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Assessment of a species' status is a key part of management decision making for endangered and threatened species under the U.S. Endangered Species Act.
Conor P. McGowan +4 more
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Biological Aquatic Weed Control by Fish in the Lower Sonoran Desert of California
Use of fish for biological aquatic weed control is becoming widespread in the irrigation system and recreational lakes of the lower Sonoran Desert of California. Two African species,
E Legner, W Hauser, T Fisher, R Meiived
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We investigate a cornucopia of problems associated with the identity of the desert tortoise, Gopherus agassizii Cooper. The date of publication is found to be 1861, rather than 1863.
Robert Murphy +5 more
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Governing migration through death in Europe and the US : identification, burial and the crisis of modern humanism [PDF]
Border deaths have become an established feature of contemporary migratory politics in both Europe and the US. This article examines similarities and differences in practices of ‘governing migration through death’ across the US-Mexico (Sonoran) and in ...
Squire, Vicki
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Variation in Water‐Use Strategies of Prosopis velutina in Southern Arizona
ABSTRACT In semi‐arid regions of the United States, mesquite trees are widely distributed across the landscape and play a pivotal ecological role, influencing hydrological processes and contributing to biodiversity. This is especially true in riparian areas, where understanding the adaptive water‐use strategies of facultative phreatophytes is essential
Collin Gillespie +3 more
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We examine the role biogeographical features played in the evolution of Morafka's desert tortoise (Gopherus morafkai) and test the hypothesis that G.
T. Edwards +6 more
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Beyond Supply and Demand: The Moral Economy of Price Formation in Slab City
ABSTRACT This article investigates the unique economic practices of Slab City, California, an off‐grid community that rejects mainstream US values. Despite operating within the broader US economic system, Slab City residents have developed alternative forms of exchange, using cigarettes and cannabis alongside US dollars.
Bailey C. Hauswurz
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On the multiple ecological roles of water in river networks [PDF]
The distribution and movement of water can influence the state and dynamics of terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems through a diversity of mechanisms. These mechanisms can be organized into three general categories wherein water acts as (1) a resource or ...
Fisher, SG +2 more
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Abstract Soil salinity is a serious threat to crop productivity and is anticipated to increase in the coming decades, particularly in semi‐arid to arid agricultural regions. Accessible geospatial data and data mining techniques can enable high‐resolution mapping of soil salinity to improve predictions and soil management.
Milton Valencia‐Ortiz +6 more
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Use of ground-truth measurements to monitor ERTS sensor calibration, volume 2 [PDF]
Application of ground-truth data to monitor sensor calibrations for Earth Resources Technology Satellites - Vol.
Rabchevsky, G., Sabatini, R. R.
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