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Muestreos con cubiertas artificiales Muestreos con cubiertas artificiales
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Gary M. Fellers, Charles A. Drost, W. Ronald Heyer
Contaminant profiles of two species of shorebirds foraging together at two neighboring sites in south San Francisco Bay, California Contaminant profiles of two species of shorebirds foraging together at two neighboring sites in south San Francisco Bay, California
The San Francisco Bay estuary isused by over one million shorebirds during springmigration and is home to several hundred thousandduring the winter. Most shorebird use occurs in thesouthern reach of the estuary (South Bay). Thereduced water circulation and discharge fromindustrial sources in the South Bay are responsiblefor the highest levels of some trace elements in theestuary...
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Clifford A. Hui, John Y. Takekawa, Sarah E. Warnock
Physiological variation among native and exotic winter annuals associated with microphytic soil crusts in the Mojave Desert Physiological variation among native and exotic winter annuals associated with microphytic soil crusts in the Mojave Desert
Microbiotic crusts are important components of many aridland soils. Research on crusts typically focuses on the increase in soil fertility due to N-fixing micro-organisms, the stabilization of soils against water and wind erosion and the impact of disturbance on N-cycling. The effect of microbiotic crusts on the associated plant community has received little attention. We quantified the...
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Lesley DeFalco, James K. Detling, C. Richard Tracy, Steven D. Warren
Leaf conductance decreased under free-air CO2 enrichment (FACE) for three perennials in the Nevada desert Leaf conductance decreased under free-air CO2 enrichment (FACE) for three perennials in the Nevada desert
A common response of plants to elevated atmospheric CO2 concentration (CO2) is decreased leaf conductance. Consequently, leaf temperature is predicted to increase under elevated CO2. Diurnal patterns of leaf conductance and temperature were measured for three desert perennials, the C3 shrub Larrea tridentata, C3 tussock grass Achnatherum hymenoides and C4tussock grass Pleuraphis rigida...
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Robert S. Nowak, Lesley A. Defalco, Carolyn S. Wilcox, Dean N. Jordan, James S. Coleman, Jeffrey R. Seemann, Stanley D. Smith
PINSAT 2001 Progress Report PINSAT 2001 Progress Report
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M. R. Miller, John Y. Takekawa, D.L. Orthmeyer, J. P. Fleskes, Michael L. Casazza, W.M. Perry
Status of the Yellow-billed Cuckoo in California: 1999-2000 Status of the Yellow-billed Cuckoo in California: 1999-2000
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M.D. Halterman, D.S. Gilmer, S.A. Laymon, G.A. Falxa
Pilgrim Creek restoration project: bird community and vegetation structure. 2000 Annual report Pilgrim Creek restoration project: bird community and vegetation structure. 2000 Annual report
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B.E. Kus, P.P. Beck, B. Peterson
Varied ecosystems need different fire protection Varied ecosystems need different fire protection
Covington states in his Commentary1 that the open ponderosa pine forests of the western United States are "in widespread collapse" because fire suppression by humans has eliminated the low-intensity surface fire regime that maintained the open, park-like structure of these forests. He fears this will lead to an "unprecedented" crown fire regime that will eliminate forests.
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Sheri L. Gutsell, Edward A. Johnson, Kiyoko Miyanishi, Jon E. Keeley, Matthew Dickinson, Simon R. J. Bridge
Herpetofaunal Inventory and Monitoring at Silverwood Lake State Recreation Area Herpetofaunal Inventory and Monitoring at Silverwood Lake State Recreation Area
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C. Brown, Robert N. Fisher
Monitoring wildfire effects: Coming to terms with pseudoreplication Monitoring wildfire effects: Coming to terms with pseudoreplication
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Phillip J. van Mantgem, Mark W. Schwartz, MaryBeth Keifer
Development of channel organization and roughness following sediment pulses in single‐thread, gravel bed rivers Development of channel organization and roughness following sediment pulses in single‐thread, gravel bed rivers
Large, episodic inputs of coarse sediment (sediment pulses) in forested, mountain streams may result in changes in the size and arrangement of bed forms and in channel roughness. A conceptual model of channel organization delineates trajectories of response to sediment pulses for many types of gravel bed channels. Channels exhibited self‐organizing behavior to various degrees based on...
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Mary Ann Madej