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Nutrient Requirements of Mink and Foxes,

Second Revised Edition, 1982

By: National Research Council,Board on Agriculture,Committee on Animal Nutrition

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Nutrient Requirements of Mink and Foxes,

Second Revised Edition, 1982

By: National Research Council,Board on Agriculture,Committee on Animal Nutrition

This Web site is an electronic version of the book Nutrient requirements of mink and foxes, revised by the Board on Agriculture in 1982. Visitors can get information on these fur-bearing species and discover why foxes were raised commercially earlier than mink and what nutritional requirements are needed for commercial coat value. Much of the information that is available relates to the growth period for young and pelted mink.

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Ecological Dynamics on Yellowstone's Northern Range

By: National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology,Committee on Ungulate Management in Yellowstone National Park

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Ecological Dynamics on Yellowstone's Northern Range

By: National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology,Committee on Ungulate Management in Yellowstone National Park

Ecological Dynamics on Yellowstone's Northern Range discusses the complex management challenges in Yellowstone National Park. Controversy over the National Park Service's approach of "natural regulation" has heightened in recent years because of changes in vegetation and other ecosystem components in Yellowstone's northern range. Natural regulation minimizes human impacts, including management intervention by the National Park Service, on the park ecosystem. Many have attributed these changes to increased size of elk and other ungulate herds. This report examines the evidence that increased ungulate populations are responsible for the changes in vegetation and that the changes represent a major and serious change in the Yellowstone ecosystem. According to the authors, any human intervention to protect species such as the aspen and those that depend on them should be prudently localized rather than ecosystem-wide. An ecosystem-wide approach, such as reducing ungulate populations, could be more disruptive. The report concludes that although dramatic ecological change does not appear to be imminent, approaches to dealing with potential human-caused changes in the ecosystem, including those related to climate change, should be considered now. The need for research and public education is also compelling.

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0309083451

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Freshwater Ecosystems

Revitalizing Educational Programs in Limnology

By: Committee on Inland Aquatic Ecosystems,Commission on Geosciences, Environment and Resources,Division on Earth and Life Studies,National Research Council

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Freshwater Ecosystems

Revitalizing Educational Programs in Limnology

By: Committee on Inland Aquatic Ecosystems,Commission on Geosciences, Environment and Resources,Division on Earth and Life Studies,National Research Council

To fulfill its commitment to clean water, the United States depends on limnology, a multidisciplinary science that seeks to understand the behavior of freshwater bodies by integrating aspects of all basic sciences--from chemistry and fluid mechanics to botany, ichthyology, and microbiology. Now, prominent limnologists are concerned about this important field, citing the lack of adequate educational programs and other issues. Freshwater Ecosystems responds with recommendations for strengthening the field and ensuring the readiness of the next generation of practitioners. Highlighted with case studies, this book explores limnology's place in the university structure and the need for curriculum reform, with concrete suggestions for curricula and field research at the undergraduate, graduate, and postdoctoral levels. The volume examines the wide-ranging career opportunities for limnologists and recommends strategies for integrating limnology more fully into water resource decision management. Freshwater Ecosystems tells the story of limnology and its most prominent practitioners and examines the current strengths and weaknesses of the field. The committee discusses how limnology can contribute to appropriate policies for industrial waste, wetlands destruction, the release of greenhouse gases, extensive damming of rivers, the zebra mussel and other "invasions" of species-- the broad spectrum of problems that threaten the nation's freshwater supply. Freshwater Ecosystems provides the foundation for improving a field whose importance will continue to increase as human populations grow and place even greater demands on freshwater resources. This volume will be of value to administrators of university and government science programs, faculty and students in aquatic science, aquatic resource managers, and clean-water advocates--and it is readily accessible to the concerned individual.

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0309588995

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Nutrient Requirements of Mink and Foxes,

Second Revised Edition, 1982

By: National Research Council,Board on Agriculture,Committee on Animal Nutrition

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Second Revised Edition, 1982

By: National Research Council,Board on Agriculture,Committee on Animal Nutrition

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Book's by National Research Council (U.S.). Subcommittee on Furbearer Nutrition

Nutrient Requirements of Mink and Foxes,

Nutrient Requirements of Mink and Foxes,

Ecological Dynamics on Yellowstone's Northern Range

Ecological Dynamics on Yellowstone's Northern Range

Freshwater Ecosystems

Freshwater Ecosystems

Nutrient Requirements of Mink and Foxes,

Nutrient Requirements of Mink and Foxes,

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