Improving conservation policy with genomics: A guide to integrating adaptive potential into U.S. Endangered Species Act decisions for conservation practitioners and geneticists
W.C. Funk, Brenna R. Forester, Sarah J. Converse, Catherine Darst, Steve Morey
2019, Conservation Genetics (20) 115-134
Rapid environmental change makes adaptive potential—the capacity of populations to evolve genetically based changes in response to selection—more important than ever for long-term persistence of at-risk species. At the same time, advances in genomics provide unprecedented power to test for and quantify adaptive potential, enabling consideration of adaptive potential in...
Guadalupe Bass flow-ecology relationships; with emphasis on the impact of flow on recruitment
Timothy B. Grabowski, Heather M. Williams, Robin Verble, Allison Pease, Jessica Pease
2019, Cooperator Science Series 144-2019
Guadalupe Bass Micropterus treculii is an economically and ecologically important black bass species endemic to the Edwards Plateau ecoregion and the lower portions of the Colorado River in central Texas. It is considered a fluvial specialist and as such, there are concerns that the increasing demands being placed upon the...
USGS geospatial support for unified fishing method
Kevin D. Hop, Andrew C. Strassman, Jonathan M. Vallazza, Brent C. Knights
2019, Report, 2019 Asian Carp Monitoring and Response Plan
No abstract available....
Our precious wildlife resources: Further thoughts on the North American model
John F. Organ, Shane P. Mahoney, Valerius Geist
2019, The Wildlife Professional (13) 30-33
No abstract available....
Application strategy for an anthraquinone-based repellent and the protection of soybeans from Canada goose depredation
Scott J. Werner, Matthew Gottlob, Charles D. Dieter, Joshua D. Stafford
2019, Human-Wildlife Interactions (13) 308-316
Agricultural crops can sustain extensive damage caused by Canada geese (Branta canadensis) when these crops are planted near wetlands or brood-rearing sites. From 2000 to 2015, South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks spent >$5.6 million to manage damages caused by Canada geese to agricultural crops (primarily soybeans) in...
Living with wildfire in Archeluta County, Colorado: 2015 data report
James Meldrum, Hannah Brenkert-Smith, Pamela Wilson, Patricia A. Champ, Christopher M. Barth, Angela Boag
2019, Research Note RMRS-RN-79
Residents in the wildland-urban interface (WUI) can play an important role in reducing wildfire’s negative effects by performing wildfire risk mitigation on their property. This report offers insight into the wildfire risk mitigation activities and related considerations, such as attitudes, experiences, and concern about wildfire, for people with homes in...
Living with wildfire in La Plata County, Colorado: 2015 data report
Hannah Brenkert-Smith, James Meldrum, Pamela Wilson, Patricia A. Champ, Christopher M. Barth, Angela Boag
2019, Research Note RMRS-RN-80
Residents in the wildland-urban interface (WUI) can play an important role in reducing wildfire’s negative effects by performing wildfire risk mitigation on their property. This report offers insight into the wildfire risk mitigation activities and related considerations, such as attitudes, experiences, and concern about wildfire, for people with homes in...
Relationships between wildfire burn severity, cavity-nesting bird assemblages and habitat in an eastern ponderosa pine forest
E. C. Keele, V. M. Donovan, C. P. Roberts, S. M. Nodskov, C. L. Wonkka, Craig R. Allen, L. Powell, David A. Wedin, D. G. Angeler, D. Twidwell
2019, American Midland Naturalist (18) 1-17
Historically, eastern ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa) forests were described as sparse patches of old-growth trees maintained by frequent, low-severity fires; however, in recent decades, there have been a number of large mixed-severity wildfires throughout the range of these forests. Wildlife responses to severe fire disturbance in eastern ponderosa pine forests...
Patterns, pace and processes of water-quality variability: Examples from a long-studied estuary
James Cloern
2019, Limnology and Oceanography (64) 192-208
Environmental time series have rich information content that is invaluable for measuring and understanding changes over time and guiding policies to manage change. I extracted information from measurements of 10 water‐quality constituents in upper San Francisco Bay from 1975 to 2016, one of the longest observational...
Why strategic bird monitoring plan for the Gulf of Mexico?
R. Randy Wilson, Mark S. Woodrey, Auriel M. V. Fournier, Jeff Gleason, James E. Lyons
2019, Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station Research Bulletin 1228-1
No abstract available....
Yellowstone’s birds are vital
Robert H. Diehl, Douglas W. Smith
2019, Yellowstone Science (27) 46-48
Traveling through Yellowstone National Park (YNP), visitors frequently stop to enjoy the park’s birds: small songbirds flitting about the willows, sandhill cranes engaged in their ritual mating dances, or myriad species of waterfowl loafing in one of the park's many wetlands. Typically while driving the roads of YNP, a majority...
Volcanic hazards in Alaska’s National Parks
Katherine Mulliken, Kristi L. Wallace, Cheryl Cameron, Christopher F. Waythomas
2019, Park Science
There are over 100 volcanoes in Alaska, 54 of which are considered historically active. A historically active volcano is one that fits one of the following criteria: a documented or strongly suspected eruption since the year 1700, persistent fumaroles near boiling point, significant deformation with a volcanic cause, or an...
Past warm periods provide vital benchmarks for understanding the future of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem
Cathy Whitlock, Steven W. Hostetler
2019, Yellowstone Science (27) 72-76
No abstract available....
Deep convolutional neural networks for map-type classification
Xiran Zhou, Wenwen Li, Samantha Arundel, Jun Liu
2019, Conference Paper, Autocarto 2018: Proceedings
Maps are an important medium that enable people to comprehensively understand the configuration of cultural activities and natural elements over different times and places. Although a massive number of maps are available in the digital era, how to effectively and accurately locate and access the desired map on the Internet...
Perspectives and challenges for the use of radar in biological conservation
Ommo Huppop, Michal Ciach, Robert H. Diehl, Don Reynolds, Phillip Stepanian, Myles Menz
2019, Ecography (42) 912-930
Radar is at the forefront for the study of broad‐scale aerial movements of birds, bats and insects and related issues in biological conservation. Radar techniques are especially useful for investigating species which fly at high altitudes, in darkness, or which are too small for applying electronic...
Developing earthquake forecast templates for fast and effective communication
Sara K. McBride, Andrew J. Michael, Anne M. Wein, Jeanne L. Hardebeck, Julia S. Becker, Sally H. Potter, Suzanne C. Perry, Morgan T. Page, Matthew Gerstenberger, Edward H. Field, Nicholas van der Elst
2019, Conference Paper, Earthquake engineering. National conference. 11th 2018: Integrating science, engineering and policy
No abstract available....
An evidence-based approach for supporting scientists communicating earthquake forecasts
Sara K. McBride, Anne M. Wein, Julia S. Becker, Sally H. Potter, E.E. Hudson-Doyle
E.E. Hudson-Doyle, editor(s)
2019, Conference Paper, Earthquake engineering. National conference. 11th 2018: Integrating science, engineering and policy
No abstract available....
Impact cratering of Mercury
Clark R. Chapman, David M. H. Baker, Olivier S. Barnouin, Caleb I. Fassett, Simone Marchi, William Merline, Lillian R. Ostrach, Louise Prockter, Robert G. Strom
2019, Book chapter
No abstract available....
The volcanic character of Mercury
Paul K. Byrne, Jennifer L Whitten, Christian Klimczak, Francis M. McCubbin, Lillian R. Ostrach
2019, Book chapter, Mercury: The view after MESSENGER
No abstract available....
Effects of acidic deposition on the biodiversity of forest understory plant communities in the northern hardwood forests of the Adirondack Mountains
Timothy J. Sullivan, Todd C. McDonnell, Michael R. Zarfos, Martin Dovciak, Gregory B. Lawrence
2019, Report
No abstract available....
Subterranean invasion by gapped ringed crayfish: Effectiveness of a removal effort and barrier installation
J.B. Mouser, D.C. Ashley, T. Aley, Shannon K. Brewer
2019, Diversity (11)
Non-native crayfish invasion is a major threat to many stream fauna; however, invasions in subterranean habitats are rarely documented. Our study objectives were to examine demographics and morphological and life-history traits of a gapped ringed crayfish Faxonius neglectus chaenodactylus population that invaded Tumbling Creek Cave and determine the...
Investigation into the effect of heteroatom content on kerogen structure using advanced 13C solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy
Wenying Chu, Xiaoyan Cao, Klaus Schmidt-Rohr, Justin E. Birdwell, Jingdong Mao
2019, Energy & Fuels (33) 645-653
To elucidate how different extreme heteroatom concentrations in oil shale kerogen may present and contribute to various structural features, three shale samples, containing kerogen with high oxygen content, low heteroatom content, and high sulfur content, were analyzed using advanced 13C solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) techniques, including multiple cross-polarization/magic angle spinning...
A collection of historic seismic instrumentation photographs at the Albuquerque Seismological Laboratory
Sabrina Veronica Moore, Charles R. Hutt, Robert E. Anthony, Adam T. Ringler, Alexis Casondra Bianca Alejandro, David C. Wilson
2019, Seismological Research Letters (90) 765-773
The Albuquerque Seismological Laboratory (ASL) has preserved a collection of photographs of seismographic equipment, stations, and drawings used by the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) in the early-to-mid-twentieth century. The photographs were transferred to ASL from the US Department of Commerce building in Washington DC after ASL became...
Data sharing in magnetotellurics
Anna Kelbert, Svetlana Erofeeva, Chad Trabant, Rich Karstens, Mickey C. Van Fossen
2019, Eos, Earth and Space Science News (99)
Here, we introduce the first openly available comprehensive database of magnetotelluric (MT) and related electromagnetic data that we developed and matured over the past decade, explain how to access the data, and describe the challenges that had to be overcome to make MT data sharing possible. The database is a...
Stable pack abundance and distribution in a harvested wolf population
Sarah B. Bassing, David E. Ausband, Michael S. Mitchell, Paul Lukacs, Allison Keever, Greg Hale, Lisette Waits
2019, Journal of Wildlife Management (83) 577-590
Harvesting gray wolves (Canis lupus) could affect the abundance and distribution of packs, but the frequency of change in pack occurrence (i.e., turnover) and relative effects of harvest compared to environmental factors is unclear. We used noninvasive genetic sampling, hunter surveys, and occupancy models to evaluate...
