Gordon Gunter’s scientific contributions

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Publications (3)


Some Effects of Hurricanes on the Terrestrial Biota, With Special Reference to Camille
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January 1971

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Gulf Research Reports

Gordon Gunter

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Lionel N. Eleuterius

There have been very few articles concerning the effects of hurricanes upon marine and shore organisms. Some effects on fishes have been described by Hubbs (1962) and in that paper he reviewed some of the previous references. Information on animals killed or injured by hurricanes is scarce because potential observers in areas where they strike are generally more concerned with practical personal matters than biological studies right after a bad storm. The senior author has been in or very close to seven West India hurricanes as they came ashore. Each time he was somewhat forewarned and had determined to make some type of quantitative appraisal of killed animals following these storms. However, on no occasion has this been done. Nevertheless, the two writers have collected some fragmentary information worth recording.



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... Extreme hurricanes are known to increase in frequency and strength, with a predicted increase in strength of up to 36% in regions like Florida (USA) (Denamiel et al. 2020;Elsner et al. 2011;Mudd et al. 2014). Such an increase in the strength and frequency of extreme hurricanes can have severe influences, e.g. through habitat destruction for flora and fauna (including squirrels) (Cely 1991;Gunter and Eleuterius 1971;Pries et al. 2009), economic resources on the local economy (for humans) (Hallegatte 2012;Knowlton et al. 2011;Malmstadt et al. 2009;Padgett et al. 2008), and even human lives (Knowlton et al. 2011). ...

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Sustainable Squirrel Conservation: A Modern Reassessment of Family Sciuridae
Some Effects of Hurricanes on the Terrestrial Biota, With Special Reference to Camille
  • Citing Article
  • January 1971

Gulf Research Reports

... Finalmente, en mamíferos se ha registrado una combinación de los efectos hasta ahora vistos en los demás grupos de animales: cambios de patrones de movimiento, sociales, de comportamiento, y en crecimiento poblacional a nivel de crías (López et al. 2003; Pavelka et al. 2003), así como disminución en la sobrevivencia (Langtimm y Beck 2003) en mamíferos grandes (> 10 kg). En los de talla mediana (2-10 kg) el principal efecto fue reducción de poblaciones (Gunter y Eleuterius 1971; Michener et al. 1997; Cruz-Copa 2007), mientras que en los pequeños (< 2 kg) el mayor efecto fue en la abundancia seguido por los patrones de movimiento (Pierson et al. 1996; Swilling et al. 1998; Cruz-Copa 2007). ...

Bark-eating by the Common Gray Squirrel Following a Hurricane
  • Citing Article
  • January 1971

The American Midland Naturalist