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Journal articles on the topic "North American porcupine"

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Powell, Roger A., and Uldis Roze. "The North American Porcupine." Journal of Wildlife Management 55, no. 2 (1991): 356. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/3809164.

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Linhart, Yan B., Susan A. Habeck, and Uldis Roze. "The North American Porcupine." Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 117, no. 3 (1990): 316. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/2996707.

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Scott, John D. "First Report of Ixodes scapularis Ticks Parasitizing a North American Porcupine in Canada." Parasitologia 1, no. 2 (2021): 45–49. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/parasitologia1020006.

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Adult females of the blacklegged tick, Ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae), were collected from a North American porcupine, Erethizon dorsatum, in eastern Ontario, Canada. This porcupine parasitism indicates that an established population of I. scapularis is present in the local vicinity. This tick species is known to parasitize more than 150 different vertebrate hosts, including the North American porcupine. The presence of I. scapularis ticks parasitizing a North American porcupine constitutes a new tick-host record in Canada.
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Jung, Thomas S. "Behaviour of a porcupine (Erethizon dorsatum) swimming across a small boreal stream." Canadian Field-Naturalist 133, no. 1 (2019): 25–27. http://dx.doi.org/10.22621/cfn.v133i1.2107.

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The swimming behaviour of North American Porcupine (Erethizon dorsatum) is largely unrecorded, even though much of its habitat is bisected by innumerable rivers and streams. Moreover, the literature is inconsistent regarding how readily porcupines take to the water and how well adapted they are for swimming. I observed a porcupine swimming across a relatively placid and shallow braid in the Klondike River (Yukon, Canada), after it had aborted three apparent attempts to swim at a relatively fast-flowing, deep channel upstream. This observation provides evidence of porcupine swimming across moving water and suggests that they may be reluctant to do so and selective of where they cross rivers and streams.
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Elbroch, L. Mark, Rafael Hoogesteijn, and Howard Quigley. "Cougars (Puma concolor) Killed by North American Porcupines (Erethizon dorsatum)." Canadian Field-Naturalist 130, no. 1 (2016): 53. http://dx.doi.org/10.22621/cfn.v130i1.1793.

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Predation is inherently risky, and Cougars (Puma concolor) are occasionally injured while hunting prey. Between 2001 and 2015, we documented the cause of death of 59 Cougars (22 subadults and 37 adults) in the Southern Yellowstone Ecosystem, Wyoming. Here we report on 2 animals (9% of subadult mortalities) killed as a result of complications after hunting North American Porcupines (Erethizon dorsatum). We also report an observation of a Cougar killed in Venezuela by quills of a Prehensile-tailed Porcupine (Coendou prehensilis). Porcupines may kill and wound more Cougars than previously suspected and may be an important cause of mortality, at least for subadult animals.
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Vispo, Conrad, and Ian D. Hume. "The digestive tract and digestive function in the North American porcupine and beaver." Canadian Journal of Zoology 73, no. 5 (1995): 967–74. http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/z95-113.

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The morphology and function of the digestive tract of the largely arboreal porcupine (Erethizon dorsatum) and the semiaquatic beaver (Castor canadensis) were compared in relation to the similarly woody winter diet of these animals. Digesta particle sizes and Ca concentrations were consistently greater along the digestive tract of the beaver than along that of the porcupine. The small intestine of the beaver is 70% longer than that of the porcupine (P < 0.05 by ANCOVA). Both rodents are hind-gut fermenters and there was selective retention of small digesta particles (< 45 μm) in the cecum of both species. Hind-gut fermentation is confined to the cecum in the porcupine, but in the beaver the cecum and proximal colon function together as a fermentation chamber; the two anatomies appear to yield similar amounts of energy from the volatile fatty acids produced by fermentation, equivalent to 18–19% of the basal metabolic rate. A longer distal colon in the porcupine (P < 0.01 by ANCOVA) is related to greater resorption of water than in the beaver; dry matter content of the digesta increased from 13% in the cecum to 40% in the distal colon of the porcupine (P < 0.001 by ANOVA), but only from 20 to 33% in the beaver (P < 0.01 by ANOVA). High levels of Na accumulate in the porcupine cecum, presumably as a result of effective Na-conservation mechanisms.
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Buckwalter, Lacey M., and Jonathan M. Conard. "Distribution of the North American Porcupine in Kansas." Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science 120, no. 1-2 (2017): 39–44. http://dx.doi.org/10.1660/062.120.0105.

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Cott, Peter A., and Neil J. Mochnacz. "Bull Trout, Salvelinus confluentus, and North American Porcupine, Erethizon dorsatum, Interaction in the Mackenzie Mountains, Northwest Territories." Canadian Field-Naturalist 121, no. 4 (2007): 437. http://dx.doi.org/10.22621/cfn.v121i4.523.

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Evidence of an interaction between a Bull Trout (Salvelinus confluentus) and a North American Porcupine (Erethizon dorsatum), was observed during a fisheries survey in the Mackenzie Mountains, Northwest Territories. A male Bull Trout with porcupine quills imbedded in its mouth was collected. It is speculated that this occurred when the trout was aggressively defending its territory from a perceived threat – a swimming porcupine. This is the first documented account of an interaction between a fish and a porcupine.
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Snyder, Marc A., and Yan B. Linhart. "Porcupine feeding patterns: selectivity by a generalist herbivore?" Canadian Journal of Zoology 75, no. 12 (1997): 2107–11. http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/z97-845.

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The North American porcupine (Erethizon dorsatum) is a feeding generalist, but can feed primarily on phloem of the ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa) during winter months in areas of the Rocky Mountains where ponderosa pine occurs in nearly pure stands. This pine is highly variable both in resin monoterpene composition and at the allozyme level. Porcupines can girdle branches or whole trees when eating phloem, and in the process often damage or kill the trees. Trees that had been fed upon (target trees) differed biochemically and genetically from adjacent trees that had not been fed upon (nontarget trees). Target trees had lower levels of the monoterpene limonene in the xylem oleoresin than matched nontarget trees, and there was a significant negative association between levels of limonene and the amount of phloem removed from individual trees. Target trees differed only slightly from nontarget trees in allele frequencies at two of nine polymorphic loci tested. When the feeding patterns of porcupines were compared with those of a previously studied mammal that feeds primarily on the phloem of ponderosa pine, Abert's squirrel (Sciurus aberti), the level of feeding selectivity was found to be far less pronounced in the porcupine.
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Chou, S. F., and R. A. Overfelt. "Tensile deformation and failure of North American porcupine quills." Materials Science and Engineering: C 31, no. 8 (2011): 1729–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.msec.2011.08.002.

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Dissertations / Theses on the topic "North American porcupine"

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Mally, Katie Ann. "Hierarchical summer habitat selection by the North American porcupine In western Montana." [Missoula, Mont.] : The University of Montana, 2008. http://etd.lib.umt.edu/theses/available/etd-01262009-132323/unrestricted/Mally_Katie_Thesis.pdf.

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Thesis (M.S.) -- University of Montana, 2008.<br>Title from author supplied metadata. Description based on contents viewed on May 15. Author supplied keywords: habitat selection, porcupine. Includes bibliographical references.
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Diner, Brandee. "Plant-herbivore interactions between North American porcupines (Erethizon dorsatum) and trembling aspens (Populus tremuloides)." Thesis, McGill University, 2005. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=84024.

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Plant-herbivore interactions play a significant role in the structure and functioning of ecosystems. Co-evolutionary theory suggests that plant defenses evolved due to herbivores and herbivore pressure can shape the genetic composition of their food resources. We used interactions between North American porcupines (Erethizon dorsatum) and trembling aspens ( Populus tremuloides) as a system to investigate this theory's important assumption that herbivores select food sources based on genetically controlled traits. We confirmed that porcupines exhibit intra-specific food selection and that this is linked to the genetic composition of the aspens. We also demonstrated that variation in phenolic glycosides and condensed tannins are strong components of this selection, thereby creating an important link between genetics, plant chemistry, and mammalian herbivory. We investigated potential impacts of porcupine herbivory on aspen using fluctuating asymmetry, however we did not detect any stress on heavily eaten trees, thereby questioning the validity of this tool for this study system.
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Morin, Patrick. "Hierarchical habitat selection by North American porcupines (Erethizon dorsatum) in Parc national du Bic, Québec, Canada." Thesis, McGill University, 2002. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=79054.

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Hierarchical habitat selection was studied in the North American porcupine (Erethizon dorsatum) in Parc National du Bic, Quebec, Canada. To establish the study population, 150 porcupines were captured and immobilized using a mixture of ketamine and xylazine. Different drug doses and injection techniques were tested. Best results were obtained by injecting in the tail muscles, which allowed a 50% reduction in dose relative to reported dosage. Hierarchical analysis of habitat selection revealed that although porcupines are generalists at the landscape scale, they display habitat selection at the home range and individual tree scales. Human-used land and conifer forests were least preferred features of home ranges. Trembling aspen was found to be preferred over other deciduous trees, except for fruit-producing trees, which came out as being even more preferred at the tree scale. This study shows the importance of a multi-scale approach that includes fine-scale selection.
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Klvana, Ilya. "The solar cycle as a possible modulator of ecosystem functioning on the decadal time scale : new evidence from North American porcupine (Erethizon dorsatum) feeding scars and climatic data." Thesis, McGill University, 2002. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=78395.

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North American porcupine (Erethizon dorsatum) feeding scars on trees were used as an index of past porcupine abundance in the Bas St. Laurent region of eastern Quebec, Canada. The frequency distribution of scars revealed that porcupine populations have fluctuated regularly over the past 130 years in the Bas St. Laurent region, with superimposed periodicities of 11 and 22 years. This porcupine population cycle has closely followed the 11 and 22-year solar activity cycles. An analysis of local temperature and precipitation data revealed a close relationship between fluctuations in annual precipitation and both the solar cycle and the porcupine cycle. These results suggest that the solar cycle has sufficiently important effects on the climate along the southern shore of the St. Lawrence estuary to influence terrestrial ecosystem functioning to the point of setting the rhythm of porcupine population fluctuations. This is the strongest available evidence of a top-down cascading effect of solar variability on ecological systems at the decadal time scale and local spatial scale. These results confirm and extend those obtained by others at greater temporal and spatial scales and provide exciting opportunities for future research on the extensively debated topic of solar variability and its impact on our planet.
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Books on the topic "North American porcupine"

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Roze, Uldis. The North American porcupine. Smithsonian Institution Press, 1989.

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The North American porcupine. 2nd ed. Cornell University Press, 2009.

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The porcupine. Dillon Press, 1991.

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Stone, Lynn M. Porcupines. Rourke Press, 1995.

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Robert, Bell. The Canada porcupine, Erethizon dorsatum (F. Cuvier). Royal Society of Canada, 1996.

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Mueller, Barbara. A beginner's handbook of porcupine quillwork: Traditional decorative craft of the North American Indians. B. Mueller, 1985.

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Heinbuch, Jean. A Quillwork Companion: An Illustrated Guide to Techniques of Porcupine Quill Decoration. Edited by Montejon Smith. Eagle's View Publishing, 1990.

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Sullivan, Thomas Priestlay. Impact of porcupine feeding damage on intensive forest management in the Prince Rupert Forest Region: Problem analysis. Forestry Canada, 1989.

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Alexie, Robert Arthur. Porcupines and china dolls: A novel. Stoddart, 2003.

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Erdrich, Louise. The porcupine year. HarperCollinsPublishers, 2008.

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Book chapters on the topic "North American porcupine"

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Rexstad, Eric, and Knut Kielland. "Mammalian Herbivore Population Dynamics in the Alaskan Boreal Forest." In Alaska's Changing Boreal Forest. Oxford University Press, 2006. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780195154313.003.0013.

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The population dynamics of boreal mammals differ strikingly from those of mammals in temperate and tropical ecosystems in their extraordinary fluctuations in abundance (Elton 1924). These fluctuations lead to strong top-down direct effects in which herbivores reduce the biomass of their preferred foods, such as birch and willow, and predators reduce the biomass of herbivores (Chapter 13; Sinclair et al. 2000). These effects are clearly demonstrated in experiments that exclude herbivores or their predators. Some authors have argued that bottom-up influences of food supply on herbivores are negligible because food augmentation to herbivores in the presence of predators had no detectable effect in reducing herbivore decline (Sinclair et al. 2001). Several members of the mammalian herbivore guild are also important as a human subsistence resource. Dynamics of moose (Alces alces) and snowshoe hare (Lepus americanus) can be altered by human harvest. Overexploitation by humans may reduce moose populations to densities where they can be predator-limited—the so-called predator pit (Messier 1994). In this chapter, we present information on dynamics of some mammalian herbivores in the Alaskan boreal forest and potential drivers that are responsible for these dynamics. We omit discussions of the dynamics of porcupines (Keith and Cary 1991), red squirrels (Boonstra et al. 2001a), and beavers (Donkor and Fryxell 1999), as studies of these species have not been conducted in Alaska’s boreal forests. Moose are thought to have arrived in Alaska during the Illinoian glaciation, about 400,000 yr B.P. (Pewe and Hopkins 1967). They may have retreated to refugia in central Alaska during subsequent glacial advances (Peterson 1955) and expanded at times when climate was warmer. Moose populations in North America have more than doubled over the past 30–40 years, to approximately 890,000 animals (Kelsall 1987). The Koyukuk River drainage in the northern interior, for example, is presently known for its large moose populations. However, the oral tradition of moose hunting in the Koyukuk is relatively recent. Native elders recall that, in their youth, moose were extremely rare and that moose did not figure prominently in the local subsistence economy until the 1930s.
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Reports on the topic "North American porcupine"

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Deal, Madison, and Anna K. Johnson. AnS 490-H: Part I; Building a Portable Environmentally Enriched Wagon for a North American Porcupine. Iowa State University, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.31274/ans_air-180814-294.

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Deal, Madison, and Anna K. Johnson. AnS 490-H: Part II; How to Educate the Public While Providing a Portable Environmentally Enriched Wagon to a North American Porcupine. Iowa State University, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.31274/ans_air-180814-381.

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