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Abundance of ohiʻa-associated ambrosia beetles in two sites with rapid ohiʻa death outbreaks Abundance of ohiʻa-associated ambrosia beetles in two sites with rapid ohiʻa death outbreaks

ʻŌhiʻa lehua (Metrosideros polymorpha Gaudich.) is the dominant tree in native Hawaiian forests but is threatened by two pathogenic fungi (Ceratocystis spp.) which cause Rapid ʻŌhiʻa Death (ROD). Understanding the spread of ROD is vital to informing prevention and management strategies. Ambrosia beetles (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) contribute to the spread of disease by...
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Helen Sofaer, Sophia Smith, Robert W. Peck, Ellen Dunkle, Jorden Zarders, Naiʻa Odachi, Ryan L. Perroy
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Ecosystems Mission Area, Pacific Island Ecosystems Research Center

Great Lakes lake trout (Salvelinus namaycush) thiamine monitoring program annual report Great Lakes lake trout (Salvelinus namaycush) thiamine monitoring program annual report

Thiamine deficiency in lake trout (Salvelinus namaycush) eggs has been linked to early life-stage mortality in the Great Lakes from the 1960s through the 1990s, potentially affecting lake trout recruitment. In response, the U.S. Geological Survey’s Great Lakes Science Center (GLSC), Eastern Ecological Science Center (EESC), and Columbia Environmental Research Center (CERC), and the State
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Jacques Rinchard, Brian F. Lantry, Brian O’Malley
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Ecosystems Mission Area, Great Lakes Science Center

Effects of climate change on midwestern ecosystems: Eastern North American temperate freshwater marsh, wet meadow and shrubland Effects of climate change on midwestern ecosystems: Eastern North American temperate freshwater marsh, wet meadow and shrubland

The Eastern North American Temperate Freshwater Marsh, Wet Meadow and Shrubland is a hydrologically dynamic ecosystem highly sensitive to shifts in water availability. Across the Midwest, climate change is expected to intensify two primary stressors, flooding and drought, resulting in increased hydrologic variability that may threaten the persistence of these wetlands. Increased spring
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Hugh Ratcliffe, Katherine Charton, Taylor Siddons, Marta P. Lyons, Olivia E. LeDee

Beginner’s guide to understanding, accessing, and retrieving Coastwide Reference Monitoring System data Beginner’s guide to understanding, accessing, and retrieving Coastwide Reference Monitoring System data

No abstract available.
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Lauren Angelle Leonpacher, Rachel Katherine Villani, Kari Cretini, Christina B. Hunnicutt, Susan Testroet-Bergeron, Dona Weifenbach, Cole B Ruckstuhl, Sarai Piazza
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Ecosystems Mission Area, Wetland and Aquatic Research Center

Effects of climate change on midwestern ecosystems: North American bog and fen Effects of climate change on midwestern ecosystems: North American bog and fen

The North American Bog and Fen ecosystem may be increasingly vulnerable to climate stressors, particularly water deficits and warming temperatures. These peat-forming wetlands, found at the southern extent of their range in the Midwest, depend on relatively stable hydrological and thermal conditions. Climate change may disrupt these conditions through projected declines in summer...
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Hugh Ratcliffe, Katherine Charton, Taylor Siddons, Marta P. Lyons, Olivia E. LeDee

U.S. national park units as breeding bird habitat: A comparison of species prevalence and land cover across the midwestern and central United States U.S. national park units as breeding bird habitat: A comparison of species prevalence and land cover across the midwestern and central United States

The value of national parks as bird habitat depends not only on local conditions within the parks, but also on the landscape habitat matrices in which they are located. However, the influences of local and landscape habitat matrices on birds vary by species and have not been quantified. Similarly, the trends of land cover types through time have not been systematically quantified for...
Authors
Ryan C. Burner, Alan A Kirschbaum, Ted Gostomski, David G Peitz
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Ecosystems Mission Area, Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center
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