Publications
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Relating species abundance distributions to species-area curves in two Mediterranean-type shrublands Relating species abundance distributions to species-area curves in two Mediterranean-type shrublands
Based on both theoretical and empirical studies there is evidence that different species abundance distributions underlie different species-area relationships. Here I show that Australian and Californian shrubland communities (at the scale from 1 to 1000 m2) exhibit different species-area relationships and different species abundance patterns. The species-area relationship in Australian...
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Jon E. Keeley
Geochemistry of groundwater Geochemistry of groundwater
No abstract available.
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Christina M. Aiello
Introduction to fire danger rating and remote sensing - Will remote sensing enhance wildland fire danger prediction? Introduction to fire danger rating and remote sensing - Will remote sensing enhance wildland fire danger prediction?
While ‘Fire Danger’ per se cannot be measured, the physical properties of the biotic and abiotic world that relate to fire occurrence and fire behavior can. Today, increasingly sophisticated Remote Sensing methods are being developed to more accurately detect fuel properties such as species composition (fuel types), vegetation structure or plant water content - to name a few. Based on
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Britta Allgower, J.D. Carlson, Jan W. Van Wagtendonk
Keeping the herds healthy and alert: Implications of predator control for infectious disease Keeping the herds healthy and alert: Implications of predator control for infectious disease
Predator control programmes are generally implemented in an attempt to increase prey population sizes. However, predator removal could prove harmful to prey populations that are regulated primarily by parasitic infections rather than by predation. We develop models for microparasitic and macroparasitic infection that specify the conditions where predator removal will (a) increase the...
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Craig Packer, Robert D. Holt, Peter J. Hudson, Kevin D. Lafferty, Andrew P. Dobson
The crisis discipline of conservation medicine The crisis discipline of conservation medicine
Review of: Conservation Medicine: Ecological Health in Practice. Aguirre, A. A., R. S. Ostfeld, G. M. Tabor, C. House, and M. C. Pearl, editors. 2002. Oxford University Press, New York. 431 pp. $45.00. ISBN 0–195–15093.
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K. D. Lafferty
Southwestern willow flycatcher breeding site and territory summary - 2002 Southwestern willow flycatcher breeding site and territory summary - 2002
No abstract available at this time
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M. Sogge, P. Dockens, S. O Williams, B. Kus, S. Sferra
A characterization of vegetation in nesting and non-nesting plots for Southwestern Willow Flycatchers in central Arizona A characterization of vegetation in nesting and non-nesting plots for Southwestern Willow Flycatchers in central Arizona
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L.J. Allison, C.E. Paradizick, J.W. Rourke, T.D. McCarthey
Southwestern willow flycatcher populations in southern California: distribution, abundance, and potential for conservation Southwestern willow flycatcher populations in southern California: distribution, abundance, and potential for conservation
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B.E. Kus, P.P. Beck, J.M. Wells
Physiological ecology of the invasive annual grass Bromus madritensis ssp. Rubens and its interactions with native Mojave Desert species Physiological ecology of the invasive annual grass Bromus madritensis ssp. Rubens and its interactions with native Mojave Desert species
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L.A. DeFalco
The revegetation of disturbed areas associated with roads at Lake Mead National Recreation Area, Nevada The revegetation of disturbed areas associated with roads at Lake Mead National Recreation Area, Nevada
No abstract available at this time
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S.J. Scoles, L.A. DeFalco
Responses of small terrestrial vertebrates to roads in a coastal sage scrub ecosystem Responses of small terrestrial vertebrates to roads in a coastal sage scrub ecosystem
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C.S. Brehme
Fuels and fire regimes in creosostebush, blackbrush, and interior chaparral shrublands Fuels and fire regimes in creosostebush, blackbrush, and interior chaparral shrublands
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M.L. Brooks, T. C. Esque, T. Duck