Reproductive Health of the Florida Flock of Introduced Whooping Cranes

• Main Authors: Spalding, Marilyn G., Folk, Martin J., Nesbitt, Stephen A.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln 2008
• Subjects: fertility; Florida; Grus americana; non-migratory; reproduction; whooping crane; Animal Sciences; Behavior and Ethology; Biodiversity; Ornithology; Population Biology; Terrestrial and Aquatic Ecology; Wood Buffalo
• Online Access: https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/nacwgproc/201; https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/context/nacwgproc/article/1201/viewcontent/Spalding.pdf

We examined the reproductive parameters of the introduced non-migratory flock of whooping cranes in Florida. Of 289 cranes introduced, 67 males and 65 females survived at least 3 years. The first behavioral pairs appeared in 1995, and eggs were first laid in 1999. In total, eggs were laid in 47 nest...