Plague is not the only threat to the highly endangered ferrets, which are not protected as fully endangered, but designated an experimental population, which exempts them from stringent protections and makes their presence more palatable to some.
Like the wolves released in Yellowstone National Park and these same Bitterroots in 1995 and 1996, the grizzlies will be relocated as a "nonessential experimental population" under the Endangered Species Act.
The experimental population may be presumed zero.
Thus, although the art therapy was effective with the experimental population, the quantitative results were mixed.
Selection is practically ubiquitous during marker-QTL linkage analysis with an experimental population.
Sampled fish were not returned to the experimental population and were euthanized using an over dose (300 ppm) of MS 222.
The Fish and Wildlife Service has designated the southern Rocky Mountains, primarily in Colorado, as an "experimental" population.
If the wolves are found within the recovery area, they will be considered as part of the experimental population -- a classification that gives wildlife officials greater flexibility in managing the animals.
State and federal officials said the deal used provisions of the Endangered Species Act to classify the bison as a "nonessential experimental population" in Alaska - meaning that protecting them would not hinder development, including oil drilling or mining.
Each experimental population was composed of 30 plants which were numbered from 1 to 30.
Experimental population size plays a major role in the threshold for detection of loci.
