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temperatures r and a photoperiods ,t: wI e found f that qUirre,S K heId simu,ated winter 
only the germ portion of i kern“t of rnrn) "T embry ° 5 ^ally eat 
tained average amount of DotaalLm ^a ? 6 '° W in 50dium a " d calcium, con- 
phosphorus compared with acorns and hickory'nuts’ ^he^oeff ma 9 ne5ium and 
(amount of food digested) for corn was coefficient of digestion 
coefficients for mast foods. Squirrels on ' f ' cant ’y (£<0.05) lower than the 
day (- 2.9 g) and had the lowest amount of mefah 1 ”) • 'j 1 ° St the most wei 9 h t per 
tested. Corn germ had a low value of fat an enar 9Y for an Y of the diets 
High value of carbohydrates comp^erwU^a^^^fhr^otfS™''^ * 
of a corn die^o squarels 1 ^!Tappears ^hat" 5 ^ h * VC examined the benefits 
food for fox squirrels despite their evident ' S not . an acceptable winter 
particularly detrimental in yea^s of ma Itfll 9 . C ° rn W ° U,d be 
l: resu U S wha t' happens 
research lette? Lil, 
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—Ponse s of Prai_ne Chickens to Habitat Manipulation 
Westeme ier, 
D. R. Vance 
Marion"county^^Th\s 'purchase^ the 1° sanctuary system in 
culmination of nearly 2 years of nPnntiL d ?'" ce December 1974, was the 
Nature Conservancy (TNC), and the Survey. Wlt th ® Se,,er ^ the buyers. The 
a contribution wor'tTa minimum^^S 000 ?' "° ™ C ^ thC Se,,er ~ 
donated 20 acres to TNC for prairie* rhi l- is the sec ond time the seller 
wm Uke,y - 
$l,IOO h pef°ac% e (?alM976) by^i^e"^ PUrchased at the appraised price of 
original I y from 111 i noi s bit nowU v 0 “^"*'*' i0 "i\ tS '’ includin 9 a gentleman 
The buyers have leased the 60 acres to^klr moth er and sister, 
part or all of the tract to TNC Berenice h ° pe ultima tely to donate 
days before I March, the preleni tenant is ent nV' cl ° Si "* waa than 9 0 
(continued grain farming and heavy orazinnl h i ! * t0 carr Y through any plans 
the tenant wi 11 probably agree to V Urn ?ed acrea ^ the ' 97 ® Cr ° p year - However, 
of l978 ' 50 that «- — - >! r r^t r r 0 : ^tT^^ris. 
the tract" 3 !s ^M^an"^ dolmente^bi "? s '°““ d the new tract in 1977 , and 
range since 1963 . Also, the new acquisition ? p r 0 J ect as high-use prairie chicken 
nearest established sanctuary. The five un?ts totf? ' mMe from the 
the sanctuary system in Marion Countv are •«,* !, n9 acres now composing 
Stephen A. Forbes State Park and Kinm^ndy tTr'X ^ ^ ba tJen 
