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Animal behavior

The way animals act or react to conditions in the environment and to other organisms, including life patterns such as migration, hibernation, and nocturnal living.

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Reintroduction of whooping cranes: the ultra (light) in animal training experience [New Window]: Article on experiment to teach migration routes to birds using ultralight aircraft as a means to reintroduce a migratory flock of whooping cranes to the eastern United States.
Bat research in California [New Window]: Brief review of bat research in the San Francisco Bay area and southern California providing land managers with information on the occurrence and status of bat species with links to bat inventories for California and related material.
Bird Conservation Node [New Window]: The Bird Conservation Node facilitates rapid access to North American bird population and habitat data maintained by a broad coalition of Federal, state, and non-governmental partners in conservation. Includes life history, range, and habitats.
Burrowing owl winter ecology and use of artificial burrows in South Texas [New Window]: Experimental use of artificial burrows in south Texas to help in conservation of the migratory burrowing owls (Athene cunicularia) that breed in dry grasslands using animal burrows.
Polar Bear research at the Alaska Science Center [New Window]: Ecological studies of polar bears including population dynamics, dependence on sea ice, and tracking methods.
Sea otter research at Western Ecological Research Center (WERC) [New Window]: Webpage on research on sea otters (Euhydra lutris) in the nearshore environment of the eastern Pacific Ocean with information on status of otters on the coast of Alaska, Washington, and California and link to fact sheet in PDF format.
Walrus research at the Alaska Science Center [New Window]: Review of current research on stock assessment of the Pacific walrus in the Chukchi and Bering Seas and interactions between walruses and their environment with links to walrus taxonomy, distribution, behavior, and relation to man
Whales and walrus: tillers of the seafloor [New Window]: Report on sea floor marks in the Northeast Bering Sea and Chukchi Sea that were identified as pits and furrows caused by whales and walruses in the process of feeding on bottom crustaceans.

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