wetlands, national parks and wildlife refuges are the most important ecological capitals, so inform of their change has main role in quality of management of such area. having new information of their changes helps us to find causes of changes and plans and policies that needed. remote sensing data are one of the most important and best sources for changes monitoring especially in environment. ...

BACKGROUND: Inbreeding is one of the major problems of small size herds of red deer in refuge wildlife parks. OBJECTIVES: The aim of the present study was to use estrus synchronization technique in red deer (Cervus elaphus) based on natural mating to control the dominancy and social rank of stags and inbreeding. METHODS: In this study, hinds (n=6) were captured and caged at breeding season (ear...

Land acquisition is a common practice for establishing and expanding protected areas such as wildlife refuges. However, the socioeconomic feasibility and ecological consequences of an acquisition project are rarely assessed before the project is executed. In this paper, a socio-economic-ecological model (SEELAND) was developed to simulate the socioeconomic feasibility and ecological consequence...

raccoon is a native species to north and central america. at present, it is an invasive species in many countries such as japan, germany, russia and iran. raccoon was observed for the first time in gilan province in iran in 1991. this research was employed ecological niche factor analysis (enfa) method to model habitat selection of raccoon in lavandevil wildlife refuge. the results showed that ...

persian gazelle, gazella subgutturosa, exists throughout arid and semiarid regions of iran and has a key role in these frail ecosystems. habitat degradation and population decline has placed it on the list of vulnerable species in 2008. the phylogenetic relationships of three persian gazelle populations in the central part of iran (i.e. ghamishlou national park and wildlife refuge, mouteh wildl...

Burrows within black-tailed prairie dog (Cynomys ludovicianus) colonies on the Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge, Colorado, were dusted with deltamethrin insecticide to reduce flea (Insecta: Siphonaptera) abundance. Flea populations were monitored pre- and posttreatment by combing prairie dogs and collecting fleas from burrows. A single application of deltamethrin significantly re...

We examined the population genetic structure of American alligators (Alligator mississippiensis) sampled from 12 localities across the southeastern United States. The primary goal of this study was to determine the extent of population differentiation among alligators from four Florida lakes using eight microsatellite loci and compare the results to additional sites located at varying distances...

1Denver Wildlife Research Center, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Bldg. 16, Federal Center, Denver, Colorado 80225; 2yukon Flats National Wildlife Refuge, U.S. Department of Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service, 101 12th Avenue, Box 20, Federal Bldg. and Courthouse, Fairbanks, Alaska 99701, and 3Animal Damage Control, U.S. Department of Agriculture, An...