| Abstract: | The Mississippi Sandhill Crane (Grus canadensis pulla) reintroduction program is the largest crane reintroduction effort in the world. Here we report on a 4-year experiment in which we compared post-release survival rates of 56 hand-reared and 76 parent-reared Mississippi Sandhill Cranes. First-year survival was 80%. Surprisingly, hand-reared cranes survived better than parent-reared birds, and the highest survival rates were for hand-reared juveniles released in mixed cohorts with parent-reared birds. Mixing improved survival most for parent-reared birds released with hand-reared birds. These results demonstrate that hand-rearing can produce birds which survive at least as well as parent-reared birds and that improved survival results from mixing hand-reared and parent-reared birds. |
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| ProdID: | 1003793 |
| Citation Author: | Ellis, D. H.; Gee, G. F.; Hereford, S. G.; Olsen, G. H.; Chisolm, T. D.; Nicolich, J. M.; Sullivan, K. A.; Thomas, N. J.; Nagendran, M.; Hatfield, J. S. |
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| Citation Language: | English |
| Citation Larger Work Title: | The Condor |
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| Citation Phsyical Description: | p. 104-112 |
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| Citation Search Results Text: | Post-release survival of hand-reared and parent-reared Mississippi sandhill cranes; 2000; Article; Journal; The Condor; Ellis, D. H.; Gee, G. F.; Hereford, S. G.; Olsen, G. H.; Chisolm, T. D.; Nicolich, J. M.; Sullivan, K. A.; Thomas, N. J.; Nagendran, M.; Hatfield, J. S. |
| Citation Start Page: | 104 |
| Citation Volume: | 102 |
| Citation Year: | 2000 |
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| Text: | Post-release survival of hand-reared and parent-reared Mississippi sandhill cranes; 2000; Article; Journal; The Condor; Ellis, D. H.; Gee, G. F.; Hereford, S. G.; Olsen, G. H.; Chisolm, T. D.; Nicolich, J. M.; Sullivan, K. A.; Thomas, N. J.; Nagendran, M.; Hatfield, J. S. |
| URL (THUMBNAIL): | http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/thumbnails/outside_thumb.jpg |
| URL (INDEX PAGE): | http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.1650/0010-5422(2000)102%5B0104%3APRSOHR%5D2.0.CO%3B2 |
| Date Other: | Sat, 1 Jan 2000 00:00 -0600 |
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