| serum antibody prevalence of malignant catarrhal fever viruses in seven wildlife species from alaska. | blood samples were collected from seven species of free-ranging ungulates in alaska. sera were tested for evidence of exposure to malignant catarrhal fever viruses (mcfv) by means of a competitive enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. antibody prevalences were as follows: muskox (ovibos moschatus) 100 positive samples of 104 tested (96%); dall sheep (ovis dalli) 212 of 222 (95%); elk (cervus elaphus) 14 of 51 (27%); bison (bison bison) 34 of 197 (17%); caribou (rangifer tarandus) nine of 232 (4%); ... | 2002 | 12238366 |
| monoterpene effect on feeding choice by deer. | a previous study showed that sitka black-tailed deer (odocoileus hemionus sitkensis) consumption was negatively correlated with monoterpene content in western redcedar (thuja plicata). to test whether these monoterpenes were deterrent to sitka black-tailed deer, we performed feeding choice experiments with four hydrocarbon (sabinene, myrcene, alpha-pinene, and d + l-limonene) and one oxygenated (alpha,beta-thujone) monoterpene solution at their highest natural concentration in western redcedar f ... | 2002 | 12564790 |
| assessment of anadromous salmon resources in the diet of the alexander archipelago wolf using stable isotope analysis. | the alexander archipelago wolf (canis lupus ligoni) is unique to southeast alaska, occurring on islands south of frederick sound and along the mainland between dixon entrance and yakutat bay. sitka black-tailed deer (odocoileus hemionus sitkensis) are an important prey species for wolves across the southern part of the region. spawning salmon (onchorynchus sp.) are seasonally available but their presence in wolf diets has not previously been quantified. we examined the range of bone collagen δ(1 ... | 1999 | 28308010 |