Development of oak plantations established for wildlife
D.J. Twedt, R.R. Wilson
2002, Forest Ecology and Management (162) 287-298
Extensive areas that are currently in agricultural production within the Mississippi Alluvial Valley are being restored to bottomland hardwood forests. Oaks (Quercus sp.), sown as seeds (acorns) or planted as seedlings, are the predominant trees established on most afforested sites. To compare stand development and natural invasion on...
Individual covariation in life-history traits: Seeing the trees despite the forest
E. Cam, W.A. Link, E.G. Cooch, J. #NAME? Monnat, E. Danchin
2002, American Naturalist (159) 96-105
We investigated the influence of age on survival and breeding rates in a long-lived species Rissa tridactyla using models with individual random effects permitting variation and covariation in fitness components among individuals. Differences in survival or breeding probabilities among individuals are substantial, and there was positive covariation between survival and...
Slaty-backed Gull in Sullivan Co., NY
V. Freer, J. Haas, P. A. Buckley
2002, Kingbird (51) 114-118
An adult Slaty-backed Gull (Larus schistisagus) was found and photographed at Neversink Reservoir, Sullivan Co., NY on 20 February 2002. A native of northeastern Eurasia and northern Japan, this species is rare along the Bering coast of Alaska, and there are only a handful of scattered records in the...
Seasonal distribution and abundance of fishes and decapod crustaceans in a Cape Cod estuary
K.W. Able, M.P. Fahay, K.L. Heck, C. T. Roman, M.A. Lazzari, S.C. Kaiser
2002, Northeastern Naturalist (9) 285-302
Sampling in several habitat types (sand/mud, eelgrass, sand, gravel, macroalgae/mud) during all seasons with a variety of gears in Nauset Marsh, Massachusetts during 1985-1987 found a fauna consisting of 35 fish and 10 decapod crustacean species. Although most of the abundant species were found in several habitat types, species richness...
Evaluation of canoe surveys for anurans along the Rio Grande in Big Bend National Park, Texas
Robin E. Jung, K. E. Bonine, M. L. Rosenshield, A. de la Reza, S. Raimondo, Sam Droege
2002, Journal of Herpetology (36) 390-397
Surveys for amphibians along large rivers pose monitoring and sampling problems. We used canoes at night to spotlight and listen for anurans along four stretches of the Rio Grande in Big Bend National Park, Texas, in 1998 and 1999. We explored temporal and spatial variation in amphibian counts and species...
Effects of management practices on grassland birds: Lesser Prairie-Chicken
Brent E. Jamison, Jill A. Dechant, Douglas H. Johnson, Lawrence D. Igl, Christopher M. Goldade, Betty R. Euliss
2002, Report
Information on the habitat requirements and effects of habitat management on grassland birds were summarized from information in more than 4,000 published and unpublished papers. A range map is provided to indicate the breeding distribution of Lesser Prairie-Chicken in the United States and southern Canada. Although birds frequently are observed...
Forest restoration as ecological succession: should we speed it up or slow it down?
P.B. Hamel, D.J. Twedt, T.J. Nuttle, C.A. Woodson, F. Broerman, J.M. Wahome
Marjorie M. Holland, Melvin L. Warren Jr., John A. Stanturf, editor(s)
2002, Book chapter, Proceedings of a conference on sustainability of wetlands and water resources: how well can riverine wetlands continue to support society into the 21st century? Oxford, Mississippi, May 23-25, 2000
Recent assessments of afforestation of agricultural lands in the Mississippi Alluvial Valley imply the importance of quickly developing vertical forest structure to benefit 'wildlife.' We examine this assumption and find that animal species of interest as targets of proactive management, as well as targets of control, occur through the...
Breeding population density and habitat use of Swainson's warblers in a Georgia floodplain forest
E.A. Wright
2002, Book
I examined density and habitat use of a Swainson's Warbler (Limnothlypis swainsonii) breeding population in Georgia. This songbird species is inadequately monitored, and may be declining due to anthropogenic alteration of floodplain forest breeding habitats. I used distance sampling methods to estimate density, finding 9.4 singing males/ha (CV...
Hydrology, vegetation, and soils of riverine and tidal floodplain forests of the lower Suwannee River, Florida, and potential impacts of flow reductions
Helen M. Light, Melanie R. Darst, Lori J. Lewis, David A. Howell
2002, Professional Paper 1656-A
A study relating hydrologic conditions, soils, and vegetation of floodplain forests to river flow was conducted in the lower Suwannee River, Florida, from 1996 to 2000. The study was done by the U.S. Geological Survey in cooperation with the Suwannee River Water Management District to help determine the minimum flows...
Trace-element deposition in the Cariaco Basin, Venezuela Shelf, under sulfate-reducing conditions: A history of the local hydrography and global climate, 20 ka to the present
David Z. Piper, Walter E. Dean
2002, Professional Paper 1670
A sediment core from the Cariaco Basin on the Venezuelan continental shelf, which recovered sediment that has been dated back to 20 ka (thousand years ago), was examined for its major-element-oxide and trace-element composition. Cadmium (Cd), chromium (Cr), copper (Cu), molybdenum (Mo), nickel (Ni), vanadium (V), and zinc (Zn) can...
Kelp forest ecosystems: Biodiversity, stability, resilience and future
Robert S. Steneck, Michael H. Graham, Bruce J. Bourque, Debbie Corbett, Jon M. Erlandson, James A. Estes, M. J. Tegner
2002, Environmental Conservation (29) 436-459
Kelp forests are phyletically diverse, structurally complex and highly productive components of coldwater rocky marine coastlines. This paper reviews the conditions in which kelp forests develop globally and where, why and at what rate they become deforested. The ecology and long archaeological history of kelp forests are examined through case...
Dinosaurs that did not die: Evidence for Paleocene dinosaurs in the Ojo Alamo Sandstone, San Juan Basin, New Mexico
James E. Fassett, Robert A. Zielinski, James R. Budahn
2002, GSA Special Papers (356) 307-336
Palynologic and paleomagnetic data confirm a Paleocene age for the Ojo Alamo Sandstone (and its contained dinosaurs) throughout the San Juan Basin of New Mexico. The recently reported discovery of 34 skeletal elements from a single hadrosaur in the Ojo Alamo provides unequivocal evidence that these bones were not reworked...
Vertebrate biostratigraphy of the Hell Creek Formation in southwestern North Dakota and northwestern South Dakota
Dean Pearson, Terry Schaeffer, Kirk R. Johnson, Douglas J. Nichols, John P. Hunter
2002, Geological Society of America Special Papers (361) 145-167
Field surveys of the Upper Cretaceous Hell Creek Formation in southwestern North Dakota since 1986 have produced a total of 10124 specimens from 42 vertebrate microsites and an additional 41 dinosaur skulls or partial skeletons or skulls from separate sites representing 61 taxa of vertebrates dominated by fish, dinosaurs, turtles, and crocodilians. Common elements of this diverse fauna occur to...
A model project for exploring the role of sustainability science in a citizen-centered, collaborative decision-making process
Herman A. Karl, Christine Turner
2002, Human Ecology Review (9) 67-71
The role of science in society is evolving as we enter the 21st century. The report, Science — The Endless Frontier (Bush 1990[1945]), outlined a model of national scientific research that served the country for 50 years. The contract between science and society established in that report stipulated that science...
Physical attributes of some clouds amid a forest ecosystem's trees
Thomas P. DeFelice
2002, Atmospheric Research (65) 17-34
Cloud or fog water collected by forest canopies of any elevation could represent significant sources of required moisture and nutrients for forest ecosystems, human consumption, and as an alternative source of water for agriculture and domestic use. The physical characteristics of fogs and other clouds have been well studied, and...
Rare earth elements: critical resources for high technology
Gordon B. Haxel, James B. Hedrick, Greta J. Orris, Peter H. Stauffer, James W. Hendley II
2002, Fact Sheet 087-02
Magnetobiochronologic synthesis of ODP Leg 178 rise sediments from the Pacific sector of the Southern Ocean: Sites 1095, 1096, and 11011
Masao Iwai, Gary D. Acton, David Lazarus, Lisa E. Osterman, Trevor Williams
2002, Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program: Scientific Results 178-36
During Ocean Drilling Program (ODP) Leg 178, eight holes were drilled at three sites (1095, 1096, and 1101) on the continental rise along the western Antarctic Peninsula. The rise sediments proved to be good paleomagnetic recorders and provided continuous magnetostratigraphic records at all three sites. Biosiliceous microfossils, particularly diatoms and...
Results of weekly chemical and isotopic monitoring of selected springs in Norris Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park during June-September, 1995
R.O. Fournier, U. Weltman, D. Counce, L. D. White, C. J. Janik
2002, Open-File Report 2002-344
Each year at Norris Geyser Basin, generally in August or September, a widespread hydrothermal 'disturbance' occurs that is characterized by simultaneous changes in the discharge characteristics of many springs, particularly in the Back Basin. During the summer season of 1995, water samples from eight widely distributed hot springs and geysers...
Emplacement and inflation structures of submarine and subaerial pahoehoe lavas from Hawaii
Susumu Umino, Sumie Obata, Peter W. Lipman, John R. Smith, Tsugio Shibata, Jiro Naka, Frank A. Trusdell
2002, Book chapter, Hawaiian Volcanoes: Deep Underwater Perspectives
Features of subaerial pahoehoe tumuli from Kilauea and Mauna Loa Volcanoes in Hawaii and subaqueous flow lobes from Loihi Seamount off Hawaii and north of Oahu Island document the controlling factors of flow-lobe formation. Studied subaerial flow-lobe tumuli consist of uplifted pahoehoe crust, formed from coalesced flow lobes. The south...
Submarine alkalic through tholeiitic shield-stage development of Kïlauea volcano, Hawai’i
Thomas W. Sisson, Peter W. Lipman, J. Naka
2002, Book, Hawaiian volcanoes: Deep underwater perspectives
The submarine Hilina region exposes a succession of magma compositions spanning the juvenile "Lō‘ihi" through tholeiitic shield stages of Kïlauea volcano. Early products, preserved as glass grains and clasts in volcaniclastic rocks of the 3000 m deep Hilina bench, include nephelinite, basanite, phonotephrite, hawaiite, alkali basalt, transitional basalt, and rare...
Composition of the Rex Chert and associated rocks of the Permian Phosphoria Formation: Soda Springs area, SE Idaho
James R. Hein, Brandie McIntyre, Robert B. Perkins, David Z. Piper, James Evans
2002, Open-File Report 2002-345
This study, one in a series, reports bulk chemical and mineralogical compositions, as well as petrographic and outcrop descriptions of rocks collected from three measured outcrop sections of the Rex Chert member of the Phosphoria Formation in SE Idaho. The three measured sections were chosen from ten outcrops of Rex...
East Meets West: An Earthquake in India Helps Hazard Assessment in the Central United States
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
2002, Fact Sheet 007-02
Although geographically distant, the State of Gujarat in India bears many geological similarities to the Mississippi Valley in the Central United States. The Mississippi Valley contains the New Madrid seismic zone that, during the winter of 1811-1812, produced the three largest historical earthquakes ever in the continental United States and...
Rare Earth Element Mines, Deposits, and Occurrences
Greta J. Orris, Richard I. Grauch
2002, Open-File Report 2002-189
Data on rare earth (including yttrium) mines, deposits, and occurrences were compiled as part of an effort by the USGS and the University of Arizona Center for Mineral Resources to summarize current knowledge on the supply and demand outlook and related topics for this group of elements. Economic competition and...
Ecological effects on streams from forest fertilization: Literature review and conceptual framework for future study in the western Cascades
Chauncey W. Anderson
2002, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2001-4047
Fertilization of forests with urea-nitrogen has been studied numerous times for its effects on water quality. Stream nitrogen concentrations following fertilization are typically elevated during winter, including peaks in the tens-of-thousands of parts per billion range, with summer concentrations often returning to background or near-background levels. Despite these increases, water-quality...
Ordonezite from the Theodoso Soto Mine, Sapioris, Durango, Mexico: New data and structure refinement
T.S. Ercit, E.E. Foord, J. J. Fitzpatrick
2002, Canadian Mineralogist (40) 1207-1210
A new occurrence of the rare mineral species ordonezite has been found at the Theodoso Soto tin mine, near Sapioris, Durango, Mexico. The average composition of the samples is (Zn0.98Fe0.02)Σ1.00Sb2.00O6; the core of the crystals is slightly richer in Fe than the rim. The mineral is uniaxial (+), with all...
