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dc.contributor.authorWaldron, Alexis
dc.contributor.authorBliss, Amanda
dc.contributor.authorThone, Gretchen
dc.date.accessioned2018-03-28T19:33:15Z
dc.date.accessioned2020-06-22T14:33:03Z
dc.date.available2018-03-28T19:33:15Z
dc.date.available2020-06-22T14:33:03Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12648/846
dc.descriptionStudent poster, Center for Earth and Environmental Science, SUNY Plattsburghen_US
dc.description.abstractIn northern New York, there are 2 sympatric species of flying squirrel, the northern (Glaucomys sabrinus) and southern (Glaucomys volans). Recent research suggests that the boundaries between the northern and the southern flying squirrels have been shifting northward, in part due to climate change affecting resource availability. As a result, northern New York would now be the southern terminus for northern, and the northern terminus for the southern flying squirrels. The goal of our research is to develop a molecular survey of the two species that can be compared to morphological measurements made in the field to better confirm species in our area. As weather permits, we are establishing an arboreally mounted trapline and recovering scat, hair, and other tissue samples for DNA extraction, polymerization chain reaction (PCR), and restriction digests to determine species. The molecular assay has been optimized; however the harsh winter has limited our trapping success for tissue collection in the field. Determining frequency of capture will assist in predicting where the boundary of these species lies in Clinton County.en_US
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.subjectnorthern flying squirrelen_US
dc.subjectsouthern flying squirrelen_US
dc.subjectgeographic range shiftsen_US
dc.subjectclimate changeen_US
dc.subjectmolecular verificationen_US
dc.subjectPCRen_US
dc.subjectrestriction digesten_US
dc.subjectDNA extractionen_US
dc.subjectRugar Woodsen_US
dc.titleField and Molecular Survey of Northern and Southern Flying Squirrels in Northern New Yorken_US
dc.typePresentationen_US
refterms.dateFOA2020-06-22T14:33:03Z
dc.description.institutionSUNY Plattsburgh


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