Using integrated research and interdisciplinary science: Potential benefits and challenges to managers of parks and protected areas
Charles van Riper III, Robert B. Powell, Gary Machlis, Jan W. van Wagtendonk, Carena J. van Riper, Eick von Ruschkowski, Steven E. Schwarzbach, Russell E. Galipeau
2012, The George Wright Forum (29) 216-226
Our purpose in this paper is to build a case for utilizing interdisciplinary science to enhance the management of parks and protected areas. We suggest that interdisciplinary science is necessary for dealing with the complex issues of contemporary resource management, and that using the best available integrated scientific information be...
Electrical anisotropy of gas hydrate-bearing sand reservoirs in the Gulf of Mexico
Anne E. Cook, Barbara I. Anderson, John Rasmus, Keli Sun, Qiming Li, Timothy S. Collett, David S. Goldberg
2012, Marine and Petroleum Geology (34) 72-84
We present new results and interpretations of the electricalanisotropy and reservoir architecture in gashydrate-bearingsands using logging data collected during the Gulf of MexicoGasHydrate Joint Industry Project Leg II. We focus specifically on sandreservoirs in Hole Alaminos Canyon 21 A (AC21-A), Hole Green Canyon 955 H (GC955-H) and Hole Walker Ridge...
Neighborhood and habitat effects on vital rates: expansion of the Barred Owl in the Oregon Coast Ranges
Charles B. Yackulic, Janice Reid, Raymond Davis, James E. Hines, James D. Nichols, Eric Forsman
2012, Ecology (93) 1953-1966
In this paper, we modify dynamic occupancy models developed for detection-nondetection data to allow for the dependence of local vital rates on neighborhood occupancy, where neighborhood is defined very flexibly. Such dependence of occupancy dynamics on the status of a relevant neighborhood is pervasive, yet frequently ignored. Our framework permits...
Modeling habitat dynamics accounting for possible misclassification
Sophie Veran, Kevin J. Kleiner, Remi Choquet, Jaime Collazo, James D. Nichols
2012, Landscape Ecology (27) 943-956
Land cover data are widely used in ecology as land cover change is a major component of changes affecting ecological systems. Landscape change estimates are characterized by classification errors. Researchers have used error matrices to adjust estimates of areal extent, but estimation of land cover change is more difficult and...
An Automated Cropland Classification Algorithm (ACCA) for Tajikistan by combining Landsat, MODIS, and secondary data
Prasad S. Thenkabail, Zhuoting Wu
2012, Remote Sensing (4) 2890-2918
The overarching goal of this research was to develop and demonstrate an automated Cropland Classification Algorithm (ACCA) that will rapidly, routinely, and accurately classify agricultural cropland extent, areas, and characteristics (e.g., irrigated vs. rainfed) over large areas such as a country or a region through combination of multi-sensor remote sensing and...
Subsurface gas hydrates in the northern Gulf of Mexico
Ray Boswell, Timothy S. Collett, Matthew Frye, William Shedd, Daniel R. McConnell, Dianna Shelander
2012, Marine and Petroleum Geology (34) 4-30
The northernGulf of Mexico (GoM) has long been a focus area for the study of gashydrates. Throughout the 1980s and 1990s, work focused on massive gashydrates deposits that were found to form at and near the seafloor in association with hydrocarbon seeps. However, as global scientific and industrial interest in...
Coupled atmosphere-ocean-wave simulations of a storm event over the Gulf of Lion and Balearic Sea
Lionel Renault, Jacopo Chiggiato, John C. Warner, Marta Gomez, Guillermo Vizoso, Joaquin Tintore
2012, Journal of Geophysical Research (117)
The coastal areas of the North-Western Mediterranean Sea are one of the most challenging places for ocean forecasting. This region is exposed to severe storms events that are of short duration. During these events, significant air-sea interactions, strong winds and large sea-state can have catastrophic consequences in the coastal areas....
Sylvatic plague vaccine and management of prairie dogs
Tonie E. Rocke
2012, Fact Sheet 2012-3087
Scientists at the USGS National Wildlife Health Center (NWHC), in collaboration with colleagues at the University of Wisconsin (UW), have developed a sylvatic plague vaccine that shows great promise in protecting prairie dogs against plague (Mencher and others, 2004; Rocke and others, 2010). Four species of prairie dogs reside in...
Matrix population models from 20 studies of perennial plant populations
Martha M. Ellis, Jennifer L. Williams, Peter Lesica, Timothy J. Bell, Paulette Bierzychudek, Marlin Bowles, Elizabeth E. Crone, Daniel F. Doak, Johan Ehrlen, Albertine Ellis-Adam, Kathryn McEachern, Rengaian Ganesan, Penelope Latham, Sheila Luijten, Thomas N. Kaye, Tiffany M. Knight, Eric S. Menges, William F. Morris, Hans den Nijs, Gerard Oostermeijer, Pedro F. Quintana-Ascencio, J. Stephen Shelly, Amanda Stanley, Andrea Thorpe, Ticktin Tamara, Teresa Valverde, Carl W. Weekley
2012, Ecology (93) 951-951
Demographic transition matrices are one of the most commonly applied population models for both basic and applied ecological research. The relatively simple framework of these models and simple, easily interpretable summary statistics they produce have prompted the wide use of these models across an exceptionally broad range of taxa. Here,...
More than a meal: integrating non-feeding interactions into food webs
Sonia Kéfi, Eric L. Berlow, Evie A. Wieters, Sergio A. Navarrete, Owen L. Petchey, Spencer A. Wood, Alice Boit, Lucas N. Joppa, Kevin D. Lafferty, Richard J. Williams, Neo D. Martinez, Bruce A. Menge, Carol A. Blanchette, Alison C. Iles, Ulrich Brose
2012, Ecology Letters (15) 291-300
Organisms eating each other are only one of many types of well documented and important interactions among species. Other such types include habitat modification, predator interference and facilitation. However, ecological network research has been typically limited to either pure food webs or to networks of only a few (<3) interaction...
Mapping wintering waterfowl distributions using weather surveillance radar
Jeffrey J. Buler, Lori A. Randall, Joseph P. Fleskes, Wylie C. Barrow, Tianna Bogart, Daria Kluver
2012, PLoS ONE (7)
The current network of weather surveillance radars within the United States readily detects flying birds and has proven to be a useful remote-sensing tool for ornithological study. Radar reflectivity measures serve as an index to bird density and have been used to quantitatively map landbird distributions during migratory stopover by...
Frequency of nest use by golden eagles in southwestern Idaho
Michael N. Kochert, Karen Steenhof
2012, Journal of Raptor Research (46) 239-247
We studied nest use by Golden Eagles (Aquila chrysaetos) from 1966 to 2011 to assess nest reuse within territories, ascertain the length of time that elapses between uses of nests, and test the hypotheses that reproductive success and adult turnover influence nest switching. Golden Eagles used 454 nests in 66...
Trimming the UCERF2 hazard logic tree
Keith A. Porter, Edward H. Field, Kevin Milner
2012, Seismological Research Letters (83) 815-828
The Uniform California Earthquake Rupture Forecast 2 (UCERF2) is a fully time‐dependent earthquake rupture forecast developed with sponsorship of the California Earthquake Authority (Working Group on California Earthquake Probabilities [WGCEP], 2007; Field et al., 2009). UCERF2 contains 480 logic‐tree branches reflecting choices among nine modeling uncertainties in the earthquake rate...
Response to "Comments on 'Theory for source-responsive and free-surface film modeling of unsaturated flow'"
John R. Nimmo
2012, Vadose Zone Journal (11)
I am grateful to Masciopinto (2012) for raising several issues from my study (Nimmo, 2010) that deserve elaboration or clarification. In this reply, I address these in what I judge to be the order of importance, the main ones being (i) the discrepancy of scales between the two domains that...
Book review: Earthquakes and water
Barbara A. Bekins
2012, Geofluids (12) 261-263
It is really nice to see assembled in one place a discussion of the documented and hypothesized hydrologic effects of earthquakes. The book is divided into chapters focusing on particular hydrologic phenomena including liquefaction, mud volcanism, stream discharge increases, groundwater level, temperature and chemical changes,...
Leaching of elements from bottom ash, economizer fly ash, and fly ash from two coal-fired power plants
Kevin B. Jones, Leslie F. Ruppert, Sharon M. Swanson
2012, International Journal of Coal Geology (94) 337-348
To assess how elements leach from several types of coal combustion products (CCPs) and to better understand possible risks from CCP use or disposal, coal ashes were sampled from two bituminous-coal-fired power plants. One plant located in Ohio burns high-sulfur (about...
Ontogenetic and among-individual variation in foraging strategies of northeast Pacific white sharks based on stable isotope analysis
S.L. Kim, M. Tim Tinker, J. A. Estes, P.L. Koch
2012, PLoS ONE (7) 1-11
There is growing evidence for individuality in dietary preferences and foraging behaviors within populations of various species. This is especially important for apex predators, since they can potentially have wide dietary niches and a large impact on trophic dynamics within ecosystems. We evaluate the diet of an apex predator, the...
Diet of the invasive Cuban treefrog (Osteopilus septentrionalis) in pine rockland and mangrove habitats in South Florida
B.M. Glorioso, J.H. Waddle, M.E. Crockett, K.G. Rice, H.F. Percival
2012, Caribbean Journal of Science (46) 346-355
Native to Cuba, the Bahamas and the Cayman Islands, the Cuban Treefrog (CTF) is an invasive species in Florida, with the ability to inflict serious ecological damage to invaded habitats. By examining the diet of the CTF, a known predator of native frogs, better predictions may be made of the...
Developing a broader scientific foundation for river restoration: Columbia River food webs
Robert J. Naiman, Richard Alldredge, David A. Beauchamp, Peter A. Bisson, James Congleton, Charles J. Henny, Nancy Huntly, Roland Lamberson, Colin Levings, Erik N. Merrill, William G. Pearcy, Bruce E. Rieman, Gregory T. Ruggerone, Dennis Scarnecchia, Peter E. Smouse, Chris C. Wood
2012, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (109) 21201-21207
Well-functioning food webs are fundamental for sustaining rivers as ecosystems and maintaining associated aquatic and terrestrial communities. The current emphasis on restoring habitat structure—without explicitly considering food webs—has been less successful than hoped in terms of enhancing the status of targeted species and often overlooks important constraints on ecologically effective...
The Adaptation for Conservation Targets (ACT) Framework: A tool for incorporating climate change into natural resource management
Molly S. Cross, Erika S. Zavaleta, Dominique Bachelet, Marjorie L. Brooks, Carolyn A.F. Enquist, Erica Fleishman, Lisa J. Graumlich, Craig R. Groves, Lee Hannah, Lara J. Hansen, Gregory D. Hayward, Marni Koopman, Joshua J. Lawler, Jay Malcolm, John R. Nordgren, Brian Petersen, Erika Rowland, Daniel Scott, Sarah L. Shafer, M. Rebecca Shaw, Gary Tabor
2012, Environmental Management (50) 341-351
As natural resource management agencies and conservation organizations seek guidance on responding to climate change, myriad potential actions and strategies have been proposed for increasing the long-term viability of some attributes of natural systems. Managers need practical tools for selecting among these actions and strategies to develop a tailored management...
Survival, growth and reproduction of non-native Nile tilapia II: Fundamental niche projections and invasion potential in the northern Gulf of Mexico
Michael R. Lowe, Wei Wu, Mark S. Peterson, Nancy J. Brown-Peterson, William T. Slack, Pamela J. Schofield
2012, PLoS ONE (7)
Understanding the fundamental niche of invasive species facilitates our ability to predict both dispersal patterns and invasion success and therefore provides the basis for better-informed conservation and management policies. Here we focus on Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus Linnaeus, 1758), one of the most widely cultured fish worldwide and a species...
Use of alligator hole abundance and occupancy rate as indicators for restoration of a human-altered wetland
Ikuko Fujisaki, Frank J. Mazzotti, Kristen M. Hart, Kenneth G. Rice, Danielle Ogurcak, Michael Rochford, Brian M. Jeffery, Laura A. Brandt, Michael S. Cherkiss
2012, Ecological Indicators (23) 627-633
Use of indicator species as a measure of ecosystem conditions is an established science application in environmental management. Because of its role in shaping wetland systems, the American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) is one of the ecological indicators for wetland restoration in south Florida, USA. We conducted landscape-level aerial surveys of...
Identification of the thiamin pyrophosphokinase gene in rainbow trout: Characteristic structure and expression of seven splice variants in tissues and cell lines and during embryo development
Shinya Yuge, Catherine A. Richter, Maureen K. Wright-Osment, Diane Nicks, Stephanie K. Saloka, Donald E. Tillitt, Weiming Li
2012, Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, Part B: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (163) 193-202
Thiamin pyrophosphokinase (TPK) converts thiamin to its active form, thiamin diphosphate. In humans, TPK expression is down-regulated in some thiamin deficiency related syndrome, and enhanced during pregnancy. Rainbow trout are also vulnerable to thiamin deficiency in wild life and are useful models for thiamin metabolism research. We identified the tpk...
Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) contributions to wildlife habitat, management issues, challenges and policy choices--an annotated bibliography
Arthur W. Allen, Mark W. Vandever
2012, Scientific Investigations Report 2012-5066
The following bibliography presents brief summaries of documents relevant to Conservation Reserve Program relations to wildlife habitat, habitat management in agriculturally dominated landscapes, and conservation policies potentially affecting wildlife habitats in agricultural ecosystems. Because the literature summaries furnished provide only sweeping overviews, users are urged to obtain and evaluate those...
Assessment of environments for Mars Science Laboratory entry, descent, and surface operations
Ashwin R. Vasavada, Allen Chen, Jeffrey R. Barnes, P. Daniel Burkhart, Bruce A. Cantor, Alicia M. Dwyer-Cianciolo, Robini L. Fergason, David P. Hinson, Hilary L. Justh, David M. Kass, Stephen R. Lewis, Michael A. Mischna, James R. Murphy, Scot C.R. Rafkin, Daniel Tyler, Paul G. Withers
2012, Space Science Reviews (170) 793-835
The Mars Science Laboratory mission aims to land a car-sized rover on Mars' surface and operate it for at least one Mars year in order to assess whether its field area was ever capable of supporting microbial life. Here we describe the approach used to identify, characterize, and assess environmental...
