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Research
Theme for Branch Lab
Animal-Landscape Interactions
Examples
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Ecology
and conservation of South American mammals:
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El gaucho
with plains vizcacha (Note the welding gloves!)
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Vizcachas are
exploited for meat and fur.
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Burrowing owl, one of the species
dependent upon the open habitat and burrows created by vizcachas
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Ecology,
conservation, and sustainable management of a keystone species:
long-term studies of the plains vizcacha (Lagostomus maximus)
in a semi-arid landscape (La Pampa, Argentina) |
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Landscape
structure, habitat fragmentation, and the behavior and dynamics of animal
populations:
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Assessment
of the effects of habitat fragmentation on the demography,
distribution, and genetics of the Florida scrub lizard
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Behavioral responses of
beach mice to hurricane-fragmented landscapes: landscape
connectivity, predation risk, and the introduction of artificial
light
(Photo credit: USFWS)
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Functional
roles of animals in ecosystems: keystone species, ecosystem
engineers, and heterospecific facilitation
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Pocket
gophers -- ecosystem engineers in the long-leaf pine ecosystem.
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Role of native herbivores in structuring plant and animal
communities and controlling ecosystem processes
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