Movements and activity of juvenile Brown Treesnakes (Boiga irregularis)
Bjorn Lardner, Julie A. Savidge, Robert N. Reed, Gordon H. Rodda
2014, Copeia (2014) 428-436
Understanding the spatial ecology and foraging strategy of invasive animals is essential for success in control or eradication. We studied movements and activity in juvenile Brown Treesnakes on Guam, as this population segment has proven particularly difficult to control. Distance between daytime refugia (from telemetry of 18 juveniles, 423-800 mm...
Uranium-series ages of corals, sea level history, and palaeozoogeography, Canary Islands, Spain: an exploratory study for two Quaternary interglacial periods
Daniel R. Muhs, Joaquin Meco, Kathleen R. Simmons
2014, Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology (394) 99-118
We present the first U-series ages of corals from emergent marine deposits on the Canary Islands. Deposits at + 20 m are 481 ± 39 ka, possibly correlative to marine isotope stage (or MIS) 11, while those at + 12 and + 8 m are 120.5 ± 0.8 ka and...
Mountain plover nest survival in relation to prairie dog and fire dynamics in shortgrass steppe
David J. Augustine, Susan K. Skagen
2014, Journal of Wildlife Management (78) 595-602
Disturbed xeric grasslands with short, sparse vegetation provide breeding habitat for mountain plovers (Charadrius montanus) across the western Great Plains. Maintaining local disturbance regimes through prairie dog conservation and prescribed fire may contribute to the sustainability of recently declining mountain plover populations, but these management approaches can be controversial. We...
Wintering ecology of adult North American ospreys
Brian E. Washburn, Mark S. Martell, Richard O. Bierregaard Jr., Charles J. Henny, Brian S. Dorr, Thomas J. Olexa
2014, Journal of Raptor Research (48) 325-333
North American Ospreys (Pandion haliaetus) typically migrate long distances to their wintering grounds in the tropics. Beyond the general distribution of their wintering range (i.e., the Caribbean, South America, and Central America), very little is known about the wintering ecology of these birds. We used satellite telemetry to determine the...
Space use of wintering waterbirds in India: Influence of trophic ecology on home-range size
Tsewang Namgail, John Y. Takekawa, Sivananinthaperumal Balachandran, Ponnusamy Sathiyaselvam, Taej Mundkur, Scott H. Newman
2014, Current Zoology (60) 616-621
Relationship between species' home range and their other biological traits remains poorly understood, especially in migratory birds due to the difficulty associated with tracking them. Advances in satellite telemetry and remote sensing techniques have proved instrumental in overcoming such challenges. We studied the space use of migratory ducks through satellite...
Glacial and Quaternary geology of the northern Yellowstone area, Montana and Wyoming
Kenneth L. Pierce, Joseph M. Licciardi, Teresa R. Krause, Cathy Whitlock
2014, GSA Field Guides (37) 189-203
This field guide focuses on the glacial geology and paleoecology beginning in the Paradise Valley and progressing southward into northern Yellowstone National Park. During the last (Pinedale) glaciation, the northern Yellowstone outlet glacier flowed out of Yellowstone Park and down the Yellowstone River Valley into the Paradise Valley. The field...
Suspended particulate layers and internal waves over the southern Monterey Bay continental shelf: an important control on shelf mud belts?
Olivia M. Cheriton, Erika E. McPhee-Shaw, William J. Shaw, Timothy P. Stanton, James G. Bellingham, Curt D. Storlazzi
2014, Journal of Geophysical Research C: Oceans (119) 428-444
Physical and optical measurements taken over the mud belt on the southern continental shelf of Monterey Bay, California documented the frequent occurrence of suspended particulate matter features, the majority of which were detached from the seafloor, centered 9–33 m above the bed. In fall 2011, an automated profiling mooring and...
Dendroclimatic potential of plains cottonwood (Populus deltoides subsp. monilifera) from the Northern Great Plains, USA
Jesse Edmonson, Jonathan Friedman, David Meko, Ramzi Touchan, Julian Scott, Alan Edmonson
2014, Tree-Ring Research (70) 21-30
A new 368-year tree-ring chronology (A.D. 1643–2010) has been developed in western North Dakota using plains cottonwood (Populus deltoides subsp. monilifera) growing on the relatively undisturbed floodplain of the Little Missouri River in the North Unit of Theodore Roosevelt National Park. We document many slow-growing living trees between 150–370 years old that contradict...
A tetrapod-like repertoire of innate immune receptors and effectors for coelacanths
Pierre Boudinot, Jun Zou, Tatsuya Ota, Francesco Buonocore, Giuseppe Scapigliati, Adriana Canapa, John Cannon, Gary Litman, John D. Hansen
2014, Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution (322) 415-437
The recent availability of both robust transcriptome and genome resources for coelacanth (Latimeria chalumnae) has led to unique discoveries for coelacanth immunity such as the lack of IgM, a central component of adaptive immunity. This study was designed to more precisely address the origins and evolution of gene families involved...
The geochemistry of deep-sea coral skeletons: a review of vital effects and applications for palaeoceanography
Laura F. Robinson, Jess F. Adkins, Norbert Frank, Alexander C. Gagon, Nancy G. Prouty, E. Brendan Roark, Tina van de Flierdt
2014, Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography (99) 184-198
Deep-sea corals were discovered over a century ago, but it is only over recent years that focused efforts have been made to explore the history of the oceans using the geochemistry of their skeletal remains. They offer a promising archive of past oceanic environments given their global distribution, layered growth...
Mount St. Helens, Washington, USA
Chris Newhall, Peter Frenzen, Carolyn L. Mastin
Patricia Erfurt-Cooper, editor(s)
2014, Book chapter, Volcanic tourist destinations
May 18, 1980. Sunrise and a crystal-clear morning. Mount St. Helens was a beautiful, peaceful, snow-capped mountain surrounded by pristine forests and lakes(Fig. 15.1). Yes, it was known to be spitting ash and shaking, but it was still fundamentally the same Mount St. Helens that had for decades been a favorite...
Corridor- and stopover-use of the Hawaiian goose (Branta sandvicensis), an intratropical altitudinal migrant
Christina R. Leopold, Steven C. Hess
2014, Journal of Tropical Ecology (30) 67-78
We outfitted six male Hawaiian geese, or nene (Branta sandvicensis), with 45-g solar-powered satellite transmitters and collected four location coordinates d−1 from 2010 to 2012. We used 6193 coordinates to characterize migration corridors, habitat preferences and temporal patterns of displacement for 16 migration events with Brownian bridge utilization distributions (BBUD)....
Decision making, risk, and uncertainty
Carol C. Russell, Kathleen S. Smith, Virginia T. McLemore
Virginia T. McLemore, Kathleen S. Smith, Carol C. Russell, editor(s)
2014, Book chapter, Sampling and monitoring for the mine life cycle: Management technologies for metal mining influenced water
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Sylphella puccoon gen. n., sp. n. and two additional new species of aquatic oligochaetes (Lumbriculidae, Clitellata) from poorly-known lotic habitats in North Carolina (USA)
Pilar Rodriguez, Steven V. Fend, David R. Lenat
2014, ZooKeys (451) 1-32
Three new species of Lumbriculidae were collected from floodplain seeps and small streams in southeastern North America. Some of these habitats are naturally acidic. Sylphella puccoon gen. n., sp. n. has prosoporous male ducts in X-XI, and spermathecae in XII-XIII. Muscular, spherical atrial ampullae and acuminate penial sheaths distinguish this...
Diverse rupture modes for surface-deforming upper plate earthquakes in the southern Puget Lowland of Washington State
Alan R. Nelson, Stephen F. Personius, Brian L. Sherrod, Harvey M. Kelsey, Samuel Y. Johnson, Lee-Ann Bradley, Ray E. Wells
2014, Geosphere (10) 769-796
Earthquake prehistory of the southern Puget Lowland, in the north-south compressive regime of the migrating Cascadia forearc, reflects diverse earthquake rupture modes with variable recurrence. Stratigraphy and Bayesian analyses of previously reported and new 14C ages in trenches and cores along backthrust scarps in the Seattle fault zone restrict a large...
The geobiology of sediment-hosted mineral deposits
Clint Scott, Karen D. Kelley, John F. Slack
2014, Book chapter, Building exploration capability for the 21st century
The role of biological processes in the formation of sediment-hosted ore deposits has long been recognized. In this review, we focus on the biogeochemical cycling of C, Mn, Fe, and S as they relate to the formation of sediment-hosted Mn and Fe deposits, metalliferous black shales, clastic-dominated (CD) Pb-Zn deposits,...
Effects of Renibacterium salmoninarum on olfactory organs of Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) marked with coded wire tags
Diane G. Elliott, Carla M. Conway
D.W. Bruno, D.G. Elliott, B. Nowak, editor(s)
2014, Report, Proceedings of the European Association of Fish Pathologists 16th International Conference on Diseases of Fish and Shellfish Histopathology Workshop. Sensory System Pathology.
Bacterial kidney disease (BKD) caused by Renibacterium salmoninarum can cause significant morbidity and mortality in Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha), particularly in Chinook salmon of the stream (spring) life history type, which migrate to sea as yearlings rather than subyearlings. R. salmoninarum can be transmitted vertically from the female parent to...
Age-Ratios and Condition of En Route Migrant Blackpoll Warblers in the British Virgin Islands
Clint W. Boal
2014, Wilson Journal of Ornithology (126) 568-574
The en route migration ecology of Blackpoll Warblers (Setophaga striata) is poorly understood, yet intriguing. Blackpoll Warblers undertake the longest open water migration of any wood warbler species, traveling from northeastern North America to South America, with the first potential landfall being the West Indies. This migration requires substantial energy...
Adult survival, apparent lamb survival, and body condition of desert bighorn sheep in relation to habitat and precipitation on the Kofa National Wildlife Refuge, Arizona
Matthew Overstreet, Colleen A. Caldwell, James W. Cain III
2014, Cooperator Science Series 109-2014
The decline of desert bighorn sheep on the Kofa National Wildlife Refuge (KNWR) beginning in 2003 stimulated efforts to determine the factors limiting survival and recruitment. We 1) determined pregnancy rates, body fat, and estimated survival rates of adults and lambs; 2) investigated the relationship between precipitation, forage conditions, previous...
Self-confidence of anglers in identification of freshwater sport fish
C.J. Chizinski, D. R. Martin, Kevin L. Pope
2014, Fisheries Management and Ecology (21) 448-453
Although several studies have focused on how well anglers identify species using replicas and pictures, there has been no study assessing the confidence that can be placed in angler's ability to identify recreationally important fish. Understanding factors associated with low self-confidence will be useful in tailoring education programmes to improve...
Seismic evidence for a crustal magma reservoir beneath the upper east rift zone of Kilauea volcano, Hawaii
Guoqing Lin, Falk Amelung, Yan Lavallee, Paul G. Okubo
2014, Geology (42) 187-190
An anomalous body with low Vp (compressional wave velocity), low Vs (shear wave velocity), and high Vp/Vs anomalies is observed at 8–11 km depth beneath the upper east rift zone of Kilauea volcano in Hawaii by simultaneous inversion of seismic velocity structure and earthquake locations. We interpret this body to...
Carcass analog provides marine subsidies for macroinvertebrates and juvenile Atlantic 8 salmon in temperate oligotrophic streams
Margaret Q. Guyette, Cynthia S. Loftin, Joseph D. Zydlewski, Richard Cunjak
2014, Freshwater Biology (59) 392-406
Anadromous fish populations entering freshwater ecosystems provide organic matter and marine-derived nutrients during spawning and subsequent mortalities of adults. Dams and other impediments to connectivity in rivers and streams have affected anadromous fish populations in many regions and prevented or reduced this influx of organic materials and...
Experimental additions of aluminum sulfateand ammonium nitrate to in situ mesocosms toreduce cyanobacterial biovolume and microcystinconcentration
Theodore D. Harris, Frank M. Wilhelm, Jennifer L. Graham, Keith A. Loftin
2014, Lake and Reservoir Management (30) 84-93
Recent studies suggest that nitrogen additions to increase the total nitrogen:total phosphorus (TN:TP) ratio may reduce cyanobacterial biovolume and microcystin concentration in reservoirs. In systems where TP is >100 μg/L, however, nitrogen additions to increase the TN:TP ratio could cause ammonia, nitrate, or nitrite toxicity to terrestrial and aquatic organisms. Reducing phosphorus via...
Statistical assessment on a combined analysis of GRYN-ROMN-UCBN upland vegetation vital signs
Kathryn M. Irvine, Thomas J. Rodhouse
2014, Natural Resource Report NPS/UCBN/NRR—2014/855
As of 2013, Rocky Mountain and Upper Columbia Basin Inventory and Monitoring Networks have multiple years of vegetation data and Greater Yellowstone Network has three years of vegetation data and monitoring is ongoing in all three networks. Our primary objective is to assess whether a combined analysis of these data...
Learning rate and temperament in a high predation risk environment
C. DePasquale, Tyler Wagner, G.A. Archard, B. Ferguson, V.A. Braithwaite
2014, Oecologia (176) 661-667
Living in challenging environments can influence the behavior of animals in a number of ways. For instance, populations of prey fish that experience frequent, nonlethal interactions with predators have a high proportion of individuals that express greater reaction to risk and increased activity and exploration—collectively known as temperament traits. Temperament...
