Estimating the number of animals in wildlife populations
R.A. Lancia, W. L. Kendall, K. H. Pollock, J.D. Nichols
Clait E. Braun, editor(s)
2005, Book chapter, Techniques for Wildlife Investigations and Management
INTRODUCTION In 1938, Howard M. Wight devoted 9 pages, which was an entire chapter in the first wildlife management techniques manual, to what he termed 'census' methods. As books and chapters such as this attest, the volume of literature on this subject has grown tremendously. Abundance...
Dendrobates auratus Girard, 1855: green and black dart-poison frog
M.J. Lannoo, P. Nanjappa
Michael Lannoo, editor(s)
2005, Book chapter, Amphibian declines : the conservation status of United States species
Modern open-population capture-recapture models
J.D. Nichols
Steven C. Amstrup, Trent L. McDonald, Bryan F.J. Manly, editor(s)
2005, Book chapter, Handbook of capture-recapture analysis
Bottomland hardwood restoration in the Mississippi Alluvial Valley: Looking past the trees to see the forest
R.R. Wilson, J.M. Oliver, D.J. Twedt, W.B. Uihlein III
L.H. Fredrickson, S.L. King, R.M. Kaminski, editor(s)
2005, Book chapter, Ecology and Management of Bottomland Hardwood Systems: the state of our understanding: a symposium, March 11-13, 1999, Memphis, TN
Planned restoration of bottomland hardwoods is important to adequately address negative consequences resulting from the severe loss and fragmentation of forested wetlands in the Mississippi Alluvial Valley. Reforestation efforts have been promoted through government initiatives of state and federal agencies (e.g. Wetland Reserve Program) and private conservation groups....
Effects of dietary selenium exposure in captive American common eiders
J. C. Franson, D. J. Hoffman, A. M. Wells-Berlin, Matthew C. Perry, V. S. Bochsler, D.L. Finley, Paul L. Flint, T. Hollmen
2005, Conference Paper, Programs and Abstracts: Second North American Sea Duck Conference
We conducted two studies of Se exposure in captive common eiders (Somateria mollissima). In Study 1, eiders were fed diets with added Se (as L-selenomethionine) in concentrations increasing from 10 ppm to 80 ppm. In Study 2, eiders received control, low exposure (20 ppm Se), and high exposure (60 ppm...
The herpetofauna of the Guayana Highlands: amphibians and reptiles of the Lost World
R.W. McDiarmid, M.A. Donnelly
M.A. Donnelly, B.I. Crother, C. Guyer, M.H. Wake, M.E. White, editor(s)
2005, Book chapter, Ecology and Evolution in the Tropics: A Herpetological Perspective
The effect of varying protein levels on blood chemistry, food consumption, and behavior of captive seaducks
A. M. Wells-Berlin, Matthew C. Perry, Glenn H. Olsen
2005, Book chapter, Second North American Sea Duck Conference, November 7-11, 2005, Annapolis, Maryland. Program and Abstracts
The Chesapeake Bay is a primary wintering area for scoters and the long-tailed ducks (Clangia hyemalis) that migrate along the Atlantic Flyway. Recently, the Chesapeake Bay had undergone an ecosystem shift and little is known about how this is affecting the seaduck populations. We are determining what are the...
Wetland restoration and birds: lessons from Florida, San Francisco Bay, and Chesapeake Bay
R.M. Erwin, P. C. Frederick
2005, Book chapter, One Hundred and Twenty-Third Stated Meeting of the American Ornithologists' Union: abstract book
Many wetland restoration projects are underway across the North American landscape, ranging from small, community - based projects of less than 1 ha, to thousands of ha, as in San Francisco Bay or the Everglades. The goals of small projects are generally focused on replanting and sustaining native wetland...
Estimating population abundance and mapping distribution of wintering sea ducks in coastal waters of the mid-Atlantic
M.D. Koneff, J. Andrew Royle, D.J. Forsell, J.S. Wortham, G.S. Boomer, Matthew C. Perry
2005, Book chapter, Second North American Sea Duck Conference, November 7-11, 2005, Annapolis, Maryland. Program and Abstracts
Survey design for wintering scoters (Melanitta sp.) and other sea ducks that occur in offshore waters is challenging because these species have large ranges, are subject to distributional shifts among years and within a season, and can occur in aggregations. Interest in winter sea duck population abundance surveys has...
Landscape level reforestation priorities for forest breeding landbirds in the Mississippi Alluvial Valley
D.J. Twedt, W.B. Uihlein III
L.H. Fredrickson, S.L. King, R.M. Kaminski, editor(s)
2005, Book chapter, Ecology and Management of Bottomland Hardwood Systems: the state of our understanding: a symposium, March 11-13, 1999, Memphis, TN
Thousands of ha of cleared wetlands are being reforested annually in the Mississippi Alluvial Valley (MAV). Despite the expansive and long-term impacts of reforestation on the biological communities of the MAV, there is generally a lack of landscape level planning in its implementation. To address this deficiency we...
Use of survey data to define regional and local priorities for management on National Wildlife Refuges
J.R. Sauer, John F. Casey, H. Laskowski, J.D. Taylor, J. Fallon
C. John Ralph, Terrell D. Rich, editor(s)
2005, Book chapter, Bird Conservation Implementation and Integration in the Americas: Proceedings of the Third International Partners in Flight Conference 2002
National Wildlife Refuges must manage habitats to support a variety of species that often have conflicting needs. To make reasonable management decisions, managers must know what species are priorities for their refuges and the relative importance of the species. Unfortunately, species priorities are often set regionally, but refuges...
Biological objectives for bird populations
J. Bart, M. Koneff, S. Wendt
C. John Ralph, Terrell D. Rich, editor(s)
2005, Book chapter, Bird Conservation Implementation and Integration in the Americas: Proceedings of the Third International Partners in Flight Conference 2002
Second North American Sea Duck Conference, November 7-11, 2005, Annapolis, Maryland. Program and Abstracts
Matthew C. Perry, editor(s)
2005, Book
Wildlife and habitat damage assessment from Hurricane Charley: recommendations for recovery of the J. N. "Ding" Darling National Wildlife Refuge Complex. [Final report to U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service]
J.M. Meyers, C.A. Langtimm, T. J. Smith III, K. Pednault-Willett
2005, Book
On 13 August 2004, the first of four hurricanes to strike Florida in <6 weeks came ashore near J. N. ?Ding? Darling National Wildlife Refuge (JNDDNWR) Complex, Sanibel Island, FL. Hurricane Charley passed just north of Sanibel Island with maximum sustained winds of 145 mph (123 knots) and a...
Synthesis of management, monitoring, and protections protocols for the threatened and endangered species and species of special concern at Cape Hatteras National Seashore, North Carolina
J.B. Cohen, R.M. Erwin, J.B. French, J. L. Marion, J.M. Meyers
2005, Book
Management and protection protocols for nesting sea turtles on Cape Hatteras National Seashore, North Carolina
J.B. Cohen
2005, Book
Executive Summary 1. The southeast U.S. population of the loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta) has increased since the species was listed as federally threatened in 1978. Since standardized monitoring began in North Carolina in 1995, the number of nests at Cape Hatteras National Seashore (CAHA) fluctuated from year...
Management and protection protocols for the threatened Piping Plover (Charadrius Melodus) on Cape Hatteras National Seashore, North Carolina
J.B. Cohen
2005, Book
Executive Summary 1. The breeding population of the piping plover (Charadrius melodus), a federally-threatened shorebird, at Cape Hatteras National Seashore (CAHA) declined from 15 pairs/yr to 3 pairs/yr from 1989-2004. A population of this size may face immediate risk of extirpation from several sources. At several former breeding...
Management, monitoring, and protection protocols for American Oystercatchers at Cape Hatteras National Seashore, North Carolina
J.M. Meyers
2005, Book
Management, monitoring, and protection protocols for colonially nesting waterbirds at Cape Hatteras National Seashore, North Carolina
R.M. Erwin
2005, Book
Management, monitoring, and protection protocols for seabeach amaranth at Cape Hatteras National Seashore, North Carolina
J. L. Marion
2005, Book
Physical events, environments, and geological—Ecological interactions at Mount St. Helens: March 1980–2004
Frederick J. Swanson, Jon J. Major
2005, Book chapter, Ecological Responses to the 1980 Eruption of Mount St. Helens
The diversity and intensity of volcanic processes during the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens affected a variety of ecosystems over a broad area and created an exceptional opportunity to study interactions of geophysical and ecological processes in dynamic landscapes. Within a few hours on the morning of May 18,...
Geomorphic change and vegetation development on the Muddy River Mudflow Deposit
Peter M. Frenzen, Keith S. Hadley, Jon J. Major, Marc H. Weber, Jerry F. Franklin, J. H. Hardison III, Sharon Stanton
2005, Book chapter, Ecological Responses to the 1980 Eruption of Mount St. Helens
Geomorphic disturbances are widely recognized as important processes that influence plant-community development and landscape-scale vegetation patterns [e.g., Veblen and Ashton (1978), Garwood et al. (1979), Swanson et al. (1988), and Malanson (1993)]. In volcanically active areas such as the Pacific Northwest, mudflows are locally important geomorphic disturbance events governing short-...
Multi-scale remote sensing of coral reefs
Serge Andréfouët, E.J. Hochberg, Christophe Chevillon, Frank E. Muller-Karger, John Brock, Chuanmin Hu
2005, Book chapter, Remote sensing of coastal aquatic environments: technologies, techniques and applications
In this chapter we present how both direct and indirect remote sensing can be integrated to address two major coral reef applications - coral bleaching and assessment of biodiversity. This approach reflects the current non-linear integration of remote sensing for environmental assessment of coral reefs, resulting from a rapid increase...
USGS MODIS direct broadcast - Reception and processing at the USGS Center for Earth Resources Observation and Science
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
2005, Fact Sheet 2005-3119
The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) is a key instrument aboard NASA?s Terra Earth Observing System (EOS) AM and Aqua EOS PM spacecrafts....
The Columbia River Research Laboratory
Alec Maule
2005, Fact Sheet 2006-3070
The U.S. Geological Survey's Columbia River Research Laboratory (CRRL) was established in 1978 at Cook, Washington, in the Columbia River Gorge east of Portland, Oregon. The CRRL, as part of the Western Fisheries Research Center, conducts research on fishery issues in the Columbia River Basin. Our mission is to: 'Serve...
