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January 1, 2003

Casual analysis and the evaluation of declining amphibian populations: Illustrative case studies Casual analysis and the evaluation of declining amphibian populations: Illustrative case studies

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Greg L. Linder

Ecosystems Mission Area, Columbia Environmental Research Center

January 1, 2003

Changes in wetland sediment elevation following major storms: implications for estimating trends in relative sea-level rise Changes in wetland sediment elevation following major storms: implications for estimating trends in relative sea-level rise

Hurricanes can be important agents of geomorphic change in coastal marshes and mangrove forests. Hurricanes can cause large-scale redistribution of sediments within the coastal environment resulting in sedimentation, erosion, disruption of vegetated substrates, or some combination of these processes in coastal wetlands. It has been proposed that such sediment pulsing events are important...

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Donald R. Cahoon

Ecosystems Mission Area, Eastern Ecological Science Center

January 1, 2003

Coal geology and resources Coal geology and resources

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Peter D. Warwick

January 1, 2003

Concepts of structural equation modeling in biological research Concepts of structural equation modeling in biological research

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Bruce H. Pugesek

Ecosystems Mission Area, Northern Rocky Mountain Science Center

January 1, 2003

Conclusion Conclusion

Wolves can live almost anywhere in the Northern Hemisphere, and almost everywhere they do, they are an issue. In the vast emptiness of the northern tundra or the Arabian desert, on the outskirts of a European town or in the safety of an American national park, in meager agricultural lands in India or in mountains in rich Norway or Switzerland, wolves always attract people’s attention...

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L. David Mech, Luigi Boitani

Ecosystems Mission Area, Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center

January 1, 2003