[Book Review] The Musk Turtle Book by John Iverson with a Section on Husbandry, by Richard Cary Paull
C.K. Dodd Jr.
2005, Herpetological Review (36) 348-349
Review of: The Musk Turtle Book. John Iverson: Volume I of Turtles of the Worlds. Green Nature Books, 2003. ISBN: 188808958X....
[Book review] The quintessential companion for North American birders, by Christopher W. Leahy
L.D. Igl
2005, Prairie Naturalist (37) 53-55
Book review: The Birdwatcher’s Companion to North American Birdlife. Christopher W. Leahy. 2004. Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ. 1039 pages. $39.50 (cloth)....
The Amphibian Research and Monitoring Initiative. Proceedings of a Symposium held in Norman, Oklahoma, USA, 2004
C.K. Dodd, editor(s)
2005, Alytes (22) 165-167
Abstract not supplied at this time...
Does choice of estimators influence conclusions from true metabolizable energy feeding trials?
M. H. Sherfy, R. L. Kirkpatrick, K. E. Webb Jr.
2005, Journal of Ornithology (146) 383-389
True metabolizable energy (TME) is a measure of avian dietary quality that accounts for metabolic fecal and endogenous urinary energy losses (EL) of non-dietary origin. The TME is calculated using a bird fed the test diet and an estimate of EL derived from another bird (Paired Bird Correction), the same...
Clemmys marmorata (Pacific Pond Turtle) diet
M.R. Jennings, R. L. Hothem
2005, Herpetological Review (36) 56
Effectiveness of amphibian monitoring techniques in a Taiwanese subtropical forest
Min-Yi Hsu, Yeong-Choy Kam, Gary M. Fellers
2005, Herpetological Journal
Clinic and field training for desert tortoise health assessments at the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, California. May 22-28, 2004
K.H. Berry, A. Demmon
2005, Report
No abstract available at this time...
Integrated fire science in the Rocky Mountains
Natasha B. Kotliar
2005, Fact Sheet 2005-3032
Fire is an important ecological process that has helped shape western landscapes. Wildfire suppression and other management practices may have altered historic fire regimes in ecosystems adapted to frequent, low-severity fires. Compounding this problem is the encroachment of homes into fire-prone areas. Fire affects a number of abiotic and biotic components...
Parasitism, productivity, and population growth: response of Least Bell's Vireos (Vireo bellii pusillus) and Southwestern Willow Flycatchers (Empidonax traillii extimus) to cowbird (Molothrus spp.) control
Barbara E. Kus, Mary J. Whitfield
2005, Ornithological Monographs (57) 16-27
Cowbird (Molothrus spp.) control is a major focus of recovery-oriented management of two endangered riparian bird species,the Least Bell's Vireo (Vireo bellii pusillus) and Southwestern Willow Flycatcher (Empidonax traillii extimus). During the past 20 years, annual trapping of cowbirds at Least Bell's Vireo and Southwestern Willow Flycatcher breeding sites has...
Surveys for desert torotises in the Jawbone-Butterbredt Area of Critical Environmental Concern, Eastern Kern County, California
K. Keith, K. Berry, J. Weigand
2005, Report
No abstract available at this time...
Alien plant dynamics following fire in Mediterranean-climate California shrublands
Jon E. Keeley, M. Baer-Keeley, C. J. Fotheringham
2005, Ecological Applications (15) 2109-2125
Over 75 species of alien plants were recorded during the first five years after fire in southern California shrublands, most of which were European annuals. Both cover and richness of aliens varied between years and plant association. Alien cover was lowest in the first postfire year in all plant associations...
Magma generation at a large, hyperactive silicic volcano (Taupo, New Zealand) revealed by U-Th and U-Pb systematics in zircons
B. L. A. Charlier, C. J. N. Wilson, J. B. Lowenstern, S. Blake, P.W. van Calsteren, J.P. Davidson
2005, Journal of Petrology (46) 3-32
Young (<∼65 ka) explosive silicic volcanism at Taupo volcano, New Zealand, has involved the development and evacuation of several crustal magmatic systems. Up to and including the 26·5 ka 530 km3 Oruanui eruption, magmatic systems were contemporaneous but geographically separated. Subsequently they have been separated in time and have vented from geographically overlapping areas....
The accuracy of matrix population model projections for coniferous trees in the Sierra Nevada, California
Phillip J. van Mantgem, Nathan L. Stephenson
2005, Journal of Ecology (93) 737-747
1 We assess the use of simple, size-based matrix population models for projecting population trends for six coniferous tree species in the Sierra Nevada, California. We used demographic data from 16 673 trees in 15 permanent plots to create 17 separate time-invariant, density-independent population...
Assessing contaminant sensitivity of endangered and threatened aquatic species: Part III. Effluent toxicity tests
F.J. Dwyer, D.K. Hardesty, C.E. Henke, C.G. Ingersoll, D.W. Whites, T. Augspurger, T.J. Canfield, D.R. Mount, F.L. Mayer
2005, Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology (48) 174-183
Toxicity tests using standard effluent test procedures described by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency were conducted with Ceriodaphnia dubia, fathead minnows (Pimephales promelas), and seven threatened and endangered (listed) fish species from four families: (1) Acipenseridae: shortnose sturgeon (Acipenser brevirostrum); (2) Catostomidae; razorback sucker (Xyrauchen texanus); (3) Cyprinidae: bonytail chub...
Resource inventory of marine and estuarine fishes of the West Coast and Alaska: A checklist of North Pacific and Arctic Ocean species from Baja California to the Alaska - Yukon border
Milton S. Love, Catherine W. Mecklenburg, T. Anthony Mecklenburg, Lyman K. Thorsteinson
2005, Report
This is a comprehensive inventory of the fish species recorded in marine and estuarine waters between the Alaska–Yukon Territory border in the Beaufort Sea and Cabo San Lucas at the southern end of Baja California and out about 300 miles from shore. Our westernmost range includes the eastern Bering Sea...
Toxic Alexandrium blooms in the western Gulf of Maine: The plume advection hypothesis revisited
D.M. Anderson, B.A. Keafer, W.R. Geyer, R. P. Signell, T.C. Loder
2005, Limnology and Oceanography (50) 328-345
The plume advection hypothesis links blooms of the toxic dinoflagellate Alexandrium fundyense in the western Gulf of Maine (GOM) to a buoyant plume derived from river outflows. This hypothesis was examined with cruise and moored-instrument observations in 1993 when levels of paralytic shellfish poisoning (PSP) toxins were high, and in...
Aeolian processes at the Mars Exploration Rover Meridiani Planum landing site
R. Sullivan, D. Banfield, J.F. Bell III, W. Calvin, D. Fike, M. Golombek, R. Greeley, J. Grotzinger, Kenneth E. Herkenhoff, D. Jerolmack, M. Malin, D. Ming, Laurence A. Soderblom, S. W. Squyres, S. Thompson, W.A. Watters, C.M. Weitz, A. Yen
2005, Nature (436) 58-61
The martian surface is a natural laboratory for testing our understanding of the physics of aeolian (wind-related) processes in an environment different from that of Earth. Martian surface markings and atmospheric opacity are time-variable, indicating that fine particles at the surface are mobilized regularly by wind. Regolith (unconsolidated surface material)...
The GIS weasel - An interface for the development of spatial information in modeling
Roland J. Viger, S.M. Markstrom, G.H. Leavesley
Moglen G.E., editor(s)
2005, Conference Paper, Proceedings of the 2005 Watershed Management Conference - Managing Watersheds for Human and Natural Impacts: Engineering, Ecological, and Economic Challenges
The GIS Weasel is a map and Graphical User Interface (GUI) driven tool that has been developed as an aid to modelers in the delineation, characterization of geographic features, and their parameterization for use in distributed or lumped parameter physical process models. The interface does not require user expertise in...
Home range, territoriality, and flight time budgets in the black-bellied fruit bat, Melonycteris melanops (Pteropodidae)
F.J. Bonaccorso, J.R. Winkelmann, D.G.P. Byrnes
2005, Journal of Mammalogy (86) 931-936
Based on 1,362 radiotelemetry positions, mean home range for 10 adult black-bellied fruit bats, Melonycteris melanops (Pteropodidae), in lowland rainforest at Mount Garbuna, West New Britain Province, Papua New Guinea, was 2.3 ha ?? 1.2 SD. Mean core-use area of adults was 0.5 ha ?? 0.4 SD, and mean long...
Blind shear-wave velocity comparison of ReMi and MASW results with boreholes to 200 m in Santa Clara Valley: Implications for earthquake ground-motion assessment
W. J. Stephenson, J.N. Louie, S. Pullammanappallil, R. A. Williams, J. K. Odum
2005, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America (95) 2506-2516
Multichannel analysis of surface waves (MASW) and refraction microtremor (ReMi) are two of the most recently developed surface acquisition techniques for determining shallow shear-wave velocity. We conducted a blind comparison of MASW and ReMi results with four boreholes logged to at least 260 m for shear velocity in Santa Clara...
Estimation of density and population size and recommendations for monitoring trends of Bahama parrots on Great Abaco and Great Inagua
F. F. Rivera-Milan, J.A. Collazo, C. Stahala, W. J. Moore, A. Davis, G. Herring, M. Steinkamp, R. Pagliaro, J.L. Thompson, W. Bracey
2005, Wildlife Society Bulletin (33) 823-834
Once abundant and widely distributed, the Bahama parrot (Amazona leucocephala bahamensis) currently inhabits only the Great Abaco and Great lnagua Islands of the Bahamas. In January 2003 and May 2002-2004, we conducted point-transect surveys (a type of distance sampling) to estimate density and population size and make recommendations for monitoring...
Reconstructing a 180 yr record of natural and anthropogenic induced low-oxygen conditions from Louisiana continental shelf sediments
L.E. Osterman, R.Z. Poore, P.W. Swarzenski, R.E. Turner
2005, Geology (33) 329-332
Hypoxia on the Louisiana continental shelf is tied to nutrient Loading and freshwater stratification from the Mississippi River. Variations in the relative abundance of low-oxygen-tolerant benthic foraminifers in four sediment cores from the Louisiana shelf provide a proxy record of low-oxygen events. Core chronologies are obtained using 210Pb dating techniques....
Design, implementation, and initial results from a water-quality monitoring network for Atlanta, Georgia, USA
A. J. Horowitz, K. A. Elrick, J.J. Smith
2005, Conference Paper, IAHS-AISH Publication
In cooperation with the City of Atlanta, Georgia, the US Geological Survey has designed and implemented a water-quantity and quality monitoring network that measures a variety of biological and chemical constituents in water and suspended sediment. The network consists of 20 long-term monitoring sites and is intended to assess water-quality...
Distribution and density of moose in relation to landscape characteristics: Effects of scale
J.A.K. Maier, J. M. Ver Hoef, A. D. McGuire, R.T. Bowyer, L. Saperstein, H.A. Maier
2005, Conference Paper, Canadian Journal of Forest Research
We analyzed the relation between early winter distribution and density of female moose (Alces alces L.) and habitat heterogeneity in interior Alaska. We tested for effects of vegetation type, topography, distance to rivers and towns, occurrence and timing of fire, and landscape metrics. A spatial linear model was used to...
Provenance and diagenesis of the evaporite-bearing Burns formation, Meridiani Planum, Mars
S. M. McLennan, J.F. Bell III, W. M. Calvin, P. R. Christensen, B.C. Clark, P.A. de Souza, J. Farmer, W. H. Farrand, D.A. Fike, Ralf Gellert, A. Ghosh, T.D. Glotch, J.P. Grotzinger, B. Hahn, Kenneth E. Herkenhoff, J.A. Hurowitz, J. R. Johnson, S.S. Johnson, B. Jolliff, G. Klingelhofer, A.H. Knoll, Z. Learner, M. C. Malin, H.Y. McSween Jr., J. Pocock, S. W. Ruff, Laurence A. Soderblom, S. W. Squyres, N.J. Tosca, W.A. Watters, M.B. Wyatt, A. Yen
2005, Earth and Planetary Science Letters (240) 95-121
Impure reworked evaporitic sandstones, preserved on Meridiani Planum, Mars, are mixtures of roughly equal amounts of altered siliciclastic debris, of basaltic provenance (40 ± 10% by mass), and chemical constituents, dominated by evaporitic minerals (jarosite, Mg-, Ca-sulfates ± chlorides ± Fe-, Na-sulfates), hematite and possibly secondary silica (60 ± 10%). These chemical constituents and their relative abundances are...
