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Session Two (Part 2): Case Studies and Examples
Pages 23-28

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... , Davis, School of Veterinary Medicine highlighted challenges researchers face when working with wildlife compared to traditional laboratory animals. Tell, who has worked with wildlife for more than 30 years, was trained clinically at the National Zoological Park, is boarded in avian and zoological medicine, and oversees the UC Davis Hummingbird Health and Conservation Program.
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... Blood sampling is routine in a laboratory animal facility, but according to Tell, it requires special considerations when working with free-ranging wildlife. If possible, and if it does not disadvantage the animal, she marks individual animals so that they are not resampled inadvertently.
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... In closing, Tell emphasized that working with free-ranging wildlife takes commitment, an ability to think outside the box, strong organizational support, and good time management skills in order to be successful in achieving research goals and spending grant money within the funding period. Overall, however, she has found that working with free-ranging wildlife is a privilege and can be extremely rewarding.1 CONDUCTING BIODIVERSITY SURVEYS IN THE NEW AGE OF WILDLIFE DISCOVERY Lawrence R
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... Thus, they began a program of comprehensive biological surveys concentrated particularly in these areas where no mammal biodiversity surveys had been conducted previously. Heaney and his colleagues continued these surveys from 2000 to 2012, accumulating a total of 37 team-months in the field collecting specimens and voucher specimens for taxonomic studies that Heaney said allowed them to document the extent of habitat and use for animals in these areas.
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... Bateman provided some examples of how field research can be complicated working across different boundaries and collecting data for 12 years for a long-term mark and recapture project. Bateman provided a brief overview of the main live trapping method used during mark and recapture research, called the classic drift fence array, which consists of several elements.
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... In addition to field personal protective equipment (PPE) , students conducting fieldwork must wear protective clothing to protect them from potential hazards in the field, such as the sun, thorny plants, and venomous reptiles.
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