Search Results - "Busher, Peter E."

The Influence of Landscape Structure on Wildlife–Vehicle Collisions: Geostatistical Analysis on Hot Spot and Habitat Proximity Relations by Galinskaitė, Lina, Ulevičius, Alius, Valskys, Vaidotas, Samas, Arūnas, Busher, Peter E., Ignatavičius, Gytautas

“…Vehicle collisions with animals pose serious issues in countries with well-developed highway networks. Both expanding wildlife populations and the development…”
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Lunar Phases and Wildlife-Vehicle Collisions: Application of the Lunar Disk Percentage Method by Ignatavičius, Gytautas, Ulevičius, Alius, Valskys, Vaidotas, Galinskaitė, Lina, Busher, Peter E, Trakimas, Giedrius

“…We investigated the relationship between lunar illumination based on the percentage of the visible lunar disk (LDP) and the frequency of wildlife-vehicle…”
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Food caching behavior of the Eurasian beaver in northern Europe by Busher, Peter E., Mayer, Martin, Ulevičius, Alius, Samus, Arunas, Hartman, Göran, Rosell, Frank

“…Food storage (caching, hoarding), which is observed in many species of animals, increases food availability during times of food insecurity. Both species of…”
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Temporal patterns of ungulate-vehicle collisions in a sparsely populated country by Ignatavičius, Gytautas, Ulevičius, Alius, Valskys, Vaidotas, Trakimas, Giedrius, Galinskaitė, Lina, Busher, Peter E.

“…Ungulates (mainly Cervidae and wild boar Sus scrofa ) are considered among the most problematic wildlife suffering on roads and causing the largest material…”
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Geochemistry of mercury in soils and water sediments by Ignatavičius, Gytautas, Unsal, Murat H., Busher, Peter E., Wołkowicz, Stanisław, Satkūnas, Jonas, Šulijienė, Giedrė, Valskys, Vaidotas

“…Our paper reviews the current understanding of mercury in the environment of soil and sediment, including sampling, mobilization phases and analyzing methods…”
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Food Caching Behavior of Beavers (Castor canadensis): Selection and Use of Woody Species by Busher, Peter E.

“…Preference of beavers for tree and shrub species during the autumn food caching period was investigated in western Massachusetts. Cafeteria-style feeding…”
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Optimal Central-Place Foraging by Beavers: Tree-Size Selection in Relation to Defensive Chemicals of Quaking Aspen by Basey, John M., Jenkins, Stephen H., Busher, Peter E.

“…At a newly occupied pond, beavers preferentially felled aspen smaller than 7.5 cm in diameter and selected against larger size classes. After one year of…”
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Evolutionary developmental biology presents novel pathways for effective teaching of evolutionary principles by Smith, Sally K Sommers, Busher, Peter E

“…The Modern Evolutionary Synthesis of the mid‐twentieth century presented a unified approach to the understanding of evolutionary mechanisms by integrating…”
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Anatomy and embryology units are key to teaching evolutionary thought by Smith, Sally K Sommers, Busher, Peter E

“…The College of General Studies at Boston University is a two‐year core curriculum program that prepares University students for a number of undergraduate major…”
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Population Parameters and Family Composition of Beaver in California by Busher, Peter E.

“…The beaver (Castor canadensis ) colony is most often an extended nuclear family consisting of a mated adult pair, yearlings, and the young-of-year called kits…”
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Population density, colony composition, and local movements in two Sierra Nevadan beaver populations [Castor canadensis, Nevada] by Busher, Peter E., Warner, Randall J., Jenkins, Stephen H.

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Castor canadensis by Jenkins, Stephen H., Busher, Peter E.

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Beaver Protection, Management, and Utilization in Europe and North America by Hammerson, Geoffrey A.

“…"Beaver Protection, Management, and Utilization in Europe and North America" edited by Peter E. Busher and Ryszard M. Dziciaowski is reviewed…”
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