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Hierarchical faunal filters: An approach to assessing effects of habitat and nonnative species on native fishes

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From points to forecasts: Predicting invasive species habitat suitability in the near term

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Big Invaders and Tiny Fish: Endangered Species Day
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Wildfire and the ecological niche: Diminishing habitat suitability for an indicator species within semi‐arid ecosystems

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Designing Climate-Resilient Habitat for At-Risk Species in the Southern Sierra Nevada Forest

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Fish assemblages and habitat conditions of the Saint Lawrence River and its Tributaries

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Habitat and landscape correlates of presence, density, and species richness of birds wintering in forest fragments in Ohio

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Longleaf Pine forest in Florida

New Habitat Suitability Maps for At-Risk Herpetofauna Species in the Longleaf Pine Ecosystem

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Evaluating the use of marine protected areas by endangered species: A habitat selection approach

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Species’ traits help predict small mammal responses to habitat homogenization by an invasive grass

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Rangewide occupancy of a flagship species, the Coastal California Gnatcatcher (Polioptila californica californica) in southern California: Habitat associations and recovery from wildfire

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Distribution Data and Habitat Models for Joshua Trees (Yucca brevifolia and Y. jaegeriana) Throughout their Range

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SF Dixon Field Station Giant Garter Snake

Protected Terrestrial Species

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Logging impacts on avian species richness and composition differ across latitudes relative to foraging and breeding habitat preferences

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Three-dimensional foraging habitat use and niche partitioning in two sympatric seabird species, Phalacrocorax auritus and P. penicillatus

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A guide to calculating habitat-quality metrics to inform conservation of highly mobile species

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High dispersal in a frog species suggests that it is vulnerable to habitat fragmentation

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Red Devil Cichlid (Amphilophus labiatus) Guarding Habitat
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Ecology of the Diamondback Terrapin: Demographics, Movements, and Habitat Use

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Response of bird species densities to habitat structure and fire history along a Midwestern open-forest gradient

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New evidence of habitat segregation between two cryptic species of Pacific skinks (Emoia cyanura and E. impar)

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Species composition and habitat associations of benthic algal assemblages in headwater streams of the Sierra Nevada, California

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Relations among habitat characteristics, exotic species, and turbid-river cyprinids in the Missouri River drainage of Wyoming

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Satellite imagery can predict bird species occupancy and inform multispecies management in pine savannas

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Shorebirds on Gunn Island

Understanding Avian Habitat Availability and Use After Barrier Island Restoration in Coastal Louisiana

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Connecting habitat to species abundance: The role of light and temperature on the abundance of walleye in lakes

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USGS On the Road - Habitat Assessment at Red Run
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Habitat suitability and ecological associations of two non-native ungulate species on the Hawaiian island of Lanai

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Used-habitat calibration plots: A new procedure for validating species distribution, resource selection, and step-selection models

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Characterizing the spatial structure of endangered species habitat using geostatistical analysis of IKONOS imagery

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