Publications
Below is a list of WERC's peer-reviewed publications. If you are searching for a specific publication and cannot find it in this list, please contact werc_web@usgs.gov
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Status of the Yellow-billed Cuckoo in California: 1999-2000 Status of the Yellow-billed Cuckoo in California: 1999-2000
No abstract available at this time
Authors
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
No abstract available at this time
Authors
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.
Authors
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
No abstract available at this time
Authors
C. Brown, Robert N. Fisher
Monitoring wildfire effects: Coming to terms with pseudoreplication Monitoring wildfire effects: Coming to terms with pseudoreplication
No abstract available.
Authors
Phillip J. van Mantgem, Mark W. Schwartz, MaryBeth Keifer
Disturbance to wintering western snowy plovers Disturbance to wintering western snowy plovers
In order to better understand the nature of disturbances to wintering snowy plovers, I observed snowy plovers and activities that might disturb them at a beach near Devereux Slough in Santa Barbara, California, USA. Disturbance (activity that caused plovers to move or fly) to wintering populations of threatened western snowy plovers was 16 times higher at a public beach than at protected...
Authors
Kevin D. Lafferty
Food webs including parasites, biomass, body sizes, and life stages for three California/Baja California estuaries Food webs including parasites, biomass, body sizes, and life stages for three California/Baja California estuaries
This data set presents food webs for three North American Pacific coast estuaries and a “Metaweb” composed of the species/stages compiled from all three estuaries. The webs have four noteworthy attributes: (1) parasites (infectious agents), (2) body-size information, (3) biomass information, and (4) ontogenetic stages of many animals with complex life cycles. The estuaries are...
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Ryan F. Hechinger, Kevin D. Lafferty, John P. McLaughlin, Brian L. Fredensborg, Todd C. Huspeni, Julio Lorda, Parwant K. Sandhu, Jenny C. Shaw, Mark E. Torchin, Kathleen L. Whitney, Armand M. Kuris
Pneumocystosis in wild small mammals from California Pneumocystosis in wild small mammals from California
Cyst forms of the opportunistic fungal parasite Pneumocystis carinii were found in the lungs of 34% of the desert shrew, Notiosorex crawfordi (n = 59), 13% of the ornate shrew, Sorex ornatus (n = 55), 6% of the dusky-footed wood rat, Neotoma fuscipes (n = 16), 2.5% of the California meadow vole, Microtus californicus (n = 40), and 50% of the California pocket mouse, Chaetodipus...
Authors
Juha Laakkonen, Robert N. Fisher, Ted J. Case
Neotropical migratory bird monitoring study at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California. Sixth Annual Progress Report, 2000 Neotropical migratory bird monitoring study at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California. Sixth Annual Progress Report, 2000
No abstract available at this time
Authors
B.E. Kus, P.P. Beck
Neotropical Migratory Bird Monitoring Study at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California. Case Springs Station, 1995-1999 Neotropical Migratory Bird Monitoring Study at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California. Case Springs Station, 1995-1999
No abstract available at this time
Authors
B.E. Kus, P.P. Beck
Fire and grazing regulate belowground processes in tallgrass prairie Fire and grazing regulate belowground processes in tallgrass prairie
In tallgrass prairie, belowground processes are even more important than in forested systems because aboveground biomass and standing dead litter are periodically removed by frequent fires or grazers. Thus, studies that address factors regulating belowground processes are especially relevant for tallgrass prairie. We predicted that effects of grazing and burning differ belowground and...
Authors
Loretta C. Johnson, John R. Matchett