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Local and landscape-level environmental conditions drive habitat selection across terrestrial mammal species Local and landscape-level environmental conditions drive habitat selection across terrestrial mammal species
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Björn H. Franke, Aafke M. Schipper, Tal Avgar, Luca Börger, Nilanjan Chatterjee, Thomas Müller, Brian J. Smith, Briana Abrahms, Abdullahi H. Ali, Nina Attias, Hattie L. Bartlam-Brooks, Floris M. van Beest, Jerrold L. Belant, Dean E. Beyer, Niels Blaum, Michael B. Brown, Bayarbaatar Buuveibaatar, Francesca Cagnacci, Simon Chamaillé-Jammes, Nandintsetseg Dejid, Jasja Dekker, Arnaud L. Desbiez, Julian Fennessy, Christina Fischer, Ilya Fischhoff, Adam T. Ford, Benedikt Gehr, Jacob R. Goheen, Ronaldo Gonçalves Morato, Mark Hebblewhite, Robert Hering, Marco Heurich, A. J. Hewison, Lynne A. Isbell, Matthew J. Kauffman, Andrew F. Jakes, René Janssen, Paul F. Jones, Bob Jonge Poerink, Clayton T. Lamb, John D. Linnell, A. Catherine Markham, Courtney J. Marneweck, Jenny Mattisson, John F. McEvoy, Erling Meisingset, Evelyn Merrill, Guilherme de Miranda Mourão, Bram Van Moorter, Nicolas Morellet, Atle Mysterud, John Odden, Kirk A. Olson, Agustín Paviolo, Tyler R. Petroelje, Kelly M. Proffitt, Kasim Rafiq, Nathan Ranc, Christer Moe Rolandsen, Daniel I. Rubenstein, Sonia Saïd, Hall Sawyer, Niels Martin Schmidt, Nuria Selva, Agnieszka Sergiel, Erling Johan Solberg, Melissa Songer, Jonas Stiegler, Olav Strand, Siva R. Sundaresan, Jeffrey J. Thompson, Wiebke Ullmann, Dorj Usukhjargal, Ulrich Voigt, Filip Zięba, Tomasz Zwijacz-Kozica, Mark A. Huijbregts, Marlee A. Tucker
Local water use and climate variability drive water stress and alter ecological flows over the conterminous United States Local water use and climate variability drive water stress and alter ecological flows over the conterminous United States
Consistent, large-scale estimates of water availability are needed to identify and avoid potential conflicts among human and ecosystem uses of water. We present an assessment of water limitation, defined as the monthly balance (difference) between water supply (ws) and human consumptive water use (wc), for the conterminous United States (CONUS) during water years 2010–2020. We estimate...
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Edward G. Stets, Matthew J. Cashman, Olivia L. Miller, Kathryn Powlen, Anthony J. Martinez, Julie Padilla, Althea A. Archer
Local, regional, and coastwide effects of interactions between storms and relative position in tidal frame on Louisiana coastal marshes Local, regional, and coastwide effects of interactions between storms and relative position in tidal frame on Louisiana coastal marshes
Context In coastal wetlands, land area is dynamic in both space and time, and it is crucial to understand the factors that may tip the balance between wetland area loss and gain. Flooding has been shown to be a key regulator of wetland resilience to land loss through effects on vegetation health and productivity. However, the relationship between elevation and land change is complex...
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Donald R. Schoolmaster, Camille L. Stagg, Gregg A. Snedden, Brady R. Couvillion
Localization of spatiotemporally heterogeneous subsurface flows using autoencoder-based deep learning framework for time-lapse self-potential tomography Localization of spatiotemporally heterogeneous subsurface flows using autoencoder-based deep learning framework for time-lapse self-potential tomography
Self-potential (SP) monitoring has emerged as a valuable method for characterizing subsurface hydrogeological features and processes due to its sensitivity to fluid-induced electrokinetic effects. Despite advancements in SP inversion, challenges remain in imaging groundwater dynamics from SP activities due to complex hydrological settings and transient noise. In this study, a deep...
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Huichao Yin, Scott Ikard, Dale F. Rucker, Scott C. Brooks, Zhenxue Dai, Mohamad Reza Soltanian, Kenneth C. Carroll
Logical data model for hydrographic data based on HY_Features concepts Logical data model for hydrographic data based on HY_Features concepts
This report describes background and design of the “hydrofabric data model” which defines logic for implementation of data schemas and software that deals with hydrologic geospatial data. As a “logical” data model, the hydrofabric data model specifies details necessary to support compatibility of data and software that satisfy diverse needs without unnecessarily restricting...
Loma salmonae and related species Loma salmonae and related species
Loma salmonae is a microsporidium that infects Pacific salmon and causes a gill inflammatory syndrome known as microsporidial gill disease of salmon. This disease has been mostly associated with netpen-farmed Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) in British Columbia, Canada. Clinical, diagnostic, pathological aspects of disease, as well as approaches for disease avoidance in salmon...
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Jan Lovy, David J. Speare
Long lives, short futures: Freshwater turtle and tortoise imports to the United States highlight global trade and conservation challenges Long lives, short futures: Freshwater turtle and tortoise imports to the United States highlight global trade and conservation challenges
Global trade of freshwater turtles and tortoises presents substantial conservation, biosecurity, and regulatory challenges, particularly for long-lived species that are already highly imperiled. While the United States has historically played a key role in supplying the international chelonian trade, investigations into its role as an importer remain limited. We used import data from the...
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Max D Jones, Ryan J Almeida, Rachel Boratto, Brooke L Talley, Scott W Buchanan, Jennifer Sevin, Nancy E Karraker, Elizabeth Ann Hunter
Long- versus short-term changes in seafloor elevation and volume of the Upper Florida Keys Reef Tract: 1935–2002 and 2002–2016 Long- versus short-term changes in seafloor elevation and volume of the Upper Florida Keys Reef Tract: 1935–2002 and 2002–2016
Coral reefs provide immense ecosystem and economic value, supporting biodiversity, fisheries, tourism, and coastal protection worth billions annually. However, widespread degradation from thermal stress, storms, disease, and human impacts has caused significant coral cover and reef structure loss, increasing coastal vulnerability and economic risks. While coral loss is well-documented...
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Selena Anne-Marie Johnson, David G. Zawada, Kimberly Yates, Connor Monroe Jenkins
Long-term effects of rangeland improvements on cattle distribution: A ranch-scale case study Long-term effects of rangeland improvements on cattle distribution: A ranch-scale case study
Resource matching can be a common assumption that underlies anthropogenic rangeland improvements for wildlife or livestock. Countless resources are spent on targeted vegetation manipulations for both livestock and wildlife, but selection for improved areas has not been well quantified in livestock. This case study investigates whether cattle exhibit preferential use of historically...
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Sebastian Schreiber, Erica Francis Stuber, Juan J Villalba, Eric Thacker
Long-term intermittent connection between the western Snake River Plain and Columbia basin: A two-phased incision history of Hells Canyon Long-term intermittent connection between the western Snake River Plain and Columbia basin: A two-phased incision history of Hells Canyon
For more than a century, researchers have debated the route of the Snake River across the northern Cordillera and U.S. Pacific Northwest, including the associated incision history of Hells Canyon. Here, we use detrital zircon U-Pb provenance analysis of Miocene strata upstream and downstream of Hells Canyon to constrain the evolution in fluvial pathways over time. Downstream of Hells...
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Lydia M. Staisch, Jim E. O'Connor, Charles M. Cannon, Christopher S. Holm-Denoma, Maxwel Fredrick Schwid
Long-term monitoring identifies increase in Henslow’s Sparrow (Centronyx henslowii) abundance following fire management in a North Carolina grassland Long-term monitoring identifies increase in Henslow’s Sparrow (Centronyx henslowii) abundance following fire management in a North Carolina grassland
Understanding population responses to environmental change is critical for assessing vulnerability, resilience, and habitat management needs. We assessed Henslow’s Sparrow (Centronyx henslowii) abundance and breeding productivity in an isolated North Carolina grassland (1149 ha) that transitioned from unmanaged to fire-managed during 2011–2024. Fire management was initiated in 2016...
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Emily A. Nastase, Nathan J. Hostetter, John P. Carpenter, Jamie A. Collazo
Long-term monotonic trends in water budget components in the contiguous United States: Insights from two hydrologic models Long-term monotonic trends in water budget components in the contiguous United States: Insights from two hydrologic models
Characterizing changes to water availability for domestic, industrial, agricultural, and other uses is essential to support water management. To better quantify these changes, the U.S. Geological Survey and National Science Foundation National Center for Atmospheric Research produced two hydrologic models simulating water budget components from 1980 to 2021 over the contiguous United...
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Phillip J. Goodling, Sydney Foks, Jessica Ayers