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Habitat preferences of wintering shorebirds in a temporally changing environment: Western sandpipers in the San Francisco Bay estuary Habitat preferences of wintering shorebirds in a temporally changing environment: Western sandpipers in the San Francisco Bay estuary

We examined habitat preferences of 106 radio-marked Western Sandpipers (Calidris mauri) in the San Francisco Bay estuary during winter and spring at two scales: comparing proportions of habitats in their home range with habitats available in the study area (second-order selection), and comparing proportions of radio locations in different habitats with their availability in the home...
Authors
S.E. Warnock, John Y. Takekawa

Foraging patterns of California sea otters as indicated by telemetry Foraging patterns of California sea otters as indicated by telemetry

Foraging behavior was studied in 38 sea otters (Enhydra lutris) implanted with radio transmitters. The observed foraging behavior of instrumented individuals was similar to that of uninstrumented otters observed in previous studies: dive duration varied with prey type but not with prey size, dive success was highest for small prey, and the length of surface intervals increased with prey...
Authors
Katherine Ralls, Brian B. Hatfield, Donald B. Siniff

Benefits of protective fencing to plant and rodent communities of the western Mojave Desert, California Benefits of protective fencing to plant and rodent communities of the western Mojave Desert, California

Human disturbance in the western Mojave Desert takes many forms. The most pervasive are livestock grazing and off-highway vehicle use. Over the past few decades several areas within this region have been fenced to preclude human disturbance. These areas provide opportunities to study the impact of human activities in a desert ecosystem. This paper documents the response of plant and...
Authors
M.L. Brooks

Invertebrate communities Invertebrate communities

No abstract available at this time
Authors
C.P. Sandoval, K. D. Lafferty
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