Publications
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Managing exotic grasses and conserving declining species Managing exotic grasses and conserving declining species
No abstract available.
Authors
D.J. Germano, G. B. Rathbun, L.R. Saslaw
Overwintering tadpoles in the California red-legged frog (Rana aurora draytonii) Overwintering tadpoles in the California red-legged frog (Rana aurora draytonii)
No abstract available.
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G. M. Fellers, A. Launer, G. B. Rathbun, S. Bobzien, J. Alvarez, D. Sterner, R.B. Seymour, M. Westphal
Erosion and sediment delivery following removal of forest roads Erosion and sediment delivery following removal of forest roads
Erosion control treatments were applied to abandoned logging roads in California, with the goal of reducing road-related sediment input to streams and restoring natural hydrologic patterns on the landscape. Treatment of stream crossings involved excavating culverts and associated road fill and reshaping streambanks. A variety of techniques were applied to road benches, which included...
Authors
Mary Ann Madej
Development of channel organization and roughness following sediment pulses in single‐thread, gravel bed rivers Development of channel organization and roughness following sediment pulses in single‐thread, gravel bed rivers
Large, episodic inputs of coarse sediment (sediment pulses) in forested, mountain streams may result in changes in the size and arrangement of bed forms and in channel roughness. A conceptual model of channel organization delineates trajectories of response to sediment pulses for many types of gravel bed channels. Channels exhibited self‐organizing behavior to various degrees based on...
Authors
Mary Ann Madej
An estimation of carrying capacity for sea otters along the California coast An estimation of carrying capacity for sea otters along the California coast
Carrying capacity (K) for the California sea otter (Enhydra lutris nereis) was estimated as a product of the density of sea otters at equilibrium within a portion of their existing range and the total area of available habitat. Equilibrium densities were determined using the number of sea otters observed during spring surveys in 1994, 1995, and 1996 in each of three habitat types where...
Authors
K.L. Laidre, R.J. Jameson, D.P. DeMaster
Birds at a Southern California beach: seasonality, habitat use and disturbance by human activity Birds at a Southern California beach: seasonality, habitat use and disturbance by human activity
Use of a Santa Barbara beach by people and birds varied in both time and space. There were 100 birds, 18 people and 2 dogs per kilometer. Bird density varied primarily with the season and tide while human activity varied most between weekend and weekday. Bird distributions along the beach were determined mainly by habitat type (particularly a lagoon and exposed rocky intertidal areas)...
Authors
Kevin D. Lafferty
Pneumocystosis in wild small mammals from California Pneumocystosis in wild small mammals from California
Cyst forms of the opportunistic fungal parasite Pneumocystis carinii were found in the lungs of 34% of the desert shrew, Notiosorex crawfordi (n = 59), 13% of the ornate shrew, Sorex ornatus (n = 55), 6% of the dusky-footed wood rat, Neotoma fuscipes (n = 16), 2.5% of the California meadow vole, Microtus californicus (n = 40), and 50% of the California pocket mouse, Chaetodipus...
Authors
Juha Laakkonen, Robert N. Fisher, Ted J. Case
Pilgrim Creek restoration project: bird community and vegetation structure. 2000 Annual report Pilgrim Creek restoration project: bird community and vegetation structure. 2000 Annual report
No abstract available at this time
Authors
B.E. Kus, P.P. Beck, B. Peterson
Review and update of the 1995 Federal wildland fire management policy Review and update of the 1995 Federal wildland fire management policy
No abstract available at this time
Authors
J. Douglas, Terry J. Mills, D. Artly, D. Ashe, A. Bartuska, R.L. Black, S. Coloff, J. Cruz, M. Edrington, J. Edwardson, R.T. Gale, S.W. Goodman, L. Hamilton, R. Landis, B. Powell, S. Robinson, R.J. Schuster, P.K. Stahlschmidt, J. Stires, J. van Wagtendonk
Herpetofaunal Inventory and Monitoring at Silverwood Lake State Recreation Area Herpetofaunal Inventory and Monitoring at Silverwood Lake State Recreation Area
No abstract available at this time
Authors
C. Brown, Robert N. Fisher
Herpetofaunal Monitoring in MSCP Region of San Diego Herpetofaunal Monitoring in MSCP Region of San Diego
No abstract available at this time
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C. Rochester, S. Hathaway, C. Brown, K. Pease, Robert N. Fisher