An Evaluation of capture methods and habitat preference of Fisher (Pekania pennant) in Clarion County, PA

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Title: An Evaluation of capture methods and habitat preference of Fisher (Pekania pennant) in Clarion County, PA
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Subject: Fisher (Mammal)--Pennsylvania.
Description: Fisher (Pekania pennanti) have been thriving in Pennsylvania since their reintroduction in the late 1990’s. Efforts to mark their presence and absence across the state have been conducted by the Wildlife Conservation Officers from the Pennsylvania Game Commission. The purpose of this study was to determine the feasibility of using hair snares to determine the presence of fisherand to describe thehabitat characteristics of locations wherefisher presencewas detected. I identified 40 fisher detections during a single summer session from 60 hair snares and trail cameras that were sampled over three time periods. Habitat characteristics of sampling locations that detected fishers were not significantly different from the locations that did not detect fishers. The habitat description of fisher locations in my study supports the wider niche description of the species as previously described in Pennsylvania. This study demonstrates the repeatability of hair sample collection in Clarion County which is the first criteria for development of a remote mark-recapture method for estimating population size for this species., Honors Thesis Advisor : Dr. Carol Bocetti.
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Contributor: Ganoe, Laken. (Author)
Date: 2017-11-17
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Identifier: cali:776
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