Longevity Record Research Articles

Longevity record for a wild Raccoon, Procyon lotor, in Manitoba

Longevity record for a wild Raccoon, Procyon lotor, in Manitoba

Communications & Collective Security

When NATO came into being in 1949, not a few believed that before long it would succumb to threats from without. They thought the fledgling organization would prove unequal to the task of keeping Soviet power from spilling over the boundaries of the Alliance. But they were wrong.Still others believed that NATO would succumb to problems from within. They doubted that Alliance members would be willing to subordinate their own narrowed interests to the interests of the community as a whole. But they too were wrong.Only a handful of the collective security organizations in history have matched NATO's record of longevity. At the age of thirty-four the Alliance is not just alive—it is flourishing.

A New Record for Longevity of Macrophomina Phaseolina Sclerotia

Salata, B. 1977. Dwa nowe dla flory Polski gatunki grzybow wyzszych-Deux especes champignons superieurs, nouvelles pour la flore de la Pologne. Fragm. Florist. Geobot. 23: 423-428. Shvartsman, S. R. 1959. Redkii gasteromitset Anthurus archeri (Berk.) Fischer v Kazakhstane. De fungo raro Anthurus archeri (Berk.) Fischer (Gasteromycetes) in Kazachstania invento. Bot. Mater. Otd. Sporov. Rast. Bot. Inst. Komarova Akad. Nauk SSSR 12: 257-261. Spirandelli, W. 1966. Die Entwicklung des Tintenfischpilzes (Anthurus aseroeformis) vom Hexenei zum voll ausgebildeten Fruchtkorper. Natur & Mus. 96: 321-325. Vandeven, E. 1976. Anthurus archeri, een indringer in de flora van de Benelux. Coolia 19: 44-46.

A New Record for Longevity of Macrophomina phaseolina Sclerotia

A New Record for Longevity of Macrophomina phaseolina Sclerotia

Rekordowy wiek podkowca małego

Rekordowy wiek podkowca małego

Reproductive function in aged female chimpanzees

Reproductive function was evaluated in ten female chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) aged 35-48 years. Forty-eight years is the longevity record for the chimpanzee. Data on cycle frequency and duration was available for seven animals. Most were cycling regularly until death, and all had experienced at least one menstrual cycle within one year of death. After exclusion of periods when the animals were pregnant or in postpartum amenorrhea, the mean cycle frequency (+/- standard error)/year was 9.54 +/- 0.20 in seven animals aged 15-25 (432 cycles analyzed) compared to 8.6 +/- 0.76 in the same animals at age 35 + years (405 cycles analyzed); this effect approached significance (p = 0.072, Mann-Whitney U-test). Cycle length of 16 cycles in each of seven animals aged 15-25 was 32.23 +/- 0.38 days. The same animals when aged over 35 had mean cycle lengths of 35.59 +/- 0.73. This difference was not significant, although cycle lengths clearly increased with age in some individual animals. In five aged animals for which mating data was available, appropriate exposure to a male occurred in 52 cycles, but only two pregnancies occurred; one pregnancy resulted in a live birth at age 38, the other in a stillbirth at age 40. This conception rate was 3.85% compared with 20% in the same animals aged 15-25. These data suggest greatly reduced fertility after age 35, although menstrual cycle frequency remained high. The persistence of menstrual cyclicity until death, which occurred due to natural causes at latest in the fifth decade, is in striking contrast to the human female in which menopause occurs in the fifth decade and death is often postponed for several more decades.

Longevity Record for the Whimbrel

Longevity Record for the Whimbrel

Longevity Records of North American Birds

Longevity Records of North American Birds

Longevity Record for the Arctic Tern

Longevity Record for the Arctic Tern

A Longevity Record for the Appalachian Ruffed Grouse

A Longevity Record for the Appalachian Ruffed Grouse

A Longevity and Round Trip Record of Purple Finches

A Longevity and Round Trip Record of Purple Finches

Additional Longevity Records for American Bats

Additional Longevity Records for American Bats

Longevity Record for an Ovenbird: Eight Years

Longevity Record for an Ovenbird: Eight Years

Longevity Records of Indigo Buntings Wintering in Jamaica

Longevity Records of Indigo Buntings Wintering in Jamaica

Some Fecundity and Longevity Records for Captive Small Mammals

Some Fecundity and Longevity Records for Captive Small Mammals

Ceylon: Actively Awaiting an Election

As 1969 drew to a close, Government of United National Party (UNP) was brought to within three months of end of its maximum five year term of office. No previous Government, either since independence or beginning of closely fought party competition in 1956, had been both able and desirous of waiting so long before calling a Parliamentary general election to account for its stewardship of office. Its ability to wait rested on a parliamentary majority which became stronger in 1969, provided Federal Party's assumption of an independent status entailed no threat to vote against its former associates in UNP-led coalition. The Government's desire to wait reflected hope, probably increasingly mixed with confidence, that electorate would perceive and appreciate that Government had successfully presided over a restoration of prolonged order in Sinhalese-Tamil relations and an economic renaissance whose combined benefits seemed more apparent and secure with each passing month. While continuing to nurture such a response to their policies and performance of past four years, UNP leaders intensified their concern with party and factional alliances and understandings-both their own and those of their opponents which have been critical for outcome of each general election since 1956. The dominant Parliamentary opposition to Government, a coalition of Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) and two relatively small Marxist parties-the Lanka Sama Samaja (LSSP) and Ceylon Communist party, also neared a fifth anniversary, thus setting a longevity record for party coalitions in Ceylonese politics. The three parties had allied in an unsuccessful attempt to prevent UNP from returning to power in election of 1965, nine years after its unbroken post-independence rule had been terminated by first SLFP-led coalition. In confronting four year record of Government, opposition coalition (usually referred to as the Coalition) denied that either communal relations or economic welfare had been significantly improved. It continued to warn of ominous consequences-for Sinhalese, Muslims and nation-of UNP's political indebtedness to Tamil parties, especially Federal Party. It depicted Government's economic policies as benefitting rich while impoverishing masses and as both sacrificing nation's independence and mortgaging its future in quest and

Longevity Record for Black-Crowned Night Heron: 16-1/2 Years

Longevity Record for Black-Crowned Night Heron: 16-1/2 Years

Longevity and Feeding Records of Notiosorex crawfordi in Captivity

Longevity and Feeding Records of Notiosorex crawfordi in Captivity

Some Longevity Records for Female White-Tailed Deer in Northern Michigan

Longevity records are presented for 14 ear-tagged wild female white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) known to be from 9 to nearly 1S years of age at the time of their final handling. Two were taken by hunters, 12 were recovered when they returned to the winter deeryard. Table 1. Longevity records for female white-tailed deer in northern Michigan. Age Date Age Date Method and Fate Juv. 3-10-55 14 yr. 9 mo. 3-12-69 Capture-gun and released Adult 2-22-35 14 yr. 7 mo. 1-15-48 Live-trapped and released Juv. 1-29-54 13 yr. 7 mo. 11-67 Highway kill Adult 36-56 12 yr. 11 mo. 56-67 Found dead Juv. 2-25-55 12 yr. 8 mo. 1-27-67 Snared and released Adult 25-52 12 yr. 8 mo. 21-63 Live-trapped and released Juv. 2-28-41 11 yr. 8 mo. 2-13-52 Live-trapped and released Adult 22-55 11 yr. 6 mo. 11-27-64 Hunting season kill Juv. 1-23-42 10 yr. 10 mo. 43-52 Live-trapped (died in captivity4-12-53) Juv. 28-51 10 yr. 9 mo. 3-10-61 Live-trapped and released Adult 1-27-54 10 yr. 8 mo. 2-20-63 Live-trapped and released Adult 3-16-60 9 yr. 9 mo. 37-68 Snared and released Juv. 2-17-52 9 yr. 8 mo. 2-21-61 Live-trapped and released Juv. 2-27-51 9 yr. 5 mo. 11-16-59 Hunting season kill 1027 Records of extreme longevity in whitetailed deer generally concern captive or semi-wild females that have received special care and/or feeding. Popov (1950), Palmer ( 1951), Severinghaus and Cheatum ( 1956 ), and Verme ( 1962 ) report instances of such animals living 12 to 20 years. However, longevity records for wild deer continually facing natural hazards are scarce. Since 1935, nearly 2,000 deer have been live-trapped, ear-tagged, and released at the Cusino Wildlife Research Station in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Subsequent recovery of some of these animals provides evidence of the maximum life span of wild females of the species. Data for all deer 1 A contribution from Federal Aid in Wildlife Restoration Project W-117-R, Michigan. known to be more than 9 years old when last examined are shown in Table 1. Animals judged to be adults at their initial handling were arbitrarily assigned the age of 1 year as of the previous spring. Their designated age at recovery is therefore minimal. Although juvenile males were livetrapped in about the same proportion as juvenile females, the oldest known-age male in our records is 8 years and 5 months old. Only 2 of 14 does listed were eventually taken by hunters, despite antlerless deer hunting seasons in this area for the past 12 years. All other does were recovered when they returned to the winter deeryard. Thus, it seems that the most important mortality factor for these aged animals is their survival during the critical winter period, rather than their escape from hunters. INITIAL CAPTURE RECOVERY This content downloaded from 157.55.39.243 on Wed, 05 Oct 2016 04:05:56 UTC All use subject to http://about.jstor.org/terms BROWSE QUALITY INFLUENCED BY TREE OVERSTORY IN THE SOUTH LOWELL K. HALLS, Wildlife Habitat and Silviculture Laboratory, Southern Forest Experiment Station, USDA Forest Service,

Longevity Record for a Breeding Great Frigatebird

Longevity Record for a Breeding Great Frigatebird