Evaluation of subcutaneous implants for monitoring American black bear cub survival

Ursus

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 172-180

  Echols, Kim N ^a,c   Vaughan, Michael R ^a   Moll, H David ^b,d  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA MARYLAND REGIONAL COLLEGE OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Oklahoma State University ^*  (United States)

^d OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

American black bear; Cub; Implant; Program MARK; Subcutaneous; Surgery; Survival; Telemetry; Ursus americanus; Virginia

Indexed keywords

EID: 27444436178     PISSN: 15376176     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2192/1537-6176(2004)015<0172:eosifm>2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

References (29)

1. ELOWE, K.D, AND W.E. DODGE. 1989. Factors affecting black bear reproductive success and cub survival. Journal of Wildlife Management 53:962-968.
2. ERICKSON, A.W. 1959. The age of self-sufficiency in the black bear. Journal of Wildlife Management 23:401-405.
3. GODFREY, C.L. 1996. Reproductive biology and denning ecology of Virginia's exploited black bear population. Thesis, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA.
4. GUYNN, JR., D.C., J.R. DAVIS, AND A.F. VON RECUM. 1987. Pathological potential of intraperitoneal transmitter implants in beavers. Journal of Wildlife Management 51:605-606.
5. HIGGINS, J.C. 1997. Survival, home range and spatial relationships of Virginia's exploited black bear population. Thesis, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA.
6. JESSUP, D.A., AND D.B. KOCH. 1984. Surgical implantation of radiotelemetry device in wild black bears, Ursus ameri-canus. California Fish and Game 70:163-166.
7. KOEHLER, D.K., T.D. REYNOLDS, AND S.H. ANDERSON. 1987. Radio-transmitter implants in 4 species of small mammals. Journal of Wildlife Management 51:105-108.
8. KOEHLER, G.M., P.B. HALL, M.H. NORTON, AND D.J. PIERCE. 2001. Implant-versus collar-transmitter use on black bears. Wildlife Society Bulletin 29:600-605.
9. KORSCHGEN, C.E., K.P. KENOW, A. GENDRON-FITZPATRICK, W.L. GREEN, AND F.J. DEIN. 1996. Implanting intraabdominal radiotransmitters with external whip antennas in ducks. Journal of Wildlife Management 60:132-137.
10. KOZAK, S.J. 1970. Geology of the Elliott Knob, Deerfield, Craigsville, and Augusta Springs quadrangles, Virginia. Virginia Division of Mineral Resources, Report of Investigation 21, Richmond, Virginia, USA.
11. LECOUNT, A.L. 1987. Causes of black bear cub mortality. International Conference on Bear Research and Management 7:75-82.
12. MELQUIST, W.E., AND M.G. HORNOCKER. 1979. Development and use of a telemetry technique for studying river otter. Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Biotelemetry 2:104-114.
13. MIELKE, P.W., AND K.J. BERRY. 1994. Permutation tests for common locations among samples with unequal variances. Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics 19:217-236
14. -,-, P.J. BROCKWELL, AND J.S. WILLIAMS. 1981. A class of nonparametric tests based on multiresponse permutation procedures. Biometrica 68:720-724.
15. NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION. 1996. Climatological data annual summary 1996. National Climatic Data Center, Asheville, North Carolina, USA.
16. -. 1997. Climatological data annual summary 1997. National Climatic Data Center, Asheville, North Carolina, USA.
17. -. 1998. Climatological data annual summary 1998. National Climatic Data Center, Asheville, North Carolina, USA.
18. PHILO, M.L., E.H. FOLLMANN, AND H.V. REYNOLDS. 1981. Field surgical techniques for implanting temperature-sensitive radio transmitters in grizzly bears. Journal of Wildlife Management 45:772-775.
19. REYNOLDS, P.S. 1992. White blood cell profiles as a means of evaluating transmitter-implant surgery in small mammals. Journal of Mammalogy 73:178-185.
20. RYAN, C.W. 1997. Reproduction, survival, and denning ecology of black bears in southwestern Virginia. Thesis, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacks-burg, Virginia, USA.
21. SCHOBER, F., AND J. WAGNER. 1988. Considerations on adverse effects of transmitter implants and on limits of surgical feasibility in animal biotelemetry. Proceedings of the Tenth International Conference on Wildlife Biotelemetry 10:535-543.
22. SCHULZ, J.H., A.J. BERMUDEZ, J.L. TOMLINSON, J.D. FIRMAN, AND Z. HE. 1998. Effects of implanted radiotransmitters on captive mourning doves. Journal of Wildlife Management 62:1451-1460.
23. SMITH, H.R., AND G.D. WHITNEY. 1977. Intraperitoneal transmitter implants-their biological feasibility for studying small mammals. Proceedings of the First International Conference on Wildlife Biotelemetry 1:109-117.
24. U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 1965. Land resource regions and major land resource areas of the United States. Soil Conservation Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture Handbook 296.
25. VAN VUREN, D. 1989. Effects of intraperitoneal transmitter implants on yellow-bellied marmots. Journal of Wildlife Management 53:320-323.
26. VASHON, J.H., M.R. VAUGHAN, A.D. VASHON, D.D. MARTIN, AND K.N. ECHOLS. 2003. An expandable radio collar for black bear cubs. Wildlife Society Bulletin 31:380-386.
27. WHITE, G.C., AND K.P. BURNHAM. 1999. Program MARK: survival estimates from populations of marked animals. Bird Study 46 Supplement:120-138.
28. WILLEY, C.H. 1974. Aging black bears from first premolar tooth sections. Journal of Wildlife Management 38:97-100.
29. WILLIAMS, T.D., AND D.B. SINIFF. 1983. Surgical implantation of radiotelemetry devices in the sea otter. Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association 183:1290-1291.