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Long-term monitoring reveals management effects on Prairie Warbler colonization, local extinction, and detection in a Massachusetts pine barren Long-term monitoring reveals management effects on Prairie Warbler colonization, local extinction, and detection in a Massachusetts pine barren
Habitat management can directly impact Setophaga discolor (Prairie Warbler) abundance and distribution. Despite regional declines, Prairie Warbler populations at Camp Edwards (Bourne, MA) have increased. To investigate habitat-management effects on Prairie Warbler populations at Camp Edwards, we used a dynamic-occupancy model to analyze a long-term monitoring dataset collected across 84...
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Andrew B. Gordon, Donovan Drummey, Anthony Tur, Annie E. Curtis, Jacob C. McCumber, Michael E. Akresh, Graziella Vittoria DiRenzo
Postrelease survival of Eleutherodactylus coqui: Advancing managed translocations as an adaptive tool for climate-vulnerable anurans Postrelease survival of Eleutherodactylus coqui: Advancing managed translocations as an adaptive tool for climate-vulnerable anurans
Translocating amphibians to alternative, suitable habitat is a climate adaptation strategy aimed at minimizing the risk of extinction due to projected global warming and drying. Projected conditions could undermine their physiological performance, and thus survival and reproduction. Translocations minimize risks of extinction by increasing spatial redundancy across climate-resilient...
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Rafael Chaparro, Ana C. Rivera-Burgos, Mitchell J. Eaton, Adam Terando, Eloy Martinez, Jaime A. Collazo
Adapting standardized trout monitoring to a changing climate for the upper Yellowstone River, Montana, USA Adapting standardized trout monitoring to a changing climate for the upper Yellowstone River, Montana, USA
Objective Long‐term standardized monitoring programs are fundamental to assessing how fish populations respond to anthropogenic stressors. Standardized monitoring programs may need to adopt new methods to adapt to rapid environmental changes that are associated with a changing climate. In the upper Yellowstone River, Montana, biologists have used a standardized, mark–recapture monitoring...
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Michelle A. Briggs, Hayley Corrine Glassic, Christopher S. Guy, Scott T. Opitz, Jay J. Rotella, David A. Schmetterling
Understanding the role of recreational angling technology in angler expectations of catch, trip catch, and angler satisfaction Understanding the role of recreational angling technology in angler expectations of catch, trip catch, and angler satisfaction
Rapid technological advancement often receives a mix of criticism and welcome implementation. Fishing technologies, such as sonar, are believed to enable anglers to be more efficient and effective in their angling. There are concerns from anglers and managers of increased catch by technology users. We assessed the relationships between technology use—defined as the use of imaging...
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Amanda M. Kerkhove, Ashley Trudeau, Olaf P. Jensen, Daniel A. Isermann, Patricia A. Dombrowski, Alexandra M. Latimer, Zachary S. Feiner
Scale-dependence in elk habitat selection for a reintroduced population in Wisconsin, USA Scale-dependence in elk habitat selection for a reintroduced population in Wisconsin, USA
Habitat selection is a critical aspect of a species' ecology, requiring complex decision-making that is both hierarchical and scale-dependent, since factors that influence selection may be nested or unequal across scales. Elk (Cervus canadensis) ranged widely across diverse ecoregions in North America prior to European settlement and subsequent eastern extirpation. Most habitat selection...
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Jennifer L. Merems, Anna L. Brose, Jennifer Price Tack, Shawn M. Crimmins, Timothy R. Van Deelen
Adapting standardized trout monitoring to a changing climate for the upper Yellowstone River, Montana, USA Adapting standardized trout monitoring to a changing climate for the upper Yellowstone River, Montana, USA
Objective Long-term standardized monitoring programs are fundamental to assessing how fish populations respond to anthropogenic stressors. Standardized monitoring programs may need to adopt new methods to adapt to rapid environmental changes associated with a changing climate. In the upper Yellowstone River, Montana, biologists have used a standardized, mark-recapture monitoring protocol...
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Michelle A. Briggs, Hayley Corrine Glassic, Christopher S. Guy, Scott T. Opitz, Jay J. Rotella, David A. Schmetterling
An evaluation of fin ray microchemistry to describe movement of White Sturgeon in the Kootenai River basin: Insights and limitations An evaluation of fin ray microchemistry to describe movement of White Sturgeon in the Kootenai River basin: Insights and limitations
Introduction: White Sturgeon Acipenser transmontanus in the Kootenai River basin is listed as endangered in the United States and Canada. Declines have been mainly attributed to poor recruitment exacerbated by the environmental effects of Libby Dam in Montana. Reduced primary production downstream of Libby Dam has been identified as one factor limiting growth of White Sturgeon, thereby...
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Courtnie Ghere, Michael C. Quist, Ryan S. Hardy, Malte Willmes, Levi Lewis, Sean Wilson, Troy Smith
Length-weight relationships of native and non-native fishes in the lower Red River catchment, USA Length-weight relationships of native and non-native fishes in the lower Red River catchment, USA
Length-weight relationships are useful for stock assessments and modeling alternative conservation and management strategies for both native and non-native fishes. We developed length-weight relationships for 18 native and non-native riverine fishes in the lower Red River catchment. Fishes were sampled in the summer and autumn seasons between May 2021 and March 2024 via electrofishing...
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Mariaguadalupe Vilchez, John Dattilo, Shannon K. Brewer
Hormetic and transcriptomic responses of the toxic alga Prymnesium parvum to glyphosate Hormetic and transcriptomic responses of the toxic alga Prymnesium parvum to glyphosate
Growth of the toxic alga Prymnesium parvum is hormetically stimulated with environmentally relevant concentrations of glyphosate. The mechanisms of glyphosate hormesis in this species, however, are unknown. We evaluated the transcriptomic response of P. parvum to glyphosate at concentrations that stimulate maximum growth and where growth is not different from control values, the zero...
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Ricardo A. Chávez Montesa, Mousumi A. Mary, Rakib H. Rashel, Mohamed Fokar, Luis Herrera-Estrella, Damar Lopez-Arredondo, Reynaldo Patino
Population characteristics of silver carp from the source of their North American introduction in the Lower Mississippi River Population characteristics of silver carp from the source of their North American introduction in the Lower Mississippi River
Silver carp, Hypophthalmichthys molitrix, escaped into the Lower Mississippi River (LMR) over 50 years ago, established reproductive populations, and spread across much of the Mississippi River Basin. Demographic rates of silver carp are needed to inform decisions on control and management of this invasive species, but have not been published for the LMR. The purpose of this paper is to...
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Kenneth J. Killgore, Jan J. Hoover, William T. Slack, James P. Kirk, Bradley R. Lewis, Steven G. George, Leandro E. Miranda
Biogeochemical and community ecology responses to the wetting of non-perennial streams Biogeochemical and community ecology responses to the wetting of non-perennial streams
Transitions between dry and wet hydrologic states are the defining characteristic of non-perennial rivers and streams, which constitute the majority of the global river network. Although past work has focused on stream drying characteristics, there has been less focus on how hydrology, ecology and biogeochemistry respond and interact during stream wetting. Wetting mechanisms are highly...
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Adam N. Price, Margaret Ann Zimmer, Anna J. Bergstrom, Amy J Burgin, Erin C. Seybold, Corey A. Krabbenhoft, Sam Zipper, Michelle H. Busch, Walter K. Dodds, Annika W. Walters, Jane S. Rogosch, Rachel Stubbington, Richard H Walker, James C. Stegen, Thibault Datry, Mathis L. Messager, Julian Olden, Sarah E Godsey, Margaret Shanafield, David E. Lytle, Ryan Burrows, Kendra E. Kaiser, George H. Allen, Meryl C. Mims, Jonathan D. Tonkin, Michael Bogan, John Christopher Hammond, Kate Boersma, Allison Myers-Pigg, Amanda DelVecchia, Daniel Allen, Songyan Yu, Adam Ward
Estimating ungulate migration corridors from sparse movement data Estimating ungulate migration corridors from sparse movement data
Many ungulates migrate between distinct summer and winter ranges, and identifying, mapping, and conserving these migration corridors have become a focus of local, regional, and global conservation efforts. Brownian bridge movement models (BBMMs) are commonly used to empirically identify these seasonal migration corridors; however, they require location data sampled at relatively frequent...
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Jennifer L. McKee, Julien Fattebert, Ellen O. Aikens, Jodi Berg, Scott Bergen, Eric K. Cole, Holly E. Copeland, Alyson B. Courtemanch, Sarah Dewey, Mark Hurley, Blake Lowrey, Jerod A. Merkle, Arthur D. Middleton, Tristan A. Nuñez, Hall Sawyer, Matthew Kauffman