations Among Bats on Redstone Arsenal, Alabama

Gardner, Sara (2008-12-15)

As forests become more fragmented, more research about use of forests by bats at the landscape level is needed. I employed 2 methods to investigate use of forest by foraging bats; mist-net surveys and ultrasonic-detection ...

Invasive Characteristics of Chinese Privet (Ligustrum sinense Lour.) in a Bay Swamp in the Fall Line Hills of East-Central Alabama

Pokswinski, Scott (2008-08-15)

Exotic species often become invasive because of an ability to occur in many habitat types with a variety of environmental variables. One species of plant that is particularly invasive throughout the southeastern United ...

Maternal effects in Columbian ground squirrels

Skibiel, Amy (2007-05-15)

The phenotype of an organism is the physical expression of its genotype and is a result of both the genetic makeup of an organism and the environment it experiences. An individual’s phenotype can also be affected by the ...

Mating Behavior of Columbian Ground Squirrels

Manno, Theodore (2008-08-15)

Columbian ground squirrels (Spermophilus columbianus) are diurnal, herbivorous, colonial, and hibernatory rodents that reside in the Rocky Mountains of western North America. During April-July in 2005-2007, field assistants ...

Placement and recovery of seed caches by a solitary rodent, Ord's kangaroo rat (Dipodomys ordii)

White, Jeremy (2008-08-15)

Seed caching is a common behavior that has important ecological consequences for seed-hoarding animals, granivorous competitors, and plants whose seeds are harvested and stored. Despite the significance of this behavior, ...

Reproductive Biology of Relict Trillium (Trillium reliquum)

Waddell, Melissa (2006-08-15)

Pollination and seed dispersal were studied in six populations of the endangered plant species Trillium reliquum in Bullock and Lee counties in Alabama and in Muscogee County, Georgia. Few populations of this species exist ...

Roosting behavior and habitat dynamics of male Indiana bats (Myotis sodalis) following a large-scale natural disturbance

Moosman, Paul (2005-08-15)

Indiana bats (Myotis sodalis) have been the subject of numerous ecological studies, partly because they are endangered. A majority of research has focused on maternity colonies and relatively less is known about males. ...

Variation in populational size and composition within two summer colonies of endangered gray bats (Myotis grisescens)

Redinger, Petra (2006-05-15)

For >30 years, the endangered gray bat (Myotis grisescens) has been a priority in conservation efforts in the southeastern United States. As part of these conservation efforts, the Alabama Department of Conservation and ...