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Date: 2008
Authors:
STEPHEN A. NESBITT, Florida Fish And Wildlife Conservation Commission
STEPHEN T. SCHWIKERT, Florida Fish And Wildlife Conservation Commission
MARILYN G. SPALDING, University of Florida
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Citation:
Nesbitt, S. A., S. T. Schwikert, and M. G. Spalding. 2008. Survival and sources of mortality in Florida sandhill crane chicks—hatching to fledging. Proceedings of the North American Crane Workshop 10:86–89.
Abstract:
Forty-five pairs of Florida sandhill cranes (Grus canadensis pratensis) were monitored during the nesting seasons from 1996 through 1999. Thirty-eight chicks were produced from 25 successful nests. Twenty-one of these survived to fledging age. Predation was the source of most (81%) of the mortality for which a cause was determined. Mammals were the primary predator. Average age at time of mortality was 27.2 days for the 17 chicks lost.
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