Spatial ecology of translocated raccoons

JE Hill, JL Helton, RB Chipman, AT Gilbert… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Raccoons (Procyon lotor) are routinely translocated both legally and illegally to mitigate
conflicts with humans, which has contributed to the spread of rabies virus across eastern …

Dietary breadth and overlap among five sympatric prairie carnivores

FCC Azevedo, V Lester, W Gorsuch… - Journal of …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
Ecological communities are shaped, in part, by the manner in which similar species
consume and partition food resources. To better understand the structure of a mammalian …

Nest site selection and nest survival of eastern wild turkeys in a pyric landscape

NA Yeldell, BS Cohen, AR Little… - The Journal of …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
ABSTRACT Pine (Pinus spp.)‐dominated forests are commonly managed with prescribed
fire in the southeastern United States to reduce fuel loads, maintain diverse plant …

Raccoon removal reduces sea turtle nest depredation in the ten thousand islands of Florida

AS Garmestani, HF Percival - Southeastern Naturalist, 2005 - BioOne
Predation by raccoons, Procyon lotor marinus (L.), is the primary cause of sea turtle nest loss
in the Ten Thousand Islands archipelago. Four islands within Ten Thousand Islands …

Density, movements, and survival of raccoons in Ontario, Canada: implications for disease spread and management

R Rosatte, M Ryckman, K Ing, S Proceviat… - Journal of …, 2010 - academic.oup.com
Abstract During 1994–2007 a total of 156,416 raccoons was live-captured in Ontario,
Canada, as part of mark–recapture studies to estimate raccoon density during rabies-control …

Raccoon densities across four land cover types in the southeastern United States

JE Hill, JL Helton, DA Bernasconi… - The Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Raccoons (Procyon lotor) are the primary reservoir for rabies virus in eastern North America.
Management of rabies in raccoons is achieved primarily with the use of oral rabies …

Rabies management implications based on raccoon population density indexes

D Slate, BD Saidy, A Simmons… - The Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
An estimate or index of target species density is important in determining oral rabies
vaccination (ORV) bait densities to control and eliminate specific rabies variants. From 1997 …

Spatiotemporal overlap with invasive wild pigs (Sus scrofa) varies by species and season in a temperate ecosystem

EA Saldo, AJ Jensen, MS Muthersbaugh… - …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Wild pigs (Sus scrofa), which are invasive in many regions globally, can alter ecosystems
and compete with native species through interference competition and resource exploitation …

Raccoon spatial ecology in the rural southeastern United States

JE Hill, ML Miller, JL Helton, RB Chipman, AT Gilbert… - Plos one, 2023 - journals.plos.org
The movement ecology of raccoons varies widely across habitats with important implications
for the management of zoonotic diseases such as rabies. However, the spatial ecology of …

Raccoons use habitat edges in northern Illinois

EE Barding, TA Nelson - The American Midland Naturalist, 2008 - BioOne
Raccoons (Procyon lotor) have been implicated as important predators impacting nesting
birds in the Midwest. Raccoon populations have increased dramatically in Illinois during the …