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Red imported fire ant impacts on wildlife: A decade of research Red imported fire ant impacts on wildlife: A decade of research
The negative impacts of biological invasion are economically and ecologically significant and, while incompletely quantified, they are clearly substantial. Ants (family Formicidae) are an important, although often overlooked, component of many terrestrial ecosystems. Six species of ants are especially striking in their global ability to invade, and their impacts. This paper focuses on...
Authors
Craig R. Allen, D.M. Epperson, A.S. Garmestani
A simple technique for trapping Siren lacertina, Amphiuma means, and other aquatic vertebrates A simple technique for trapping Siren lacertina, Amphiuma means, and other aquatic vertebrates
We describe a commercially-available funnel trap for sampling aquatic vertebrates. The traps can be used in heavily vegetated wetlands and can be set in water up to 60 cm deep without concern for drowning the animals. They were especially useful for capturing the aquatic salamanders Siren lacertina and Amphiuma means, which have been difficult to capture with traditional sampling methods...
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S. A. Johnson, W.J. Barichivich
Use of a latitudinal gradient in bald cypress (Taxodium distichum) production to examine physiological controls of biotic boundaries and potential responses to environment change Use of a latitudinal gradient in bald cypress (Taxodium distichum) production to examine physiological controls of biotic boundaries and potential responses to environment change
Aim: Predictions of vegetation change with global warming require models that accurately reflect physiological processes underlying growth limitations and species distributions. However, information about environmental controls on physiology and consequent effects on species boundaries and ecosystem functions such as production is limited, especially for forested wetlands that are...
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B.A. Middleton, K.L. McKee
Population structure and inbreeding vary with successional stage in created Spartina alterniflora marshes Population structure and inbreeding vary with successional stage in created Spartina alterniflora marshes
Recruitment patterns in clonal plant populations are predicted to vary with seed dispersal capability and disturbance regime, such that species with small, widely dispersed seeds will become increasingly dominated by vegetative recruitment on disturbed areas following early colonization. Subsequent mortality due to competitive or stochastic effects is then predicted to cause a gradual...
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S.E. Travis, C.E. Proffitt, K. Ritland
A simple technique for trapping Siren lacertian, Amphiuma means, and other aquatic vertebrates A simple technique for trapping Siren lacertian, Amphiuma means, and other aquatic vertebrates
We describe a commercially-available funnel trap for sampling aquatic vertebrates. The traps can be used in heavily vegetated wetlands and can be set in water up to 60 cm deep without concern for drowning the animals. They were especially useful for capturing the aquatic salamanders Siren lacertina and Amphiuma means, which have been difficult to capture with traditional sampling methods...
Authors
S. A. Johnson, W.J. Barichivich
Obituary: C. Robert Shoop (1935-2003) Obituary: C. Robert Shoop (1935-2003)
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Authors
C.K. Dodd
Effects of invasive alien plants on fire regimes Effects of invasive alien plants on fire regimes
Plant invasions are widely recognized as significant threats to biodiversity conservation worldwide. One way invasions can affect native ecosystems is by changing fuel properties, which can in turn affect fire behavior and, ultimately, alter fire regime characteristics such as frequency, intensity, extent, type, and seasonality of fire. If the regime changes subsequently promote the...
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M.L. Brooks, C. M. D’Antonio, D.M. Richardson, J.M. DiTomaso, J.B. Grace, R.J. Hobbs, Jon E. Keeley, M. Pellant, D. Pyke
Standing crop and aboveground biomass partitioning of a dwarf mangrove forest in Taylor River Slough, Florida Standing crop and aboveground biomass partitioning of a dwarf mangrove forest in Taylor River Slough, Florida
The structure and standing crop biomass of a dwarf mangrove forest, located in the salinity transition zone ofTaylor River Slough in the Everglades National Park, were studied. Although the four mangrove species reported for Florida occurred at the study site, dwarf Rhizophora mangle trees dominated the forest. The structural characteristics of the mangrove forest were relatively simple...
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C. Coronado-Molina, J.W. Day, E. Reyes, B.C. Perez
The Amphibians of Great Smoky Mountains National Park The Amphibians of Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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Authors
C.K. Dodd
Dynamic consequences of allochthonous nutrient input into freshwater systems Dynamic consequences of allochthonous nutrient input into freshwater systems
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D.L. DeAngelis, P. J. Mulholland
Progress on the Across Trophic Level System Simulation (ATLSS) program Progress on the Across Trophic Level System Simulation (ATLSS) program
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Donald L. DeAngelis
Modeling the effects of hydrology on fire, vegetation dynamics, and their interaction in the Florida Everglades Modeling the effects of hydrology on fire, vegetation dynamics, and their interaction in the Florida Everglades
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Donald L. DeAngelis, Scott M. Duke-Sylvester, Louis J. Gross