Sentences with phrase «skunks increased»
Whether you live in the city, country, or suburbs, your odds of meeting up with a skunk increase during the warmer months.
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The number of cases has been increasing worldwide, and this may be due to the increased urbanization and contact with wildlife hosts, such as raccoons, skunks, opossums and rodents.
Because of increased building and development into areas that were previously rural, pets may be exposed to more wildlife, such as raccoons, skunks, squirrels, opossums, or deer that are infected with leptospirosis.
The current drought as well as the increase in skunk population is considered to be two very influencing factors in the rise of rabies cases being seen in the community.
Walking and hiking with your dog summer increases the chances of encountering unpleasant or even dangerous wildlife, such as skunks, porcupines, scorpions, or rattlesnakes.
Expansion of skunk foraging to sea caves is likely a result of their substantial population increase following decline of foxes.
This could have in turn, stimulated reproduction because of the delayed implantation exhibited by the skunks which could allow them to increase fecundity during good years.
Action has been taken to try and increase skunk populations on the islands.
[1] During the 1990s, the island skunk population saw an increase due to reduced competition from their natural competitor, the island fox.
To examine the causes and consequences of the increase, we assessed abundance, body mass, home - range size, spatial resource use (den sites and habitat use), temporal resource use, and diet of island spotted skunks during abundance in 2003 - 2004 and compared it with similar measures during rarity in 1992.
The island spotted skunk (Spilogale gracilis amphiala), an insular endemic carnivore, recently increased unexpectedly from rarity to abundance on Santa Cruz Island, California.