Publications
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Forest management under uncertainty for multiple bird population objectives Forest management under uncertainty for multiple bird population objectives
We advocate adaptive programs of decision making and monitoring for the management of forest birds when responses by populations to management, and particularly management trade-offs among populations, are uncertain. Models are necessary components of adaptive management. Under this approach, uncertainty about the behavior of a managed system is explicitly captured in a set of...
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C. T. Moore, W.T. Plummer, M.J. Conroy
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] 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]
On 13 August 2004, the first of four hurricanes to strike Florida in 50% and sometimes 90% of their vegetation severely damaged (dead, broken tree stems, and tipped trees). Shell Mound Trail of JNDDNWR sustained catastrophic damage to its old growth mangrove forests. Direct storm mortality and injury to manatees in the area was probably slight. Because seagrass beads and manatee habitat...
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J.M. Meyers, C.A. Langtimm, T. J. Smith, K. Pednault-Willett
Pseudacris crucifer Wied-Neuwid, 1838: spring peeper Pseudacris crucifer Wied-Neuwid, 1838: spring peeper
No abstract available.
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B. P. Butterfield, M.J. Lannoo, P. Nanjappa
Modeling seasonal interactions in the population dynamics of migratory birds Modeling seasonal interactions in the population dynamics of migratory birds
Understanding the population dynamics of migratory birds requires understanding the relevant biological events that occur during breeding, migratory, and overwintering periods. The few available population models for passerine birds focus on breeding-season events, disregard or oversimplify events during nonbreeding periods, and ignore interactions that occur between periods of the...
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M.C. Runge, P.P. Marra
General constraints on sampling wildlife on FIA plots General constraints on sampling wildlife on FIA plots
This paper reviews the constraints to sampling wildlife populations at FIA points. Wildlife sampling programs must have well-defined goals and provide information adequate to meet those goals. Investigators should choose a State variable based on information needs and the spatial sampling scale. We discuss estimation-based methods for three State variables: species richness, abundance...
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L.L. Bailey, J.R. Sauer, J.D. Nichols, P.H. Geissler
Rana sphenocephala Cope, 1886: southern leopard frog Rana sphenocephala Cope, 1886: southern leopard frog
No abstract available.
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B. P. Butterfield, M.J. Lannoo, P. Nanjappa
White-tailed deer ecology and management on Fire Island White-tailed deer ecology and management on Fire Island
Deer populations have grown dramatically on Fire Island National Seashore (FIlS) since 1983. Trend data reveal a dichotomy in deer dynamics. In the eastern half of the island, deer density appears to have stabilized between 25-35 deer/km2. In the western half of the island, deer densities are 3-4 times as high in residential communities. Concomitant with that increase has been a general...
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H.B. Underwood
Modern open-population capture-recapture models Modern open-population capture-recapture models
No abstract available.
Authors
J.D. Nichols
Size evolution in Goodwin’s small-eared shrew, Cryptotis goodwini Size evolution in Goodwin’s small-eared shrew, Cryptotis goodwini
Fossils of Cryptotis goodwini from Honduras indicate that body sizes of modern individuals average at least 18% larger than among members of the late Pleistocene population of this species. Palynological and other paleoenvironmental studies provide evidence that the Neotropical montane environments that these shrews inhabit were cooler and drier in the late Pleistocene than at present...
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N. Woodman
Atlantic Flyway review: Region IV, Piedmont-Coastal Plain, Fall 2004 Atlantic Flyway review: Region IV, Piedmont-Coastal Plain, Fall 2004
July, August, and September were cool and wet in the Southeast, with multiple hurricanes threatening the banding stations. Banding results ranged from poor in Laurel and Chincoteague to excellent at Chino Farms, Kiptopeke, Jekyll Island, and the Florida stations. There was little agreement on peak migration days, which ranged from 11 Oct to 6 Nov. Likewise, the date for maximum species...
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Chandler S. Robbins
Correlates of vernal pool occurrence in the Massachusetts USA, landscape Correlates of vernal pool occurrence in the Massachusetts USA, landscape
Vernal pool wetlands are at risk of destruction across the northeast United States, due in part to their diminutive size and short hydroperiolds. These characteristics make it difficult to locate vernal pool habitats in the landscape during much of the year, and no efficient method exists for predicting their occurrence. A logistic regression procedure was used to identify large-scale...
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Evan H. Campbell Grant