The dark side of facilitation: native shrubs facilitate exotic annuals more strongly than native annuals [PDF]
NeoBiota, 2019 Positive interactions enhance biodiversity and ecosystem function, but can also exacerbate biological invasions. Facilitation of exotic invaders by exotic foundation species (invasional meltdown) has been studied extensively, but facilitation of exotic ...
Jacob E. Lucero +5 more
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Environment Conservation Journal, 2021 Assessment of organic carbon fractions in soil provides the basis to ascertain vulnerability of an ecosystem to climate change. In the present study, we assessed SOC fractions in four pedons under contrasting landforms i.e., denudational low hill, upper ...
K. K. Mourya +6 more
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Mapping human perception of urban landscape from street-view images: A deep-learning approach
International Journal of Applied Earth Observations and Geoinformation, 2022 Human perception of urban landscape, which signifies to what extent urban landscape is appreciated by local dwellers, informs human-oriented policies that reinforce public participation.
Jingxian Wei +3 more
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Habitat heterogeneity affects the thermal ecology of an endangered lizard
Ecology and Evolution, 2021 Global climate change is already contributing to the extirpation of numerous species worldwide, and sensitive species will continue to face challenges associated with rising temperatures throughout this century and beyond.
Nicole Gaudenti +4 more
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Testing systems of avian perch deterrents on electric power distribution poles in sage-brush habitat
Human-Wildlife Interactions, 2017 In Lincoln County, Washington, USA, greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) and Columbian sharp-tailed grouse (Tympanuchus phasianellus columbianus) are managed as reintroduced and augmented populations, respectively.
James F. Dwyer, Kerrin W. Doloughan
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Long-term bat abundance in sagebrush steppe
Scientific Reports, 2018 Bats of western North America face many threats, but little is known about current population changes in these mammals. We compiled 283 surveys from 49 hibernacula over 32 years to investigate population changes of Townsend’s big-eared bats (Corynorhinus
Jericho C. Whiting +6 more
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Gateways to the underworld: molecular phylogenetic analyses identify patterns of groundwater fauna and two new species of hypogean Hyalella Smith, 1874 (Amphipoda, Hyalellidae) from the northern Mojave Desert [PDF]
Subterranean BiologyIn North America, the genus Hyalella (Crustacea: Amphipoda) is primarily epigean, with only two described species found in groundwater. In contrast, Stygobromus is an amphipod genus occupying subterranean habitats throughout most of the Nearctic.
Andrew G. Cannizzaro +2 more
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Seeds of Success: A conservation and restoration investment in the future of U.S. lands
Conservation Science and Practice, 2020 Seeds of Success (SOS) is a national seed collection program led by the Bureau of Land Management. SOS represents the most comprehensive native seed repository in the United States, supporting native plant restoration, management, and research.
Sarah C. Barga +4 more
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Ethnobiology Letters, 2011 Review of Paleonutrition. Mark Q. Sutton, Kristin D. Sobolik, and Jill Gardner. 2010. University of Arizona Press, Tucson. Pp. 384, black‐and-white illustrations. $75.00 (hardback). ISBN 9780816527946.
Bryan Hockett
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A Helicopter Survey for Cliff-Nesting Raptors Along the Dalton Highway in Northern Alaska, 2010
BirdsWe conducted a helicopter survey in 2010 for cliff-nesting raptors along the Dalton Highway in northern Alaska. The study area extended from the Yukon River northward ~395 km through the Brooks Range to the Arctic Plain.
Erica H. Craig +2 more
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