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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Porpoising behavior of penguins: energy conservation or respiratory necessity?
No abstract available.
Authors
Clifford A. Hui
Ecological comparison of sympatraic populations of sand lizards (Cophosaurus texanus and Callisaurus draconoides)
No abstract available.
Authors
D.D. Smith, P.A. Medica, S.R. Sanborn
A biography of Dr. Charles Elisha Boyle, with notes on his 19th century natural history collection from California
No abstract available.
Authors
M.R. Jennings
Carbon gain by plants in natural environments: Carbon assimilation analysis provides an understanding of how plants function in diverse environments
No abstract available.
Authors
R.W. Pearcy, O. Bjorkman, M. M. Caldwell, J. E. Keeley, Russell K. Monson, B.R. Strain
Demographic structure of Ceanothus megacarpus chaparral in the long absence of fire
No abstract available.
Authors
T. M. Montygierd-Loyba, Jon E. Keeley
Ten years of change in seed banks of the chaparral shrubs, Arctostaphylos glauca and A. glandulosa
In 1 decade, more than 107 seeds/ha were dispersed by two species of Arctostaphylos in a stand of chaparral. At the end of this decade no significant change in the size of the soil seed bank was detected for either species. Previous studies suggest that predation by ground-dwelling rodents limits the accumulation of seeds in the soil.
Authors
Jon E. Keeley
Faces from the past: Frederic Morton Chamberlain (1867-1921), pioneer fishery biologist of the American West
The life of Frederic Morton Chamberlain (1867–1921) was marked by his many contributions to fishery science. As an assistant with the old U.S. Bureau of Fisheries, he pioneered life history studies of salmon in California and Alaska, and assisted in the collection of hundreds of thousands of natural history specimens from the Pacific Ocean as resident naturalist on the U.S.S. Albatross. He was inn
Authors
M.R. Jennings
Status of the western painted turtle (Chrysemys picta bellii) in Arizona
No abstract available.
Authors
M.R. Jennings
Distribution and stability of grasslands in the Los Angeles Basin
No abstract available.
Authors
D.O. Fruedenberger, B.E. Fish, J. E. Keeley
Ecological isolation and introgression: Biochemical confirmation of introgression in an Arctostaphylos (Ericaceae) population
No abstract available.
Authors
N.C. Ellstrand, J.M. Lee, J. E. Keeley, S.C. Keeley
Decomposition and nutrient dynamics of litter of Quercus palustris and Nelumbo lutea in a wetland complex of southeast Missouri
No abstract available.
Authors
G.D. Wylie