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• Gulf killifish (Fundulus grandis) in the Pecos River: Unique life history traits in a nonnative, island population, 2024, Southwestern Naturalist (68) - 1
• Analysis of mitochondrial DNA sequence data demonstrates that monophyly of myotis occultus is complicated by greater sampling of myotis lucifugus, 2024, Southwestern Naturalist (67) - 4
• Microhabitat use of native Santa Ana sucker and arroyo chub in an effluent-dominated southern California stream, 2023, Southwestern Naturalist (67) - 3
• Augmentation of natural prey reduces cattle predation by puma (Puma concolor) and jaguar (Panthera onca) on a ranch in Sonora, Mexico, 2021, Southwestern Naturalist (65) - 2
• Lesser prairie-chicken (Tympanuchus pallidicinctus) use of man-made water sources, 2020, Southwestern Naturalist (65) - 3-4
• Winter and spring diet of the orangebelly darter, Etheostoma radiosum, among tributaries of the Lower Mountain Fork River, 2019, Southwestern Naturalist (63) - 2
• Long-Term Movement and Estimated Age of a Paddlefish (Polyodon spathula) in the Arkansas River Basin of Oklahoma, 2018, Southwestern Naturalist (62) - 3
• Population expansion of Humpback chub in western Grand Canyon and hypothesized mechanisms, 2017, Southwestern Naturalist (62) - 4
• Nesting ecology of grassland birds following a wildfire in the southern Great Plains, 2017, Southwestern Naturalist (62) - 1
• Survival of the endangered Pima pineapple cactus: Does clearing before prescribed fire alter survival postfire?, 2017, Southwestern Naturalist (62) - 3
• Protozoal hepatitis in a western burrowing owl (Athene cunicularia hypugaea), 2017, Southwestern Naturalist (62) - 1
• Subsequent-year recaptures at winter sites in three species of shrubland sparrows (Emberizidae), 2017, Southwestern Naturalist (62) - 2
• Rare alluvial sands of El Monte Valley, California (San Diego County), support high herpetofaunal species richness and diversity, despite severe habitat disturbance, 2016, Southwestern Naturalist (61) - 4
• Phenology of the adult angel lichen moth (Cisthene angelus) in Grand Canyon, USA, 2016, Southwestern Naturalist (61) - 3
• Restoring sand shinnery oak prairies with herbicide and grazing in New Mexico, 2016, Southwestern Naturalist (61) - 3
• Use of free water by nesting lesser prairie-chickens, 2016, Southwestern Naturalist (61) - 3
• Diet of pumas (Puma concolor) in Sonora, Mexico, as determined by GPS kill sites and molecular identified scat, with comments on jaguar (Panthera onca) diet, 2016, Southwestern Naturalist (61) - 2
• Flow regime effects on mature Populus fremontii (Fremont cottonwood) productivity on two contrasting dryland river floodplains, 2016, Southwestern Naturalist (61) - 1
• Seasonal shifts in the diet of the big brown bat (Eptesicus fuscus), Fort Collins, Colorado, 2014, Southwestern Naturalist (59) - 4
• Evaluation of road expansion and connectivity mitigation for wildlife in southern California, 2014, Southwestern Naturalist (59) - 2
• Small mammals from the Chelemhá Cloud Forest Reserve, Alta Verapaz, Guatemala, 2014, Southwestern Naturalist (59) - 2
• Associations of wintering birds with habitat in semidesert and plains grasslands in Arizona, 2014, Southwestern Naturalist (59) - 2
• Effects of soil temperature and depth to ground water on first-year growth of a dryland riparian phreatophyte, Glycyrrhiza lepidota (American licorice), 2014, Southwestern Naturalist (59) - 1
• Hydrologic alteration affects aquatic plant assemblages in an arid-land river, 2014, Southwestern Naturalist (59) - 4
• Nest guarding by female Agassiz's desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) at a wind-energy facility near Palm Springs, California, 2013, Southwestern Naturalist (58) - 2
• Consumption of seeds of southwestern white pine (Pinus strobiformis) by Black Bear (Ursus americanus), 2013, Southwestern Naturalist (58) - 2
• Desert fires fueled by native annual forbs: effects of fire on communities of plants and birds in the lower Sonoran Desert of Arizona, 2013, Southwestern Naturalist (58) - 2
• Home range and use of habitat of western yellow-billed cuckoos on the middle Rio Grande, New Mexico, 2013, Southwestern Naturalist (58) - 4
• Desert fires fueled by native annual forbs: Effects of fire on communities of plants and birds in the Lower Sonoran Desert of Arizona, 2013, Southwestern Naturalist (58) - 2
• Evaluation of otoliths Salt Creek pupfish (Cyprinodon salinus salinus) for use in analyses of age and growth, 2012, Southwestern Naturalist (57) - 4
• Breeding colonies of least terns (Sternula antillarum) in northern Sonora, Mexico, 2006-2008, 2012, Southwestern Naturalist (57) - 3
• Identifying nest predators of American avocets (Recurvirostra americana) and black-necked stilts (Himantopus mexicanus) in San Francisco Bay, California, 2011, Southwestern Naturalist (56) - 1
• Dirhinus texanus (Hymenoptera: Chalcididae) from Utah, 2011, Southwestern Naturalist (56) - 2
• Unusual dominance by desert pupfish (Cyprinodon macularius) in experimental ponds within the Salton Sea Basin, 2011, Southwestern Naturalist (56) - 3
• Identifying nest predators of American avocets (Recurvirostra americana) and black-necked stilts (Himantopus mexicanus) in San Francisco Bay, California, 2011, Southwestern Naturalist (56) - 1
• Spring migration and summer destinations of northern pintails from the coast of southern California, 2010, Southwestern Naturalist (55) - 4
• Reptilian prey of the sonora mud turtle (Kinosternon sonoriense) with comments on saurophagy and ophiophagy in North American Turtles, 2010, Southwestern Naturalist (55) - 1
• Small mammals associated with colonies of black-tailed prairie dogs (Cynomys ludovicianus) in the Southern High Plains, 2010, Southwestern Naturalist (55) - 1
• Impacts of hikers on aquatic invertebrates in the North Fork of the Virgin River, Utah, 2010, Southwestern Naturalist (55) - 4
• Temporal and maternal effects on reproductive ecology of the giant gartersnake (Thamnophis gigas), 2009, Southwestern Naturalist (56) - 1
• Trophic relationships of small nonnative fishes in a natural creek and several agricultural drains flowing into the Salton Sea, and their potential, effects on the endangered desert pupfish, 2009, Southwestern Naturalist (54) - 2
• Allen's big-eared bat (Idionycteris phyllotis) documented in colorado based on recordings of its distinctive echolocation call, 2009, Southwestern Naturalist (54) - 4
• Species richness, relative abundance, and habitat associations of nocturnal birds along the rio grande in Southern texas, 2009, Southwestern Naturalist (54) - 3
• Food habits of the hoary bat (LASIURUS CINEREUS) during spring migration through new mexico, 2009, Southwestern Naturalist (54) - 2
• Rodents new to the diet of the western burrowing owl(athene CUNICULARIA HYPUGAEA ), 2009, Southwestern Naturalist (54) - 1
• Small nonnative fishes as predators of larval razorback suckers, 2008, Southwestern Naturalist (53) - 2
• Relative abundance of mesopredators and size of oak patches in the cross-timbers ecoregion, 2008, Southwestern Naturalist (53) - 2
• Comparison of effects of humans versus wildlife-detector dogs, 2008, Southwestern Naturalist (53) - 4
• Relation between species assemblages of fishes and water quality in salt ponds and sloughs in South San Francisco Bay, 2008, Southwestern Naturalist (53) - 3
• Diets of swift foxes (Vulpes velox) in continuous and fragmented prairie in Northwestern Texas, 2007, Southwestern Naturalist (52) - 4
• Further assessment of environmental contaminants in avian prey of the peregrine falcon in big bend National Park, Texas, 2007, Southwestern Naturalist (52) - 1
• Characteristics of roost sites used by burrowing owls (Athene cunicularia) wintering in Southern Texas, 2007, Southwestern Naturalist (52) - 1
• Distribution, habitat, size, and color pattern of Cnemidophorus lemniscatus (Sauria: Teiidae) on Cayo Cochino Pequeño, Honduras, 2007, Southwestern Naturalist (52) - 1
• Has climatic warming altered spring flowering date of Sonoran Desert shrubs?, 2007, Southwestern Naturalist (52) - 3
• Variable role of aquatic macroinvertebrates in initial breakdown of seasonal leaf litter inputs to a cold-desert river, 2007, Southwestern Naturalist (52) - 2
• Comparative growth and consumption potential of rainbow trout and humpback chub in the Colorado River, Grand Canyon, Arizona, under different temperature scenarios, 2007, Southwestern Naturalist (52) - 2
• Bobcat attack on a cottontail rabbit, 2006, Southwestern Naturalist (51) - 1
• Nest success of mountain plovers relative to anthropogenic edges in eastern Colorado, 2006, Southwestern Naturalist (51) - 2
• Relationship between shrubs and foods in mountain plover habitat in Park County, Colorado, 2006, Southwestern Naturalist (51) - 2
• Summer food habits and trophic overlap of roundtail chub and creek chub in Muddy Creek, Wyoming, 2006, Southwestern Naturalist (51) - 1
• Bullfrog tadpole (Rana catesbeiana) and red swamp crayfish (Procambarus clarkii) predation on early life stages of endangered razorback sucker (Xyrauchen texanus), 2006, Southwestern Naturalist (51) - 2
• Microhabitat use, home range, and movements of the alligator snapping turtle, Macrochelys temminckii, in Oklahoma, 2006, Southwestern Naturalist (51) - 1
• Westward expansion of the tawny-bellied cotton rat (Sigmodon fulviventer) in west-central New Mexico, 2005, Southwestern Naturalist (50) - 2
• Examining patterns of bat activity in Bandelier National Monument, New Mexico, using walking point transects, 2005, Southwestern Naturalist (50) - 2
• New evidence for persistent or transient seed banks in three Sonoran Desert cacti, 2005, Southwestern Naturalist (50) - 4
• Habitat preferences of migrant and wintering northern harriers in northwestern Texas, 2005, Southwestern Naturalist (50) - 4
• Distribution of the white-ankled mouse (Peromyscus pectoralis) in New Mexico, 2004, Southwestern Naturalist (49) - 2
• Seasonal changes in 17-ß estradiol of the Rio Grande Chub (Gila pandora) in south-central New Mexico, 2004, Southwestern Naturalist (49) - 3
• Considerations for monitoring a rare anuran (Eleutherodactylus augusti), 2004, Southwestern Naturalist (49) - 4
• Snake (Colubridae: Thamnophis) predatory responses to chemical cues from native and introduced prey species, 2004, Southwestern Naturalist (49) - 4
• Collared peccary range expansion in northwestern New Mexico, 2004, Southwestern Naturalist (49) - 4
• Nocturnal activity by diurnal lizards (Sceloporus jarrovi, S. virgatus) eaten by small owls (Glaucidium gnoma, Otus trichopsis), 2003, Southwestern Naturalist (48) - 2
• Food habits of Nyctinomops macrotis at a maternity roost in New Mexico, as indicated by analysis of guano, 2003, Southwestern Naturalist (48) - 1
• Effects of desert wildfires on desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) and other small vertebrates, 2003, Southwestern Naturalist (48) - 1
• Effects of river flow regime on cottonwood leaf litter dynamics in semi-arid northwestern Colorado, 2003, Southwestern Naturalist (48) - 2
• Ord's kangaroo rats living in floodplain habitats: Factors contributing to habitat attraction, 2003, Southwestern Naturalist (48) - 3
• Productivity and breeding habitat of loggerhead shrikes in a southwestern urban environment, 2003, Southwestern Naturalist (48) - 4
• Effects of desert wildfires on desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) and other small vertebrates, 2003, Southwestern Naturalist (48) -
• First record of the Arizona cotton rat (Sigmodon arizonae) in New Mexico, 2002, Southwestern Naturalist (47) - 3
• Regeneration of triangle-leaf bursage (Ambrosia deltoidea: Asteraceae): Germination behavior and persistent seed bank, 2002, Southwestern Naturalist (47) - 3
• First record of the Arizona cotton rat (Sigmodon arizonae) in New Mexico, 2002, Southwestern Naturalist (47) - 3
• Taxonomic assessment of the black bear (Ursus americanus) in the eastern United States, 2002, Southwestern Naturalist (47) - 3
• Geographic variation in the black bear (Ursus americanus) in the eastern United States and Canada, 2002, Southwestern Naturalist (47) - 2
• New host and locality records of bat ectoparasites from Arizona and New Mexico, 2002, Southwestern Naturalist (47) - 3
• Success of artificial bird nests in burned Gulf Coast Chenier Plain marshes, 2002, Southwestern Naturalist (47) - 4
• Terrestrial habitat use by pacific pond turtles in a Mediterranean climate, 2002, Southwestern Naturalist (47) - 2
• Attempted predation of Couch's spadefoot (Scaphicpus couchii) juveniles by ants (Aphaenogaster cockerelli), 2001, Southwestern Naturalist (46) - 1
• Implications of seed size for seedling survival in Carnegiea gigantea and Ferocactus wislizeni (Cactaceae), 2001, Southwestern Naturalist (46) - 3
• Experimental repatriation of boreal toad (Bufo boreas) eggs, metamorphs, and adults in Rocky Mountain National Park, 2001, Southwestern Naturalist (46) - 1
• Influence of changes in sagebrush on Gunnison sage grouse in Southwestern Colorado, 2001, Southwestern Naturalist (46) - 3
• The South American suckermouth armored catfish, Pterygoplichthys anisitsi (Pisces: Loricariidae), in Texas, with comments on foreign fish introductions in the American Southwest, 2001, Southwestern Naturalist (46) - 1
• Observations on an autumn flowering population of Prairie Nymph (Herbertia lahue ssp. caerulea) in Southwestern Louisiana, 2000, Southwestern Naturalist (45) - 2
• Status of translocated sea otters at San Nicolas Island, California, 2000, Southwestern Naturalist (45) - 3
• The swift fox in rangeland and cropland in western Kansas: Relative abundance, mortality, and body size, 2000, Southwestern Naturalist (45) - 2
• Predation on Corynorhinus townsendii by Rattus rattus, 2000, Southwestern Naturalist (45) - 4
• Abiotic factors affecting summer distribution and movement of male paddlefish, Polyodon spathula, in a prairie reservoir, 2000, Southwestern Naturalist (45) - 2
• Distribution of the spotted bat (Euderma maculatum) in Nevada, including notes on reproduction, 2000, Southwestern Naturalist (45) - 3
• Discovery of a second population of white-collared seedeaters, Sporophila torqueola (Passeriformes: emberizidae) along the Rio Grande of Texas, 1999, Southwestern Naturalist (44) - 4
• Simulation modeling of population viability for the leopard darter (Percidae: Percina pantherina), 1999, Southwestern Naturalist (44) - 4
• Population changes in bats from central Arizona: 1972 and 1997, 1999, Southwestern Naturalist (44) - 4
• Birds associated with black-tailed prairie dog colonies in southern shortgrass prairie, 1999, Southwestern Naturalist (44) - 4
• Additional records of bats from the middle Rio Grande Valley, New Mexico, 1999, Southwestern Naturalist (44) - 3
• Rodent populations after a large wildfire in California chaparral and coastal sage scrub, 1998, Southwestern Naturalist (43) -
• An observation on caching of prey by a long-tailed weasel (Mustela frenata), 1998, Southwestern Naturalist (43) - 1
• The status of Moapa coriacea and Gila seminuda and status information on other fishes of the Muddy River, Clark County, Nevada, 1998, Southwestern Naturalist (43) - 2
• Migration chronology and distribution of redheads on the lower Laguna Madre, Texas, 1997, Southwestern Naturalist (42) - 1
• The effect of drought on Engelmann prickly pear (cactaceae: Opuntia engelmannii) fruit and seed production, 1997, Southwestern Naturalist (42) - 2
• Prevalence of double wing molt in free-living ruddy ducks, 1996, Southwestern Naturalist (41) - 2
• Neosho madtom distribution and abundance in the Spring River, 1996, Southwestern Naturalist (41) - 1
• Dead and dying Brazilian free-tailed bats (Tadarida brasiliensis) from Texas: Rabies and pesticide exposure, 1996, Southwestern Naturalist (41) - 3
• Thiotrix sp. (Beggiatoaceae) from tadpoles in western Mexico, 1996, Southwestern Naturalist (41) -
• Texas rat snake (Elaphe obsoleta lindheimeri) eggs and hatchlings from a communal nest, 1995, Southwestern Naturalist (40) - 2
• Predation by odonate nymphs on larval razorback suckers (Xyrauchen texanus) under laboratory conditions, 1994, Southwestern Naturalist (39) - 4
• Timing of remigial molt in fulvous whistling ducks nesting in Louisiana, 1994, Southwestern Naturalist (39) - 2
• An assessment of riparian environmental quality by using butterflies and disturbance susceptibility scores, 1994, Southwestern Naturalist (39) - 2
• Are cicadas (Diceroprocta apache) both a "keystone" and a "critical-link" species in lower Colorado River riparian communities?, 1994, Southwestern Naturalist (39) - 1
• Growth and survivorship of Moapa dace (Osteichthyes: Cyprinidae: Moapa coriacea) in an isolated stream reach on Moapa National Wildlife Refuge, 1994, Southwestern Naturalist (39) - 2
• Predation by dipteran larvae on fairy shrimp (Crustacea: Anostraca) in Utah rock pools, 1994, Southwestern Naturalist (39) - 2
• Species diversity and habitat associations of small mammals at Pinnacles National Monument, California, 1994, Southwestern Naturalist (39) - 2
• Species diversity, selectivity, and habitat associations of small mammals from coastal California, 1994, Southwestern Naturalist (39) - 2
• Post-breeding territoriality and foraging behavior in Costa's Hummingbird (Calypte costae), 1993, Southwestern Naturalist (38) - 4
• Use of larval light traps to capture Razorback Sucker (Xyranchen texanus) in Lake Mohave, 1993, Southwestern Naturalist (38) -
• Redhead duck behavior on lower Laguna Madre and adjacent ponds of southern Texas, 1992, Southwestern Naturalist (37) - 1
• Body condition, food habits, and molt status of late-wintering ruddy ducks in California, 1992, Southwestern Naturalist (37) - 3
• Systematic status of the San Luis Potosi black-headed snake, Tantilla deviatrix Barbour (Colubridae), 1992, Southwestern Naturalist (37) - 3
• Nesting behavior and movements of western pond turtles, Clemmys marmorata, 1992, Southwestern Naturalist (37) - 3
• Eggshell thinning and contaminant levels in bald eagle eggs from Arizona, 1977 to 1985, 1990, Southwestern Naturalist (35) - 3
• Growth and fatbody cycles in feral populations of the African clawed frog, Xenopus laevis (Pipidae), in California with comments on reproduction, 1989, Southwestern Naturalist (34) - 4
• Food habits and organochlorine contaminants in the diet of olivaceous cormorants in Galveston Bay, Texas, 1989, Southwestern Naturalist (34) - 3
• A historical review of peregrine falcon breeding and summering records for Arizona and the Navajo Indian Reservation, 1989, Southwestern Naturalist (34) - 4
• Growth and fat-body cycles in feral populations of the African clawed frog, Xenopus laevis (Pipidae), in California with comments on reproduction, 1989, Southwestern Naturalist (34) - 4
• Observations of spawning razorback sucker (Xyrauchen texanus) utilizing riverine habitat in the Lower Colorado River, Arizona-Nevada, 1989, Southwestern Naturalist (34) - 1
• Correction of the name of the host of the trematode Lageronia jimenezi Iruegas-Buentello and Salinas-Lopez 1989, 1989, Southwestern Naturalist (34) -
• Karyotype of Marmosa canescens (Marsupialia: Didelphidae): a mouse opossum with 22 chromosomes, 1988, Southwestern Naturalist (33) - 2
• Number of oil-killed birds and fate of bird carcasses at crude oil pits in Texas, 1987, Southwestern Naturalist (32) - 3
• Reproductive activity of male Crotalus atrox and C. scutulatus (Reptilia: Viperidae) in northeastern Chihuahua, Mexico, 1987, Southwestern Naturalist (32) - 2
• Post fire recovery of chaparral along an elevational gradient in southern California, 1986, Southwestern Naturalist (31) -
• Areas of localized organochlorine contamination in Arizona and New Mexico, 1985, Southwestern Naturalist (30) - 2
• Sperm whales (Physeter catodon) in the Gulf of Mexico, 1985, Southwestern Naturalist (30) - 1
• Comparative status of fishes along the course of the pluvial White River, Nevada, 1985, Southwestern Naturalist (30) - 4
• Effect of heat on seed germination in southwestern Yucca species, 1985, Southwestern Naturalist (30) -
• Spawning by Rhinichthys osculus (Cyprinidae), in the San Francisco River, New Mexico, 1984, Southwestern Naturalist (29) - 3
• Predation on Sonoran whiptails, Cnemidophorus sonorae (Teiidae), by the great-tailed grackle, Quiscalus mexicanus (Icteridae), 1984, Southwestern Naturalist (29) - 4
• Elevated DDE and toxaphene residues in fishes and birds reflect local contamination in the lower Rio Grande Valley, Texas, 1983, Southwestern Naturalist (28) - 3
• Elevated DDE and toxaphene residues in fishes and birds reflect local contamination in the lower Rio Grande valley Texas USA, 1983, Southwestern Naturalist (28) - 3
• Fish introductions in the American southwest: a case history of Rogers Spring, Nevada, 1983, Southwestern Naturalist (28) - 2
• Elevational record for Euderma maculatum (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae), 1981, Southwestern Naturalist (26) - 1
• Breeding habit of the toad Bufo coccifer in Costa Rica, with a description of the tadpole, 1981, Southwestern Naturalist (26) - 4
• Elimination of a Gila topminnow (Poeciliopsis occidentalis, Poeciliidae.) population and other impacts of flooding in a Sonoran desert stream, 1981, Southwestern Naturalist (26) -
• White-faced ibis populations and pollutants in Texas, 1969-1976, 1980, Southwestern Naturalist (25) - 2
• The decline of brown pelicans on the Louisiana and Texas Gulf Coast, 1977, Southwestern Naturalist (21) - 4
• Bird mortality, Galveston Island, Texas, 1976, Southwestern Naturalist (21) - 3
• Fat content in migratory central Arizona Brazilian free-tailed bats, Tadarida brasiliensis (Molossidae), 1976, Southwestern Naturalist (21) - 3
• Unusual food items of the western diamondback rattlesnake (Crotalus atrox), 1975, Southwestern Naturalist (20) - 3
• Neotoma micropus in Chihuahua, 1975, Southwestern Naturalist (20) - 2
• Additional records of some Chihuahuan bats, 1970, Southwestern Naturalist (15) - 1
• Wind training in some prairie trees, 1969, Southwestern Naturalist (14) - 1
• A demographic analysis of fenced populations of the whiptail lizard, Cnemidophorus tigris, in southern Nevada, 1969, Southwestern Naturalist (14) -
• Apache pocket mouse found in Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado, 1963, Southwestern Naturalist (8) -