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various^eTaisI varied sVaTr ^ ** by the f ° X 5 ^re,s on the 
was expressed as^^al^^ l^T^o ihVnl ^ ° f the 
Wt 0.5 metabolized ranged from a ? G w of 8 ? 7 ? fn J P ° wer ‘ The kca,/da y 
fo^ wh i t e oak. Red oak was the onl 1 La ^ "1 ° ak t0 a hlgh of ^.83 
bolized energy per dav than mm e? inn m Wl ^ a lower amount of meta- 
(102.11 kcal/day wt 0. 5 ). With the ixcept io^o^red^g S ° ybeanS 
^'f^d" t?o r ata e nVc"orn he t™ 9 * ^ ^ ^g^h.™ 
energy than all of the other d?e™ exa^inXx'cepTsoybeans". "" metaboli ^ 
somewhat pa'ra'fleirihe^unf oTl ° f th ! Squirrels ° n the various diets 
which had P the highes^amount^f ^enerqy^metabo?iled^ °? ^ diet - White **• 
average change in female weight (+9 c n • ? !° caused the largest 
-2°9 P g, Respect ively)!* 396 We ' 9ht ,OSS during the feed 1 nutria 1 f^o^Vand 
investigated^ the foods, 1 ' and°n i t rogen°gen^a '1 wTad^he^hronutrients 
re iatfo^to & ^ 
Sriu^roTKlnd^d'h'T 51 ° f ' he n ^ r ^®ots°but°wer^Vowestn 'the^^ 
?oods e conside a r^ U Ind h hadT U ^“^t-nclnjra^io 0 ^^' N.'?{5* n r , 
and 
foods. Soybeans not on v h, L 2 and P ,n . relatlon to the other 
the diets but also had hfgh concentrattons^f C fhl ra ^° nS ° f K; Ca ' and N among 
of Na and Ca were neqative for all nf fh P a • other nutrients. The balances 
Mn p a n^ m negative tor all of the diets exam ned. The balances nf k 
• ^ Lrju'vr.x y ^^; r ,r^T the -* 
Mo ^ e 9 ra ™ s of wh it e and bur oaks and fewer grams of the hickories WP r P 
consumed per day among the diets tpct^a <-• • £ • ones were 
oak /100 a nf Hnri\/ o- k*/j tested. Significantly more grams of white 
oTwa'rs 0 ^-^ 5 ^ than^soybeans^and^consumption^of°both b^^nd 
hickories.' 9 "' ' Cantl V greater than consumption of walnuts, red oak, and the 
manageL^'of^ofsguf'rre?! 9 ?^;??" 06 - 0 ^' 116 ^ fi " di "3 5 in relati °" to 
y ox squirrels in Illinois in subsequent monthly reports. 
on 
Responses of Prairie Chickens to Habitat 
Manipulation 
R* L. Westemeier, 
D. R. Vance 
prehe^'^'^^^^g^Prel'r^^chfcke^nes t 'eco[ogy. ^W^are S p jann?n< 
prehens,ve computer analyses of our data, primarily covering the yearl 
com- 
s i nee 
