An unusual decline in abundance of Peromyscus maniculatus in Nova Scotia

1984 ◽  
Vol 62 (2) ◽  
pp. 175-178 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas B. Herman ◽  
Fred W. Scott
Keyword(s):  
Nova Scotia ◽  
Peromyscus Maniculatus ◽  
Sampling Period ◽  
Deer Mice ◽  
Bay Of Fundy ◽  
Capture Success ◽  
Cape Breton

Capture success for deer mice (Peromyscus maniculatus) in 18 499 trap nights (TN) at 16 localities in northern Nova Scotia between 1977 and 1982 indicates an unusual and prolonged decline in abundance of that species in habitats it normally occupies. The decline has been most extreme on hardwood slopes in the Cape Breton Highlands. The population on Isle Haute, an isolated island in the upper Bay of Fundy, has shown no decline during the sampling period.

Comparative arboreal behaviors of wild-caught and captive-born deer mice, Peromyscus maniculatus Wagner, from Isle Haute and mainland Nova Scotia

1989 ◽  
Vol 67 (4) ◽  
pp. 789-794 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. D. Pulsifer ◽  
T. B. Herman
Keyword(s):  
Nova Scotia ◽  
Locomotor Activity ◽  
Choice Experiment ◽  
Peromyscus Maniculatus ◽  
Ground Level ◽  
Deer Mice ◽  
Laboratory Observation ◽  
Climbing Behavior ◽  
Nest Sites ◽  
Males And Females

Locomotor, climbing, and nesting behaviors of wild-caught and captive-born deer mice (Peromyscus maniculatus Wagner) from mainland Nova Scotia and from an isolated predator- and competitor-free island were compared in a laboratory observation room. Locomotor activity did not differ consistently between populations, but wall-seeking was significantly greater in mainland mice. When exposed to an artificial tree, insular mice made more climbs than mainland mice, but mainland mice climbed for longer periods. Climbing behavior differed little between males and females in any group. In a choice experiment, mainland mice selected elevated nest sites significantly more often than ground-level nest sites, while insular mice exhibited no preference.

The Sydney Coalfield of Cape Breton, Nova Scotia

1894 ◽  
Vol 38 (984supp) ◽  
pp. 15724-15725
Author(s):  
Hugh Fletcher
Keyword(s):  
Nova Scotia ◽  
Cape Breton

Cape Breton ruby, a new Canadian gemstone discovery, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia

2007 ◽  
Vol 30 (5) ◽  
pp. 279-286 ◽  
Author(s):  
David J. Mossman ◽  
James D. Duivenvoorden ◽  
Fenton M. Isenor
Keyword(s):  
Nova Scotia ◽  
Cape Breton Island ◽  
Cape Breton

scholarly journals Dehydrogenase-dependent Ethanol Metabolism in Deer Mice (Peromyscus maniculatus) Lacking Cytosolic Alcohol Dehydrogenase

1989 ◽  
Vol 264 (10) ◽  
pp. 5593-5597
Author(s):  
C Norsten ◽  
T Cronholm ◽  
G Ekström ◽  
J A Handler ◽  
R G Thurman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Alcohol Dehydrogenase ◽  
Peromyscus Maniculatus ◽  
Ethanol Metabolism ◽  
Deer Mice

Autumn Stranding of a Northern Bottlenose Whale (Hyperoodon ampullatus) in the Bay of Fundy, Nova Scotia

1975 ◽  
Vol 32 (7) ◽  
pp. 1019-1040 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edward Mitchell ◽  
V. Michael Kozicki
Keyword(s):  
Nova Scotia ◽  
Rhode Island ◽  
Growth Curve ◽  
North American ◽  
Labrador Sea ◽  
Bay Of Fundy ◽  
Winter Migration ◽  
Hyperoodon Ampullatus

A 615-cm male northern bottlenose whale (Hyperoodon ampullatus) stranded in Cobequid Bay, Bay of Fundy, in early October 1969. The skull, mandible, tympano-periotics, and teeth are described and illustrated. Five growth layers in the lower teeth place the animal below a growth curve based on samples from the Labrador Sea taken in May and June. A summary of nine other North American occurrences of 12 individuals, mainly south of Sable Island, indicates a winter migration to waters offshore of Massachusetts and Rhode Island.

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