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Assessing climate change effects on mountain ecosystems using integrated models: A case study Assessing climate change effects on mountain ecosystems using integrated models: A case study
Mountain systems are characterized by strong environmental gradients, rugged topography and extreme spatial heterogeneity in ecosystem structure and composition. Consequently, most mountainous areas have relatively high rates of endemism and biodiversity, and function as species refugia in many areas of the world. Mountains have long been recognized as critical entities in regional...
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Daniel B. Fagre, Steven W. Running, Robert E. Keane, David L. Peterson
Availability of SQGs to estimate effects of sediment-associated contaminants in laboratory toxicity tests or in benthic community assessments Availability of SQGs to estimate effects of sediment-associated contaminants in laboratory toxicity tests or in benthic community assessments
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C.G. Ingersoll, S.M. Bay, J.L. Crane, L.J. Field, T. H. Gries, J. L. Hyland, E.R. Long, D.D. MacDonald, T.P. O’Connor
Batrachoseps pacificus (Cope, 1865), Channel Islands Slender Salamander Batrachoseps pacificus (Cope, 1865), Channel Islands Slender Salamander
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Robert W. Hansen, David B. Wake, Gary M. Fellers
Biological objectives for bird populations Biological objectives for bird populations
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J. Bart, M. Koneff, S. Wendt
Bottomland hardwood establishment and avian colonization of reforested sites in the Mississippi Alluvial Valley Bottomland hardwood establishment and avian colonization of reforested sites in the Mississippi Alluvial Valley
Reforestation of bottomland hardwood sites in the Mississippi Alluvial Valley has markedly increased in recent years, primarily due to financial incentive programs such as the Wetland Reserve Program, Partners for Wildlife Program, and state and private conservation programs. An avian conservation plan for the Mississippi Alluvial Valley proposes returning a substantial area of cropland...
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R.R. Wilson, D.J. Twedt
Bottomland hardwood restoration in the Mississippi Alluvial Valley: Looking past the trees to see the forest Bottomland hardwood restoration in the Mississippi Alluvial Valley: Looking past the trees to see the forest
Planned restoration of bottomland hardwoods is important to adequately address negative consequences resulting from the severe loss and fragmentation of forested wetlands in the Mississippi Alluvial Valley. Reforestation efforts have been promoted through government initiatives of state and federal agencies (e.g. Wetland Reserve Program) and private conservation groups. To clarify...
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R.R. Wilson, J.M. Oliver, D.J. Twedt, W.B. Uihlein
Bufo alvarius Girard, 1859: Colorado River toad Bufo alvarius Girard, 1859: Colorado River toad
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M.J. Fouquette, C.W. Painter, P. Nanjappa
Bufo boreas Baird and Girard, 1852(b): western toad Bufo boreas Baird and Girard, 1852(b): western toad
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E. Muths, P. Nanjappa
Bufo exsul (Myers, 1942): Black toad Bufo exsul (Myers, 1942): Black toad
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Gary M. Fellers
California giant salamander, Dicamptodon ensatus Eschscholtz California giant salamander, Dicamptodon ensatus Eschscholtz
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Gary M. Fellers, Shawn R. Kuchta
California red-legged frog, Rana draytonii Baird and Girard California red-legged frog, Rana draytonii Baird and Girard
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Gary M. Fellers
Capture-recapture methods in practice Capture-recapture methods in practice
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Bryan F.J. Manly, Steven C. Amstrup, Trent L. McDonald