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Occupancy dynamics of the California Gnatcatcher in southern California Occupancy dynamics of the California Gnatcatcher in southern California

Executive Summary The Coastal California Gnatcatcher (Polioptila californica californica: “gnatcatcher”) is a resident species restricted to coastal sage scrub habitat in southern California. Listed as federally threatened, the gnatcatcher is subject to multiple threats, including habitat loss, fragmentation, and degradation, particularly in association with the increasing frequency of...
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Barbara E. Kus, Alexandra Houston, Kristine L. Preston
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Ecosystems Mission Area, Western Ecological Research Center (WERC)

Plan to coordinate post-earthquake investigations supported by the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program (NEHRP) Plan to coordinate post-earthquake investigations supported by the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program (NEHRP)

Introduction This report presents a plan supported by the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program (NEHRP) to coordinate domestic and international post-earthquake investigations (herein called “the Plan”). Post-earthquake scientific and engineering investigations are undertaken to capture critical information to understand the causes and impacts of the event, lessons from which can
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Chris Poland, Jonathan D. Bray, Laurie Johnson, Sissy Nikolaou, Ellen Rathje, Brian L. Sherrod
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Natural Hazards Mission Area, Earthquake Hazards Program

Computation of bromide concentrations at the Kansas River at De Soto, Kansas, January 2021 through October 2023 Computation of bromide concentrations at the Kansas River at De Soto, Kansas, January 2021 through October 2023

The Kansas River is an essential water resource that provides drinking water to more than 950,000 people in northeastern Kansas. Water suppliers that rely on the Kansas River as a water-supply source use physical and chemical water-treatment strategies to remove contaminants before distribution. Water District No. 1 of Johnson County, Kansas (WaterOne), is the largest water supplier in...
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Thomas J. Williams, Greg S. Totzke
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Water Resources Mission Area, Central Plains Water Science Center

Quantitative support for the benefits of proactive management for wildlife disease control Quantitative support for the benefits of proactive management for wildlife disease control

Finding effective pathogen mitigation strategies is one of the biggest challenges humans face today. In the context of wildlife, emerging infectious diseases have repeatedly caused widespread host morbidity and population declines of numerous taxa. In areas yet unaffected by a pathogen, a proactive management approach has the potential to minimize or prevent host mortality. However...
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Molly Bletz, Evan H. Campbell Grant, Graziella Vittoria DiRenzo
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Eastern Ecological Science Center

26 August 2024 Reduced representation sequencing reveals weak genetic differentiation between Canadian and European Larus hyperboreus (Glaucous Gull) 26 August 2024 Reduced representation sequencing reveals weak genetic differentiation between Canadian and European Larus hyperboreus (Glaucous Gull)

Climate change poses a significant threat to Arctic ecosystems. Evaluation of genetic diversity within and differentiation among populations is needed to effectively conserve Arctic species and ensure genetic variation is appropriately managed.This research examined the population genetic structure in Larus hyperboreus (Glaucous Gull), a circumpolar Arctic species that is declining in...
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Emma Lachance Linklater, Sarah A. Sonsthagen, Gregory J. Robertson, Lila Colston-Nepali, Freydís Vigfusdottir, Vicki L. Friesen
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Cooperative Research Units

Constraining mean landslide occurrence rates for non-temporal landslide inventories using high-resolution elevation data Constraining mean landslide occurrence rates for non-temporal landslide inventories using high-resolution elevation data

Constraining landslide occurrence rates can help to generate landslide hazard models that predict the spatial and temporal occurrence of landslides. However, most landslide inventories do not include any temporal data due to the difficulties of dating landslide deposits. Here we introduce a method for estimating the mean landslide occurrence rate of deep-seated rotational and...
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Jacob Bryson Woodard, Sean Richard LaHusen, Benjamin B. Mirus, Katherine R. Barnhart
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Natural Hazards Mission Area, Landslide Hazards Program, Geologic Hazards Science Center
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