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Climate change and ‘alien species in National Parks’: Revisited Climate change and ‘alien species in National Parks’: Revisited
The US National Park Service mission includes conserving native species and historical landscapes ‘unimpaired for the enjoyment of future generations’. However, humans have increased the introduction of non-native species that can become invasive and which have harmful impacts on native species and landscapes. We revisit two previous papers, ‘Alien Species in National Parks: Drawing...
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Catherine S. Jarnevich, Terri Hogan, Jennifer Sieracki, Christine Lipsky, John Wullschleger
Maintaining wetland ecosystem services in a changing climate Maintaining wetland ecosystem services in a changing climate
A changing climate is causing challenges for soil and water management in many parts of the world. Current soil management practices need to be redesigned to effectively address present and future fluctuating climates. Soil Hydrology in a Changing Climate explores how soil management practices impact soil hydrological characteristics, and how we can improve our understanding of soil and...
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W. Carter Johnson, Glenn R. Guntenspergen
Osmoregulation and acid-base balance. Osmoregulation and acid-base balance.
Maintaining relatively constant levels of internal cellular ions is critical to the normal function of all animals. For many organisms this is achieved primarily by regulating the ion and acid-base composition of the blood within narrow limits. This understanding of the importance of “le milieu interior,” first espoused by Claude Bernard in the mid-1800s and later described as...
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Stephen D. McCormick, Eric T. Schultz, Colin Brauner
Long-billed Curlew Long-billed Curlew
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Elise Elliott-Smith, Susan M Haig
Barred Owl history in Oregon Barred Owl history in Oregon
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David Wiens
Black Oystercatchers Black Oystercatchers
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Elise Elliott-Smith, Joe Liebezeit
The Colorado River – The science-policy interface The Colorado River – The science-policy interface
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John C. Schmidt, Lindsey Bruckerhoff, Jianghao Wang, Charles B. Yackulic
Contaminant studies in Oregon Contaminant studies in Oregon
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Charles J. Henny
Invasive species control and management: The sea lamprey story Invasive species control and management: The sea lamprey story
Control of invasive species is a critical component of conservation biology given the catastrophic damage that they can cause to the ecosystems they invade. This is particularly evident with sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus) in the Laurentian Great Lakes. Native to the Atlantic Ocean, the sea lamprey's ability to osmoregulate in fresh water, its wide thermal tolerance, generalist diet...
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Michael P. Wilkie, Nicholas S. Johnson, Margaret F. Docker
Tectonics, fault zones, and topography in the Alaska-Canada Cordillera with a focus on the Alaska Range and Denali fault zone Tectonics, fault zones, and topography in the Alaska-Canada Cordillera with a focus on the Alaska Range and Denali fault zone
Synergistic interactions between geologic structures and topography have long been recognized to reflect numerous Earth processes and rock properties over time. It was not until the advent of plate tectonics in the midtwentieth century that researchers began to view the nature of the northern Cordillera orogen as a quilt of foreign pieces of crust or “suspect terranes”. The Alaska Range...
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Jonathan Saul Caine, Jeff A. Benowitz