Gainesville, Florida Field Station
Organization
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Gainesville Field Station Records --
Collection
Identifier: NWRC 0006
Abstract
The Gainesville, Florida, Field Station was established in 1944. The original mission of the field station involved the study of rodent damage to Florida sugarcane but evolved over the years to include research on controlling bird and mammal damage to rice, fruit, aquaculture, and other agricultural interests. The Gainesville Field Station Records contain materials dated from the 1940s through the early 2000s, including administrative records, images, and research records related to bird...
Dates:
1914-2017
Mammal Damage Unit Records --
Collection
Identifier: NWRC 0034
Abstract
Over the years, the Mammal Damage Unit of the DWRC/NWRC conducted research on coyote predation on livestock; rodent damage to crops, rangeland, and buried cables; and damage to timber production and reforestation efforts caused by deer, bear, and rodents, particularly pocket gophers. The Unit also studied the use of pesticides as well as methods to identify and develop non-lethal or non-chemical alternative management methods for specific wildlife problems.
Dates:
1909 - 2002; Majority of material found within 1940 - 1990
Mike Avery Digital Files---
Collection
Identifier: NWRC 0047
Abstract
The Mike Avery Digital Files Collection (NWRC 0047) consists of 13 series of digital files from the Gainesville, FL, Field Station dated 1998 to 2018. Topics covered in this collection include bird damage to aquaculture, grain, and fruit crops; testing of repellents, chemical deterrents, and avian contraception methods; vulture management and roost dispersal; research on monk parakeets and invasive species such as feral swine, Burmese pythons, Nile monitors, and Argentine tegus. This...
Dates:
1998 - 2018
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- Bird strikes 2
- Birds 2
- Building construction 2
- Feral swine 2
- Monk parakeets 2
- Rodenticides 2
- Vultures 2
- Aerial application 1
- Airport bird control 1
- Animal Damage Control Program (U.S.) 1
- Animal care 1
- Aquaculture 1
- Avicides 1
- Bats 1
- Bears 1
- Beavers 1
- Blackbirds 1
- Burmese python 1
- Compound 1080 1
- Correspondence 1
- Coyotes 1
- Crows 1
- DRC-1339 1
- Deer 1
- Distress calls 1
- Environmental DNA 1
- Fencing 1
- Ferrets 1
- Field stations 1
- Forest damage 1
- Foxes 1
- Genetics 1
- Invasive species 1
- Lethal control 1
- Livestock guarding dogs 1
- Mammal damage 1
- Mink 1
- Mongoose 1
- Nile monitor lizards 1
- Nonlethal control 1
- Nutria 1
- Pens 1
- Perch deterrents 1
- Pesticide registration 1
- Pesticides 1
- Pocket gophers 1
- Population surveys 1
- Prairie dogs 1
- Predator management 1
- Reptiles 1
- Rice 1
- Richardson's ground squirrels 1
- Rodent damage 1
- Rodents 1
- Satellite telemetry 1
- Scare Devices 1
- Skunks 1
- Surfactants 1
- Tegus 1
- Telemetry 1
- Toxicants 1
- Voles 1
- Zinc Phosphide 1 + ∧ less
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