fwe 561 projects - lakeshore nature preserve...table 1 _ gray squiffel use versus availability of...

FWE 561 Projects

1. Radio tracking squirrels*[extra credit Live captures*]

2. Vegetation Sampling3. Stable isotope sampling4. Canid occupancy

[extra credit Cameras*]5. Canid ID via DNA

1. Squirrel radio-telemetryYou will radio-track your squirrels a minimum of 5 times during the semester and ensure that your lab’s squirrel has been relocated at least 2x per week for our home range

extra credit: Live captures

• Traps will be opened by class @ 745 AM

• Some animals might be handled in the field

• Grids will be shut, and the majority of animals handled, at 4 PM on M, T, W, R

http://lakeshorepreserve.wisc.edu/teaching-research/pauli/billswoods_grid2013.png

1. Squirrel radio-telemetry

2. Vegetation surveys

http://lakeshorepreserve.wisc.edu/teaching-research/pauli/kernel-vs-mcp_map.pdf

Bill’s Woods vs. campusAnnual variation

Sex- or age-based differences

What do we need to collect?Hair (and blood?) from chipmunks and squirrels that we capture

3. Stable isotopes

http://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&docid=Sm4kqfLJzEBRTM&tbnid=M2vF6lPVR7bj4M:&ved=0CAUQjRw&url=http://wecanbeaoriginal.com/blog/2010/09/free-svg-file-download-leaf-and-acorn/&ei=7pwIVNjyF8mpyATL94HoCg&bvm=bv.74649129,d.aWw&psig=AFQjCNH_Wchix9HpTgDMWcQ2YRTogXKJJA&ust=1409936985665056

fwe 561 projects - lakeshore nature preserve...table 1 _ gray squiffel use versus availability of...

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