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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Science support for restoration of the Salton Sea. Recommendations of the USGS Tiger Team to the Salton Sea Science Subcommittee Science support for restoration of the Salton Sea. Recommendations of the USGS Tiger Team to the Salton Sea Science Subcommittee
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Frank S. Shipley, Douglas A. Barnum, G.F. Black, William I. Boarman, Walter G. Duffy, Michael J. Mac, David M. Miller, Tonie E. Rocke, Roy A. Schroeder, R.G. Thiery
Status and breeding activities of the southwestern willow flycatcher at the Cleveland National Forest in 1999 Status and breeding activities of the southwestern willow flycatcher at the Cleveland National Forest in 1999
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B.E. Kus, P.P. Beck, J.M. Wells
The issue of scale in selecting and designing biological reserves The issue of scale in selecting and designing biological reserves
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J. M. Scott, E. A. Norse, H. Arita, A. Dobson, J. A. Estes, M. Foster, B. Gilbert, D.B. Jensen, R.L. Knight, D. Mattson, M. E. Soule
Habitat invasibility and dominance by alien annual plants in the western Mojave Desert Habitat invasibility and dominance by alien annual plants in the western Mojave Desert
Patterns of habitat invasibility and alien dominance, respectively measured as species richness and biomass of alien annual plants, were evaluated in association with four habitat factors at the Desert Tortoise Research Natural Area (DTNA) in the western Mojave Desert, USA. Habitat factors varied in levels of disturbance outside (high) and inside (low) the DTNA, and in levels of soil...
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Matthew L. Brooks
The evolution of trophic transmission The evolution of trophic transmission
Parasite increased trophic transmission (PITT) is one of the more fascinating tales of parasite evolution. The implications of this go beyond cocktail party anecdotes and science fiction plots as the phenomenon is pervasive and likely to be ecologically and evolutionarily important. Although the subject has already received substantial review, Kevin Lafferty here focuses on evolutionary...
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Kevin D. Lafferty
Reply to Garshelis and Johnson Reply to Garshelis and Johnson
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J. A. Estes
What Can Thalweg Profiles Tell Us? A Case Study from Redwood Creek, California What Can Thalweg Profiles Tell Us? A Case Study from Redwood Creek, California
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Mary Ann Madej
Habitat use and urban influences on bobcat and gray fox Habitat use and urban influences on bobcat and gray fox
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J. A. Howell
Angeles and San Bernardino National Forest mountain yellow-legged frog (Rana muscosa) surveys, 1998 Angeles and San Bernardino National Forest mountain yellow-legged frog (Rana muscosa) surveys, 1998
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M.R. Jennings
Letters: Defending whole animal collections Letters: Defending whole animal collections
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N.J. Scott, M.R. Jennings
The partnership between park wild life management policy and landscape wild life management policy. How shall we then manage? The partnership between park wild life management policy and landscape wild life management policy. How shall we then manage?
Resources management practices are changing in North America, not only based on greater understanding of the resources that are being managed, but also on some critical sociological relationship changes between human beings and between humans and nature. The entire way that humans look at the natural world and our own society is changing dramatically as we come to the end of the...
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William L. Halvorson, Chris Eastin