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This list of publications includes peer-review journal articles, official USGS publications series, reports and more authored by scientists in the Ecosystems Mission Area. A database of all USGS publications, with advanced search features, can be accessed at the USGS Publications Warehouse.  

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Supplemental vegetation monitoring plots at Wind Cave National Park to accelerate learning of the Annual Brome Adaptive Management (ABAM) model Supplemental vegetation monitoring plots at Wind Cave National Park to accelerate learning of the Annual Brome Adaptive Management (ABAM) model

The Annual Brome Adaptive Management (ABAM) project is a consortium of seven parks in the Northern Great Plains (NGP) working together to better understand how to control invasive annual grasses (including Bromus species) through an adaptive management approach. This approach is supported by a quantitative model that uses current data from standardized vegetation monitoring plots in all...
Authors
Amy Symstad, Timm Richardson

Burmese python size and reproduction: Fact vs fiction Burmese python size and reproduction: Fact vs fiction

We’ve probably all heard rumors about monster 25-foot snakes or baby pythons emerging from under neighbors houses year-round, but what is fact vs fiction? To help us sort truth from myth, invasive pythons that were removed from the Everglades and surrendered to the National Park Service (NPS) were scientifically investigated via a partnership with the U.S. Geological Survey Fort Collins...
Authors
Mark Robert Sandfoss

Gene flow and spatial population structure of Brook Trout in a large headwater stream network in Colorado Gene flow and spatial population structure of Brook Trout in a large headwater stream network in Colorado

We studied gene flow of non-native Brook Trout Salvelinus fontinalis in a 60-km section of continuous stream network in the upper Cache la Poudre River basin, where a large-scale reclamation effort to restore federally threatened Greenback Cutthroat Trout Oncorhynchus clarkii stomias (GBCT) is taking place. This effort—the Poudre Headwaters Project—represents the most important recovery...
Authors
Audrey Harris, Matthew P. Fairchild, Sara J. Oyler-McCance, Jennifer A. Fike, Christopher Kennedy, Dana Winkleman, Yoichiro Kanno

Increasing the efficiency and power of camera traps for EDRR & ecological monitoring Increasing the efficiency and power of camera traps for EDRR & ecological monitoring

Invasive species are an ever-growing concern for Florida, especially in important environments like the Greater Everglades Ecosystem. One of the best ways to fight back against invasives is the use of the “Early Detection, Rapid Response” (EDRR) system. The earlier we can detect the presence of a nonnative species, and the faster we respond, the better our chance of stopping its spread...
Authors
Gretchen Erika Anderson, Amy A. Yackel Adams

Supplemental vegetation monitoring plots at Badlands National Park to accelerate learning of the Annual Brome Adaptive Management (ABAM) model Supplemental vegetation monitoring plots at Badlands National Park to accelerate learning of the Annual Brome Adaptive Management (ABAM) model

The annual Brome Adaptive Management (ABAM) project is a consortium of seven parks in the Northern Great Plains working together to better understand how to control invasive annual grasses (including Bromus species) through an adaptive management approach. This approach is supported by a quantitative model that uses current data from standardized vegetation monitoring plots in all seven...
Authors
Amy Symstad

Natives bite back! Are Burmese pythons beginning to encounter the resilience of the Everglades Ecosystem? Natives bite back! Are Burmese pythons beginning to encounter the resilience of the Everglades Ecosystem?

Burmese pythons (Python bivittatus) is a large, invasive reptile known in Florida for its devastating impacts on native species in the Greater Everglades Ecosystem. Several organizations and individuals are taking action to research and/or remove the snakes, including the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). Since 2018, scientists from USGS’s Fort Collins Science Center have been working...
Authors
Andrea Faye Currylow

Effects of release techniques on parent-reared whooping cranes in the eastern migratory population Effects of release techniques on parent-reared whooping cranes in the eastern migratory population

Reintroduction of an Eastern Migratory Population (EMP) of whooping cranes (Grus americana) in the United States by release of captive-reared individuals began in 2001. As of 2020, the EMP has approximately 21 breeding pairs and has had limited recruitment of wild-hatched individuals, thus captive-reared juveniles continue to be released into breeding areas in Wisconsin to maintain the...
Authors
Hillary L. Thompson, M. Susanna Mann, Marianne Wellington, Kim H. Boardman, Glenn H. Olsen
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