Networks - The assessment of marine reserve networks: Guidelines for ecological evaluation
Kirsten Grorud-Colvert, Joachim Claudet, Mark Carr, Jennifer Caselle, Jon Day, Alan M. Friedlander, Sarah E. Lester, Thierry Lison de Loma, Brian Tissot, Dan Malone
Joachim Claudet, editor(s)
2011, Book chapter, Marine protected areas: A multidisciplinary approach
As marine ecosystems are plagued by an ever-increasing suite of threats including climate change, pollution, habitat degradation, and fisheries impacts (Roessig et al., 2004; Lotze et al., 2006; Jackson, 2008), there are now no ocean areas that are exempt from anthropogenic impacts (Halpern <span class="italic...
Minimizing microbial contamination of sperm samples
Jill A. Jenkins
2011, Book chapter, Cryopreservation in Aquatic Species
No abstract available....
Multidisciplinary approaches to climate change questions
Beth A. Middleton
Ben A. LePage, editor(s)
2011, Book chapter, Wetlands: Integrating Multidisciplinary Concepts
Multidisciplinary approaches are required to address the complex environmental problems of our time. Solutions to climate change problems are good examples of situations requiring complex syntheses of ideas from a vast set of disciplines including science, engineering, social science, and the humanities. Unfortunately, most ecologists have narrow training, and are...
Salmo trutta L. (brown trout)
Angus McIntosh, Peter McHugh, Phaedra Budy
Robert A. Francis, editor(s)
2011, Book chapter, A Handbook of Global Freshwater Invasive Species
Applications of Groundwater Helium
Justin T. Kulongoski, David R. Hilton
2011, Book chapter, Handbook of Environmental Isotop Geochemistry, Volume 1
Helium abundance and isotope variations have widespread application in groundwater-related studies. This stems from the inert nature of this noble gas and the fact that its two isotopes ? helium-3 and helium-4 ? have distinct origins and vary widely in different terrestrial reservoirs. These attributes allow He concentrations and 3He/4He...
Abnormal alligators and organochlorine pesticides in Lake Apopka, Florida
Allan R. Woodward, H. Franklin Percival, R. Heath Rauschenberger, Timothy S. Gross, Kenneth G. Rice, Roxanne Conrow
J. E. Elliott, C.A. Bishop, C.A. Morrissey, editor(s)
2011, Book chapter, Wildlife Ecotoxicology: Forensic Approaches
Climate, Fire and Geology in the Convergence of Mediterranean-type Climate Ecosystems
Jon E. Keeley, William J. Bond, Ross A. Bradstock, Juli G. Pausas, Philip W. Rundel
2011, Book chapter, Fire in Mediterranean ecosystems: Ecology, evolution and management
Integrating Climate, Fire and Geology in a Fire-prone WorldFire challenges the long-standing hegemony of ecology, biogeography and paleoecology that climate and soils are sufficient to explain the origin and distribution of plant species. In a world where half of the land surface is fire-prone (Krawchuk et al. 2009), understanding...
Introduction; Concluding remarks
Jari Niemela, Jiirgen Breuste, Thomas Elmqvist, Glenn R. Guntenspergen, Philip James, Nancy McIntyre
J. Niemela, J.H. Breuste, T. Elmqvist, G. Guntenspergen, P. James, N.E. McIntyre, editor(s)
2011, Book chapter, Urban Ecology: Patterns, Processes, and Applications
Influences of the human footprint on sagebrush landscape patterns: Implications for sage-grouse conservation
Matthias Leu, Steven E. Hanser
Steven T. Knick, John W. Connelly, editor(s)
2011, Book chapter, Greater Sage-Grouse: Ecology and conservation of a landscape species and its habitats
Spatial patterns influence the processes that maintain Greater Sage-Grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) populations and sagebrush (Artemisia spp.) landscapes on which they depend. We used connectivity analyses to: (1) delineate the dominant pattern of sagebrush landscapes; (2) identify regions of the current range-wide distribution of Greater Sage-Grouse important for conservation; (3) estimate...
Greater sage-grouse and sagebrush - An introduction to the landscape
Steven T. Knick, John W. Connelly
Steven T. Knick, editor(s)
2011, Book chapter, Greater Sage-Grouse: Ecology and Conservation of a Landscape Species and Its Habitats, Studies in Avian Biology No. 38
Influences of environmental and anthropogenic features on greater sage-grouse populations, 1997-2007
Douglas H. Johnson, Matthew J. Holloran, John W. Connelly, Steven E. Hanser, Courtney L. Amundson, Steven T. Knick
Steven T. Knick, John W. Connelly, editor(s)
2011, Book chapter, Greater Sage-Grouse: Ecology and Conservation of a Landscape Species and Its Habitats
The Greater Sage-Grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus), endemic to western North Amer-ica, is of great conservation interest. Its popula-tions are tracked by spring counts of males at lek sites. We explored the relations between trends of Greater Sage-Grouse lek counts from 1997 to 2007 and a variety of natural and anthropogenic fea-tures....
Restoring and rehabilitating sagebrush habitats
David A. Pyke
S.T. Knick, J.W. Connelly, editor(s)
2011, Book chapter, Greater Sage-Grouse: Ecology and conservation of a landscape species and its habitats
Less than half of the original habitat of the Greater Sage-Grouse (Centrocercus uropha-sianus) currently exists. Some has been perma-nently lost to farms and urban areas, but the remaining varies in condition from high quality to no longer adequate. Restoration of sagebrush (Artemisia spp.) grassland ecosystems may be pos-sible for resilient...
Modern methods of estimating biodiversity from presence-absence surveys
Robert M. Dorazio, Nicholas J. Gotelli, Aaron M. Ellison
Oscar Grillo, Gianfranco Venora, editor(s)
2011, Book chapter, Biodiversity Loss in a Changing Planet
Verification of ploidy and reproductive potential in triploid black carp and grass carp
Diana M. Papoulias, James S. Candrl, Jill A. Jenkins, Donald E. Tillitt
2011, Book chapter, Invasive Asian Carps in North America
No abstract available...
Testing competing hypotheses for chronology and intensity of lesser scaup molt during winter and spring migration
Michael J. Anteau, Andrea C.E. Anteau, Alan D. Afton
2011, The Condor (113) 298-305
We examined chronology and intensity of molt and their relationships to nutrient reserves (lipid and protein) of Lesser Scaup (Aythya affinisK/i>) to test predictions of two competing hypotheses. The "staggered cost" hypothesis states that contour-feather molt is nutritionally costly and should not occur during nutritionally costly periods of the annual...
Spring-migration ecology of Northern Pintails in south-central Nebraska
Aaron T. Pearse, Gary L. Krapu, Robert R. Cox Jr., Bruce E. Davis
2011, Waterbirds (34) 10-18
Spring-migration ecology of staging Northern Pintails, Anas acuta, was investigated in south-central Nebraska, USA. Habitat associations, local movements, settling patterns, arrival dates, residency times and survival were estimated from 71 radiomarked pintails during spring 2001, 2003 and 2004, and diet determined from 130 females collected during spring 1998 and 1999. Seventy-two percent of...
Spatial and temporal interactions of sympatric mountain lions in Arizona
Kerry L. Nicholson, Paul R. Krausman, Adrian Munguia-Vega, Melanie Culver
2011, European Journal of Wildlife Research (57) 1151-1163
Spatial and temporal interactions among individual members of populations can have direct applications to habitat management of mountain lions (Puma concolor). Our objectives were to evaluate home range overlap and spatial/temporal use of overlap zones (OZ) of mountain lions in Arizona. We incorporated spatial data with genetic analyses to assess...
Lipid catabolism of invertebrate predator indicates widespread wetland ecosystem degradation
Michael J. Anteau, Alan D. Afton
2011, PLoS ONE (6)
Animals frequently undergo periods when they accumulate lipid reserves for subsequent energetically expensive activities, such as migration or breeding. During such periods, daily lipid-reserve dynamics (DLD) of sentinel species can quantify how landscape modifications affect function, health, and resilience of ecosystems. Aythya affinis (Eyton 1838; lesser scaup; diving duck) are...
Fish and land use influence Gammarus lacustris and Hyalella azteca (Amphipoda) densities in large wetlands across the upper Midwest
Michael J. Anteau, Alan D. Afton, Andrea C.E. Anteau, E. Barry Moser
2011, Hydrobiologia (664) 69-80
Gammarus lacustris and Hyalella azteca (hereafter G. lacustris and H. azteca, respectively) are important components of secondary production in wetlands and shallow lakes of the upper Midwest, USA. Within the past 50 years, amphipod densities have decreased while occurrences of fish and intensity of agricultural land use have increased...
Evaluating spawning migration patterns and predicting spawning success of shovelnose sturgeon in the Lower Missouri River
M. L. Wildhaber, S. H. Holan, G. M. Davis, D. W. Gladish, A. J. DeLonay, D. M. Papoulias, D. K. Sommerhauser
2011, Journal of Applied Ichthyology (27) 301-308
Approaches using telemetry, precise reproductive assessments, and surgically implanted data storage tags (DSTs) were used in combination with novel applications of analytical techniques for fish movement studies to describe patterns in migratory behavior and predict spawning success of gravid shovelnose sturgeon. From 2004 to 2007, over 300 gravid female shovelnose...
Discussion of Near-Transducer Errors in ADCP Measurements: Experimental Findings by Marian Muste, Dongsu Kim, and Juan A Gonzalez-Castro
David S. Mueller, Kevin A. Oberg
2011, Journal of Hydraulic Engineering (137) 863-866
Experimental challenge and pathology of highly pathogenic avian influenza virus H5N1 in dunlin (Calidris alpina), an intercontinental migrant shorebird species
Jeffrey S. Hall, J. Christian Franson, Robert E. Gill Jr., Carol U. Meteyer, Joshua L. TeSlaa, Sean W. Nashold, Robert J. Dusek, S. Ip
2011, Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses (5) 365-372
Background Shorebirds (Charadriiformes) are considered one of the primary reservoirs of avian influenza. Because these species are highly migratory, there is concern that infected shorebirds may be a mechanism by which highly pathogenic avian influenza virus (HPAIV) H5N1 could be introduced into North America from Asia. Large numbers of dunlin...
Evidence of qualitative differences between soil-occupancy effects of invasive vs. native grassland plant species
Nicholas R. Jordan, Diane L. Larson, Sheri C. Huerd
2011, Invasive Plant Science and Management (4) 11-21
Diversified grasslands that contain native plant species are being recognized as important elements of agricultural landscapes and for production of biofuel feedstocks as well as a variety of other ecosystem services. Unfortunately, establishment of such grasslands is often difficult, unpredictable, and highly vulnerable to interference and invasion by weeds. Evidence...
Seasonal flows on warm Martian slopes
Alfred S. McEwen, Lujendra Ojha, Colin M. Dundas, Sarah S. Mattson, Shane Byrne, James J. Wray, Selby C. Cull, Scott L. Murchie, Nicolas Thomas, Virginia C. Gulick
2011, Science (333) 740-743
Water probably flowed across ancient Mars, but whether it ever exists as a liquid on the surface today remains debatable. Recurring slope lineae (RSL) are narrow (0.5 to 5 meters), relatively dark markings on steep (25° to 40°) slopes; repeat images from the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter High Resolution Imaging Science...
Evidence and implications of recent and projected climate change in Alaska's forest ecosystems
Jane M. Wolken, Teresa N. Hollingsworth, T. Scott Rupp, Stuart Chapin, Sarah F. Trainor, Tara M. Barrett, Patrick F. Sullivan, A. David McGuire, Eugénie S. Euskirchen, Paul E. Hennon, Erik A. Beever, Jeff S. Conn, Lisa K. Crone, David V. D’Amore, Nancy Fresco, Thomas A. Hanley, Knut Kielland, James J. Kruse, Trista Patterson, Edward A.G. Schuur, David L. Verbyla, John Yarie
2011, Ecosphere (2) 1-35
The structure and function of Alaska's forests have changed significantly in response to a changing climate, including alterations in species composition and climate feedbacks (e.g., carbon, radiation budgets) that have important regional societal consequences and human feedbacks to forest ecosystems. In this paper we present the first comprehensive synthesis of...
