DONALD S. DAVIS

Evaluation of the Efficacy of Florida Key Deer Translocations (2008)

Israel D. Parker, Dominique E. Watts, Roel R. Lopez, Nova J. Silvy, Donald S. Davis, Robert A. McCleery, ...

The endangered Florida Key deer (Odocoileus virginianus clavium) is endemic to the Lower Florida Keys. In recent years, habitat fragmentation and restricted dispersal have resulted in small, isolated...

Digital Versus Film-Based Remote Camera Systems in the Florida Keys (2008)

Israel D. Parker; Texas A&M University, Dominique E. Watts; Texas A&M University, Robert A. McCleery; Texas A&M University, Roel R. Lopez; Texas A&M University, Nova J. Silvy; Texas A&M University, Donald S. Davis; Texas A&M University

Remote-triggered cameras are an important tool in wildlife research and the increasing availability of digital camera technology can potentially provide researchers with additional options and...

Effects of US 1 Project on Florida Key Deer Mortality (2008)

Israel D. Parker, Anthony W. Braden, Roel R. Lopez, Nova J. Silvy, Donald S. Davis, Catherine B. Owen

Approximately 26% of annual mortality for the endangered Florida Key deer (Odocoileus virginianus clavium) occurs as deer–vehicle collisions (DVCs) on the 5.6-km section of United States Highway 1...

Distribution and Abundance of Endangered Florida Key Deer on Outer Islands (2008)

Dominique E. Watts, Israel D. Parker, Roel R. Lopez, Nova J. Silvy, Donald S. Davis

Status assessment of endangered Florida Key deer (Odocoileus virginianus clavium) is currently limited by a paucity of information regarding population estimates for outer islands, which collectively...

Effects of a Highway Improvement Project on Florida key Deer (2007)

Parker, Israel D., Braden, Anthony W., Lopez, Roel R., Silvy, Nova J., Davis, Donald S., Owen, Catherine B.

With an absence of predators, deer-vehicle collisions (DVCs) are the primary source of mortality for the endangered Florida Key deer (Odocoileus virginianus clavium). Of these collisions, >50% occur...

Evaluation of a highway improvement project on Florida key deer (2005)

Braden, Anthony W., Lopez, Roel R., Roberts, Clay W., Silvy, Nova J., Owen, Catherine B., Frank, Philip A., ...

Deer-vehicle collisions (DVCs) are a concern in the recovery of the endangered Florida Key deer (Odocoileus virginianus clavium) on Big Pine Key, Florida. Since the 1960s, nearly half of the total...

DIFFERENCES IN FLIGHT CHARACTERISTICS OF PEN-REARED AND WILD PRAIRIE-CHICKENS (2005)

MARC F. HESS, NOVA J. SILVY, CLIFTON P. GRIFFIN, ROEL R. LOPEZ, DONALD S. DAVIS

The introduction of pen-reared Attwater's prairie-chickens (APC, Tympanuchus cupido attwateri) into the wild to supplement existing populations has met with marginal success. Flight characteristics,...

EPIDEMIOLOGY AND DIAGNOSIS OF MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS IN CAPTIVE ASIAN ELEPHANTS (ELEPHAS MAXIMUS) (2001)

Susan K. Mikota, Linda Peddie, James Peddie, Ramiro Isaza, Freeland Dunker, Gary West, ...

The deaths of two Asian elephants (Elephas maximus) in August 1996 led the United States Department of Agriculture to require the testing and treatment of elephants for tuberculosis. From...

Introduction to General Field Procedures (Field Manual of Wildlife Diseases) (1999)

Franson, J. Christian, Friend, Milton, Toweill, Dale E., Brownell, Robert L., Nettles, Victor F., Davis, Donald S., ...

Section 1 of the Manual provides basic information regarding general field procedures for responding to wildlife disease events. Field biologists provide a critical linkage in disease diagnostic work...