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Findings from a decade of ground motion simulation validation research and a path forward Findings from a decade of ground motion simulation validation research and a path forward
Simulated ground motions have the potential to advance seismic hazard assessments and structural response analyses, particularly for conditions with limited recorded ground motions such as large magnitude earthquakes at short source-to-site distances. However, rigorous validation of simulated ground motions is needed for hazard analysts, practicing engineers, or regulatory bodies to be...
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Sanaz Rezaeian, Jonathan P. Stewart, Nico Luco, Christine A. Goulet
Beaver dam analogs did not improve beaver translocation outcomes in a desert river Beaver dam analogs did not improve beaver translocation outcomes in a desert river
Stream restoration programs employ beaver-related restoration techniques, including beaver translocations and installation of beaver dam analogs (BDA), to create complex in-stream habitat. We investigated whether BDA installations improved the probability of translocated beavers surviving and colonizing a section of a degraded desert river. We translocated beavers fitted with tracking...
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Christine Sandbach, Julie K. Young, Mary Conner, Emma Hansen, Phaedra E. Budy
Survival, cause-specific mortality, and population growth of white-tailed deer in western Virginia Survival, cause-specific mortality, and population growth of white-tailed deer in western Virginia
Understanding the role of recruitment in population dynamics of white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) is important for management. In the central Appalachian Mountains, deer are part of a largely forested ecosystem that supports 3 carnivore species thought to be capable of influencing white-tailed deer recruitment: black bears (Urus americanus), coyotes (Canis latrans), and bobcats...
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Garrett B. Clevinger, W. Mark Ford, Marcella J. Kelly, Robert S. Alonso, Randy W. DeYoung, Nelson W. Lafon, Michael J. Cherry
Complete genome sequence of a novel papillomavirus in Siamese fighting fish (Betta splendens) from Trinidad and Tobago Complete genome sequence of a novel papillomavirus in Siamese fighting fish (Betta splendens) from Trinidad and Tobago
Here, we announce the complete genome of a previously undescribed papillomavirus from a betta fish, Betta splendens. The genome is 5,671 bp with a GC content of 38.2%. Variants were detected in public databases. This genome is most similar to papillomaviruses that infect sea bass (52.9 % nucleotide identity).
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Lemar Blake, A. Carla Phillips-Savage, Esteban Soto, Christopher Oura, Arianne Brown-Jordan, Clayton D. Raines, Christopher B. Buck, Luke R. Iwanowicz
A tale of two islands: Tectonic and orbital controls on marine terrace reoccupation, Channel Islands National Park, California, USA A tale of two islands: Tectonic and orbital controls on marine terrace reoccupation, Channel Islands National Park, California, USA
In areas of low uplift rate on the Pacific Coast of North America, reoccupation of emergent marine terraces by later high sea-stands has been hypothesised to explain the existence of thermally anomalous fauna (mixtures of warm and cool species) of last interglacial age. If uplift rates have been low for much of the Quaternary, it follows that higher (older) terraces should also show...
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Daniel R. Muhs, Lindsey T. Groves, Kathleen R. Simmons, R. Randall Schumann, Stephen B. DeVogel
From pixels to riverscapes: How remote sensing and geospatial tools can prioritize riverscape restoration at multiple scales From pixels to riverscapes: How remote sensing and geospatial tools can prioritize riverscape restoration at multiple scales
Prioritizing restoration opportunities effectively across entire riverscape networks (i.e., riverine landscape including floodplain and stream channel networks) can be difficult when relying on in-channel, reach-scale monitoring data, or watershed-level summaries that fail to capture riverscape heterogeneity and the information necessary to implement restoration actions. Leveraging...
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Hayley Corrine Glassic, Kenneth C. McGwire, William W. Macfarlane, Cashe Rasmussen, Nicolaas Bouwes, Joseph M. Wheaton, Robert Al-Chokhachy
Diatoms of North America: Nomenclatural transfers within the Bacillariophyceae 1 Diatoms of North America: Nomenclatural transfers within the Bacillariophyceae 1
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M.B. Edlund, Sarah Spaulding, Ian Wesley Bishop, M. Potapova, Sylvia S. Lee, Paula C. Furey, Elena Jovanoska
Utilizing artificial nesting platforms as a management tool: Enhancing breeding productivity of Western Flycatchers (Empidonax difficilis occidentalis) in southwestern Colorado and southern Arizona, USA Utilizing artificial nesting platforms as a management tool: Enhancing breeding productivity of Western Flycatchers (Empidonax difficilis occidentalis) in southwestern Colorado and southern Arizona, USA
Artificial nesting substrates have been added around the world for many cavity-nesting bird species, but this has not been undertaken as extensively for crevice-nesting birds. The Western Cordilleran Flycatcher (Empidonax difficilis occidentalis) is a migratory, crevice-nesting flycatcher that is nest-site limited, breeding in higher elevation riparian habitats throughout intermountain...
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Charles van Riper, Harold F. Greeney, Abigail J. Darrah, Andrew J. Boyce, Drew F. van Riper, Charles Yackulic
Innovation in climate adaptation: Harnessing innovation for effective biodiversity and ecosystem adaptation Innovation in climate adaptation: Harnessing innovation for effective biodiversity and ecosystem adaptation
Climate change poses growing risks to species, ecosystems, and people, and is challenging many of the assumptions that underpin modern conservation practice. As climate impacts accelerate, conventional conservation approaches are being compromised and losing their effectiveness. As a result, there is an urgent need to not only center climate adaptation in conservation policy and practice...
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Bruce A. Stein, Janet A. Cushing, Stephen T. Jackson, Molly Elizabeth Smith Cross, Wendy Foden, Lauren M. Hallett, Shannon M. Hagerman, Lara J. Hansen, Jessica J. Hellmann, Dawn Magness, Guillermo F. Mendoza, Corina Newsome, Arsum Pathak, Suzanne M. Prober, Joel H. Reynolds, Erika S. Zavaleta
Ohi'a lehua (Metrosideros polymorpha): A most resilient and persistent foundation species in Hawaiian forests Ohi'a lehua (Metrosideros polymorpha): A most resilient and persistent foundation species in Hawaiian forests
Metrosideros polymorpha (‘ōhi‘a, ‘ōhi‘a lehua) is an important foundation species in Hawaiian forest habitats. The genus originated in New Zealand and was dispersed to the Hawaiian archipelago approximately 3.9 million years ago. It evolved into five distinct endemic species and one of these, Metrosideros polymorpha, further differentiated into eight varieties across what are now the...
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James D. Jacobi, Hans Juergen Boehmer, Lucas Fortini, Samuel M. ‘Ohukaniʻōhiʻa Gon III, Linda Mertelmeyer, Jonathan Price
Twenty years of explosive-effusive activity at El Reventador volcano (Ecuador) recorded in its geomorphology Twenty years of explosive-effusive activity at El Reventador volcano (Ecuador) recorded in its geomorphology
Shifts in activity at long-active, open-vent volcanoes are difficult to forecast because precursory signals are enigmatic and can be lost in and amongst daily activity. Here, we propose that crater and vent morphologies, along with summit height, can help us bring some insights into future activity at one of Ecuador’s most active volcanoes El Reventador. On 3 November 2002, El Reventador...
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Silvia Vallejo Vargas, Angela K. Diefenbach, Elizabeth Gaunt, Marco Almeida, Patricio Ramon, Fernanda Naranjo, Karim Kelfoun
Advanced quantitative precipitation information: Improving monitoring and forecasts of precipitation, streamflow, and coastal flooding in the San Francisco Bay area Advanced quantitative precipitation information: Improving monitoring and forecasts of precipitation, streamflow, and coastal flooding in the San Francisco Bay area
Advanced Quantitative Precipitation Information (AQPI) is a synergistic project that combines observations and models to improve monitoring and forecasts of precipitation, streamflow, and coastal flooding in the San Francisco Bay Area. As an experimental system, AQPI leverages more than a decade of research, innovation, and implementation of a statewide, state-of-the-art network of...
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Robert Cifelli, V Chandrasekar, Liv M. Herdman, Dave Turner, A. B. White, M. Alcott, M. C. Anderson, Patrick L. Barnard, S.K. Biswas, M. Boucher, J. Bytheway, H. Chen, H. Cutler, M. English, Li H. Erikson, F. Junyent, L. E. Johnson, J. Krebs, J. van de Lindt, J. Kim, Marty L. Leonard, Y. Ma, M. Marquis, W. Moninger, G. Pratt, C. Radhakrishnan, Michael Shields, J. Spaulding, Babak Tehranirad, R. S. Webb