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Corridors: Reconnecting fragmented landscapes Corridors: Reconnecting fragmented landscapes

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A. Dobson, K. Ralls, M.S. Foster, M. E. Soule, D. Simberloff, D. Doak, J. A. Estes, L. S. Mills, D. Mattson, R. Dirzo, H. Arita, S. Ryan, E. A. Norse, R. F. Noss, D. Johns

Regional analysis of population trajectories from the North American Breeding Bird Survey Regional analysis of population trajectories from the North American Breeding Bird Survey

The North American Breeding Bird Survey (BBS) was started in 1966, and provides information on population change and distribution for most of the birds in North America. The geographic extent of the survey, and the logistical compromises needed to survey such a large area, present many challenges for estimation from BBS data. In this paper, we describe the survey and discuss some of the
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J.R. Sauer, W.A. Link

Linking stressors and ecological responses Linking stressors and ecological responses

To characterize risk, it is necessary to quantify the linkages and interactions between chemical, physical and biological stressors and endpoints in the conceptual framework for ecological risk assessment (ERA). This can present challenges in a multiple stressor analysis, and it will not always be possible to develop a quantitative stressor-response profile. This review commences with a
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J.H. Gentile, K.R. Solomon, J.B. Butcher, M. Harrass, W.G. Landis, M. Power, Barnett A. Rattner, W.J. Warren-Hicks, R. Wenger

Present and future of scientific bird ringing Present and future of scientific bird ringing

In 1999 scientific bird ringing will celebrate its first century of existence. Started mainly to investigate bird movements, bird ringing has become a much more flexible method to study different aspects of bird biology. Bird ringing can only be properly organised if an effective international co-operation exists. In Europe, this co-ordination is ensured by EURING, made of 35 national...
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F. Spina, J. Tautin

Anatomy of the Dead Sea transform: Does it reflect continuous changes in plate motion? Anatomy of the Dead Sea transform: Does it reflect continuous changes in plate motion?

A new gravity map of the southern half of the Dead Sea transform offers the first regional view of the anatomy of this plate boundary. Interpreted together with auxiliary seismic and well data, the map reveals a string of subsurface basins of widely varying size, shape, and depth along the plate boundary and relatively short (25–55 km) and discontinuous fault segments. We argue that this...
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Uri S. ten Brink, M. Rybakov, A. S. Al-Zoubi, M. Hassouneh, U. Frieslander, A.T. Batayneh, V. Goldschmidt, M.N. Daoud, Y. Rotstein, J.K. Hall

Fish-community composition in Cowanesque River upstream and downstream of the Cowanesque Dam, Tioga County, Pennsylvania, 1998 Fish-community composition in Cowanesque River upstream and downstream of the Cowanesque Dam, Tioga County, Pennsylvania, 1998

Between February 1997 and September 1997, 10 monitor wells were drilled near the site of the former Naval Air Warfare Center, Warminster, Bucks County, Pa., to monitor water levels and sample ground-water contaminants in the shallow, intermediate, and deep water-bearing zones. The sampling will determine the horizontal and vertical distribution of contaminated ground water migrating from...
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Robin A. Brightbill, Michael D. Bilger

Characterization of mine waste at the Elizabeth Copper Mine, Orange County, Vermont Characterization of mine waste at the Elizabeth Copper Mine, Orange County, Vermont

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J. M. Hammarstrom, A. L. Meier, J.C. Jackson, Ryan Barden, P.J. Wormington, J.D. Wormington, R.R. Seal

Calculation and error analysis of a digital elevation model of Hofsjokull, Iceland, from SAR interferometry Calculation and error analysis of a digital elevation model of Hofsjokull, Iceland, from SAR interferometry

Two ascending European Space Agency (ESA) Earth Resources Satellites (ERS)-1/-2 tandem-mode, synthetic aperture radar (SAR) pairs are used to calculate the surface elevation of Hofsjokull, an ice cap in central Iceland. The motion component of the interferometric phase is calculated using the 30 arc-second resolution USGS GTOPO30 global digital elevation product and one of the ERS tandem...
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Jonathan S. Barton, Dorothy K. Hall, Oddur Sigurdsson, Richard S. Williams, Laurence C. Smith, James B. Garvin
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