Widespread occurrence of Magnéli phases in wildland-urban interface fire ashes
Mohammed Baalousha, Morgane Desmau, Roberto A. Colina-Ruiz, Antonio Lanzirotti, Sheryl A. Singerling, Michelle A. Stern, Charles N. Alpers
2026, Environmental Science and Technology.
The increasing activity of wildland–urban interface (WUI) fires has raised concerns regarding the potential environmental and human health impacts of residual ash remaining after burning. In this study, we investigated the concentration and speciation of titanium in WUI fire ash. Total titanium concentrations in WUI fire ash ranged from 0.53...
Spatial units to support Lake Erie Cisco Coregonus artedi restoration
Joshua P. Egan, Amanda Susanne Ackiss, Andrew M. Muir
2026, Report
At the request of the Lake Erie Committee, spatial units for Lake Erie Cisco were delineated during spring 2024. Spatial units correspond to the reproductive habitat of extirpated (unoccupied spatial units) and extant (occupied spatial units) populations. Spatial units were delineated using a Council of Lake Committees-endorsed method that involves...
Finding the (small) cores: Spatial covariance tracks grassland bird community occupancy in fragmented grasslands
Lauren L. Berry, Brett Alexander DeGregorio, Daniel R. Uden, Caleb Powell Roberts
2026, Ecosphere (17)
Grasslands are an imperiled ecosystem, and grassland bird abundance is declining across North America. One of the strongest drivers for these declines is woody plant encroachment of grasslands. In the Great Plains and Sagebrush biomes of North America, spatial covariance—a remote-sensing metric for tracking boundaries between vegetation...
Accumulation of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and their association with immune parameters in nestling ospreys (Pandion haliaetus) from Chesapeake and Delaware Bays, USA
Natalie Karouna-Renier, David Lee Haskins, Sandra L. Schultz, Michael E. Akresh, Barnett Rattner
2026, Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are a class of widespread, environmentally persistent compounds that pose a potential threat to wildlife and human health. Despite recent efforts to reduce the use of long-chain PFAS in industrial practices and commercial/consumer products, the persistence and solubility of PFAS have led to their detection...
The impacts of co-circulating pathogens in Pacific herring depend on interactions between viral life-cycle traits and transmission parameters, highlighting interdependencies between pathogen epizootics
David James Páez, Courtney Ann Grady, Jacob L. Gregg, William N. Batts, Shayla Ferreiro-Luce, V. L. Herron, Malina Mariko Loeher, Sarah Williamson, Paul Hershberger
2026, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, Series B (381)
The average host susceptibility decreases as the epizootic progresses because easily infected hosts are first removed from the population. While host susceptibility is pathogen-specific, it is likely that host susceptibility is correlated between different pathogens, so that co-circulating pathogens may have reciprocal impacts on their epidemics. However, despite well-documented examples...
Evaluation of pathogen risks and testing considerations for Chinook salmon egg movements between New Zealand and California
Claire E. Couch, David B. Powell, Jan Lovy
2026, Open-File Report 2026-1065
Executive Summary Oncorhynchus tshawytscha (Walbaum in Artedi, 1792; Chinook salmon) were historically abundant in the McCloud River but are now extirpated from this tributary owing to dam construction and lack of passage. Planning efforts to restore populations above Shasta and Keswick Dams are currently underway, including an evaluation of potential source...
Efficacy of increased visual and olfactory cues for luring and trapping invasive tegu lizards
Amanda Marie Kissel, Kevin L. Donmoyer, Mark Robert Sandfoss, James C. Howard, Christina M. Romagosa, Amy A. Yackel Adams
2026, Frontiers in Amphibian and Reptile Science (4)
Controlling invasive wildlife species relies on the ability to efficiently remove individuals from the invaded environment. Thus, maximizing capture potential is of high interest, particularly for species that are difficult to capture. For invasive species such as the Argentine black and white tegu lizard (Salvator merianae), increasing...
Diverse novel and avian-associated viruses in the ileal viromes of northern mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos)
Brian P. Bourke, Sergei V. Drovetski, Koray Ergunay, Yvonne-Marie Linton, Gary Voelker
2026, Archives of Virology (171)
Viruses are the most abundant and diverse organisms on Earth, though only a small portion cause disease. Understanding viral diversity is key to understanding and predicting pathogen emergence and zoonotic spillover. Here, we use meta-transcriptomic sequencing to examine the viral communities in the ileum of 25 Northern...
Hyperspectral retrieval of phytoplankton absorption and community composition from NASA’s PACE-OCI in estuarine–coastal waters using a hybrid framework combining mixture-of-experts and Variational Autoencoder
Xingyu Bai, Bingqing Liu, Jiang Li, Yuanheng Xiong, Eurico J. D'Sa, Melissa Millman Baustian, Xiaodong Zhang, Brice K. Grunert, Chisom O. Emeghiebo, Cassie Glasspie, Xu Yuan
2026, Remote Sensing of Environment (337)
Retrieving the phytoplankton absorption coefficient (aphy; m−1), one of the most spectrally rich inherent optical properties, remains challenging in optically complex coastal waters worldwide. Leveraging NASA's new hyperspectral mission, PACE, we introduce Hyper-MoE-VAE, a deep-learning architecture that integrates a Mixture-of-Experts with a Variational Autoencoder to retrieve high-dimensional aphy and subsequent estimation...
Extreme precipitation variability and soil texture controls on water-table response
Claudia R. Corona, Shemin Ge, Suzanne P. Anderson, Jesse E. Dickinson
2026, Water (18)
Extreme precipitation events (EPEs), a key class of hydrometeorological extremes, are intensifying globally under climate change; however, their effects on water-table dynamics across varying soil textures remain poorly understood. To better understand the impacts of EPEs, we conducted one-dimensional modeling to evaluate water-table response time, displacement, recession...
Evaluating evidence of changing regional occupancy of four bat species in response to forest management practices
Richard D. Inman, Bradley James Udell, Amy Kristine Wray, Bethany R. Straw, Andrea Nichole Schuhmann, Helen Trice Davis, Sarah C. Sawyer, Brian E. Reichert
2026, Forest Ecology and Management (609)
Coordinated, regional strategies to guide effective management and conservation of forests can be used to balance conservation with management for other objectives such as timber, scenic viewsheds, and fire. A key part of these regional strategies is incorporating knowledge of how management actions may affect certain species,...
Site response models based on geometric parameters for southern California sedimentary basins
Rashid Shams, Chukwuebuka C. Nweke, Grace Alexandra Parker
2026, Earthquake Spectra (42)
Site response in sedimentary basins is influenced by complex three-dimensional (3D) features, including trapping of seismic waves, focusing of seismic energy and basin resonance. Current ground motion models (GMMs) incorporate basin effects using one-dimensional parameters like VS30 and shear wave velocity isosurface depths, which are limited in capturing lateral...
Genetic structure in a previously extirpated population of gray wolves following reintroduction and natural recolonization
Heather R. Clendenin, David Edward Ausband, Jennifer R. Adams, Paul A. Hohenlohe, Lisette P. Waits
2026, Conservation Genetics (27)
Genetic structuring in wildlife populations is driven by barriers that restrict gene flow as well as the history of population demography. Mechanisms driving genetic structuring can be nuanced in group-living species, such as gray wolves (Canis lupus). Behavioral factors, such as social affiliation and resistance, natal habitat...
Channel change and sediment transport in the Puyallup River watershed through 2022
Scott W. Anderson
2026, Preprint
The Puyallup River drains a 990 square mile watershed in western Washington, with headwaters on the glacier-covered flanks of Mount Rainier. Major tributaries include the White, Carbon, and Mowich Rivers. In the levee-confined reaches of the lower watershed, loss of flood conveyance due to sand and gravel deposition has been...
Detecting snow avalanche activity using infrasound: Hooker Valley, New Zealand
Leighton Watson, Aubrey Miller, Jacob F. Anderson, Liam Toney, Alberto Ardid
2026, New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics (69)
Snow avalanches pose considerable hazards to people and infrastructure in alpine environments. Traditional avalanche monitoring relies on meteorological data and visual observations, which can be limited in scope and timeliness. Infrasound offers a promising complementary monitoring tool by detecting the low-frequency sound waves generated by avalanches. Here, we present infrasound...
Assessment of antibiotic resistance genes in Caribbean corals, including those treated with amoxicillin
Karen L. Neely, Christina A. Kellogg, Julie Jenice Voelschow, Allison R. Cauvin, Sydney A.M. Reed, Ewelina Rubin, Julie L. Meyer
2026, Coral Reefs
The decimation of reefs from stony coral tissue loss disease prompted the use of a topical amoxicillin treatment to prevent coral mortality. Application of this treatment led to concerns about unintentional impacts such as potential alteration of the coral microbiome and possible spread of antibiotic resistance. We...
Constructed value of information with iterative scoring and parametric uncertainty to identify management-relevant research priorities for a declining raptor species
Kristin P. Davis, Mitchell J. Eaton, Emily R. Bjerre, Hillary M. White, Clint W. Boal, Jennifer H. Herner-Thogmartin, Orin J. Robinson, Abigail Jean Lawson
2026, Conservation Biology
Constructed value of information (CVoI) is an expert elicitation decision-analytic tool used to prioritize sources of uncertainty based on their potential to improve decision outcomes if resolved. Despite increased application of CVoI, the robustness of CVoI prioritization of sources of uncertainty relative to differences in expert elicitation and scoring methods...
Thiaminase I activity is high in grass and silver carp, but negligible in bighead and black carp
Freya Elizabeth Rowland, Curtis G. Byrd, Patrick Kroboth
2026, Journal of Great Lakes Research (52)
Bighead carp (Hypophthalmichthys nobilis), black carp (Mylopharyngodon piceus), grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella), and silver carp (H. molitrix) have spurred wide concern of potential ecosystem disruption as they threaten to invade the Laurentian Great Lakes. Besides competition for resources, carp may also have disadvantageous nutrition for predators. One biochemical aspect to...
Cotton farming affects ileal virome in a sedentary wild passerine
Sergei V. Drovetski, Brian P. Bourke, Michelle L. Hladik, Carolina F. Ferreira, Koray Ergunay, Yvonne-Marie Linton, Dana W. Kolpin, Gary Voelker
2026, Animal Microbiome (8)
Although a few studies have focused on avian gut virome variation in response to environmental stressors, none have assessed virome in relation to the production of chemically intensive crop-based agriculture that alters food resources and detrimentally affects various aspects of avian health and fitness. In this study,...
Simulated ground motion dataset in the Azores Plateau, Portugal, on rock and soil sites
Shaghayegh Karimzadeh, S.M. Sajad Hussaini, Daniel Caicedo, Alexandra Carvalho, Sanaz Rezaeian, Paulo B. Lourenco
2026, Journal of Earthquake Engineering (JEE)
Building on a previously developed bedrock dataset, this study extends the Azores Plateau ground motion simulations to include soil-amplified records and introduces a comprehensive validation framework. Soil amplification is modeled using one-dimensional soil profiles. A stochastic source-based approach is employed to generate the dataset, incorporating randomization of input-model parameters to...
Carbon sequestration along a gradient of tidal marsh degradation in response to sea level rise
Mona Huyzentruyt, Maarten Wens, Gregory S. Fivash, David Walters, Steven Bouillon, Joel Carr, Glenn Guntenspergen, Matt L. Kirwan, Stijn Temmerman
2026, Biogeosciences (23) 851-865
Tidal marshes are considered one of the world's most efficient ecosystems for belowground organic carbon sequestration and hence climate mitigation. Marsh systems are however also vulnerable to degradation due to climate-induced sea level rise, whereby marsh vegetation conversion to open water often follows distinct spatial patterns: levees...
Restoration based on cost-benefit optimization: A grasslands pilot study
Sarah R. Weiskopf, Toni Lyn Morelli, Tina G. Mozelewski, Alexey N. Shiklomanov, Susannah B. Lerman
2026, Ecological Applications (36)
Ecological restoration is essential to meeting global biodiversity conservation goals. Given limited conservation budgets, deciding where to restore habitat is a key challenge for the coming decade. We developed a spatially explicit framework to optimize ecological restoration site selection by integrating land use history, species distributions, and economic costs. The...
Harvest of long-tailed ducks from an important hunting location on Lake Michigan
Luke J. Fara, William S. Beatty, Brian R. Gray, Kevin P. Kenow, Michael W. Eichholz
2026, Journal of Wildlife Management (90)
Annual waterfowl harvest in North America is estimated through a collaborative and strategic process, with federal harvest surveys the primary method of estimation. Sea duck hunters participating in federal harvest surveys represent a small proportion of the overall waterfowl hunting population, limiting the utility of harvest estimates for sea ducks....
Global framework for communication of biological invasion risks
Lorenzo Vilizzi, Vettath R. Suresh, Daniela Giannetto, Jeffrey E. Hill, Wesley M. Daniel, João G. Monteiro, Lennart Edsman, Hassan Sh Elmi, Ahmed Ibrahim Awale, Elnaz Najafi-Majd, Ramazan Mammadov, Sapto Andriyono, Djumanto, Mohammad Noor Azmai, Abdulwakil Saba, Belma K. Stroil, Avdul Adrović, Anna Vila-Gispert, Dani Boix, Oldřich Kopecký, Vilém Pavlu, Dragana Milošević, Danka Caković, Henrik Holbech, Kim Lundgreen, Juliane Lukas, Harald Ahnelt, Merike Linnamägi, Mehis Rohtla, David Almeida, Roberto Mendoza, Allan S. Gilles Jr., Richard Thomas D. Pavia Jr., Elisabeth Knudsen, Leivur J. Hansen, Philippe Goulletquer, Amelia Curd, Ivan Špelić, Jón E. Jónsson, Höskuldur Thráinsson, Angela Boggero, Mihails Pupins, Artūrs Škute, Lukas Petrulaitis, Ilona Jukonienė, Gábor Herczeg, Árpád Ferincz, Hugo Verreycken, Rob S.E.W. Leuven, Martin Malmstrøm, Gaute Velle, Trobjon Makhkamov, Akramjon Yuldashev, Dariusz Pietraszewski, Lidia Marszał, João Canning-Clode, Mariele Pasuch de Camargo, Cristina Preda, Daniyar Memedemin, Rigers Bakiu, Silvia Bakiu, Kristína S. Švolíková, Barbora Števove, Luka Duniš, Petra Kristan, Predrag Simonović, Radoslav Dekić, Riikka Puntila-Dodd, Miia Jauni, Karin H. Olsson, Kieu Anh Ta, Thuyet D. Bui, Baran Yoğurtçuoğlu, Sevan Ağdamar, Bahadir Yuldashov, Peyzulla Khydyrov, Leonidas Vardakas, Nicholas Koutsikos, Costas Perdikaris, Dzmitry Lukashanets, Oleg Borodin, Eliza Uzunova, Dimitriy Dashinov, Georgii Lazkov, Myskalai Ganybaeva, Daniya Ualiyeva, Raushan Zharmukhametova, Milica Ristovska, Aleksandra Cvetkovska Gjorgjievska, Burenbaatar Ganbaatar, Solongo Khadbaatar, Vadim E. Panov, Oleh Marenkov, Nurali Saidov, Mekhrovar Okhonniyozov, Yuriy Kvach, Volodymyr Yuryshynets, Marine Arakelyan, Hasmik Khachatryan, Levan Mumladze, Bella Japoshvili, Renanel Pickholtz, Tal Gavriel, Usman Atique, Muhammad Altaf, Sonia Iqbal, Zainab Al-Wazzan, Sahar Chebaane, Mohammad Hamid Hamdard, Abdul Rahman Osmani, Seyed Daryoush Moghaddas, Jamileh Javidpour, Mariyam Nashath, Faruhana Abdullah, Hari Prasad Sharma, Bharat Babu Shrestha, Vandana Vibhakaran, Shams M. Galib, Md. Abdul Gofur Khan, Udaya Priyantha Epa, Nadiya Cassim, Mahanama De Zoysa, Ratcha Chaichana, Kamalaporn Kanongdate, Nyein Chan, La Minn Ko Ko, Jigdrel Dorji, Chhimi Dorji, Khaml Inkhavilay, Chanhvilay Somvongsa, Kim Soben, Yutha Nida, Yohannes B. Tesfay, Bikila W. Dullo, Chulhong Oh, Youngjun Park, Shan Li, Hui Wei, Akihiko Koyama, Atsuhiko Isobe, Marina Piria
2026, Management of Biological Invasions (17) 1-33
Biological invasions, driven by the spread of non-native species, have become a critical global issue because of their far-reaching ecological and socioeconomic impacts. Effective communication of the risks of biological invasions is essential for implementing robust policy and legislation and gaining public support for conservation efforts. However, current policies often...
Experimental lure design reveals the best attractants for increasing detection of multiple mesocarnivores
Danielle N. Brosend, Anna K. Moeller, Robert Charles Lonsinger
2026, Wildlife Biology
Many mesocarnivores have low detection rates that hinder practitioners' abilities to implement effective monitoring strategies. Using olfactory attractants (i.e. lures) may increase detection rates, but variation in effects among species is not well understood. Thus, investigating factors influencing detection of mesocarnivores, can inform and improve monitoring efforts....
