PROTOCOL AND RESULTS FROM THE FIRST SEASON OF CAPTIVE-REARING WHOOPING CRANES FOR A NON-MIGRATORY RELEASE IN LOUISIANA

The principal historic range of the whooping crane (Grus americana) consisted of the tall grass prairies and wetlands of southwest Louisiana, Texas, and parts of Mexico (Allen 1952). Whooping cranes migrated there from Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Dakotas, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, and breeding...

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Main Authors: Olsen, Glenn H., Chandler, Jane N.
Format: Text
Language:unknown
Published: DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln 2016
Subjects:
behavior
costume-rearing
Grus americana
Louisiana
training
whooping crane
Animal Sciences
Behavior and Ethology
Biodiversity
Ornithology
Population Biology
Terrestrial and Aquatic Ecology
Canada
Wood Buffalo
Wood Buffalo National Park
Online Access:https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/nacwgproc/342
https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/context/nacwgproc/article/1343/viewcontent/Olsen_and_Chandler._2016._Protocol_and_results_from_the_first_season_of_captive_rearing_whooping_cranes_for_a_non_migratory_release_in_Louisiana.pdf
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Summary:The principal historic range of the whooping crane (Grus americana) consisted of the tall grass prairies and wetlands of southwest Louisiana, Texas, and parts of Mexico (Allen 1952). Whooping cranes migrated there from Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Dakotas, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, and breeding grounds of the remnant flock in and near Wood Buffalo National Park, Canada.

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