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Correction to A regime shift in sediment export from a coastal watershed during a record wet winter, California: Implications for landscape response to hydroclimatic extremes Correction to A regime shift in sediment export from a coastal watershed during a record wet winter, California: Implications for landscape response to hydroclimatic extremes

In the referenced article, the authors would like to correct text in the first paragraph on page 2571, Figure 9 and its caption. The changes reflect an error made in the processing of the rainfall intensity-duration data used to compare storms to published debris flow triggering thresholds. The correctly processed data does not change the interpretations made in the paper but does...
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Amy E. East, Andrew W. Stevens, Andrew C. Ritchie, Patrick L. Barnard, Pamela L. Campbell‐Swarzenski, Brian D. Collins, Christopher H. Conaway
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Water Resources Mission Area, Geology, Minerals, Energy, and Geophysics Science Center, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center

White-backed hog-nosed skunk (Conepatus Leuconotus) occurrence in the Oklahoma panhandle White-backed hog-nosed skunk (Conepatus Leuconotus) occurrence in the Oklahoma panhandle

The white-backed hog-nosed skunk (Conepatus leuconotus) is an understudied mesocarnivore thought to be declining throughout its range in the southwestern United States. With the exception of a single skull of unknown age, hog-nosed skunks have not been documented in Oklahoma since 1930. We conducted a camera trapping survey in Cimarron County, Oklahoma during summer 2022 and confirmed...
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Bailey A. Kleeberg, Robert Charles Lonsinger, W. Sue Fairbanks
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Cooperative Research Units

Evaluating hydrologic model performance for characterizing streamflow drought in the conterminous United States Evaluating hydrologic model performance for characterizing streamflow drought in the conterminous United States

Hydrologic models are the primary tools that are used to simulate streamflow drought and assess impacts. However, there is little consensus about how to evaluate the performance of these models, especially as hydrologic modeling moves toward larger spatial domains. This paper presents a comprehensive multi-objective approach to systematically evaluating the critical features in...
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Caelan Simeone, Sydney Foks, Erin Towler, Timothy O. Hodson, Thomas M. Over
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Water Resources Mission Area, Oregon Water Science Center, Drought

Transfer learning with convolutional neural networks for hydrological streamline delineation Transfer learning with convolutional neural networks for hydrological streamline delineation

Hydrological streamline delineation is critical for effective environmental management, influencing agriculture sustainability, river dynamics, watershed planning, and more. This study develops a novel approach to combining transfer learning with convolutional neural networks that capitalize on image-based pre-trained models to improve the accuracy and transferability of streamline...
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Nattapon Jaroenchai, Shaowen Wang, Larry Stanislawski, Ethan J. Shavers, Zhe Jiang, Vasit Sagan, E. Lynn Usery
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Core Science Systems Mission Area, Center of Excellence for Geospatial Information Science (CEGIS)

The potential for species distribution models to distinguish source populations from sinks The potential for species distribution models to distinguish source populations from sinks

1. While species distribution models (SDM) are frequently used to predict species occurrences to help inform conservation management, there is limited evidence evaluating whether habitat suitability can reliably predict intrinsic growth rates or distinguish source from sink populations. Filling this knowledge gap is critical for conservation science, as applications of SDMs for...
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Bilgecan Sen, Christian Joseph Che-Castaldo, H. Resit Akcakaya
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Cooperative Research Units

No evidence hunting bait increases American black bear population growth in Maine, USA No evidence hunting bait increases American black bear population growth in Maine, USA

American black bear (Ursus americanus) populations are increasing throughout much of North America. Use of multiple harvest methods, including hunting over bait, is intended to increase harvest success rates to meet harvest and population management objectives. However, black bear population growth can be influenced by food availability, and some speculate the use of bait may...
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Dana J. Morin, Jennifer H. Vashon, Matthew O’Neal, Nathan J. Hostetter, Elizabeth A. Flaherty
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Cooperative Research Units
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