Publications
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Status of sea otters (Enhydra lutris) in Mexico Status of sea otters (Enhydra lutris) in Mexico
Sea otters in North America historically were distributed from the Near Islands in the western Aleutian Archipelago to about Punta Morro Hermoso on the Pacific coast of Baja California (Kenyon 1969, Rodriguez-Jaramillo and Gendron 1996). During the 18th and 19th centuries they were so common that they formed the basis for a lucrative fur trade (Ogden 1941), but by the early 1900s they...
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Juan-Pablo Gallo-Reynoso, Galen B. Rathbun
Perceptions of species abundance, distribution, and diversity: Lessons from four decades of sampling on a government-managed reserve Perceptions of species abundance, distribution, and diversity: Lessons from four decades of sampling on a government-managed reserve
We examined data relative to species abundance, distribution, and diversity patterns of reptiles and amphibians to determine how perceptions change over time and with level of sampling effort. Location data were compiled on more than one million individual captures or observations of 98 species during a 44-year study period on the US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Savannah River Site...
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J. Whitfield Gibbons, Vincent J. Burke, Jefferey E. Lovich, Raymond D. Semlitsch, Tracey D. Tuberville, J. Russell Bodie, Judith L. Greene, Peter H. Niewiarowski, Howard H. Whiteman, David E. Scott, Joseph H. K. Pechmann, Christopher R. Harrison, Stephen H. Bennett, John D. Krenz, Mark S. Mills, Kurt A. Buhlmann, John R. Lee, Richard A. Seigel, Anton D. Tucker, Tony M. Mills, Trip Lamb, Michael E. Dorcas, Justin D. Congdon, Michael H. Smith, David H. Nelson, M. Barbara Dietsch, Hugh G. Hanlin, Jeannine A. Ott, Deno J. Karapatakis
Comparative results of 27A1 NMR spectrometric and ferron colorimetric analyses of hydroxaluminum hydrolysis products in aged mildly acidic aqueous systems Comparative results of 27A1 NMR spectrometric and ferron colorimetric analyses of hydroxaluminum hydrolysis products in aged mildly acidic aqueous systems
No abstract available.
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D.V. Vivit, Karen M. Thorne, J.D. Hem
Tracking white-fronted geese from Bristol Bay, Alaska, to Mexico Tracking white-fronted geese from Bristol Bay, Alaska, to Mexico
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John Y. Takekawa, Craig R. Ely
Monitoring Riparian Ecosystems: An Inventory of Riparian Habitat Along Rincon Creek Near Tucson, Arizona Monitoring Riparian Ecosystems: An Inventory of Riparian Habitat Along Rincon Creek Near Tucson, Arizona
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M.K. Briggs, M.K. Schmid, W. L. Halvorson
Sensitive Plants of San Nicolas Island, California (Pase 2) Sensitive Plants of San Nicolas Island, California (Pase 2)
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S.A. Junak, W. L. Halvorson, C. Schwemm, T. Keeney
Factors affecting alien annual plant abundance at a site in the western Mojave Desert: Effects of human disturbance, microhabitat, topography, and rainfall Factors affecting alien annual plant abundance at a site in the western Mojave Desert: Effects of human disturbance, microhabitat, topography, and rainfall
No abstract available.
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M.L. Brooks
Pilgrim Creek habitat mitigation project: assessment of vegetation structure Pilgrim Creek habitat mitigation project: assessment of vegetation structure
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B.E. Kus
U.S. National Parks in landscape contexts; roles for science in the coming century U.S. National Parks in landscape contexts; roles for science in the coming century
No abstract available.
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J. Reynolds, C. Schonewald
A field guide to the reptiles and amphibians of coastal southern California A field guide to the reptiles and amphibians of coastal southern California
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Robert N. Fisher, T. J. Case
The value of small preserves The value of small preserves
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M.W. Schwartz, P. van Mantgem
Rana aurora draytonii (California red-legged frog). Behavior Rana aurora draytonii (California red-legged frog). Behavior
No abstract available.
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G. B. Rathbun, N.J. Scott, T.G. Murphey