Accumulation of strontium-90 in pronghorn antelope (Antilocapra americana americana) females in Alberta

1972 ◽  
Vol 50 (2) ◽  
pp. 213-216
Author(s):  
George J. Mitchell ◽  
Sotirios Hontzeas ◽  
Wendy Cameron
Keyword(s):  
Antilocapra Americana ◽  
Age Classes ◽  
Individual Variations ◽  
Strontium 90 ◽  
Pronghorn Antelope

Radiochemical procedures were used to determine strontium-90 distribution and concentrations in dentary bone samples taken from three positions on the mandibles of female pronghorn antelopes (Antilocapra americana americana) collected in October 1964 in the Newell study area, Alberta. No significant differences in pCi of 90Sr per gram of calcium were found between mandible position means, and females in the same age-classes showed no individual variations in 90Sr burdens. The differences in mean 90Sr concentrations between age-classes were highly significant, with the youngest and oldest animals showing the largest and smallest 90Sr burdens, respectively.

GENETIC CONSEQUENCES OF REINTRODUCTIONS: AN EXAMPLE FROM OREGON PRONGHORN ANTELOPE (ANTILOCAPRA AMERICANA)

2005 ◽  
Vol 69 (4) ◽  
pp. 1463-1474 ◽  
Author(s):  
CATHERINE L. STEPHEN ◽  
DON G. WHITTAKER ◽  
DON GILLIS ◽  
LINDSEY L. COX ◽  
OLIN E. RHODES
Keyword(s):  
Antilocapra Americana ◽  
Pronghorn Antelope

scholarly journals Thermoregulation in pronghorn antelope (Antilocapra americana, Ord) in winter

2008 ◽  
Vol 211 (5) ◽  
pp. 749-756 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Hebert ◽  
A. Lust ◽  
A. Fuller ◽  
S. K. Maloney ◽  
D. Mitchell ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Antilocapra Americana ◽  
Pronghorn Antelope

Threat of predation: do ungulates behave aggressively towards different members of a coyote pack?

1999 ◽  
Vol 77 (3) ◽  
pp. 499-503 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eric M Gese
Keyword(s):  
Body Size ◽  
Aggressive Behavior ◽  
Cervus Elaphus ◽  
Yellowstone National Park ◽  
National Park ◽  
Bison Bison ◽  
Antilocapra Americana ◽  
Wild Canids ◽  
Pronghorn Antelope ◽  
Large Groups

Wild ungulates have evolved a variety of antipredator strategies to deter or escape predation by carnivores. Among wild canids, the dominant pair of a pack often initiates attacks upon prey. Previous observations in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, showed that the alpha pair in a coyote (Canis latrans) pack most often leads attacks on ungulates during winter. We were interested in determining whether ungulates can distinguish (perhaps by body size or posture) which members of a coyote pack are the alpha individuals, and whether they initiate and direct aggressive behavior towards those members of the pack that pose the greatest threat of predation to themselves and (or) their offspring. During 2507 h of behavioral observations on 54 coyotes between January 1991 and June 1993, we observed 51 interactions between coyotes and adult elk (Cervus elaphus), bison (Bison bison), and pronghorn antelope (Antilocapra americana) in Yellowstone National Park. The interactions analyzed here are those in which the ungulate appeared to initiate aggressive behavior towards the coyote(s) and were not a response to an attack by the predators. We found that aggression by ungulates towards coyotes was highest during the summer months, when calves and fawns were present; female ungulates were more frequently aggressive than males. The frequency of aggression of adult ungulates towards small and large groups of coyotes was equal to the frequency of occurrence of these groups. Ungulates directed aggressive behavior more frequently towards alpha coyotes and were less aggressive towards beta coyotes and pups. Large ungulates, particularly elk and bison, appeared to perceive that alpha coyotes posed a greater threat to themselves and their offspring. The smaller ungulate, the pronghorn antelope, directed aggressive behavior equally towards all coyotes. Adult ungulates were probably responding to the larger body size of the alpha coyotes and the tendency of alpha coyotes to travel at the front of the pack.

scholarly journals Thermoregulation in pronghorn antelope (Antilocapra americana Ord) in the summer

2007 ◽  
Vol 210 (14) ◽  
pp. 2444-2452 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Lust ◽  
A. Fuller ◽  
S. K. Maloney ◽  
D. Mitchell ◽  
G. Mitchell
Keyword(s):  
Antilocapra Americana ◽  
Pronghorn Antelope

scholarly journals Parelaphostrongylus tenuis in Captive Pronghorn Antelope (Antilocapra americana) in Nebraska

2002 ◽  
Vol 38 (4) ◽  
pp. 822-825 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heather A. Simmons ◽  
David J. Steffen ◽  
Douglas L. Armstrong ◽  
Douglas G. Rogers
Keyword(s):  
Antilocapra Americana ◽  
Pronghorn Antelope ◽  
Parelaphostrongylus Tenuis

scholarly journals BLUETONGUE IN FREE-RANGING PRONGHORN ANTELOPE (ANTILOCAPRA AMERICANA) IN WYOMING: 1976 AND 1984

1988 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 113-119 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. T. Thorne ◽  
E. S. Williams ◽  
T. R. Spraker ◽  
W. Helms ◽  
T. Segerstrom
Keyword(s):  
Antilocapra Americana ◽  
Pronghorn Antelope ◽  
Free Ranging
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