Fix success and accuracy of GPS radio collars in old-growth temperate coniferous forests
Kimberly A. Sager-Fradkin, Kurt J. Jenkins, Robert L. Hoffman, P. Happe, J. Beecham, R.G. Wright
2007, Journal of Wildlife Management (71) 1298-1308
Global Positioning System (GPS) telemetry is used extensively to study animal distribution and resource selection patterns but is susceptible to biases resulting from data omission and spatial inaccuracies. These data errors may cause misinterpretation of wildlife habitat selection or spatial use patterns. We used both stationary test collars and collared...
The third hans cloos lecture. Urban landslides: Socioeconomic impacts and overview of mitigative strategies
R. L. Schuster, L.M. Highland
2007, Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment (66) 1-27
As a result of population pressures, hillsides in the world's urban areas are being developed at an accelerating rate. This development increases the risk for urban landslides triggered by rainfall or earthquake activity. To counter this risk, four approaches have been employed by landslide managers and urban planners: (1) restricting...
Twenty-four years of Great Lakes lichen studies provide park biomonitoring baselines
J. P. Bennett
2007, Report D-1859
Factors that influence the extraction of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons from coal
J. Xue, Gaisheng Liu, Z. Niu, C. L. Chou, C. Qi, Lingyun Zheng, H. Zhang
2007, Energy and Fuels (21) 881-890
Coal samples and carbonaceous mudstone were collected from the Huaibei coalfield, China, and experiments investigating the factors influencing the extraction of the sixteen US EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) priority polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) were carried out. Different extraction times, solvents, and methods were used. Major interest was focused on finding...
Relationships between reef fish communities and remotely sensed rugosity measurements in Biscayne National Park, Florida, USA
Ilsa B. Kuffner, John Brock, Rikki Grober-Dunsmore, Victor E. Bonito, T. Donald Hickey, C. Wayne Wright
2007, Environmental Biology of Fishes (78) 71-82
The realization that coral reef ecosystem management must occur across multiple spatial scales and habitat types has led scientists and resource managers to seek variables that are easily measured over large areas and correlate well with reef resources. Here we investigate the utility of new technology in airborne laser surveying...
Characterising reef fish populations and habitats within and outside the US Virgin Islands Coral Reef National Monument: A lesson in marine protected area design
Mark E. Monaco, A. M. Friedlander, Chris Caldow, J.D. Christensen, C. Rogers, J. Beets, J. Miller, Rafe Boulon
2007, Fisheries Management and Ecology (14) 33-40
Marine protected areas are an important tool for management of marine ecosystems. Despite their utility, ecological design criteria are often not considered or feasible to implement when establishing protected areas. In 2001, the Virgin Islands Coral Reef National Monument (VICRNM) in St John, US Virgin Islands was established by Executive...
Dynamics of newly established elk populations
G.A. Sargeant, M.W. Oehler Sr.
2007, Journal of Wildlife Management (71) 1141-1148
The dynamics of newly established elk (Cervus elaphus) populations can provide insights about maximum sustainable rates of reproduction, survival, and increase. However, data used to estimate rates of increase typically have been limited to counts and rarely have included complementary estimates of vital rates. Complexities of population dynamics cannot be...
Remote sensing and monitoring for the convention on biological diversity
H. Strand, E. A. Fosnight, P. Herkenrath, R. Hoft
H.E. Strand, R. Hoft, J. Strittholt, L. Miles, N. Horning, E. A. Fosnight, W. Turner, editor(s)
2007, Book chapter, Sourcebook on remote sensing and biodiversity indicators, CBD Technical Series, 32
No abstract available....
Diverse deformation patterns of Aleutian volcanoes from satellite interferometric synthetic aperture radar (InSAR)
Z. Lu, D. Dzurisin, J. Wicks, C.J. Powers, O.-i. Kwoun, R.P. Rykhus
2007, Book chapter, Volcanism and subduction— The Kamchatka region
No abstract available....
Aerial population estimates of wild horses (Equus caballus) in the adobe town and salt wells creek herd management areas using an integrated simultaneous double-count and sightability bias correction technique
Bruce C. Lubow, Jason I. Ransom
2007, Open-File Report 2007-1274
An aerial survey technique combining simultaneous double-count and sightability bias correction methodologies was used to estimate the population of wild horses inhabiting Adobe Town and Salt Wells Creek Herd Management Areas, Wyoming. Based on 5 surveys over 4 years, we conclude that the technique produced estimates consistent with the known...
Raptor mortality due to West Nile virus in the United States, 2002
E.K. Saito, L. Sileo, D. E. Green, C.U. Meteyer, G.S. McLaughlin, K. A. Converse, D. E. Docherty
2007, Journal of Wildlife Diseases (43) 206-213
West Nile virus (WNV) has affected many thousands of birds since it was first detected in North America in 1999, but the overall impact on wild bird populations is unknown. In mid-August 2002, wildlife rehabilitators and local wildlife officials from multiple states began reporting increasing numbers of sick and dying...
A project for monitoring trends in burn severity
Jeffery C. Eidenshink, Brian Schwind, Ken Brewer, Zhu-Liang Zhu, Brad Quayle, Stephen M. Howard
2007, Fire Ecology (3) 3-21
Jeff Eidenshink, Brian Schwind, Ken Brewer, Zhi-Liang Zhu, Brad Quayle, and Elected officials and leaders of environmental agencies need information about the effects of large wildfires in order to set policy and make management decisions. Recently, the Wildland Fire Leadership Council (WFLC), which implements and coordinates the National Fire Plan...
Improved outgassing models for the Landsat-5 thematic mapper
E. Micijevic, G. Chander, R. W. Hayes
2007, Conference Paper, International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS)
The Landsat-5 (L5) Thematic Mapper (TM) detectors of the short wave infrared (SWIR) bands 5 and 7 are maintained on cryogenic temperatures to minimize thermal noise and allow adequate detection of scene energy. Over the instrument's lifetime, gain oscillations are observed in these bands that are caused by an ice-like...
Development of a murre (Uria spp.) egg control material
Stacy S. Vander Pol, M.B. Ellisor, Rebecca S. Pugh, P.R. Becker, D.L. Poster, M.M. Schantz, S.D. Leigh, B.J. Wakeford, David G. Roseneau, Kristin S. Simac
2007, Conference Paper, Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry
The Seabird Tissue Archival and Monitoring Project (STAMP) is a collaborative Alaska-wide effort by the US Fish and Wildlife Service's Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge (USFWS/AMNWR), the US Geological Survey's Biological Resources Division (USGS/BRD), the Bureau of Indian Affairs Alaska Region Subsistence Branch (BIA/ARSB), and the National Institute of Standards...
Pre-, syn-, and postcollisional stratigraphic framework and provenance of upper triassic-upper cretaceous strata in the northwestern talkeetna mountains, alaska
B. A. Hampton, K.D. Ridgway, J.M. O’Neill, G. E. Gehrels, J. Schmidt, R. B. Blodgett
2007, Special Paper of the Geological Society of America 401-438
Mesozoic strata of the northwestern Talkeetna Mountains are located in a regional suture zone between the allochthonous Wrangellia composite terrane and the former Mesozoic continental margin of North America (i.e., the Yukon-Tanana terrane). New geologic mapping, measured stratigraphic sections, and provenance data define a distinct three-part stratigraphy for these strata....
Reconstructing the response of C3 and C4 plants to decadal-scale climate change during the late Pleistocene in southern Illinois using isotopic analyses of calcified rootlets
Hongfang Wang, S.E. Greenberg
2007, Quaternary Research (67) 136-142
The ??13C and ??18O values of well-preserved carbonate rhizoliths (CRs) provide detailed insights into changes in the abundance of C3 and C4 plants in response to approximately decadal-scale changes in growing-season climate. We performed stable isotope analyses on 35-40 CRs sampled at 1-cm intervals from an 18-cm-thick paleosol formed in...
Detrital zircon geochronology of some neoproterozoic to triassic rocks in interior Alaska
D. C. Bradley, W.C. McClelland, J. L. Wooden, A.B. Till, S. M. Roeske, Marti L. Miller, Susan M. Karl, J.G. Abbott
2007, Special Paper of the Geological Society of America 155-189
No abstract available. ...
Improving the accuracy of sediment-associated constituent concentrations in whole storm water samples by wet-sieving
W.R. Selbig, R. Bannerman, G. Bowman
2007, Journal of Environmental Quality (36) 226-232
Sand-sized particles (>63 ??m) in whole storm water samples collected from urban runoff have the potential to produce data with substantial bias and/or poor precision both during sample splitting and laboratory analysis. New techniques were evaluated in an effort to overcome some of the limitations associated with sample splitting and...
A new species of Tallaperla (Plecoptera: Peltoperlidae) from North Carolina, U.S.A.
B.C. Kondratieff, R.F. Kirchner, R.E. Zuellig, D. R. Lenat
2007, Entomological News (118) 81-82
A new species of Tallaperla, T. maiyae, is described from Wilkes County, North Carolina, U.S.A. from two males. The new species is similar to T. maria and T. anna, but can be distinguished by the combination of a prominent spine-like epiproct and brown coloration....
Origin and emplacement of impactites in the Chesapeake Bay impact structure, Virginia, USA
J. Wright Horton, Jr., Gregory Gohn, David S. Powars, Lucy E. Edwards
2007, Special Paper of the Geological Society of America 73-97
The late Eocene Chesapeake Bay impact structure, located on the Atlantic margin of Virginia, may be Earth's best-preserved large impact structure formed in a shallow marine, siliciclastic, continental-shelf environment. It has the form of an inverted...
Factors influencing movement probabilities of big brown bats (Eptesicus fuscus) in buildings
L.E. Ellison, T. J. O'Shea, D.J. Neubaum, R. A. Bowen
2007, Ecological Applications (17) 620-627
We investigated movements of female big brown bats (Eptesicus fuscus) roosting in maternity colonies in buildings in Fort Collins, Colorado (USA), during the summers of 2002, 2003, and 2005. This behavior can be of public health concern where bats that may carry diseases (e.g., rabies) move among buildings occupied by...
The Pennsylvanian-early permian bird spring carbonate shelf, Southeastern California: Fusulinid biostratigraphy, paleogeographic evolution, and tectonic implications
C.H. Stevens, P. Stone
2007, Special Paper of the Geological Society of America (429) 1-82
The Bird Spring Shelf in southeastern California, along with coeval turbidite basins to the west, records a complex history of late Paleozoic sedimentation, sea-level changes, and deformation along the western North American continental margin. We herein establish detailed correlations between deposits of the shelf and the flanking basins, which we...
Early Tertiary transtension-related deformation and magmatism along the Tintina fault system, Alaska
A.B. Till, S. M. Roeske, D. C. Bradley, R. Friedman, P.W. Layer
2007, Special Paper of the Geological Society of America (434) 233-264
Transtensional deformation was concentrated in a zone adjacent to the Tintina strike-slip fault system in Alaska during the early Tertiary. The deformation occurred along the Victoria Creek fault, the trace of the Tintina system that connects it with the Kaltag fault; together the Tintina and Kaltag fault systems girdle Alaska...
Geostatistical three-dimensional modeling of oolite shoals, St. Louis Limestone, southwest Kansas
L. Qi, T.R. Carr, R.H. Goldstein
2007, American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin (91) 69-96
In the Hugoton embayment of southwestern Kansas, reservoirs composed of relatively thin (<4 m; <13.1 ft) oolitic deposits within the St. Louis Limestone have produced more than 300 million bbl of oil. The geometry and distribution of oolitic deposits control the heterogeneity of the reservoirs, resulting in exploration challenges and...
A regression model to estimate regional ground water recharge
D. L. Lorenz, G. N. Delin
2007, Ground Water (45) 196-208
A regional regression model was developed to estimate the spatial distribution of ground water recharge in subhumid regions. The regional regression recharge (RRR) model was based on a regression of basin-wide estimates of recharge from surface water drainage basins, precipitation, growing degree days (GDD), and average basin specific yield (SY)....
