A late Cenozoic kinematic model for fault motion within greater Cascadia
Douglas S. Wilson, Patricia A. McCrory
2022, Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems (23)
Widely accepted tectonic reconstructions indicate at least 100 km of coast-parallel northwestward translation of the Sierra Nevada block of California and 15–20° clockwise rotation of most of Oregon since the current phase of Basin and Range extension began ∼17 Ma. These reconstructions require at least 100 km of convergence between the central Coast...
Distribution and demography of coastal Cactus Wrens (Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus) in southern San Diego County, California — 2021 Data summary
Suellen Lynn, Barbara E. Kus
2022, Data Report 1159
We surveyed for coastal Cactus Wren (Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus) in 378 established plots in southern San Diego County in 2021, encompassing 3 genetic clusters (Otay, Lake Jennings, and Sweetwater/Encanto). Two surveys were completed at each plot between March 1 and July 31. Cactus Wrens were detected in 130 plots (34 percent...
Temporal mismatch in space use by a sagebrush obligate species after large-scale wildfire
Elizabeth M. Schuyler, Christian A. Hagen, Christopher R. Anthony, Lee J. Foster, Katie Dugger
2022, Ecosphere (13)
The increase in size and frequency of wildfires in sagebrush steppe ecosystems has significant impacts on sagebrush obligate species. We modeled seasonal habitat use by female greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) in the Trout Creek Mountains of Oregon and Nevada, USA, to identify landscape characteristics that influenced sage-grouse habitat selection and...
Quantitative SWOT analysis: A structured and collaborative approach to reintroduction site selection for the endangered Pacific pocket mouse
Rachel Y. Chock, William B Miller, Shauna N D King, Cheryl S. Brehme, Robert N. Fisher, Hans Sin, Peggy Wilcox, Jill Terp, Scott Tremor, Matthew R Major, Korie Merrill, Wayne D Spencer, Sherri Sullivan, Deborah M Shier
2022, Journal for Nature Conservation (70)
Species extinction and loss of biodiversity are major crises in the Anthropocene. Translocations of threatened and endangered species, the movement of individuals to augment existing or establish new populations, are increasingly important conservation tools, but have historically had limited success. Selection...
Efficacy of secondary electric fences at preventing direct contact among white-tailed deer
Renee M. Khouri, Donald C. Wagner, W. David Walter
2022, Wildlife Society Bulletin (46)
Free-ranging and captive cervid herds are at risk for chronic wasting disease transmission from direct contacts at fences, so we explored the use of a secondary electric fence to prevent contacts in white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus). Using a captive herd of white-tailed deer in Pennsylvania, USA, we tested the efficacy...
Rapid ʻŌhiʻa Death in Hawaiʻi
Philip Cannon, James B. Friday, Thomas Harrington, Lisa Keith, Marc Hughes, Rob Hauff, Flint Hughes, Ryan L. Perroy, David Benitez, Kylle Roy, Robert W. Peck, Sheri L. Smith, Blaine Luiz, Susan Cordell, Christian Giardina, Jennifer Juzwik, Stephanie G. Yelenik, Zachary Cook
Fred O. Asiegbu, Andriy Kovalchuk, editor(s)
2022, Book chapter, Forest microbiology: Forest tree health
Ceratocystis lukuohia and Ceratocystis huliohia are two newly recognized fungi that have arrived in Hawai‘i and are causing a serious vascular wilt and canker disease, respectively, of ‘ōhi‘a trees (Metrosideros polymorpha), the most common and important tree species in Hawai‘i. Management of these diseases has presented challenges due to unique...
A conceptual framework to integrate biodiversity, ecosystem function, and ecosystem service models
Sarah R. Weiskopf, Bonnie J.E. Myers, Maria Isabel Arce-Plata, Julia L. Blanchard, Simon Ferrier, Elizabeth A. Fulton, Mike Harfoot, Forest Isbell, Justin A. Johnson, Akira S. Mori, Ensheng Weng, Zuzana Harmáčková, Maria Cecilia Londono-Murcia, Brian W. Miller, Laura Pereira, Isabel M.D. Rosa
2022, BioScience (72) 1062-1073
Global biodiversity and ecosystem service models typically operate independently. Ecosystem service projections thus may be overly optimistic because they do not account for the role of biodiversity in maintaining ecological functions underpinning their provision. We review models used in recent global model intercomparison projects and develop a novel model integration...
Impacts of ocean-atmosphere teleconnection patterns on the south-central United States
Robert V. Rohli, Gregg Snedden, Elinor R. Martin, Kristine L. DeLong
Bin Yu, editor(s)
2022, Frontiers in Earth Science (10)
Recent research has linked the climate variability associated with ocean-atmosphere teleconnections to impacts rippling throughout environmental, economic, and social systems. This research reviews recent literature through 2021 in which we identify linkages among the major modes of climate variability, in the form of ocean-atmosphere teleconnections, and the impacts to temperature...
New generation hyperspectral data From DESIS compared to high spatial resolution PlanetScope data for crop type classification
Itiya P. Aneece, Daniel Foley, Prasad Thenkabail, Adam Oliphant, Pardhasaradhi G. Teluguntla
2022, IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing (15) 7846-7858
Thoroughly investigating the characteristics of new generation hyperspectral and high spatial resolution spaceborne sensors will advance the study of agricultural crops. Therefore, we compared the performances of hyperspectral Deutsches Zentrum fur Luftund Raumfahrt- (DLR) Earth Sensing Imaging Spectrometer (DESIS) and high spatial resolution PlanetScope in classifying eight crop types in...
Characterization of vegetated and ponded wetlands with implications towards coastal wetland marsh collapse
Jack A. Cadigan, Navid H. Jafari, Camille Stagg, Claudia Laurenzano, Brian D. Harris, Amina E. Meselhe, Jason Dugas, Brady Couvillion
2022, Catena (218)
Coastal wetlands provide numerous ecosystem services; yet these ecosystems are increasingly vulnerable to climate change stressors, especially excessive flooding from sea-level rise and storm events. This study highlights the important contribution of vegetation belowground biomass to marsh stability and identifies loss of vegetation as a critical driver of marsh collapse....
Stratigraphy and eruption history of maars in the Clear Lake Volcanic Field, California
Jessica L. Ball
Alison Hollomon Graettinger, editor(s)
2022, Frontiers in Earth Science (10)
The Clear Lake Volcanic Field (CLVF) is the northernmost and youngest field in a chain of volcanic provinces in the California Coast Range mountains. Effusive and explosive volcanic activity in the field has spanned at least 2.1 million years, with the youngest eruptions comprising a series of maar craters at...
Balancing future renewable energy infrastructure siting and associated habitat loss for migrating whooping cranes
Kristen S. Ellis, Aaron T. Pearse, David A. Brandt, Mark T. Bidwell, Wade C. Harrell, Matthew J. Butler, Max Post van der Burg
Diana Hamilton, editor(s)
2022, Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution (10)
The expansion of human infrastructure has contributed to novel risks and disturbance regimes in most ecosystems, leading to considerable uncertainty about how species will respond to altered landscapes. A recent assessment revealed that whooping cranes (Grus americana), an endangered migratory waterbird species, avoid wind-energy infrastructure during migration. However, uncertainties regarding...
Predictive models of selective cattle use of large, burned landscapes in semiarid sagebrush-steppe
Christopher R. Anthony, Matthew Germino
2022, Rangeland Ecology and Management (85) 1-8
The fire-exotic annual grass cycle is a severe threat to shrub-steppe rangelands, and a greater understanding of how livestock grazing relates to the problem is needed to guide effective management interventions. Grazing effects vary throughout shrub-steppe rangelands because livestock are selective in their use within pastures. Thus, knowing where cattle are located and...
Migration Mapper: Identifying movement corridors and seasonal ranges for large mammal conservation
Jerod A. Merkle, Joshua A. Gage, Hall Sawyer, Blake Lowrey, Matthew Kauffman
2022, Methods in Ecology and Evolution (13) 2397-2403
Modern tracking technology has facilitated a novel understanding of terrestrial mammal movement while revealing that movements are being truncated and lost. The first step towards conserving mobile animals is identifying movement corridors and key seasonal ranges. Yet, the identification and subsequent mapping of these...
Calibrated relative sea levels constrain isostatic adjustment and ice history in northwest Greenland
Anna Glueder, Alan Mix, Glenn A. Milne, Brendan Reilly, Jorie Clark, Martin Jakobsson, Larry Mayer, Stewart Fallon, John R. Southon, June Padman, Andrew Ross, Thomas M. Cronin, Jennifer McKay
2022, Quaternary Science Reviews (293)
Relative Sea Levels (RSLs) derived primarily from marine bivalves near Petermann Glacier, NW Greenland, constrain past regional ice-mass changes through glacial isostatic adjustment (GIA) modeling. Oxygen isotopes measured on bivalves corrected for shell-depth habitat and document changing meltwater input. Rapid RSL fall of...
Don't judge an orogen by its cover: Kinematics of the Appalachian décollement from seismic anisotropy
Michael G. Frothingham, Vera Schulte-Pelkum, Kevin H. Mahan, Arthur J. Merschat, Makayla Mather, Zulliet Cabrera Gomez
2022, Geology (50) 1306-1311
As North America collided with Africa to form Pangea during the Alleghanian orogeny, crystalline and sedimentary rocks in the southeastern United States were thrust forelandward along the Appalachian décollement. We examined Ps receiver functions to better constrain the kinematics of this prominent subsurface...
Using noninvasive genetics for estimating density and assessing diet of urban and rural coyotes in Florida, USA
B.M. Kluever, M.B. Main, S.W. Breck, Robert Charles Lonsinger, J.H. Humphrey, J.W. Fischer, M.P. Milleson, A.J. Piaggio
2022, Report
Coyotes (Canis latrans) are expanding their range and due to conflicts with the public and concerns of Coyotes affecting natural resources such as game or sensitive species, there is interest and often a demand to monitor Coyote populations. A challenge to monitoring is that traditional invasive...
Incremental caldera collapse at Kīlauea Volcano recorded in ground tilt and high-rate GNSS data, with implications for collapse dynamics and the magma system
Kyle R. Anderson, Ingrid A. Johanson
2022, Bulletin of Volcanology (84)
Ground deformation during caldera collapse at Kīlauea Volcano in 2018 was recorded in unprecedented detail on a network of real-time GNSS (Global Navigation Satellite System) and tilt instruments. Observations informed hazard assessments during the eruption and now yield insight into collapse dynamics and the magma system. The caldera grew in...
Indicators of fish population responses to avian predation with focus on double-crested cormorants
Douglas W Schultz, Brian S. Dorr, David G. Fielder, James R. Jackson, Robin L. DeBruyne
2022, Journal of Great Lakes Research (48) 1659-1668
Double-crested cormorants (Nannopterum auritum) have been implicated as causes of fish population declines in many locations across their breeding range. Two challenges facing managers are identifying fisheries population metrics indicative of cormorant impacts and determining when this evidence becomes actionable. Building upon existing studies, we conducted a meta-analysis of eight...
Measured efficacy, bioaccumulation, and leaching of a transfluthrin-based insecticidal paint: A case study with a nuisance, nonbiting aquatic insect
Michael C. Cavallaro, Corey Sanders, Michelle L. Hladik
2022, Pest Management Science (78) 5413-5422
BACKGROUNDPest management professionals will require a diverse, adaptive abatement toolbox to combat advanced challenges from disease vector and nuisance insect populations. Designed for post-application longevity, insecticidal paints offer extended residual effects on targeted insect pest populations; a measured understanding of active ingredient bioavailability over time is valuable...
Assessment of undiscovered conventional oil and gas resources of the Montana Thrust Belt Province, 2021
Christopher J. Schenk, Tracey J. Mercier, Cheryl A. Woodall, Phuong A. Le, Andrea D. Cicero, Ronald M. Drake II, Geoffrey S. Ellis, Thomas M. Finn, Michael H. Gardner, Sarah E. Gelman, Jane S. Hearon, Benjamin G. Johnson, Jenny H. Lagesse, Heidi M. Leathers-Miller, Kristen R. Marra, Kira K. Timm, Scott S. Young
2022, Fact Sheet 2022-3048
Using a geology-based assessment methodology, the U.S. Geological Survey estimated means of 783 million barrels of conventional oil and 17,606 billion (17.6 trillion) cubic feet of conventional gas in the Montana Thrust Belt Province....
Brief oil exposure reduces fitness in wild Gulf of Mexico mahi-mahi (Coryphaena hippurus)
Lela S. Schlenker, John D. Stieglitz, Justin Blaine Greer, Robin Faillettaz, Chi Hin Lam, Ronald H. Hoenig, Rachael M. Heuer, Charles J. McGuigan, Christina Pasparakis, Emma B. Esch, Gabrielle M. Menard, Alexandra L. Jaroszewski, Claire B. Paris, Daniel Schlenk, Daniel D. Benetti, Martin Grosell
2022, Environmental Science and Technology (56) 13019-13028
The Deepwater Horizon (DWH) disaster released 3.19 million barrels of crude oil into the Gulf of Mexico (GOM) in 2010, overlapping the habitat of pelagic fish populations. Using mahi-mahi (Coryphaena hippurus)─a highly migratory marine teleost present in the GOM during the spill─as a model species, laboratory experiments demonstrate injuries to physiology and...
Bioclimatic variables dataset for baseline and future climate scenarios for climate change studies in Hawai'i
Lucas Fortini, Lauren R. Kaiser, Lulin Xue, Yaping Wang
2022, Data in Brief (45)
Gridded bioclimatic variables representing yearly, seasonal, and monthly means and extremes in temperature and precipitation have been widely used for ecological modeling purposes and in broader climate change impact and biogeographical studies. As a result of their utility, numerous sets of bioclimatic variables have been developed on a global scale...
Water-level and recoverable water in storage changes, High Plains aquifer, predevelopment to 2017 and 2015–17
Virginia L. McGuire, Kellan R. Strauch
2022, Scientific Investigations Report 2022-5080
The High Plains aquifer underlies 111.8 million acres (about 175,000 square miles) in parts of eight States—Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, and Wyoming. Water-level declines began in parts of the High Plains aquifer soon after the beginning of substantial groundwater irrigation (about 1950). This report presents...
Exploring and mitigating plague for One Health purposes
David A. Eads, Dean E. Biggins, Jeffrey Wimsatt, Rebecca J. Eisen, B. Joseph Hinnebusch, Marc R. Matchett, Amanda R. Goldberg, Travis Livieri, Gregory Hacker, Mark Novak, Danielle Buttke, Shaun M. Grassel, John Hughes-Clarke, Linda Atiku
2022, Current Tropical Medicine Reports (9) 169-184
Purpose of ReviewIn 2020, the Appropriations Committee for the U.S. House of Representatives directed the CDC to develop a national One Health framework to combat zoonotic diseases, including sylvatic plague, which is caused by the flea-borne bacterium Yersinia pestis. This review builds upon that multisectoral objective. We aim to...
