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Attitudes and perceptions about prairie dogs Attitudes and perceptions about prairie dogs
We sometimes get the impression that all ranchers and farmers of the western United States hate prairie dogs, and that people everywhere else love them. This generality contains elements of truth, but better documentation of attitudes and perceptions is paramount for good conservation. In this chapter we examine attitudes and perceptions about prairie dogs, and how state and federal...
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Berton Lee Lamb, Richard P. Reading, William F. Andelt
Characterization of breeding habitats for black and surf scoters in the eastern boreal forest and subarctic regions of Canada Characterization of breeding habitats for black and surf scoters in the eastern boreal forest and subarctic regions of Canada
We analyzed characteristics of wetland habitats used by breeding black scoters (Melanitta nigra) and surf scoters (M. perspicillata) in the eastern boreal forest and subarctic regions of Canada based on satellite telemetry data collected in the spring and summer. During 2002 and 2004, nine black scoters (four males, five females) were tracked to breeding areas in Quebec, Manitoba, and...
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Matthew C. Perry, D.M. Kidwell, A.M. Wells, E.J.R. Lohnes, P.C. Osenton, S.H. Altmann
Climate and land use interactions with vegetation change and disturbance processes in mountain ecosystems of the Southwestern USA Climate and land use interactions with vegetation change and disturbance processes in mountain ecosystems of the Southwestern USA
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Craig D. Allen
Coastal groundwater/surface-water interactions: a Great Lakes case study Coastal groundwater/surface-water interactions: a Great Lakes case study
Key similarities exist between marine and Great Lakes coastal environments. Water and nutrient fluxes across lakebeds in the Great Lakes are influenced by seiche and wind set-up and set-down, analogous to tidal influence in marine settings. Groundwater/surface-water interactions also commonly involve a saline-fresh water interface, although in the Great-Lakes cases, it is groundwater...
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Brian P. Neff, Sheridan K. Haack, Donald O. Rosenberry, Jacqueline F. Savino, Scott C. Lundstrom
Coastal wetland vulnerability to relative sea-level rise: wetland elevation trends and process controls Coastal wetland vulnerability to relative sea-level rise: wetland elevation trends and process controls
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Donald R. Cahoon, P.F. Hensel, Terri Spencer, D.J. Reed, K.L. McKee, N. Saintilan
Conservation of prairie dogs in areas with plague Conservation of prairie dogs in areas with plague
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J.F. Cully, Dean E. Biggins, D.B. Seery
Development of a banding database for North Pacific albatross: Implications for future data collection Development of a banding database for North Pacific albatross: Implications for future data collection
The effects of fishery practices on black-footed (Phoebastria nigripes) and Laysan albatross (Phoebastria immutabilis) continue to be a source of contention and uncertainty. Some of this uncertainty is a result of a lack of estimates of albatross demographic parameters such as survival. To begin to address these informational needs, a database of albatross banding and encounter records...
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P.F. Doherty, W. L. Kendall, S. Sillett, M. Gustafson, B. Flint, M. Naughton, C.S. Robbins, P. Pyle
Direct seeding woody species for restoration of bottomlands Direct seeding woody species for restoration of bottomlands
I direct seeded (broadcast) seeds of 39 species of trees and shrubs using an ATV-mounted rotary spreader to initiate restoration of bottomland forest on retired agricultural sites. Four sites were planted during February, 2000, and 13 additional sites were planted during April and May, 2001. After two growing seasons, stem density of direct-seeded species varied greatly among study plots...
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D.J. Twedt
Ecological restoration of Southwestern ponderosa pine ecosystems: A broad perspective Ecological restoration of Southwestern ponderosa pine ecosystems: A broad perspective
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Craig D. Allen, Melissa Savage, Donald A. Falk, Kieran F. Suckling, Thomas W. Swetnam, Todd Schulke, Peter B. Stacey, Penelope Morgan, Martos Hoffman, Jon T. Klingel
Effects of fire on plant communities Effects of fire on plant communities
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M.L. Brooks
Effects of fire on salmonid persistence Effects of fire on salmonid persistence
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Robert E. Gresswell