Vol. 21, No. 2 
Pago 2 
impNcaUonTo?‘ tL^Tnd^f'' ^ F a ™ <°^o 'the'pCMu!''The^'*"‘> 
Will be considered in next month's" nelsleuer™ r ° adS ' de " ,ana 9 ement 
i£ olo 9y. and Management of Squirrels 
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M. 
P. 
threeion^cuu:i e !i^ r :s"%^re p r':^: c n t ror: y s and , fox s t" e,s *«■ 
feeding program on sauirrels : n mi* • supplemental winter 
~ P^iS 
W*-7s!’l7 weeks in I97 inXl^^s f ° r '? ” eekS ,n 
feedinTwes competed." ^red^qu^retrY" 11 39ai " 
examined for breeding condition and diseased or papas'U^'and^^hV^’w 
nearest 0.1 g before release. parasites, and weighed to the 
feedinj^began,"due SSV.fiSme^H ''*2-°^ Squi, T els both bafora *nd after 
area. The numbers of fox squirrels on the^ nmber ° f gray sc l u 'rrels on the 
different. On both studv IrZJ W ? areaS were not significantly 
than in the fa 11 ? |n noL of tlie ? f V qu ' rre 1 f were captured in the spring" 
there a significant different hft ^ 8rS nor n the 3 years combined was 
captured V V ^ 
contr^ e a r re:: r ?or°anv 9 six- C a a nd l^T " 065 I" b ° dy ” e ' 9ht batwaa " faad a "< 
higher on the control area in t-hp c C 8SS * j n general, body weights were 
less weight loss between fall and spring! ^ C ° ntro1 area squirre,s showing 
with 84 r pe n ?ce b n r t e c d f n ?he a v t ea S Ni , L 0 and Icantly between areas, 
and 83 percent the oo "? k ! U f6ma,eS breedlng on the fee d area 
area. ' potential breeders reproductively active on the control 
Nixon, 
Hansen 
in the Re n: p : u t r :ap r ": g s ' P :?f:d rr (6 5 mon^: d ,:;eo e a”s p did pe t ri d ? f? nd retrapped 
between areas, but recapture rates were genera,, y h^her°on'^he^on^o! ' V 
of mange ^e tween * a rea s * tnoe^s d 1 f ference , 1 " the «d spring frequency 
m ° re ’.r is? s £ h ~r: area and 
analyzed fo^^tHf tlllTsT^Z^ tT* '2 ^ Spri " 9 ° f W a " b 
significant difference between areai V ^ a " d Hver fat ‘ There was no 
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