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Modeling seasonal interactions in the population dynamics of migratory birds Modeling seasonal interactions in the population dynamics of migratory birds
Understanding the population dynamics of migratory birds requires understanding the relevant biological events that occur during breeding, migratory, and overwintering periods. The few available population models for passerine birds focus on breeding-season events, disregard or oversimplify events during nonbreeding periods, and ignore interactions that occur between periods of the...
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M.C. Runge, P.P. Marra
Modern open-population capture-recapture models Modern open-population capture-recapture models
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J.D. Nichols
Monitoring Puerto Rican avifauna using roadside surveys Monitoring Puerto Rican avifauna using roadside surveys
In 1997 we began investigating the use of roadside point counts to monitor the long-term status and trends of Puerto Rican bird populations. If such a methodology proves feasible it may provide the empirical data needed for the development of sound conservation plans for the island's avifauna in much the same way that North American Breeding Bird Survey data are used by the avian...
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K.L. Pardieck, B.G. Peterjohn
Multi-scale remote sensing of coral reefs Multi-scale remote sensing of coral reefs
In this chapter we present how both direct and indirect remote sensing can be integrated to address two major coral reef applications - coral bleaching and assessment of biodiversity. This approach reflects the current non-linear integration of remote sensing for environmental assessment of coral reefs, resulting from a rapid increase in available sensors, processing methods and...
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Serge Andréfouët, E.J. Hochberg, Christophe Chevillon, Frank E. Muller-Karger, John Brock, Chuanmin Hu
Neuroendocrine and behavioral consequences of embryonic exposure to endocrine disrupting chemicals Neuroendocrine and behavioral consequences of embryonic exposure to endocrine disrupting chemicals
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M. A. Ottinger, M.J. Quinn, E. Lavoie, M.A. Abdelnabi, N. Thompson, J. Hazelton, M. McKernan, J. Wu, P. Henry, C. Viglietti-Panzica, G. Panzica
North American Amphibian Monitoring Program (NAAMP) North American Amphibian Monitoring Program (NAAMP)
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L.A. Weir, M.J. Mossman
Northward laramide thrusting in the quitovac region, northwestern sonora, mexico: Implications for the juxtaposition of paleoproterozoic basement blocks and the mojave-sonora megashear hypothesis Northward laramide thrusting in the quitovac region, northwestern sonora, mexico: Implications for the juxtaposition of paleoproterozoic basement blocks and the mojave-sonora megashear hypothesis
Restoration of 12%–30% Basin and Range extension allows direct interpretation of ductile fabrics associated with a stack of Laramide thrust faults in the Quitovac region in northwestern Sonora. The inferred direction of displacement of these thrusts varies gradually from N63°W to N23°E and is interpreted to represent a clockwise rotation of the direction of Laramide thrusting through...
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Alexander Iriondo, Luis M. Martinez-Torres, Michael J. Kunk, William W. Atkinson, Wayne R. Premo, William C. McIntosh
One estuary, one invasion, two responses: phytoplankton and benthic community dynamics determine the effect of an estuarine invasive suspension-feeder One estuary, one invasion, two responses: phytoplankton and benthic community dynamics determine the effect of an estuarine invasive suspension-feeder
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Janet K. Thompson
One hundred years of bird banding in North America One hundred years of bird banding in North America
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J. Tautin
Pacific treefrog, Pseudacris regilla Baird and Girard Pacific treefrog, Pseudacris regilla Baird and Girard
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Gary M. Fellers
Part II: Species accounts: Introduction Part II: Species accounts: Introduction
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M. Lannoo, Alisa L. Gallant, P. Nanjappa, L. Blackburn, R. Hendricks