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Bowen, L., Riva, F., Mohr, C., Aldridge, B., Schwartz, J., Miles, A.K., Stott, J.L. in press. Differential gene expression induced by exposure of captive mink to fuel oil; a model for the sea otter. Ecohealth.

Bowen, W.D., A.J. Read, and J.A. Estes. In press. Feeding Ecology. In. R. Hoelzel (ed.). Marine Mammal Biology: An Evolutionary Approach. Blackwell Scientific

Brooks, M.L. and R.C. Klinger. In press. Practical considerations for detecting and monitoring plant invasions. In: Inderjit (ed.) Management of Non-native Invasive Plant Species. Springer, Heidelberg, Germany.

Carr, M., J. Neigel, S. Andelman, J. Estes, R. Warner, J. Largier, and J. Lubchenco. In Press. Comparing marine and terrestrial ecosystems: implications for principles of reserve design in marine systems. Ecological Applications.

Doroff, A.M., J. A. Estes, M. T. Tinker, D. M. Burn, and T. J. Evans. In Press. Sea otter population declines in the Aleutian archipelago. Journal of Mammalogy.

Ervin, E. L. In press. California Treefrog, Pseudacris cadaverina. In: Lannoo, M.J. (Ed.), Status and Conservation of US Amphibians. Volume 2: Species Accounts. University of California Press, Berkeley, California.

Estes, J. A., K. Crooks, and R. Holt. In press. Predation and biodiversity. In S.A. Levin and J. Lubchenco (eds.). Encyclopedia of Biodiversity. Academic Press.

Estes, J.A. and J. L. Bodkin. In press. Marine Otters. In B. Wursig and W. Perrin (eds.). Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals. Academic Press

Estes, J.A., Brian B. Hatfield, K. Ralls, and J. Ames. In Press. Causes of mortality in California sea otters during periods of population growth and decline. Marine Mammal Science.

Estes, J.A., M. L. Riedman, M.M. Staedler, and M.T. Tinker. In press. Individual variation in prey selection by sea otters: patterns, causes, and implications. J. Animal Ecology.

Fellers, Gary M. In press. Bufo exsul Myers, 1942, Black Toad. In: Lannoo, M.J. (Ed.), Status and Conservation of U.S. Amphibians. Volume 2: Species Accounts. University of California Press, Berkeley, California.

Hansen, Robert W., David B. Wake, and Gary M. Fellers. In press. Batrachoseps pacificus (Cope 1865) Channel Islands Slender Salamander. In Lannoo, M.J. (Ed.), Status and Conservation of U.S. Amphibians. Volume 2: Species Accounts. University of California Press, Berkeley, California.

Holycross, A. T., C. W. Painter, D. B. Prival, D. E. Swann, M. J. Schroff, T. Edwards, and C. R. Schwalbe. In press. Diet of Crotalus lepidus klauberi (Banded Rock Rattlesnake). J. Herpetology.

Klinger, R. M. Brooks, R. Wills. In press. Southwest coastal bioregion. In: J. Smith, K. Zouhar, M. Brooks, and S. Sutherland. Effects of Fire on Nonnative Invasive Plants. 6th volume in the General Technical Report series “Wildland Fire in Ecosystems” (“Rainbow” series). US Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station.

Konar, B., and J.A. Estes. In press. The stability of boundary regions between kelp beds and deforested areas. Ecology.

Kus, B.E. Determining nest predators of the Least Bell's Vireo. USGS Publication Brief for Resource Managers.

Kus, B.E. and P.P. Beck. An approach for monitoring bird communities to assess development of restored riparian habitat. USGS Publication Brief for Resource Managers.

LeNoir, James S., Linda Aston, Sema Data, Gary M. Fellers, Laura L. McConnell, and James N. Seiber. In press. Environmental Exposures To Agrochemicals in the Sierra Nevada Mountain Range. Chapter 5. In: Larry Keith (ed.) American Chemical Society Symposium Series.

Longshore, K.M, J.R Jaeger, and M. Sappington. In press. Desert Tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) Survival at Two Eastern Mojave Desert Sites: Death by Short-Term Drought? Journal of Herpetology.

Lovich, J. E. and C. J. McCoy. In press. Graptemys pulchra, Alabama map turtle. In, P. C. H. Pritchard and A. Rhodin (eds.), Conservation of Freshwater Turtles. IUCN, Species Survival Commission.

Lovich, J. E., Y. Yasukawa, and H. Ota. In press. Chinemys reevesii, Reeves' pond turtle (or Chinese three-keeled pond turtle). In, P. C. H. Pritchard and A. Rhodin (eds.), Conservation of Freshwater Turtles. IUCN, Species Survival Commission.

McCoy, C. J. and J. E. Lovich. In press. Graptemys ernsti, Escambia map turtle. In, P. C. H. Pritchard and A. Rhodin (eds.), Conservation of Freshwater Turtles. IUCN, Species Survival Commission.

McCoy, C. J. and J. E. Lovich. In press. Graptemys gibbonsi, Pascagoula map turtle. In, P. C. H. Pritchard and A. Rhodin (eds.), Conservation of Freshwater Turtles. IUCN, Species Survival Commission.

Medica, P.A. and M.B. Saethre. (In prep.) Long-term growth in a fenced population of desert tortoises (Gopherus agassizii).

Merriam, K.E., T.W. McGinnis. The role of fire and fire management in the invasion of nonnative plants. Park Science. In review.

Miller, M. A., I. A. Gardner, A. Packham, J. K. Mazet, K. D. Hanni, D. Jessup, J.A. Estes, R. Jameson, E. Dodd, B. C. Barr, L. J. Lowenstine, F. M. Gulland and P. A. Conrad. In press. Evaluation of an indirect fluorescent antibody test (ifat) for demonstration of antibodies to Toxoplasma gondii in the sea otter (Enhydra lutris). Journal of Parasitology.

Perry, G., B. W. Buchanan, R. N. Fisher, M. Salmon, and S. E. Wise. In press. Effects of artificial night lighting on reptiles and amphibians in urban environments. Book Chapter in Urban Herpetology

Peterson, C.H. and J.A. Estes. In press. Conservation and management of marine communities. In. M. Bertness, S. Gaines, and M. Hay (eds.). Marine Community Ecology. Sinauer Press.

Rathbun, G.B., N.J. Scott, Jr., and T.G. Murphey. In Press. Terrestrial habitat use by western pond turtles in a Mediterranean climate. Southwestern Naturalist.

Ricca, M. A., R. G. Anthony, D. H. Jackson, and S. A. Wolfe. 2003. Spatial use and habitat associations of Columbian white-tailed deer fawns in southwestern Oregon. Northwest Science 77:72-80.

Rosen, P.C. and C.R. Schwalbe. In press. Widespread effects of introduced species on aquatic reptiles and amphibians in the Sonoran Desert region. In B. Tellman and T.R. Van Devender (eds.). Invasive organisms in the Sonoran Desert. Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum and The University of Arizona Press, Tucson.

Silverstein, R. P., J. D. Chew, J. G. Jones, R. A. McFarlan, C. Stalling, J. Sullivan, D. R. Weise, J. W. van Wagtendonk, and D. Garwood. 2004. Modeling Fuel Treatments to Reduce Fire Risk in Southwestern USA Ecosystems with SIMPPLLE/MAGIS. Forest Ecology and Manage. (in press)

Simons, D., J. Stephenson, D. Stokes, K. Miner, P. Brown, and L. Underwood. (in press). Distribution and habitat associations of bat species in the mountains of Southern California. Journal of Southwestern Naturalist.

Smith, J.K., K. Zouhar, S. Sutherland, and M.L. Brooks. In press. Summary and Conclusions. In: J. Smith, K. Zouhar, M. Brooks, and S. Sutherland. Effects of Fire on Nonnative Invasive Plants. 6th volume in the General Technical Report series “Wildland Fire in Ecosystems” (“Rainbow” series). US Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station.

Takekawa, J. Y., and N. Warnock. In press. Long-billed Dowitcher, Limnodromous scolopaceus. In, A. Poole and F. Gill (eds.), Birds of North America. The Birds of North America, Inc., Philadelphia. PA.

Takekawa, J. Y., R. I. Leyva, and E. E. Klaas. In press. Comparing radio and satellite telemetry to assess movements and habitat use of Arctic nesting geese in northern Mexico. Proc. Of the 2nd International Congr. On Limnology and Aquatic Birds. Universidad Autonoma de Yucatan, Merida, Mexico.

Wood, D. A., J. M. Meik, A. T. Holycross, R. N. Fisher, and A. G. Vandergast. In Press. Molecular and phenotypic diversity in the Western Shovel-nosed snake, with emphasis on the status of the Tucson Shovel-nosed snake (Chionactis occipitalis klauberi). Conservation Genetics DOI: 10.1007/s10592-007-9482-0.

Ackerman, JT, and CA Eagles-Smith. 2009. Integrating toxicity risk in bird eggs and chicks: using chick down feathers to estimate mercury concentrations in eggs. Environmental Science and Technology, in press.

Ackerman, JT, CA Eagles-Smith, JY Takekawa, J Bluso-Demers, D Tsao, and D Le Fer. 2009. California gull movements in relation to nesting waterbirds and landfills: implications for the South Bay Salt Pond Restoration Project. Administrative Report, U. S. Geological Survey, Western Ecological Research Center, Davis, CA; 57 pp.

Ackerman, JT, J Kwolek, R Eddings, D Loughman, and J Messerli. 2009. Evaluating upland habitat management at the Grizzly Island Wildlife Area: effects on dabbling duck nest density and nest success, year 1 baseline report. Administrative Report, U. S. Geological Survey, Western Ecological Research Center, Davis, CA and California Waterfowl Association, Sacramento, CA; 26 pp.

Ackerman, JT, JD Bluso, and JY Takekawa. 2009. Postfledging Forster’s tern movements, habitat selection, and colony attendance in San Francisco Bay. Condor 111:100-110.

Eagles-Smith, CA, JT Ackerman, J Yee, and TL Adelsbach. 2009. Mercury demethylation in livers of four waterbird species: evidence for dose-response thresholds with liver total mercury. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 28:568-577.

Eagles-Smith, CA, JT Ackerman, JY Yee, TL Adelsbach. 2009. Mercury demethylation in waterbird livers: dose-response thresholds and differences among species. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. 28:568-577.

Iverson, SA, JY Takekawa, S Schwarzbach, CJ Cardona, N Warnock, MA Bishop, GA Schirato, S Paroulek, JT Ackerman, H Ip, and WM Boyce. 2009. Low prevalence of avian influenza virus in shorebirds on the Pacific Coast of North America. Waterbirds, in press.

Johnson, C.K., Tinker, M.T., Estes, J.A., Conrad, P.A., Staedler, M., Miller, M.A., Jessup, D.A. and Mazet, J.A.K. 2009. Prey choice and habitat use drive sea otter pathogen exposure in a resource-limited coastal system. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 106(Early Edition).

Keeley, J.E. 2009. Fire intensity, fire severity and burn severity: A brief review and suggested usage. International Journal of Wildland Fire 18:116-126.

Keeley, J.E. and P.H. Zedler. 2009. Large, high intensity fire events in southern California shrublands: debunking the fine-grained age-patch model. Ecological Applications 19:69-94.

Keeley, J.E. and P.H. Zedler. 2009. Large, high intensity fire events in southern California shrublands: debunking the fine-grained age-patch model. Ecological Applications 19:69-94. (APPENDICES)

Madej, M. A., D. G. Sutherland, T. E. Lisle, and B. Pryor. 2009. Channel resonses to varying sediment input: A flume experiment modeled after Redwood Creek, California. Geomorphology 103: 507-519. doi: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2008.07.017 (pdf available upon request)

Schwilk, D.W., J.E. Keeley, E.E. Knapp, J. McIver, J.D. Bailey, C.J. Fettig, C.E. Fiedler, R.J. Harrod, J.J. Moghaddas, K.W. Outcalt, C.N. Skinner, S.L. Stephens, T.A. Waldrop, D.A. Yassey, and A. Youngblood. 2009. The National Fire and Fire Surrogate Study: Effects of alternative fuel reduction methods on forest vegetation structure and fuels. Ecological Applications 19:285-304.

Shaw, J. C., W. J. Korzan, R. E. Carpenter, A. M. Kuris, K. D. Lafferty, C. H. Summers, and O. Overli. 2009. Parasite manipulation of brain monoamines in California killifish (Fundulus parvipinnis) by the trematode Euhaplorchis californiensis. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B-Biological Sciences 276:1137-1146.

Sonnenholzner, J. I., L. B. Ladah, and K. D. Lafferty. 2009. Cascading effects of fishing on Galapagos rocky reef communities: reanalysis using corrected data. Marine Ecology Progress Series 375:209-218.

Stebbins, KR, JD Klimstra, CA Eagles-Smith, JT Ackerman, and GH Heinz. 2009. A non-lethal micro-sampling technique to monitor the effects of mercury on wild bird eggs. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 28:465-470.

Stephens, S.L., J.J Moghaddas, C. Edminster, C.E. Fiedler, S. Hasse, M. Harrington, J.E. Keeley, E. Knapp, J.D. McIver, K. Metlen, C. Skinner, and A. Youngblood. 2009. Fire and fire surrogate treatment effects on vegetation structure, fuels, and potential fire behavior and severity from six western United States coniferous forests. Ecological Applications 19:305-320.

Suchanek, T.H., J. Cooke, K. Keller, S. Jorgensen, P.J. Richerson, C. A. Eagles-Smith, E.J. Harner and D.P. Adam. 2009. A mass balance mercury budget for a mine-dominated lake: Clear Lake, California. Water, Air and Soil Pollution 196:51-73

Suchanek, T.H., J. Cooke, K. Keller, S. Jorgensen, P.J. Richerson, C. A. Eagles-Smith, E.J. Harner and D.P. Adam. 2009. A mass balance mercury budget for a mine-dominated lake: Clear Lake, California. Water, Air and Soil Pollution 196:51-73

van Mantgem, P.J., N.L. Stephenson, J.C. Byrne, L.D. Daniels, J.F. Franklin, P.Z. Fulé, M.E. Harmon, A.J. Larson, J.M. Smith, A.H. Taylor, T.T. Veblen.

van Mantgem, P.J., N.L. Stephenson, J.C. Byrne, L.D. Daniels, J.F. Franklin, P.Z. Fulé, M.E. Harmon, A.J. Larson, J.M. Smith, A.H. Taylor, T.T. Veblen. Widespread increase of tree mortality rates in the western United States. 2009. Science 323: 521-524.

Ackerman, JT, and CA Eagles-Smith. 2008. A dual life-stage approach to monitoring the effects of mercury concentrations on the reproductive success of Forster’s Terns in San Francisco Bay. Administrative Report, U. S. Geological Survey, Western Ecological Research Center, Davis, CA 47 pp.

Ackerman, JT, CA Eagles-Smith, JY Takekawa, and SA Iverson. 2008. Survival of postfledging Forster’s terns in relation to mercury exposure in San Francisco Bay. Ecotoxicology 17:789-801.

Ackerman, JT, CA Eagles-Smith, JY Takekawa, JD Bluso, and TL Adelsbach. 2008. Mercury concentrations in blood and feathers of pre-breeding Forster’s terns in relation to space use of San Francisco Bay habitats. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 27:897-908.

Ackerman, JT, CA Eagles-Smith, JY Takekawa, SA Iverson. 2008. Survival of postfledging Forster’s terns in relation to mercury exposure in San Francisco Bay. Ecotoxicology. 17: 789-801.

Ackerman, JT, JY Takekawa, CA Eagles-Smith, and SA Iverson. 2008. Mercury contamination and effects on survival of American avocet and black-necked stilt chicks in San Francisco Bay. Ecotoxicology 17:103-116.

Ackerman, JT, JY Takekawa, JD Bluso, JL Yee, and CA Eagles-Smith. 2008. Gender identification of Caspian terns using external morphology and discriminant function analysis. Wilson Journal of Field Ornithology 120:378-383.

ADAMS, J. & TAKEKAWA, J.Y. 2008. At-sea distribution of radio-marked Ashy Storm-Petrels Oceanodroma homochroa captured on the California Channel Islands. Marine Ornithology 36: 9–17.

Adams, J. 2008. Cassin’s Auklet (Ptychoramphus aleuticus) in California Bird Species of Special Concern 2006: A ranked assessment of species, subspecies, and distinct populations of birds of immediate conservation concern in California (W. D. Shuford and T. Gardali, eds.). Studies of Western Birds 1:205–212.

Anderson, DW, TH Suchanek, CA Eagles-Smith, T Cahill. 2008. Mercury residues in ospreys and grebes in a mine-dominated ecosystem: Clear Lake, California. Ecological Applications 18(8) Supplement:A227-A238.

Athearn, N. D., J. Y. Takekawa, J. T. Ackerman, C. A. Eagles-Smith, A.K. Miles, and S. E. Schwarzbach. Monitoring regional-scale wetland restoration success in an area of legacy mercury contamination: restoring salt ponds in south San Francisco Bay. Abstract, SETAC, Tampa, FL, 16-20 November 2008.

Athearn, N. D., J. Y. Takekawa, and J. M. Shinn. Bird abundance and composition changes at breached salt ponds in the San Francisco Bay estuary. Abstract. California Bay-Delta Program (CALFED) Science Conference, Sacramento, CA, 22-24 October 2008.

Athearn, N. D., J. Y. Takekawa, and J. M. Shinn. In press. Avian response to early tidal salt marsh restoration at former commercial salt evaporation ponds in San Francisco Bay, California, USA. In Oren, A., Naftz, D.L., and Wurtsbaugh, W.A. (eds.). 2009. Saline lakes around the world: unique systems with unique values. The S.J. and Jessie E. Quinney Natural Resources Research Library, published in conjunction with the Utah State University College of Natural Resources.

Athearn, N. D., S. M. Moskal, J. M. Shinn, L. M. Smith, and J. Y. Takekawa. Long-term adaptive monitoring of bird habitats for salt pond restoration in San Francisco Bay, CA. Poster Presentation. 32nd Annual Meeting of the Waterbird Society, South Padre Island, Texas, 5-8 November 2008.

Athearn, N., J. Demers, J. Shinn, C. Robinson, S. Scott, J. Takekawa, and C. Strong. Bird distribution and abundance in the South Bay Salt Pond Restoration Project area. Poster Presentation. 2nd South Bay Science Symposium, San Jose, CA, September 25, 2008.

Athearn, N.D., J.Y. Takekawa, and J.M. Shinn. 2008. Avian response to early tidal salt marsh restoration at former commercial salt evaporation ponds in San Franscisco Bay, CA, USA. Abstract, International Society for Salt Lake Research, Salt Lake City, UT, May 2008.

Athearn, N.D., J.Y. Takekawa, B. Jaffe, B.J. Hattenbach, and A.C. Foxgrover. In press. Mapping elevations of tidal wetland restoration sites in San Francisco Bay: comparing accuracy of aerial LiDAR with a singlebeam echosounder. Journal of Coastal Research.

Baron, J. S., C. D. Allen, E. Fleishman, L. Gunderson, D. McKenzie, L. Meyerson, J. Oropeza, and N. Stephenson. 2008. National Parks. Pages 4-1 to 4-68 in Preliminary Review of Adaptation Options for Climate-Sensitive Ecosystems and Resources. A Report by the U.S. Climate Change Science Program and the Subcommittee on Global Change Research (S. H. Julius and J. M. West [editors]), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C.

Berry, K.H., K. Keith, and T. Bailey. 2008. Status of the desert tortoise in Red Rock Canyon State Park. California Fish and Game 94(2):98-118.

Biotic and Abiotic Controls of Argentine Ant Invasion Success at Local and Landscape Scales (January 2008)

Bluso-Demers, JD, MA Colwell, JY Takekawa, and JT Ackerman. 2008. Space use by Forster’s terns breeding in South San Francisco Bay. Waterbirds 31:357-364.

Brooks, M., Dudley, T., Drus, G., and Matchett, J., 2008, Reducing wildlfire risk by integration of prescribed burning and biocontrol of Invasive Tamarisk (Tamarix spp.): El Portal, California, Administrative Report, 40 p.

Brooks, M.L. 2008. Chapter 14: Effects of fire suppression and postfire management activites on plant invasions. Pages 269-279 in Zouhar, K., J.K. Smith, S. Sutherland, and M.L. Brooks (eds.), Wildland Fire in Ecosystems: Fire and Nonnative Invasive Plants, USDA Forest Service Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-42-vol. 6.

Brooks, M.L. 2008. Chapter 3: Plant invasions and fire regimes. Pages 33-45 in Zouhar, K., J.K. Smith, S. Sutherland, and M.L. Brooks (eds.), Wildland Fire in Ecosystems: Fire and Nonnative Invasive Plants, USDA Forest Service Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-42-vol. 6.

Casazza, M., C. Overton, M. Farinha, J. Takekawa, and T. Rohmer. 2008. California Clapper Rail and Multispecies Recovery Planning. US Fish and Wildlife Service Endangered Species Bulletin. 33(3):23-25.

Casazza, M.L., C.T. Overton, J.Y. Takekawa, T. Rohmer, and K. Navarre. 2008. Breeding behavior and dispersal of radio-marked California Clapper Rails. Western Birds. 39:101-106.

Chen, Hong-Chuan, Bo-Chi Lai, Gary M. Fellers, Wei-Lung Wang, and Yeong-Choy Kam. 2008. Diet and foraging behavior of Rana sauteri and Bufo bankorensis tadpoles in subtropical Taiwanese streams. Zoological Studies. 47(6): 685-696.

Cole, D. N., L. Yung, E. S. Zavaleta, G. H. Aplet, F. S. Chapin III, D. M. Graber, E. S. Higgs, R. J. Hobbs, P. B. Landres, C. I. Millar, D. J. Parsons, J. M. Randall, N. L. Stephenson, K. A. Tonnessen, P. S. White, and S. Woodley. 2008. Naturalness and beyond: protected area stewardship in an era of global environmental change. George Wright Forum 25(1):36-56.

Collins, B.M., J.D. Miller, A.E. Thode, M. Kelly, J.W. van Wagtendonk, S.L. Stephens. 2008. Interactions Among Wildland Fires in a Long-Established Sierra Nevada Natural Fire Area. Ecosystems 12:114-128.

Curtin,A.J., G.R.Zug, P.A.Medica, J.R.Spotila. 2008. Assessing age in the desert tortoise Gopherus agassizii: testing skeletochronology with individuals of known age. Endangered Species Research 5:21-27

Das, A., J. Battles, P. J. van Mantgem, and N. L. Stephenson. 2008. Spatial elements of mortality risk in old-growth forests. Ecology 89:1744-1756

DeFalco, L.A., and Esque, T.C., 2008, The fate of perennial seeds used in rehabilitating disturbed sites at Fort Irwin National Training Center, California: Final Administrative Report Prepared for Integrated Training Area Management U.S. Army National Training Center Fort Irwin, California.

Demers, SA, MA Colwell, JY Takekawa, and JT Ackerman. 2008. Breeding stage influences space use of female American avocets in San Francisco Bay, California. Waterbirds 31:365-371.

Doak, D.F., J.A. Estes, B.S. Halpern, U. Jacob, D.R. Lindberg, J.R. Lovvorn, D.H. Monson, M.T. Tinker, et al. 2008. Understanding and predicting ecological dynamics: are major surprises inevitable? Ecology 89:952-961.

Dobson, A. P., K. D. Lafferty, A. M. Kuris, R. F. Hechinger, and W. Jetz. 2008. Homage to Linnaeus: How many parasites? How many hosts? Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 105:11482-11489.

Eagles-Smith, CA, and JT Ackerman. 2008. Mercury bioaccumulation and effects on birds in San Francisco Bay. Pages 56-64, In: San Francisco Estuary Institute. 2008. The Pulse of the Estuary: Monitoring and Managing Water Quality in the San Francisco Estuary. SFEI Contribution 559. San Francisco Estuary Institute, Oakland, CA.

Eagles-Smith, CA, and JT Ackerman. 2008. Mercury bioaccumulation in San Francisco Bay waterbirds. NorCal SETAC News (Newsletter of the Northern California Regional Chapter of the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry) Spring 2007:10.

Eagles-Smith, CA, JT Ackerman, TL Adelsbach, JY Takekawa, AK Miles, RA Keister. 2008. Mercury correlations among six tissues for four waterbird species breeding in San Francisco Bay, California, USA. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 27:2136-2153.

Eagles-Smith, CA, TH Suchanek, AE Colwell, NL Anderson, PB Moyle. 2008. Changes in Fish Diets and Food Web Mercury Bioaccumulation Induced by an Invasive Planktivorous Fish. Ecological Applications 18(8) Supplement:A213-A226.

Eagles-Smith, CA, TH Suchanek, AE Colwell, NL Anderson. 2008. Mercury trophic transfer in a eutrophic lake: the importance of habitat-specific foraging. Ecological Applications 18(8) Supplement:A196-A212.

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Engles, D.L., J.O. Sickman, C.M. Moore, A.M. Esperanza, J.M. Melack, and J.E. Keeley. 2008. Biogeochemical legacy of prescribed fire in a giant sequoia-mixed conifer forest: A 16-year record of watershed balances. Journal of Geophysical Research – Biogeosciences 113: G01014

Fellers, Gary M. 2008. Amphibian Chytrid Disinfection Protocol. 2 p.

Fellers, Gary M., David F. Bradford, David Pratt, and Leslie Long Wood. 2008. Experimental Repatriation of Mountain Yellow-legged Frogs (Rana muscosa) in the Sierra Nevada of California: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2008–1144, 58 p.

Fellers, Gary M., Karen L. Pope, Jonathan E. Stead, Michelle S. Koo, and Hartwell H. Welsh, Jr. 2008. Turning Population Trend Monitoring into Active Conservation: Can we save the Cascades Frog in the Lassen region of California?. Herpetological Conservation and Biology. 3(1):28-39.

Hall, S. R., K. D. Lafferty, J. M. Brown, C. E. Caceres, J. M. Chase, A. P. Dobson, R. D. Holt, C. G. Jones, S. E. Randolph, and P. Rohani. 2008. Is infectious disease just another type of consumer-resource interaction? Pages 223-241 in R. Ostfeld, F. Keesing, and V. Eviner, editors. Infectious Disease Ecology: Effects of Disease on Ecosystems and of Ecosystems on Disease. Institute for Ecosystem Studies, Millbrook, New York.

Heaton, J. S., K. E. Nussear, T. C. Esque, R. D. Inman, F. M. Davenport, T. E. Leuteritz, P. A. Medica, N. W. Strout, P. A. Burgess and L. Benvenuti. 2008. Spatially explicit decision support for selecting translocation areas for desert tortoises. Biodiversity and Conservation.; doi: 10.1007/s10531-007-9282-3

Hechinger, R. F., K. D. Lafferty, and A. M. Kuris. 2008. Trematodes indicate animals biodiversity in the Chilean intertidal and Lake Tanganyika. Journal of Parasitology 94:966-968.

Hechinger, R. F., Lafferty, K. D. & Kuris, A. M. (2008). Diversity increases biomass production for trematode parasites in snails. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B-Biological Sciences 275, 2707-2714.

Hothem, R.L. 2008. Mercury contamination in Foothill Yellow-legged Frogs (Rana boylii) and Invertebrates from Harley Gulch, California, 2007. Administrative Report prepared by the U.S. Geological Survey for the Bureau of Land Management, 24pp.

Hothem, R.L., B.S. Trejo, M.L. Bauer, and J.J. Crayon. 2008. Cliff swallows Petrochelidon pyrrhonata as bioindicators of environmental mercury, Cache Creek Watershed, California. Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 55:111-121.

Hothem, R.L., D.R. Bergen, and C. Hellwig. 2008. Reproductive Success of Black-crowned Night-Herons and Snowy Egrets at Alcatraz Island, San Francisco Bay, California: 2007. Administrative Report prepared for Golden Gate National Recreation Area, National Park Service, 39 pp.

Keane, R.E., J.K. Agee, P. Fule, J.E. Keeley, C. Key, S.G. Kitchen, R. Miller, and L.A. Schulte. 2008. Ecological effects of large fires on US landscapes: benefit or catastrophe? International Journal of Wildland Fire 17:696-712.

Keeley, J.E. 2008. Relative impact of weather vs. fuels on fire regimes of coastal California, pp. 263-269. Fire Conference 2002: Managing Fire and Fuels in the Remaining Wildlands and Open Spaces of the Southwestern United States. USDA Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station, General Technical Report PSW-GTR-189.

Keeley, J.E. and P.J. van Mantgem. 2008. Community ecology of seedlings, pp. 253- 270. In M.A. Leak, V.T. Parker, and R.L. Simpson, editors. Seedling ecology and evolution. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, U.K.

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Keith, K., K.H. Berry, and J.F. Weigand. 2008. When desert tortoises are rare: Testing a new protocol for assessing status. California Fish and Game 94(2):75-97.

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Unraveling the Morphological and Genetic Diversity in the Western Shovel-nosed Snake (August 2008), Dustin Wood

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Wildland Fire in Ecosystems: Fire and Nonnative Invasive Plants (August 2008), Matt Brooks

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Wylie, G.D., and M. Amarello. 2008. Results of 2006 Monitoring for Giant Gartersnakes (Thamnophis gigas) For the bank protection project on the left bank of the Colusa Basin Drainage Canal in Reclamation District 108, Sacramento River Bank Protection Project, Phase II. USGS, BRD, WERC, Dixon Field Station. 20 pp.

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Berry, K. H., Abundance and Distribution of Selected Elements from Tortoise Habitats in the Mojave and Colorado Deserts (January 2007)

Berry, K. H., Population Attributes of Desert Tortoises at the National Training Center, Fort Irwin, California (January 2007)

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Brooks, M. L., Dominance and Environmental Correlates of Alien Annual Plants in the Mojave Desert (January 2007)

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Brooks, M.L. 2007. Effects of land management practices on plant invasions in wildland areas. Pages 147-162 in: W. Nentwig (ed.) Biological Invasions. Ecological Studies, Vol. 193, Springer, Heidelberg, Germany.

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Eagles-Smith, CA, and JT Ackerman. 2007. Mercury may pose substantial risks to breeding birds in San Francisco Bay. pp 37, In: San Francisco Estuary Institute. 2007. The Pulse of the Estuary: Monitoring and Managing Water Quality in the San Francisco Estuary. SFEI Contribution 532. San Francisco Estuary Institute, Oakland, CA.

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Eschenbach, E. A., R. Teasley, C. Diaz, and M. A. Madej. 2007. Decision support for road decommissioning and restoration by using genetic algorithms and dynamic programming. Proceedings of the Redwood Region Forest Science Symposium: What Does the Future Hold? USDA Forest Service General Technical Report PSW-GTR-194. pp. 359-369.

Fellers, G. M., Diurnal Versus Nocturnal Surveys for California Red-Legged Frogs (February 2007)

Fellers, Gary M. and Michael Osbourn. 2007. Distribution and Abundance of Fallow Deer Leks at Point Reyes National Seashore. California Fish and Game. 93 (3): 149-160.

Fellers, Gary M. and Patrick M. Kleeman. 2007. California red-legged frog (Rana draytonii) movement and habitat use: implications for conservation. Journal of Herpetology 41:276-286.

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Fellers, Gary M., David Bradford, David Pratt, and Leslie Long Wood. 2007. Demise of translocated populations of mountain yellow-legged frogs (Rana muscosa) in the Sierra Nevada Mountains of California. Herpetological Conservation and Biology. 2(1): 5-21.

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Fleskes, J.P., D. M. Mauser, and G. S. Yarris. 2007. Survival of female mallards molting on Klamath Basin National Wildlife Refuges: Project Update 2007. 2007 Adminstrative Report. U. S. Geological Survey, Western Ecological Research Center, Sacramento, California.

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Gary Fellers, California Red-Legged Frog Movement and Habitat Use (July 2007)

Gary Fellers, Comparative Toxicity of Chlorpyrifos, Diazinon, Malathion and Their Oxons to Amphibians (May 2007)

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Jan van Wagtendonk, Spatial Patterns of Large Natural Fires in Sierra Nevada Wilderness Areas (April 2007)

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Keegan, T. and I. Woo. 2007. Wildlife response to habitat restoration at Tolay Creek. Oral Presentation. American Fisheries Society. Sept. 2007. San Francisco, CA

Keeley, J. E., A Critical Assessment of the Burning Index Used in Fighting Wildland Fires (August 2007)

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Kuris, A. M., J. H. R. Goddard, M. E. Torchin, N. Murphy, R. Gurney, and K. D. Lafferty. 2007. An experimental evaluation of host specificity: The role of encounter and compatibility filters for a rhizocephalan parasite of crabs. International Journal for Parasitology 37:539.

Lesley DeFalco, Competitive Interactions Between a Non-native Annual Grass and Mojave Desert Perennials (May 2007)

Lisle, T. E., Cummins, K. and Madej, M. A. 2007. An Examination of References for Ecosystems in a Watershed Context: Results of a Scientific Pulse in Redwood National and State Parks, California. pp. 118-129 in Advancing the fundamental sciences: proceedings of the Forest Service National Earth Sciences Conference. San Diego, CA. Furniss, M.; Clifton, C.; Ronnenberg, K. eds. Gen. Tech. Rep. PNW-GTR-689. 577 p

Madej, M. A. 2007. A strategy to reduce fine sediment from tributaries in the Trinity River basin. A report in fulfillment of the Trinity River Restoration Project Agreement # 04AA202062. USGS Arcata, Ca. 111 p. plus appendices.

Mason, JW, GJ McChesney, WR McIver, HR Carter, JY Takekawa, RT Golightly, JT Ackerman, DL Orthmeyer, WM Perry, JL Yee, MO Pierson, and MD McCrary. 2007. At-sea distribution and abundance of seabirds off southern California: a 20-year comparison. Studies in Avian Biology 33: 1-101.

Medica, P.A. and S.E. Eckert. 2007. GOPHERUS AGASSIZII (Desert Tortoise). FOOD/MECHANICAL INJURY. Naturaly History Notes. Herpetological Review 38(4):446-448.

Mendelsohn, M.B., Boarman, W.I., Fisher, R.N. & S.A. Hathaway. 2007. Diversity of terrestrial avifauna in response to distance from the shoreline of the Salton Sea. Journal of Arid Environments 68:574–587

Menke, S. B., R. N. Fisher, W. Jetz, and D. A. Holway. 2007. Biotic and abiotic controls of Argentine ant invasion success at local and landscape scales. Ecology 88:3164–3173.

Mercury in American Avocets and Black-necked Stilts Breeding in San Francisco Bay (September 2007)

Merriam, K.E., J.E. Keeley, and J.L. Beyers. 2007. The role of fuel breaks in the invasion of nonnative plants. USGS Scientific Investigations Report 2006-5185, 69 p.

Millar, C. I., N. L. Stephenson, and S. L. Stephens. 2007. Climate change and forests of the future: managing in the face of uncertainty. Ecological Applications 17:2145-2151.

Moore, P.E., A.E.L. Colwell, and D. Grossenbacher. 2007. Rare plant surveys in unusual habitats of Yosemite National Park, California. Unpublished report to the National Park Service and The Yosemite Fund. 65 p.

Murphy, R.W., K.H. Berry, T. Edwards, and A.M. McLuckie. 2007. A genetic assessment of the recovery units for the Mojave population of the desert tortoise, Gopherus agassizii. Chelonian Conservation and Biology 6(2):229-251.

Myers, M.D., M.A. Ayers, J.S. Baron, P.R. Beauchemin, K.T. Gallagher, M.B. Goldhaber, D.R. Hutchinson, J.W. LaBaugh, R.G. Sayre, S.E. Schwarzbach, E.S. Schweig, J. Thormodsgard, C van Riper III and W. Wilde. 2007. Facing Tomorrow's Challenges - U.S. Geological Survey Science in the Decade 2007-2017. U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1309, x + 70 p.

Myers, M.D., M.A. Ayers, J.S. Baron, P.R. Beauchemin, K.T. Gallagher, M.B. Goldhaber, D.R. Hutchinson, J.W. LaBaugh, R.G. Sayre, S.E. Schwarzbach, E.S. Schweig, J. Thormodsgard, C van Riper III and W. Wilde. 2007. USGS Goals for the Coming Decade. Science 318:200-201.

Nussear, K. E. and C. R. Tracy. 2007. Can modeling improve estimation of desert tortoise population densities? Ecological Applications 17:579–586.

Nussear, K. E., R. D. Inman, T. C. Esque, P. A. Medica and M. A Walden. 2008. Sloan Canyon: Reptiles on the Urban Edge: 2007 Final Report to BLM.

Nussear, K. E., T. C. Esque, D. F. Haines and C. R. Tracy. 2007. Desert Tortoise Hibernation: Temperatures, Timing, and Environment. Copeia 2007(2):378–386

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Ridenour, Donovan P. 2007. Intranet Web Site, Western Ecological Research Center.

Ridenour, Donovan P. 2007. Intranet Web Site. Western Ecological Research Center.

Rourke, J. W. and B. E. Kus. 2007. Distribution, abundance and breeding activities of the Least Bell's Vireo at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California. 2006 Annual Data Summary. Prepared for Assistant Chief of Staff, Environmental Security, Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton.

Sappington, J. M., Longshore, K. M. and D. B. Thompson. 2007. Quantifying landscape ruggedness for animal habitat analysis: a case study using desert bighorn sheep in the Mojave Desert. Journal of Wildlife Management 71(5):1419-1426.

Schoenberg, F.P., C.-H. Chang, J.E. Keeley, J. Pompa, J. Woods, and H. Xu. 2007. A critical assessment of the burning index in Los Angeles County, California. International Journal of Wildland Fire 16:473-483.

Sonnenholzner, J. I., L. B. Ladah, and K. D. Lafferty. 2007. Cascading effects of fishing on Galapagos rocky reef communities. Marine Ecology Progress Series 343:77-85.

Sparling, Donald W. and Gary M. Fellers. 2007. Comparative toxicity of chlorpyrifos, diazinon, malathion and their oxon derivatives to Rana boylii. Environmental Pollution. 147(2007): 535-539.

Syphard, A.D., J. Yang, J. Franklin, H.S. He, and J.E. Keeley. 2007. Calibrating a forest landscape model to simulate frequent fire in Mediterranean-type shrublands. Environmental Modelling & Software 22:1641-1653.

Syphard, A.D., V.C. Radeloff, J.E. Keeley, T.J. Hawbaker, M.K. Clayton, S.I. Stewart, and R.B. Hammer. 2007. Human influence on California fire regimes. Ecological Applications 17:1388-1402.

Szykman M., Van Horn, R. C., Engh, A. L., Boydston, E. E., & Holekamp, K. E. 2007. Courtship and mating in free-living spotted hyenas. Behaviour 144: 815-846.

Thompson, D., K. Longshore and C. Lowrey. 2007. The impact of human disturbance on desert bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis nelsoni) in the Wonderland of Rocks/Queen Mountain region of Joshua Tree National Park, California. Unpublished Final Report Submitted to Joshua Tree National Park. 43 pp.

Tinker, M.T., D.P. Costa, J.A. Estes and N. Wieringa. 2007. Individual dietary specialization and dive behaviour in the California sea otter: using archival time-depth data to detect alternative foraging strategies. Deep Sea Research II 54:330-342.

van Mantgem, P. J., and N. L. Stephenson. 2007. Apparent climatically-induced increase of tree mortality rates in a temperate forest. Ecology Letters 10:909-916.

van Wagtendonk, J. L., and J. A. Lutz. 2007. Fire regime attributes of wildland fires in Yosemite National Park. Fire Ecology 3(2): 34-52.

van Wagtendonk, J. W. 2007. The history and evolution of wildland fire use. Fire Ecology 3(2): 3-17.

van Wagtendonk, J. W.; Keeley, J. E.; Brooks, M. L.; Klinger, R. C., Fire in California’s Ecosystems (February 2007)

Vandergast, A. G., D. Weissman, A. J. Bohonak and R. N. Fisher 2007. Phylogeography and landscape genetics of a southern California endemic Jerusalem cricket (Orthoptera: Stenopelmatidae: Stenopelmatus). Invited Talk. Pacific Branch Meeting of the Entomological Society of America. Portland, OR.

Vandergast, A. G., J. Bohonak Andrew, D. B. Weissman, and R. N. Fisher. 2007. Understanding the genetic effects of recent habitat fragmentation in the context of evolutionary history: phylogeography and landscape genetics of a southern California endemic Jerusalem cricket (Orthoptera: Stenopelmatidae: Stenopelmatus). Molecular Ecology 16:997-992.

Vandergast, A.G. 2007. Landscape characteristics shape population genetic structure in Jerusalem crickets (Orthoptera: Stenopelmatidae: Stenopelmatus sp.) Invited Talk. Annual Meeting of the Entomological Society of America. San Diego, CA.

Vandergast, A.G., Genetic Effects of Recent Habitat Fragmentation on the Mahogany Jerusalem Cricket (March 2007)

Welsh, Hartwell H., Jr, Gary M. Fellers, and Amy J. Lind. 2007. Amphibian Populations in the Terrestrial Environment: Is There Evidence of Declines of Terrestrial Forest Amphibians in Northwestern California? Journal of Herpetology. 49(3): 469-482.

Whitney, K. L., R. F. Hechinger, A. M. Kuris, and K. D. Lafferty. 2007. Endangered light-footed clapper rail affects parasite community structure in coastal wetlands. Ecological Applications 17:1694-1702.

Woo, I., J. Y. Takekawa, A. Rowan, R. Gardiner, O. Bernstein, and G. T. Block. 2007. The Tubbs Setback Restoration Project: Final Report. U. S. Geological Survey, Unpubl. Progress Rep. Vallejo, CA

Woo, I., J. Y. Takekawa, A. Rowan, R. Gardiner, R. Melcer, and L. Parsons. 2007. Baseline avian surveys at the Giacomini Restoration Project and local reference marshes in the Golden Gate National Recreation Area. Prepared for Point Reyes National Seashore, National Park Service. 66pp.

Woo, I., J. Y. Takekawa, A. Rowan, R. Gardiner, R. Melcer, and L. Parsons. 2007. Baseline avian surveys at the Giacomini Restoration Project and local reference marshes in the Golden Gate National Recreation Area. Data Summary Report. U. S. Geological Survey, Western Ecological Research Center, San Francisco Bay Estuary Field Station, Vallejo, CA. 66pp

Woo, I., J. Y. Takekawa, and A. Rowan. 2007. Pickleweed (Sarcocornia pacifica, formerly Salicornia virginica) recovery after all-terrain vehicle impact. Poster presentation. Society of Wetland Scientists Conference. June 2007. Sacramento, CA

Woo, I., J. Y. Takekawa, and D. Tsao-Melcer. 2007. Assessing methylmercury concentrations in the California Black Rail food web. Poster presentation. Calfed Conference, April 2007. Sacramento, CA

Woo, I., J. Y. Takekawa, and D. Tsao-Melcer. 2007. Methylmercury concentrations of invertebrates in tidal marshes and food web relations to the California Black Rail. Oral presentation. Society of Wetland Scientists, June 2007. Sacramento, CA

Woo, I., J. Y. Takekawa, R. Gardiner, G. T. Block, and M. A. Bias. 2007. Assessing restoration outcomes: 8 years of progress at Tolay Creek. Oral Presentation. The Wildlife Society. February 2007. Monterey, CA

Wood, D. A. 2007. Genetic and morphological diversity in the Western Shovel-nosed snake, with special emphasis on the conservation status of the Tucson Shovel-nosed snake. Oral Presentation. The Wildlife Society Meetings. Tucson, AZ.

Ackerman J., J.Y. Takekawa, C. Eagles-Smith, C. Marn, and T. Adelsbach. 2006. Survival of American avocet and black-necked stilt chicks in relation to mercury contamination in San Francisco Bay. Eighth International Conference on Mercury as a Global Pollutant, Madison, Wisconsin, August 6-11.

Ackerman, J. T., Central Valley Habitat Changes Affect Space Use by White-fronted Geese (September 2006)

Ackerman, J. T., Hunting Vulnerability of Dabbling Ducks to Spinning-wing Decoys Varies among Species and Locations (July 2006)

Ackerman, J. T., J. Y. Takekawa, C. Strong, N. Athearn, and A. Rex. 2006. California Gull distribution, abundance, and predation on waterbird eggs and chicks in South San Francisco Bay. Final Report, U. S. Geological Survey, Western Ecological Research Center, Davis and Vallejo, CA 61 pp.

Ackerman, J. T., Life History Predicts Risk-taking Behavior of Ducks (August 2006)

Ackerman, J., J. Y. Takekawa, D. L. Orthmeyer, J. P. Fleskes, J. L Yee, and K. L. Kruse. 2006. Spatial use by wintering greater white-fronted geese relative to a decade of habitat change in California's Central Valley. Journal of Wildlife Management 70(4):965-976.

Ackerman, JT, and CA Eagles-Smith. 2006. A collaborative project to study mercury levels in San Francisco Bay Waterbirds. Bay Bird Review, Winter: 4-5.

Ackerman, JT, CA Eagles-Smith, and TL Adelsbach. 2006. Mercury accumulation in Black-necked Stilt chicks in San Francisco Bay. Fish and Wildlife Service Environmental Contaminants Program National Meeting, Colorado Springs, Colorado, July 31-August 4.

Ackerman, JT, CA Eagles-Smith, and TL Adelsbach. 2006. Mercury accumulation in Black-necked Stilt chicks in San Francisco Bay. South Bay Science Symposium, San Jose State University, California, June 6.

Ackerman, JT, CA Eagles-Smith, and TL Adelsbach. 2006. Rapid accumulation of mercury in black-necked stilt chicks growing in San Francisco Bay. Eighth International Conference on Mercury as a Global Pollutant, Madison, Wisconsin, August 6-11.

Ackerman, JT, CA Eagles-Smith, JY Takekawa, and AK Miles. 2006. Mercury in birds of the San Francisco Bay-Delta: trophic pathways, bioaccumulation and ecotoxicological risk to avian reproduction. Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge, Newark, California, January 23. (talk)

Ackerman, JT, CA Eagles-Smith, TL Adelsbach, and JL Yee. 2006. Are growth rates of Forster's Tern chicks influenced by mercury in San Francisco Bay? Eighth International Conference on Mercury as a Global Pollutant, Madison, Wisconsin, August 6-11.

Ackerman, JT, CA Eagles-Smith, TL Adelsbach, and JL Yee. 2006. Mercury levels and growth rates of Forster's Tern chicks in San Francisco Bay. Fish and Wildlife Service Environmental Contaminants Program National Meeting, Colorado Springs, Colorado, July 31-August 4.

Ackerman, JT, CA Eagles-Smith, TL Adelsbach, and JL Yee. 2006. Mercury levels and growth rates of Forster's Tern chicks in San Francisco Bay. South Bay Science Symposium, San Jose State University, California, June 6.

Ackerman, JT, JM Eadie, and TG Moore. 2006. Does life history predict risk-taking behavior of wintering dabbling ducks? Condor 108: 530-546.

Ackerman, JT, JM Eadie, ML Szymanski, JH Caswell, MP Vrtiska, AH Raedeke, JM Checkett, AD Afton, TG Moore, FD Caswell, RA Walters, DD Humburg, and JL Yee. 2006. Effectiveness of spinning-wing decoys varies among dabbling duck species and locations. Fourth North American Dusk Symposium, Bismarck, North Dakota, August 23-26.

Ackerman, JT, JM Eadie, ML Szymanski, JH Caswell, MP Vrtiska, AH Raedeke, JM Checkett, AD Afton, TG Moore, FD Caswell, RA Walters, DD Humburg, and JL Yee. 2006. Effectiveness of spinning-wing decoys varies among dabbling duck species and locations. Journal of Wildlife Management 70(3):799-804.

Ackerman, JT, JM Eadie, SL Oldenburger, GS Yarris, DL Loughman, and MR McLandress. 2006. Age related reproductive success of mallards in California. Fourth North American Dusk Symposium, Bismarck, North Dakota, August 23-26.

Ackerman, JT, JY Takekawa, S Wainwright-De La Cruz, AK Miles, JR Lovvorn, JL Yee, and D Tsao-Melcer. 2006. Diet of San Francisco Bay diving ducks after invasion by the Asian clam. Fourth North American Dusk Symposium, Bismarck, North Dakota, August 23-26.

Ackerman, JT. 2006. Gull Predation on Shorebird and Tern Nests and Chicks in the South San Francisco Bay Salt Ponds. South Bay Science Symposium, San Jose State University, California, June 6.

Ackerman, JT. 2006. Hunting vulnerability of dabbling ducks to spinning-wing decoys varies among species and locations. July 2006. USGS Publication Brief for Resource Managers.

Adelsbach, TL, CA Eagles-Smith, JT Ackerman, and SE Schwarzbach. 2006. Terns as indicators of mercury and other priority pollutant exposure in San Francisco Bay. Eighth International Conference on Mercury as a Global Pollutant, Madison, Wisconsin, August 6-11.

Benjamin A. Waitman, Trent M. Draper, Todd C. Esque. 2006. The effects of sterile wheat (Triticale) seeding on a native plant community after wildfire in a pinyon pine-mountain mahogany woodland. 2005 annual report to the US Fish and Wildlife Service. 33pp.

Berry, K.H. 2006. The biology and conservation of threatened desert tortoises--what you need to know for recovery efforts. National Wildlife Rehabilitators Association Symposium. March 10, 2006. Costa Mesa, CA.

Berry, K.H. 2006. The desert tortoise: Food preferences and availability in planning for recovery. California Native Plant Society, Palm Springs, CA.

Berry, K.H. 2006. Protocols for evaluating desert tortoises for rehabilitation: A Model for other chelonians. California Council for Wildlife Rehabilitators. Aug. 26, 2006. The Living Desert Zoo and Gardens, Palm Desert, CA.

Berry, K.H., A.S. Demmon, R. Woodard, and R.M. Evans. 2006. Urban effects on adjacent populations of wild desert tortoises: dogs and disease. Paper and abstract presented at the 2006 Annual Conference of the Western Section of The Wildlife Society. Feb. 8-10, Sacramento, CA.

Berry, K.H., J. Mack, R.W. Murphy, and W. Quillman. 2006. Preface. Introduction to the special issue on the changing Mojave Desert. Journal of Arid Environments 67:5-10 (Special Supplement).

Berry, K.H., M.B. Brown, R. Woodard, and L. Wendland. 2006. The health status of resident desert tortoises (Gopherus agassizii) in the Fort Irwin Translocation Project Area, San Bernardino County, California. 31rst Annual Meeting and Symposium of the Desert Tortoise Council. Feb. 17-20, 2006. Tucson, AZ.

Berry, K.H., T.Y. Bailey, and K.M. Anderson. 2006. Attributes of desert tortoise populations at the National Training Center, Central Mojave Desert, California, USA. Journal of Arid Environments 67:165-191 (Special Supplement).

Bluso, JB, M Colwell, JY Takekawa, and JT Ackerman. 2006. Space Use of Foraging Forster's terns (Sterna forsteri) in South San Francisco Bay, California. The Wildlife Society, Western Section, Sacramento, California, February 8-10. (talk)

Bluso, JD, JT Ackerman, JY Takekawa, and JL Yee. 2006. Using morphological measurements to sex Forster’s terns. Waterbirds, 29(4): 511-516.

Bluso, JD, MA Colwell, JY Takekawa, and JT Ackerman. 2006. Space use of foraging Forster's terns in South San Francisco Bay, California. South Bay Science Symposium, San Jose State University, California, June 6.

Boydston, E. E., Kapheim, K. M. & Holekamp, K. E. 2006. Patterns of den occupation by the spotted hyaena (Crocuta crocuta). African Journal of Ecology 44: 77-86.

Boydston, E. E., Lyren, L. M., Fisher, R. N., Turschak, G., Tracey, J., Smith, T. V., & Crooks, K. R. 2006. Space utilization patterns of bobcats (Lynx rufus) in the Santa Ana Mountains in southern California. Society for Conservation Biology 20th Annual Meeting. San Jose, California.

Brehme, C.S., S.L. Schuster, C.J. Rochester, S.A. Hathaway and R.N. Fisher, 2006. MCBCP Arroyo Toad Monitoring Program: 3-Year Trend Analyses for 2003-2005. U.S. Geological Survey Data Summary prepared for Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton. 102pp.

Brooks, M. L., Using Fire for Invasive Plant Control in Wildlands (August 2006)

Brooks, M.L. 2006. Effects of fire on plant communities. P.p. 29-32 In: J.M. DiTomaso and D.W. Johnson (eds.). The Use of Fire as a Tool for Controlling Invasive Plants. California Invasive Plant Council, Cal-IPC Publication 2006-01. Berkeley, CA. 56 pp.

Brooks, M.L. 2006. Introduction. P.p. 1 In: J.M. DiTomaso and D.W. Johnson (eds.). The Use of Fire as a Tool for Controlling Invasive Plants. California Invasive Plant Council, Cal-IPC Publication 2006-01. Berkeley, CA.

Brooks, M.L., and K.H. Berry. 2006. Dominance and environmental correlates of alien annual plants in the Mojave Desert, USA. Journal of Arid Environments 67:100-124 (Special Supplement).

Brooks, M.L., J.R. Matchett, and K.H. Berry. 2006. Effects of livestock watering sites on alien and native plants in the Mojave Desert, USA. Journal of Arid Environments 67:125-147. (Special Supplement)

Brooks, M.L., JR. Matchett, and C. Deuser. 2006. Technical support for Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge BAER activities on the Longstreet Fire of 2004. Technical report prepared for the US Fish and Wildlife Service, Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge, 10 pp.

Brown, M.B., K.H. Berry, C. Melendez Torres, M.A. Hasskamp, L. Wendland, D. Demcovitz, M. Francisco Villa Andrade, C. Schwalbe, and F.R. Mendez de la Cruz. 2006. Health status of wild and captive desert tortoises from the Hermosillo and Alamos areas of Mexico. 31rst Annual Meeting and Symposium of the Desert Tortoise Council. Feb. 17-20, 2006. Tucson, AZ.

C .Richard Tracy, K.E. Nussear, T.C. Esque, K. Dean-Bradley, C.R. Tracy, L.A. DeFalco, K.T. Castle, L.C. Zimmerman, R.E. Espinoza, A.M. Barber. 2006. The Importance of Physiological Ecology in Conservation Biology. Integrative and Comparative Biology 2006;doi : 10. 1093/icb/icl054.

Casazza, M. L., Band-tailed Pigeon Population Indices and Mineral Site Use (June 2006)

Chaffee, M.A., and K.H. Berry. 2006. Abundance and distribution of selected elements in soils, stream sediments, and selected forage plants from desert tortoise habitats in the Mojave and Colorado deserts, USA. Journal of Arid Environments 67 (Special Supplement):35-87.

Currens, C. R., M. A. Madej and H. Ambrose. 2006. Level 1 Baseline Water Quality Report for the Klamath Network: Lava Beds National Monument, Lassen Volcanic National Park and Oregon Caves National Monument - 2005. U.S. Geological Survey, Western Ecological Research Center, Arcata, CA 95521. 26 pp plus appendices.

DeFalco, L. A. 2006. Revegetation of Desert Tortoise Habitat: Creosotebush Shrublands. Paper presented at the 31st Annual Desert Tortoise Council Symposium. February 17-20, Tucson, Arizona

Demers, SA, M Colwell, JY Takekawa, and JT Ackerman. 2006. Space use and habitat selection of American avocets (Recurvirostra americana) in the South San Francisco Bay, California. Shorebird Science in the Western Hemisphere, Boulder, Colorado, February 22-March 2. (poster)

Demers, SA, M Colwell, JY Takekawa, and JT Ackerman. 2006. Space use and habitat selection of American avocets (Recurvirostra americana) in the South San Francisco Bay, California. South Bay Science Symposium, San Jose State University, California, June 6.

Demers, SA, M Colwell, JY Takekawa, and JT Ackerman. 2006. Space use and habitat selection of American avocets (Recurvirostra americana) in the South San Francisco Bay, California. The Wildlife Society, Western Section, Sacramento, California, February 8-10. (poster)

DiTomaso, J.M., ML Brooks, EB Allen, R Minnich, PM Rice, and GB. Kyser. 2006. Control of invasive weeds with prescribed burning. Weed Technology 20:535-548.

Eagles-Smith, C., J. Ackerman, S. Wainwright-De La Cruz, T. Adelsbach, J.Y. Takekawa, and A.K. Miles. 2006. Mercury concentrations vary among waterbird foraging guilds and locations in San Francisco Bay. Eighth International Conference on Mercury as a Global Pollutant, Madison, Wisconsin, August 6-11.

Eagles-Smith, CA, JT Ackerman, and TL Adelsbach. 2006. Mercury concentrations in prebreeding and breeding Forster's Terns. Fish and Wildlife Service Environmental Contaminants Program National Meeting, Colorado Springs, Colorado, July 31-August 4.

Eagles-Smith, CA, JT Ackerman, and TL Adelsbach. 2006. Mercury concentrations in prebreeding and breeding Forster's Terns. South Bay Science Symposium, San Jose State University, California, June 6. (poster)

Eagles-Smith, CA, JT Ackerman, and TL Adelsbach. 2006. Mercury correlations among 6 tissues in 4 species of waterbirds vary by season and taxa. Eighth International Conference on Mercury as a Global Pollutant, Madison, Wisconsin, August 6-11.

Eagles-Smith, CA, JT Ackerman, and TL Adelsbach. 2006. Mercury dynamics in waterbirds: influence of reproductive status and sex. Eighth International Conference on Mercury as a Global Pollutant, Madison, Wisconsin, August 6-11.

Eagles-Smith, CA, JT Ackerman, S Wainwright-De La Cruz, TL Adelsbach, JY Takekawa, and AK Miles. 2006. Mercury concentrations differ among five species of waterbirds in San Francisco Bay. Fish and Wildlife Service Environmental Contaminants Program National Meeting, Colorado Springs, Colorado, July 31-August 4.

Eagles-Smith, CA, JT Ackerman, S Wainwright-De La Cruz, TL Adelsbach, JY Takekawa, and AK Miles. 2006. Mercury concentrations differ among five species of waterbirds in San Francisco Bay. South Bay Science Symposium, San Jose State University, California, June 6.

Eagles-Smith, CA, JT Ackerman, TL Adelsbach, JY Takekawa, and CM Marn. 2006. Mercury concentrations in chicks versus adult avocet and stilts: spatially explicit bioaccumulation inferred via radio telemetry. Eighth International Conference on Mercury as a Global Pollutant, Madison, Wisconsin, August 6-11.

Edwards, M.S. and J.A. Estes. 2006. Catastrophe, recovery and range limitation in NE Pacific kelp forests: a large-scale perspective. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 320:79-87.

Edwards, T., R. Murphy, K.H. Berry, and A. McLuckie. 2006. Molecular support for the established recovery units in the Mojave population of desert tortoises (Gopherus agassizii). 31st Annual Meeting and Symposium of the Desert Tortoise Council. Feb. 17-20, 2006. Tucson, AZ.

Edwards, T., R. Murphy, K.H. Berry, and C. Jones. 2006. A closer look at the hybridization zone between Mojave and Sonoran desert tortoises in western Arizona. 31st Annual Meeting and Symposium of the Desert Tortoise Council. Feb. 17-20, 2006. Tucson, AZ.

Ervin, E.L., Kisner, D.A. & R.N. Fisher. 2006. Bufo californicus Mortality. Herpetological Review 37(2):199.

Esque, T.C., C.R. Schwalbe, J.A. Lissow, D.F. Haines, D. Foster, and M. Garnett. 2006. Buffelgrass fuel loads in Saguaro National Park, Arizona, increase fire danger and threaten native species. Park Science 24(2): 33-37.

Fellers, Gary M. and Michael Osbourn. 2006. Distribution and abundance of fallow deer leks at Point Reyes National Seashore, California. U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2006-5149, 19 Pp.

Fellers, Gary M. and Patrick M. Kleeman. 2006. California Red-legged Frog Surveys in the Lower Pine Gulch Watershed Marin County, CA. Report for the National Park Service. 13 Pp.

Fellers, Gary M. and Patrick M. Kleeman. 2006. Diurnal Versus Nocturnal Surveys for California Red-legged Frogs. Journal of Wildlife Management. 70(6): 1805–1808.

Fellers, Gary M. and Patrick M. Kleeman. 2006. Diurnal vs. nocturnal surveys for California red-legged frogs (Rana draytonii). Journal of Wildlife Management 70:1805-1809.

Fellers, Gary M. and Patrick M. Kleeman. 2006. California Red-legged Frog Surveys in the Lower Pine Gulch Watershed Marin County, CA. Report for the National Park Service. 13 Pp.

Fellers, Gary M., Donald W. Sparling, Deborah F. Cowman. 2006. Decline of Sierra Nevada Amphibians: What we know, what we need to know. SETAC Globe: Learned Discourse May-June: 24-25.

Fellers, Gary M., Jennifer Dhundale, and Kia Ruiz. 2006. Thamnophis atratus Predation. Herpetological Review. 37(2): 235-236.

Ferrenberg, S.M., D.W. Schwilk, E.E. Knapp, E. Groth, and J.E. Keeley. 2006. Fire decreases arthropod abundance but increases diversity: early and late season prescribed fire effects in a Sierra Nevada mixed-conifer forest. Fire Ecology 2:79-102.

Fisher, R., A. Backlin, C. Brehme, D. Clark, S. Hathaway, C. Hitchcock, T. Matsuda, M. Mendelsohn, C. Rochester, S. Schuster, D. Stokes, G. Turschak, and A. Vandergast. 2006. Differential animal responses to the 2002-2003 wildfires in southern California. Third International Fire Management Congress, November 13-17, San Diego, California.

G.D. Wylie, and R.L. Hothem. 2006. Metals and trace elements in Giant Garter Snakes (Thamnophis gigas) from the Sacramento Valley, California. Poster for The Wildlife Society, 13th Annual Conference, Anchorage, Alaska, September 23-27, 2006.

Grace, J.B., and J.E. Keeley. 2006. A structural equation model analysis of postfire plant diversity in California shrublands. Ecological Applications 16:503-514.

Haukos, D.A., M.R. Miller, D.L. Orthmeyer, J.Y. Takekawa, J.P. Fleskes, M.L. Casazza, W.M. Perry, and J.A. Moon. 2006. Spring Migration of Northern Pintails from Texas and New Mexico, USA. Waterbirds 29:127-136.

Hothem, R.L., J.J. Crayon, and M.A. Law. 2006. Effects of contaminants on reproductive success of aquatic birds nesting at Edwards Air Force Base, California. Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 51:711-719.

Hothem, R.L., J.T. May, and C.N. Alpers. 2006. Biosentinels of methylmercury exposure in areas affected by abandoned gold and mercury mines: Why not the ubiquitous water strider? Mercury 2006 Eighth International Conference on Mercury as a Global Pollutant, Madison, WI, August 6-11, 2006.

Hudson, P.J., Dobson A.P. & Lafferty K.D. (2006). Parasites and ecological systems: is a healthy system one with many parasites? Trends in Ecology Evolution, 21, 381-385.

J.T. May, R.L. Hothem, L.R. Brown, J.N. Moore, J.K. Gibson, J.R. Rytuba, and C.N. Alpers. 2006. Comparison of mercury bioaccumulation in adjacent watersheds influenced by historical mining in the Klamath-Trinity Mountains, California. Mercury 2006 Eighth International Conference on Mercury as a Global Pollutant, Madison, WI, August 6-11, 2006.

Keeley, J. E., Factors Determining Species Diversity in Postfire California Chaparral and Sage Scrub (April 2006)

Keeley, J. E., Fire Management Impacts on Invasive Plants (April 2006)

Keeley, J. E., Forest Heterogeneity and Prescribed Burning (March 2006)

Keeley, J. E., Fuel Modification Impacts on Nonnative Plant Invasion (April 2006)

Keeley, J. E., Postfire Plant Demography and Functional Types (May 2006)

Keeley, J. E., Simulating the Effects of Frequent Fire on Southern California Shrublands (November 2006)

Keeley, J. E., Wildfire Management on a Human-Dominated Landscape (November 2006)

Keeley, J.E. 2006. Evolution of plant adaptations, pp. 112-113. In N.G. Sugiharia J.W. van Wagtendonk, K.E. Shaffer, J. Fites-Kaufman, and A.E. Thoede (eds), Fire in California’s Ecosystems. University of California Press.

Keeley, J.E. 2006. Fire management impacts on invasive plant species in the western United States. Conservation Biology 20:375-384.

Keeley, J.E. 2006. Fire severity and plant age in postfire resprouting of woody plants in sage scrub and chaparral. Madroño 53:373-379.

Keeley, J.E. 2006. South coast bioregion, pp. 350-390. In N.G. Sugihari, J.W. van Wangtendonk, K.E. Shaffer, J. Fites-Kaufman, and A.E. Thoede (eds), Fire in California’s Ecosystems. University of California Press.

Keeley, J.E. and C.J. Fotheringham. 2006. Wildfire management on a human dominated landscape: California chaparral wildfires, pp. 69-75. In G. Wuerthner, Editor, Wildfire ---A Century of Failed Forest Policy. Island Press, Covelo, CA.

Keeley, J.E., C.D. Allen, J. Betancourt, G.W. Chong, C.J. Fotheringham, and H.D. Safford. 2006. A 21st century perspective on postfire seeding. Journal of Forestry 104(1):1-2.

Keeley, J.E., C.J. Fotheringham, and M. Baer-Keeley. 2006. Demographic patterns of postfire regeneration in mediterranean-climate shrublands of California. Ecological Monographs 76:235-255.

Keifer, M. B., J. W. van Wagtendonk, and M. Buhler. 2006. Long-term surface fuel accumulation in burned and unburned mixed-conifer forests of the central and southern Sierra Nevada, CA (USA). Fire Ecology 2: 53-72.

Knapp, E.E. and J.E. Keeley. 2006. Heterogeneity in fire severity within early season and late season prescribed burns in a mixed conifer forest. International Journal of Wildland Fire 15:1-9.

Kus, B. E., Factors Influencing the Incidence of Cowbird Parasitism of Least Bell's Vireos (August 2006)

Kus, B.E. 2006. Factors influencing the incidence of cowbird parasitism of least Bell’s vireos. USGS Publication Brief for Resource Managers.

Kus, B.E. and J.F. Falcone. 2006. Neotropical migratory bird monitoring study at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California. 2004 Annual Report. Prepared for Assistant Chief of Staff, Environmental Security, Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton.

Kus, B.E. and K.E. Kenwood. 2006. Distribution, abundance, and breeding activities of the southwestern willow flycatcher at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California. 2005 Annual Report. Prepared for Assistant Chief of Staff, Environmental Security, Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton.

Kus, B.E., J. Guzis, and M. Wellik. 2006. Pilgrim Creek Restoration Project: Bird community and vegetation structure. 2004 Annual Report. Prepared for the State of California Department of Transportation, District 11.

Kus, B.E., J.F. Falcone, and H.Howitt. 2006. Riparian and upland bird communities at Lower Topanga Canyon, Topanga State Park, California. 2004 Annual Report. Prepared for California State Parks, Southern Service Center.

Lafferty, K. D. 2006. Can the common brain parasite, Toxoplasma gondii, influence human culture? Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, B. 273.

Lafferty, K. D., A. P. Dobson, and A. M. Kuris. 2006. Parasites dominate food web links. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 103:11211-11216.

Lafferty, K. D., Goodman, D. & Sandoval, C. P. 2006. Restoration of breeding by snowy plovers following protection from disturbance. Biodiversity and Conservation 15, 2217-2230.

Lafferty, K. D., R. F. Hechinger, J. C. Shaw, K. L. Whitney, and A. M. Kuris. 2006. Food webs and parasites in a salt marsh ecosystem. Pages 119-134 in S. Collinge and C. Ray, editors. Disease ecology: community structure and pathogen dynamics. Oxford University Press, Oxford.

Laidre, K.L., J.A. Estes, M.T. Tinker, J. Bodkin, D. Monson and K. Schneider. 2006. Patterns of growth and body condition in sea otters from the Aleutian archipelago before and after the recent population decline. Journal of Animal Ecology 75: 978-989

Lyren L., G. Turschak, E. Ambat, C. Haas, J. Tracey, E. Boydston, S. Hathaway, R. Fisher, and K. Crooks. 2006. Carnivore activity and movement in a Southern California protected area, the North/Central Irvine Ranch. U.S. Geological Survey Technical Report. 115 pp.

M.S. Bank, J.B. Crocker, J.L. Wachtl, P. Kleeman, C. Currens, G. Fellers, J. May, R. Hothem, J.P. Wise, Sr., and M.A. Madej. 2006. Mercury Bioaccumulation in Pacific Giant Salamander Larvae from Lotic Ecosystems in the Pacific Northwestern United States. Mercury 2006 Eighth International Conference on Mercury as a Global Pollutant, Madison, WI, August 6-11, 2006.

M.S. Bank, J.B. Crocker, J.L. Wachtl, P. Kleeman, C. Currens, G. Fellers, J. May, R. Hothem, J.P. Wise, Sr., and M.A. Madej. 2006. Mercury Bioaccumulation in Pacific Giant Salamander Larvae from Lotic Ecosystems in the Pacific Northwestern United States. Mercury 2006 Eighth International Conference on Mercury as a Global Pollutant, Madison, WI, August 6-11, 2006.

Madej, M. A., Assessing Possible Thermal Rearing Restrictions for Juvenile Coho Salmon in Redwood Creek, California (June 2006)

Madej, M. A., C. Currens, V. Ozaki, J. Yee and D. G. Anderson. 2006. Assessing possible thermal rearing restrictions for juvenile coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) through thermal infrared imaging and in-stream monitoring, Redwood Creek, California. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 63:1384-1396.

Madej, M. A., E. A. Eschenbach, C. Diaz, R. Teasley, and K. Baker. 2006. Optimization strategies for sediment reduction practices on roads in steep, forested terrain. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms. Vol. 31 p. 1643-1656.

Madej, M. A., H. Ambrose, C. Currens, and S. Hadden. 2006. Assessing changes in stream health following watershed restoration: A 30-year perspective, Redwood Creek basin, Humboldt county, California. Final report for California Department of Fish and Game Contract #P0310528. 208 p.

Madej, M. A., Optimization Strategies for Sediment Reduction Practices on Roads in Steep, Forested Terrain (November 2006)

McEachern, K. 2006. Rare plant reseaerch in the northern Channel Islands. Invited lecture, Sea-to-Shore lecture series, Channel ISlands National Marine Snactuary and Channel Islands National Park, Ventura, CA.

McEachern, K. 2006. Rare plants of Santa Cruz Island. Invited lecture. USFWS Ventura Field Office Occasional Lecture Series. Ventura, CA.

McEachern, Kathryn, Bruce Pavlik, Jon Rebman, Rob Sutter. 2006. San Diego Multiple Species Conservation Program (MSCP)Rare Plant Monitoring Review and Revision. USGS Technical Report. Sacramento, California. 98 pps.

McEachern, M, CA Eagles-Smith, CM Efferson, DH Van Vuren. 2006 Evidence for local specialization in a generalist mammalian herbivore, Neotoma fuscipes. Oikos 113: 440-448.

Mead, J.I., T.W. McGinnis, and J.E. Keeley. 2006. A mid-Holocene fauna from Bear Den Cave, Sequoia National Park, California. Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences 105:43-58.

Melcer-Tsao, D., J.Y. Takekawa, A.K. Miles, and I. Woo. 2006. Home range, habitat use, and mercury concentrations of California Black Rails (Laterallus jamaicensis coturniculus) along the Petaluma River, California. The Wildlife Society Western Section Conference, Sacramento, California, February 9.

Mendelsohn, M. B., Diversity of Terrestrial Avifauna in Response to Distance from the Shoreline of the Salton Sea (December 2006)

Merriam, K.E., J.E. Keeley, and J.L. Beyers. 2006. Fuel breaks affect nonnative species abundance in California plant communities. Ecological Applications 16:515-527.

Millar, C. I., H. F. Diaz, D. R. Cayan, M. D. Dettinger, D. B. Fagre, L. J. Graumlich, G. Greenwood, M. K. Hughes, D. L. Peterson, F. L. Powell, K. T. Redmond, N. L. Stephenson, T. W. Swetnam, and C. Woodhouse. 2006. Mapping New Terrain: Climate Change and America's West. Report of the Consortium for Integrated Climate Research in Western Mountains (CIRMOUNT). Misc. Pub., PSW-MISC-77, Albany, CA, Pacific Southwest Research Station, USDA Forest Service. 29 pages.

Miller, M. R., Spring Migration of Northern Pintails Assessed with Satellite Telemetry (September 2006)

Miller, M.R., and J.McA. Eadie. 2006. The allometric relationship between resting metabolic rate and body mass in wild waterfowl (Anatidae) and an application to estimation of winter habitat requirements. Condor 108:166-177.

Min-Yi Hsu, Yeong-Choy Kam, and Gary M. Fellers. 2006. Temporal Organization of an Anuran Acoustic Community in a Taiwanese Subtropical Forest. Journal of Zoology. 269(3): 331-339.

Moss, R., S. Blumenshine and J. Fleskes. 2006. Aquatic insects and waste agricultural seeds in post-harvest flooded agricultural fields in the southern San Joaquin Valley, California. Final Report. Fresno State University and U.S. Geological Survey, Dixon, California. 30 pp.

Murphy, R., C. Melendez Torres, K.H. Berry, T. Edwards, F.R. Mendez de la Cruz, and M. Francisco Villa Andrade. 2006. The genetic relationships and taxonomic identity of the desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) from the Sinaloan thorn scrub of Mexico. 31st Annual Meeting and Symposium of the Desert Tortoise Council. Feb. 17-20, 2006. Tucson, AZ.

Oldenburger, SL, MR O'Farrell, JM Eadie, JT Ackerman, GS Yarris, and MP Herzog. 2006. A demographic model for mallards in California: using sensitivity analyses to inform management. Fourth North American Dusk Symposium, Bismarck, North Dakota, August 23-26.

Overton, C. T., R. A. Schmitz, and M. L. Casazza. 2006. Linking landscape characteristics to mineral site use by band-tailed pigeons in Western Oregon: Coarse-filter conservation with fine-filter tuning. Natrual Areas Journal 26(1):38-46.

Pausas, J.G., J.E. Keeley, and M. Verdu. 2006. Inferring differential evolutionary processes of plant persistence traits in Northern Hemisphere Mediterranean fire-prone ecosystems. Journal of Ecology 94:31-39.

R. Klinger, E. C. Underwood, and P. E. Moore. 2006. The role of environmental gradients in non-native plant invasion into burnt areas of Yosemite National Park, California. Diversity and Distributions 12: 139–156.

R.L. Hothem, J.T. May, M.R. Jennings, and J.J. Crayon. 2006. Amphibians: Bioindicators of mercury accumulation in areas of Northern California affected by historical mercury and gold mining. Poster for The Wildlife Society,13th Annual Conference, Anchorage, Alaska, September 23-27, 2006.

Rourke, J.W. and B.E. Kus. 2006. Distribution and breeding activities of the least Bell’s vireo and southwestern willow flycatcher at the San Luis Rey River, San Diego County, California. 2005 Annual Report. Prepared for the State of California Department of Transportation, District 11.

Rourke, J.W. and B.E. Kus. 2006. Distribution, abundance, and breeding activities of the Least Bell's Vireo at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California. 2005 Annual Report. Prepared for Assistant Chief of Staff, Environmental Security, Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton.

Sacks, B. N., Ernest, H. B., & Boydston, E. E. 2006. San Francisco’s Golden Gate: a bridge between historically distinct coyote (Canis latrans) populations? Western North American Naturalist 66: 263-264.

Schwarzbach, S. E., California Clapper Rail Reproductive Success (March 2006)

Schwarzbach, SE, JT Ackerman, CA Eagles-Smith, JY Takekawa, AK Miles, SE Wainwright-De La Cruz, TL Adelsbach, and TH Suchanek. 2006. Mercury legacy to aquatic birds in the San Francisco Estuary: declines from 19th century levels remain insufficient to eliminate mercury risks to some bird species. Eighth International Conference on Mercury as a Global Pollutant, Madison, Wisconsin, August 6-11. (talk)

Schwarzbach, Steven E., Joy D. Albertson, Carmen M. Thomas. 2006. Effects of predation, flooding, and contamination on reproductive success of California Clapper Rails (Rallus longirostris obsoletus) in San Francisco Bay. Auk 123:45-60.

Schwilk, D. W., Tree Mortality After Early and Late Season Burning (September 2006)

Schwilk, D.W. and J.E. Keeley. 2006. The role of fire refugia in the distribution of Pinus sabiniana (Pinaceae) in the southern Sierra Nevada. Madroño 53:364-372.

Schwilk, D.W., E.E. Knapp, S.M. Ferrenberg, J.E. Keeley, and A.C. Caprio. 2006. Tree mortality from fire and bark beetles following early and late season prescribed fires in a Sierra Nevada mixed-conifer forest. Forest Ecology and Mangement 232:36-75.

Sharp, B.L. and B.E. Kus. 2006. Factors influencing the incidence of parasitism of Least Bell's Vireos. Journal of Wildlife Management 70(3):682-690.

Smith, K. E., Sax, D. E. & Lafferty, K. D. 2006 Evidence for the role of infectious disease in species extinction and endangerment. Conservation Biology 20, 1349-1357.

Stephenson, N., D. Peterson, D. Fagre, C. Allen, D. McKenzie, J. Baron, and K. O’Brian. 2006. Response of western mountain ecosystems to climatic variability and change: the Western Mountain Initiative. Park Science 24(1):24-29.

Stokes, D. C., and R. N. Fisher. 2006. Monitoring Bat Roosts in Mines at the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, San Bernardino County, California, 2005. U. S. Geological Survey final report prepared for Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs Division, Twentynine Palms MCAGCC, United States Marine Corps. Twentynine Palms, CA. 37 pp.

Sugihara, N. G., J. W. van Wagtendonk, and J. Fites-Kaufman. 2006. Fire as an ecological process. Pages 58-74 in: Sugihara, N. G., J. W. van Wagtendonk, J. Fites-Kaufman, K. E. Shaffer, and A. E. Thode (eds.). Fire in California’s ecosystems. University of California Press, Berkeley. 578 p.

Sugihara, N. G., J. W. van Wagtendonk, J. Fites-Kaufman, K. E. Shaffer, and A. E. Thode (eds.). 2006. Fire in California’s ecosystems. University of California Press, Berkeley. 576 p.

Sugihara, N. G., J. W. van Wagtendonk, J. Fites-Kaufman, K. E. Shaffer, and A. E. Thode. 2006. The future of fire in California ecosystems. Pages 538-543 in: Sugihara, N. G., J. W. van Wagtendonk, J. Fites-Kaufman, K. E. Shaffer, and A. E. Thode (eds.). Fire in California’s ecosystems. University of California Press, Berkeley. 578 p

Syphard, A.D., J. Franklin, and J.E. Keeley. 2006. Simulating the effects of frequent fire on southern California coastal shrublands. Ecological Applications 16:1744-1756.

T.M. Draper, R. Zack, S. Medill and T.C. Esque. 2006. Quantitative Description of Spring-fed Riparian Vegetation and Surrounding Upland Vegetation in the Spring Mountains, Clark and Nye Counties, Nevada. A final report submitted to the University of Nevada, Reno. 141 pp.

Takekawa, J. Y., A. K. Miles, N. D. Athearn, S. E. Spring, M. K. Saiki, F. Mejia, I. Woo, A. K. Schultz, and B. Hattenbach. 2006. Habitat Restoration Monitoring for the Napa-Sonoma Marsh Restoration Project, Final Report. Unpubl. Prog. Rep., U. S. Geological Survey, Vallejo, CA. 114 pp.

TAKEKAWA, J. Y., B. N. SACKS, I. WOO, M. L. JOHNSON, AND G. D. WYLIE. 2006. TIDAL SALTMARSH FRAGMENTATION AND PERSISTENCE OF SAN PABLO SONG SPARROWS (MELOSPIZA MELODIA SAMUELIS): ASSESSING BENEFITS OF WETLAND RESTORATION IN SAN FRANCISCO BAY. Studies in Avian Biology 32:238–246

Takekawa, J. Y., I. Woo, H. Spautz, N. Nur, J. L. Grenier, K. Malamud-Roam, J. C. Nordby, A. N. Cohen, F. Malamud-Roam, and S. E. Wainwright-De La Cruz. 2006. Environmental threats to tidal marsh vertebrates in the San Francisco Bay estuary. Studies in Avian Biology 32:176-197.

Takekawa, J. Y., I. Woo, H. Spautz, N. Nur, J. L. Grenier, K. Malamud-Roam, J. C. Nordby, A. N. Cohen, F. Malamud-Roam, and S. E. Wainwright-De La Cruz. 2006. Environmental threats to tidal marsh vertebrates in the San Francisco Bay estuary. Studies in Avian Biology 32:176-197.

Takekawa, J. Y., N. D. Athearn, A. K. Miles, S. E. Spring, M. K. Saiki, F. Mejia, I. Woo, A. K. Schultz, and B. Hattenbach. 2006. Habitat Restoration Monitoring for the Napa-Sonoma Marshes Restoration Project. Unpubl. Final Prog. Rep., U. S. Geological Survey, Vallejo, CA. 114pp.

Takekawa, J. Y., N. D. Athearn, B. J. Hattenbach, and A. K. Schultz. 2006. Bird Monitoring for the South Bay Salt Pond Restoration Project. Unpubl. Final Prog. Rep., U. S. Geological Survey, Vallejo, CA. 74pp.

Takekawa, J.Y., A.K. Miles, D.H. Schoellhamer, N.D. Athearn, M.K. Saiki, W.D. Duffy, S. Kleinschmidt, G.G. Shellenbarger, and C.A. Jannusch. 2006. Trophic structure and avian communities across a salinity gradient in evaporation ponds of the San Francisco Bay estuary. Hydrobiologia 567: 307-327.

Takekawa, JY, JT Ackerman, CA Eagles-Smith, S Wainwright-De La Cruz, TL Adelsbach, AK Miles, G Heinz, D Hoffman, S Schwarzbach, T Suchanek, T Maurer, C Strong, and N Warnock. 2006. Mercury in birds of the San Francisco Bay-Delta: trophic pathways, bioaccumulation and ecotoxicological risk to avian reproduction. South Bay Science Symposium, San Jose State University, California, June 6.

Tinker, M.T., D.F. Doak, J.A. Estes, B.B. Hatfield, M.M. Staedler, and J.L. Bodkin. 2006. Incorporating diverse data and realistic complexity into demographic estimation procedures: a case study using the California sea otter, Enhydra lutris nereis. Ecological Applications 16:2293-2312.

van Mantgem, P. J., Forest Seedlings and Climate (April 2006)

van Mantgem, P. J., N.L. Stephenson, and J.E. Keeley. 2006. Forest reproduction along a climatic gradient in the Sierra Nevada, California. Forest Ecology and Management 225:391-399.

van Mantgem, P.J., N.L. Stephenson, and J.E. Keeley. 2006. Variability of forest reproduction across elevation in the Sierra Nevada. Forest Ecology and Management 225:391-399.

van Riper, C., and J. W. van Wagtendonk. 2006. Home range characteristics of great gray owls in Yosemite National Park. Journal of Raptor Research 40 (2): 130-141.

van Wagtendonk, J. W. 2006. Fire ecology of the Sierra Nevada: forests born to burn. Pages 63-67 in: Wuerthner, G. (ed.). Wildfire: a century of failed forest policy. Foundation for Deep Ecology, San Francisco, CA, USA. 322 p

van Wagtendonk, J. W. 2006. Fire ecology of the Sierra Nevada: forests born to burn. Pages 63-67 in: Wuerthner, G. (ed.). Wildfire: a century of failed forest policy. Foundation for Deep Ecology, San Francisco, CA, USA. 322 p.

van Wagtendonk, J. W. Fire as a physical process. 2006. Pages 38-57 in: Sugihara, N. G., J. W. van Wagtendonk, J. Fites-Kaufman, K. E. Shaffer, and A. E. Thode (eds.). Fire in California’s ecosystems. University of California Press, Berkeley. 578 p.

van Wagtendonk, J. W., J. Fites-Kaufman. 2006. Sierra Nevada bioregion. Pages 264-294 in: Sugihara, N. G., J. W. van Wagtendonk, J. Fites-Kaufman, K. E. Shaffer, and A. E. Thode (eds.). Fire in California’s ecosystems. University of California Press, Berkeley. 578 p.

Vander Wall, S.B., T.C. Esque, B.A. Waitman, D.F. Haines, and M.G. Garnett. 2006. Joshua tree (Yucca brevifolia) seeds are dispersed by seed-caching rodents. Écoscience 13(4): 593-543.

Vandergast, A. G., E. Lewallen, J. Deas Jr, A. J. Bohonak and R. N. Fisher. 2006. Multi-taxa assessment of the genetic impacts of fragmentation and urbanization in southern California: Jerusalem crickets (Orthoptera Stenopemelmatidae). Oral Presentation. The Society for Conservation Biology Annual Meeting. San Jose, CA.

Wainwright-De La Cruz, SE, CA Eagles-Smith, TL Adelsbach, JT Ackerman, GH Heinz, SE Schwarzbach, TH Suchanek, JY Takekawa, AK Miles, DJ Hoffman, and TC Maurer. 2006. Mercury in birds of the San Francisco Bay-Delta: trophic pathways, bioaccumulation and ecotoxicological risk to avian reproduction. San Francisco Estuary Institute Third Annual San Francisco Bay Mercury Coordination Meeting, Oakland, California, February 22. (talk)

Woo, I., J. Y. Takekawa, and R. Gardiner. 2006. GUADALCANAL TIDAL MARSH RESTORATION: 2006 PROGRESS REPORT. Unpublished report to California Department of Transportation, District 4, Oakland, CA.

Wood, D. A., Vandergast, A. G., and R. N. Fisher (2006) Assessment of genetic diversity in the Western Shovel-nosed snake (Chionactis occipitalis), with special emphasis on the subspecific status of the Tucson Shovel-nosed snake (C. o. klauberi). Prepared for Arizona Game and Fish Department. U.S. Geological Survey, San Diego Field Station.

Wood, D. A., Vandergast, A. G., and R. N. Fisher. 2006. Assessment of genetic diversity in the Western Shovel-nosed snake (Chionactis occipitalis), with special emphasis on the subspecific status of the Tucson Shovel-nosed snake (C. o. klauberi). Prepared for Arizona Game and Fish Department. U.S. Geological Survey, San Diego Field Station.

2005 Rattner, B.A., K.M. Eisenreich, M.A. McKernan, B.K. Ackerson, R.L. Hothem, and T.W. Custer. Contaminant exposure, data, and monitoring priorities for terrestrial vertebrates at National Parks and Wildlife Refuges. "People, Places, and Parks: Preservation for Future Generations" The 2005 George Wright Society Biennial Conference on Parks, Protected Areas, and Cultural Sites, Philadelphia, PA, March 14-18, 2005.

2005 Alpers, C.N., M.P. Hunerlach, M. Marvin-DiPasquale, J.T. May, R.L. Hothem, M.K. Saiki, A.R. Stewart, J.S. Kuwabara, H.E. Taylor, and D.P. Krabbenhoft. 2005. Mercury contamination, methylation, and bioaccumulation associated with historical gold mining, Sierra Nevada, California. 2005 joint meeting of the Geological Association of Canada, the Mineralogical Association of Canada, the Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists, and the Canadian Society of Soil Sciences, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, May 15-18, 2005.

2005 Lawler, D.A., C.N. Alpers, M.P. Hunerlach, J.T. May, R.L. Hothem, R.D. Humphreys, and G.J. Reller. 2005. Mercury contamination of water, sediment, and biota by historical placer gold mining in the upper American River Watershed. American River Watershed Conference, Sacramento, CA, April 21-23, 2005.

Ackerman, J. T., Effects of Radio Transmitters on the Reproductive Performance of Cassin’s Auklets (March 2005)

Ackerman, JT, and JY Takekawa. 2005. Impacts of gulls: predation on shorebird and tern nests and chicks. South Bay Salt Pond Restoration Project, Bird Workshop 3: Invasive and Nuisance Species, Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge, California, November 18.

Ackerman, JT, CM Marn, and JY Takekawa. 2005. Life and death on a salt pond: avocets and stilts survive amidst mercury pollution and invasive gulls. Tideline, Winter 2005, Vol. 25, No. 4: 1-3.

Ackerman, JT, JY Takekawa, and C Marn. 2005. Survival of American avocet and black-necked stilt chicks in the South San Francisco Bay: variable risks of gull predation. The 7th Biennial State of the Estuary Conference, Oakland, California, October 4-6.

Ackerman, JT, JY Takekawa, DL Orthmeyer, JP Fleskes, JL Yee, and KL Kruse. 2005. Response of greater white-fronted geese to the Central Valley Joint Venture: changes in wintering ecology over a decade. 11th North American Arctic Goose Conference and Workshop, Reno, Nevada, January 5–8.

Ackerman, JT, JY Takekawa, JP Fleskes, and DL Orthmeyer. 2005. Decade of change: a tracking study shows how white-fronted geese responded to recent habitat changes in the Central Valley. California Waterfowl, April/May 2005: 16–17 & 58.

Ackerman, JT, JY Takekawa, JP Fleskes, and DL Orthmeyer. 2005. White-fronted geese respond well to Joint Venture's habitat improvements. Valley Ventures, Spring 2005: 10-13.

Ackerman, JT, JY Takekawa, KL Kruse, DL Orthmeyer, JL Yee, CR Ely, DH Ward, KS Bollinger, and DM Mulcahy. 2005. Heart rates of tule greater white-fronted geese in response to human disturbance using radio telemetry. 11th North American Arctic Goose Conference and Workshop, Reno, Nevada, January 5–8.

Ackerman, JT, TL Adelsbach, and CA Eagles-Smith. 2005. Growth rates of Forster's tern chicks at four nesting colonies in the San Francisco Bay. The 7th Biennial State of the Estuary Conference, Oakland, California, October 4-6.

Ackerman, JT, TL Adelsbach, CA Eagles-Smith, and JL Yee. 2005. Mercury influence on growth rates of Forster's tern chicks in San Francisco Bay. CALFED review panel and California Bay-Delta Authority, Sacramento, California, November 29-December 1.

Ackerman, JT. 2005. Effects of radio transmitters on the reproductive performance of Cassin’s auklets. March 2005. USGS Publication Brief for Resource Managers.

Alpers, C.N., M.P. Hunerlach, J.T. May, and R.L. Hothem. 2005. Mercury Contamination from Historical Gold Mining in California, Fact Sheet 2005-3014 Version 1.1.

Alpers, C.N., M.P. Hunerlach, J.T. May, R.L. Hothem, H.E. Taylor, R.C. Antweiler, J.F. DeWild, and D.A. Lawler. 2005. Geochemical Characterization of Water, Sediment, and Biota Affected by Mercury Contamination and Acidic Drainage from Historical Gold Mining, Greenhorn Creek, Nevada County, California, 1999-2001, USGS SIR 2004-5251.

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van Mantgem, P.J. and N.L. Stephenson. December 7, 2005. Forest changes following first and second entry burns: Twenty-one years of monitoring at Tharps Creek, Sequoia National Park, California. USGS Wildland Fire Science Workshop. Tucson, AZ.

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Vredenburg, Vance, Gary M. Fellers, and Carlos Davidson. 2005. Rana muscosa Camp 1917, Mountain Yellow-legged Frog. Pp. 563-566. In: Michael Lannoo (Ed.), Amphibian Declines: The Conservation Status of United States Species. Volume 2: Species Accounts. University of California Press, Berkeley, California. xxi+1094 Pp.

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Wylie, G.D., and L.L. Martin. 2005. Surveys for giant garter snakes in Solano County: 2005 report. USGS, BRD, WERC Dixon Field Station. 14pp

Ackerman, J. T., Cardiac Response of Free-living Tule Greater White-fronted Geese to Human Disturbance (October 2004)

Ackerman, JT, AL Blackmer, and JM Eadie. 2004. Is predation on waterfowl nests density dependent? Tests at three spatial scales. Oikos 107(1): 128-140.

Ackerman, JT, J Adams, JY Takekawa, HR Carter, DL Whitworth, SH Newman, RT Golightly, and DL Orthmeyer. 2004. Effects of radio transmitters on the reproductive performance of Cassin’s auklets. Wildlife Society Bulletin 32(4): 1229-1241.

Ackerman, JT, J Adams, JY Takekawa, HR Carter, DL Whitworth, SH Newman, RT Golightly, and DL Orthmeyer. 2004. Radio transmitter effects on breeding Cassin’s auklets at the California Channel Islands. Pacific Seabird Group, 31st Annual Meeting, La Paz, Mexico, January 21–25.

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Ackerman, JT, JW Mason, and JY Takekawa. 2004. Seabirds off Southern California–surveys reveal patterns in abundance and distribution. Sound Waves, November 2004, Vol. FY 2005, No. 67: 6–7.

Ackerman, JT, JY Takekawa, KL Kruse, DL Orthmeyer, JL Yee, CR Ely, DH Ward, KS Bollinger, and DM Mulcahy. 2004. Using radiotelemetry to monitor cardiac response of free-living tule greater white-fronted geese (Anser albifrons elgasi) to human disturbance. Wilson Bulletin 116(2): 146–151.

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Ackerman, JT. 2004. Wintering and breeding waterfowl in Suisun Marsh. Making Science Work for Suisun Marsh Workshop, San Francisco Bay-Delta Science Consortium and California Bay-Delta Authority, Sacramento, California, March 1-2.

Adams, J., J. Y. Takekawa, and H. R. Carter. 2004. Stable foraging areas and variable chick diets: insight to ocean variability and reproductive success of Cassin’s auklet in the California Channel Islands, 1999–2001. Canadian Journal of Zoology 82: 1578–1595.

Adams, J., J.Y. Takekawa, and H. R. Carter. 2004. Foraging distance and home range of Cassin's auklets nesting at two colonies in the California Channel Islands. Condor 106:618-637.

Alpers, C.N., M.P. Hunerlach, M.C. Marvin-DiPasquale, J.T. May, R.L. Hothem, M.K. Saiki, A.R. Stewart, J.S. Kuwabara, H.E. Taylor, and D.P. Krabbenhoft. 2004. Mercury cycling and bioaccumulation in fish in northern Sierra Nevada watersheds contaminated by historical gold mining. California-Nevada and Humboldt chapters of the American Fisheries Society 38th Annual Meeting, April 22-24, 2004, Redding, CA

Anthony, R.G., M. A. Ricca, A. K. Miles., J. A. Estes, and F. B. Isaacs. September 2004. Bald eagle food habits relative to the sea otter decline in the Aleutian Archipelago, AK. 11th Annual Conference of the Wildlife Society, Calgary, Alberta.

Athearn, N. D., J. Y. Takekawa, A. K. Miles, D. H. Schoellhamer, and G. G. Shellenbarger. Rapid response of avian communities to hydrologic changes in the Napa-Sonoma salt ponds. Abstract. California Bay-Delta Program (CALFED) Science Conference, Sacramento, CA, October 2004. (oral presentation)

Athearn, N. D., J. Y. Takekawa, and A. K. Miles. Factors affecting bird use of commercial salt ponds in San Francisco Bay. Abstract. Society of Wetland Scientists conference, Seattle, WA, July 2004. (oral presetation)

Atkinson, A. J., P. C. Trenham, R. N. Fisher, S. A. Hathaway, B. S. Johnson, S. G. Torres, and Y. C. Moore. 2004. Designing monitoring programs in an adaptive management context for regional multiple species conservation plans. U.S. Geological Survey Technical Report. USGS Western Ecological Research Center, Sacramento, CA. 69 pages.

Backlin, A. R., S. L. Compton, Z. B. Kahancza, and R. N. Fisher. 2004. Baseline biodiversity survey for Santa Catalina Island: Herpetofauna and ants with remarks on small mammals and others. U.S. Geological Survey final report submitted to Catalina Island Conservancy, Avalon, CA. 45 pp.

Bedford, D., J. Belnap, M.L. Brooks, L.A. DeFalco, T.C. Esque, L. Gass, M.F. Gishey, A. Mathie, D.M. Miller, E. Pfeifer, K.A. Thomas, K.M, Schmidt, J.M. Vogel, C.S. Wallace, and R.H. Webb. 2004. A summary of the USGS recoverability and vulnerability of desert ecosystems program. Presented at the Mojave Desert Science Symposium. 16-18 November. University of Redlands, CA.

Behrens, M. D. and K. D. Lafferty. 2004. Effects of marine reserves and urchin disease on southern California rocky reef communities. Marine Ecology Progress Series 279: 129-139.

Berry, K. H., and W. P. Alley. 2004. A comparison of shell and limb colors in desert tortoise populations in California: Size, sex, and regional differences. Presentation at the Desert Tortoise Council Symposium, Las Vegas, Nevada.

Berry, K. H., K. Anderson, T. Bailey, and R. Woodard. 2004. Summer and early fall activities of adult desert tortoises at Fort Irwin, California: A progress report. Presentation at the Desert Tortoise Council Symposium, Las Vegas, Nevada.

Berry, K. H., K. Keith, and T. Bailey. 2004. Status of the desert tortoise in the western part of Red Rock Canyon State Park, California. U.S. Geological Survey, Moreno Valley, California. Report to the California Department of Parks and Recreation. 33 pp.

Berry, K.H., W.T. Chambers, and D.P. Oldershaw. 2004. Natural recovery of perennial vegetation experiencing different disturbance regimes in the western Mojave Desert. Mojave Desert Symposium, University of Redlands, Redlands, California. November 2005.

Bishop, M.A., N. Warnock and J.Y. Takekawa. 2004. Differential spring migration by male and female Western Sandpipers at interior and coastal stopover sites. Ardea 92(2): 185-196.

Blackmer, AL, JT Ackerman, and GA Nevitt. 2004. Effects of investigator disturbance on hatching success and nest-site fidelity in a long-lived seabird, Leach’s storm-petrel. Biological Conservation 116(1): 141–148.

Boydston, E. E. 2003-2004. In the Headlands: Tracking wily coyote. ParkNews, 8(2):3. Golden Gate National Recreation Area, National Park Service.

Boydston, E. E. and C. A. Lopez Gonzalez. 2005. Sexual differentiation in the distribution potential of northern jaguars (Panthera onca). In: Connecting mountain islands and desert seas: biodiversity and management of the Madrean Archipelago II. 2004 May 11-15; Tucson, AZ. Proceedings RMRS-P-36. G. J. Gottfried, B. S. Gebow, L. G. Eskew & C. Edminster (eds.). U. S. Forest Service. Fort Collins, CO: US Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, pp. 51-56.

Brooks, M. L.; Keeley, J. E., Effects of Invasive Alien Plants on Fire Regimes (July 2004)

Brooks, M.L. 2004. Research and application highlight: Effectiveness of postfire seeding to reduce cheatgrass (Bromus tectorum) growth and reproduction in recently burned sagebrush steppe. Pg. 21 In Joint Fire Science Program, 2003 Business Summary.

Brooks, M.L. C.M. D’Antonio, D.M. Richardson, J. Grace, J. J. Keeley, DiTomaso, R. Hobbs, M. Pellant, and D. Pyke 2004. Fire regimes and potential for ecosystem recovery after plant invasions. Proceedings of the California Exotic Pest Plant Council Symposium. 7:21.

Brooks, M.L., C.M. D’Antonio, D.M. Richardson, J.M. DiTomaso, J.B. Grace, R.J. Hobbs, J.E. Keeley, M. Pellant, D. Pyke. 2004. Effects of invasive alien plants on fire regimes. Bioscience 54:677-688.

Brooks, M.L., J.B. Grace. J.E. Keeley, D.A. Pyke. 2004. Effects of invasive alien plants on fire regimes. USGS Publication Brief.

Brooks, M.L., J.R. Matchett, C. Wallace, and T. Esque. 2004. Fuels and fire hazard assessment in a desert ecosystem. Arid Lands Newsletter, Vol. 55.

Chamblin, H. D., and W. I. Boarman. 2004. Common raven ecology at the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center (MCAGCC). Presentation at the 29th Annual Meeting and Symposium of the Desert Tortoise Council, February 22, 2004, Las Vegas, Nevada.

Chamblin, H. D., and W. I. Boarman. 2004. Common raven roosting behavior at the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center (MCAGCC), in the Mojave Desert, California. Poster presented at Ravens Today: A Worldwide Symposium on the Raven (Corvus corax), Biological Institute of Metelen, Germany, 20-22 July 2004.

Chamblin, H. D., and W. I. Boarman. 2004. Ecology of common ravens at the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, California: Annual progress report covering research conducted between December 9, 2002 and December 13, 2003, United States Geological Survey, Biological Resources Discipline, San Diego, California.

Chamblin, H. D., P. B. Wood, and J. W. Edwards. 2004. Allegheny woodrat (Neotoma magister) use of rock drainage channels on reclaimed mines in southern West Virginia. American Midland Naturalist 151: 346-354.

Chamblin, H.D. and Boarman, W.I. 2004. Roosting Behavior of Common Ravens at the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center (MCAGCC), Twentynine Palms, CA. Presentation at The 2004 Desert Symposium, April 23, 2004, Desert Studies Center, Zzyzx, California.

Cole, D. N., J. W. van Wagtendonk, M. P. McClaran, P. E. Moore, and N. K. McDougald. 2004. Response of mountain meadows to grazing by horses and mules: Yosemite National Park, California. Journal of Range Management 57(2): 153-170.

Coppock, R., S. Johnson, and 28 contributors. 2004. Direct and Indirect Human Contributions to Terrestrial Carbon Fluxes: A Workshop Summary. National Academies Press, Washington, D.C. 80 pages.

D. Weise, Greg Jones, J. Chew, M. Arbaugh, J. van Wagtendonk, M Wiitala, M. Schaaf, and J. Merzenich. 2004. Testing 3 fuel treatment simulation systems in 2 California Mediterranean landscapes. 11th Austalasian Fire Authority Conference. October 2004.

DeFalco, L. A. 2004. Road restoration: developing a Mojave-wide monitoring program. Presented at the Desert Managers Group Restoration Meeting, March 2-3, 2004, Barstow, California.

DeFalco, L.A. 2004. Long-Term Studies: Relating Past Efforts to Future Management Needs. 3rd Mojave Desert Science Symposium. November 16-18, 2004. University of Redlands, CA.

DeFalco, L.A., S.J. Scoles, K.K. Smith, A.D. Nilsson, and R.H. Webb. 2004. Effects of Soil Compaction on Establishment and Growth of Mojave Desert Annuals. 3rd Mojave Desert Science Symposium. November 16-18, 2004. University of Redlands, CA.

Demmon, A., and K. H. Berry. 2004. Evaluating trauma in live desert tortoises: Wild vs. domestic canids. A preliminary report. Presentation at the Desert Tortoise Council Symposium, Las Vegas, Nevada.

Eadie, JM, TG Moore, and JT Ackerman. 2004. Evaluation of spinning-wing decoys in California. Wetland Management Workshop. Colusa National Wildlife Refuge, California, May 14.

Effects of toxicant exposure on gene expression in sea ducks. Ryan, L., Miles, A.K. Northern California Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry Annual Meeting, Davis, CA. May 2004. Poster Presentation.

Esque, T.C. 2004. Restoration of the Desert Tortoise. Desert Manager's Group (DMG) sponsored program for the Department of the Interior Restoration Workshop. March. Barstow, CA.

Esque, T.C. 2004. The role of fire, rodents and ants in changing plant communities in the Mojave Desert. Dissertation. University of Nevada, Reno. 168 pp.

Esque, T.C. et al. 2004. From Ants to Elk: The problems and Opportunities in Arid Land Restoration Due to Granivores and Herbivores. 16-18 November. Mojave Desert Science Symposium, University of Redlands, CA.

Esque, T.C., D.F. Haines, C.R. Schwalbe, T.M. Draper, S.J. Scoles, and D. Foster. 2004. An experiment to determine cost/benefits of perennial grass control in a desert ecosystem. 16-18 November. Mojave Desert Science Symposium. University of Redlands, CA.

Esque, T.C., L.A. DeFalco, S.J. Scoles, D.F. Haines, R.L. Kipp, and J.E. Rodgers. 2004. Survivorship of Joshua Trees (Yucca brevifolia) in a Harsh Desert Environment: Effects of Fire, Drought, and Herbivory in Joshua Tree National Park. 16-18 November. Mojave Desert Science Symposium. University of Redlands, CA.

Esque, T.C., S. VanderWall, C.R. Schwalbe, P.A. Medica, and R.H. Webb. 2004. Effects of fire on small animals and the potential for animals to facilitate restoration in hot desert environments. Northwest Science Association Symposium. Session on: Fire and Hazardous Fuel Reduction. Ellensburg, WA.

Fellers, Gary M. and Leslie Long Wood. 2004. Rana aurora draytonii (California red-legged frog) Predation. Herpetological Review. 35(2): 163.

Fellers, Gary M., Laura McConnell, David Pratt, and Seema Datta. 2004. Pesticides in Mountain Yellow-legged Frogs (Rana muscosa) from the Sierra Nevada Mountains of California, USA. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. 23(9): 2170-2177.

Fellers, Gary M., Leslie Wood, Greg Guscio, and David Pratt. 2004. Inventory of Terrestrial Vertebrates at John Muir National Historic Site and Eugene O’Neill National Historic Site. National Park Service Report. 15 Pp.

Fleskes, J. P. 2004. Pintail north-south flight paths in the Grassland Ecological Area. 2002/2003 Transactions of the Western Section of The Wildlife Society 38/39:22-26

Fleskes, J. P. 2004. Winter habitat selection by female northern pintails in the Tulare Basin, California. January 2004. USGS Publication Brief for Resource Managers.

Fleskes, J. P., and D. S. Battaglia. 2004. Northern pintail habitat use and waterfowl abundance during spring migration in southern Oregon-Northeast California (SONEC). Final Report. U.S. Geological Survey, Dixon, California. 58pp.

Fleskes, J. P., D. S. Gilmer, and R. L. Jarvis. 2004. Habitat selection by female northern pintails wintering in the Grassland Ecological Area, California. California Fish and Game 90:13-28.

Gass, L., T.C. Esque, K. Thomas, R. Webb, and D. Miller. 2004. Predicting desert tortoise habitat in the Mojave Desert. 16-18 November. Mojave Desert Science Symposium. University of Redlands, CA.

Gerber, L.R., M.T. Tinker, D.F. Doak, J.A. Estes, and D.A. Jessup. 2004. Mortality sensitivity in life-stage simulation analysis: a case study of southern sea otters. Ecological Applications 14(5): 1554-1565.

Gerber, L.R., M.T. Tinker, J.A. Estes, D.F. Doak and D. Jessup. 2004. Mortality sensitivity in life-stage simulation analysis: A case study of southern sea otters. Ecological Applications, 14:1554–1565.

Gilmer, D.S., Yee, J.L., Mauser, D.M., and Hainline, J.L., 2004, Waterfowl migration on Klamath Basin National Wildlife Refuges 1953-2001: U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources Discipline Biological Science Report USGS/BRD/BSR - 2003-2004, 66 p.

Hadden, S. J., M. A. Wilzbach, K. W. Cummins and M. A. Madej. 2004. Relative effects of organic and inorganic constituents of the suspended sediment load on salmonid foraging and prey availability. p. 80 in American Fisheries Society California-Nevada and Humboldt Chapters Conference Proceedings.Understanding, Protecting and Enjoying California's Fishes from the Sierra to the Sea. Redding California. 100 p.

Harvell, D., R. Aronson, N. Baron, J. Connell, A. Dobson, S. Ellner, L. Gerber, K. Kim, A. Kuris, H. McCallum, K. Lafferty, B. McKay, J. Porter, M. Pascual, G. Smith, K. Sutherland and J. Ward (2004) The rising tide of ocean diseases: unsolved problems and research priorities. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 2: 375-382.

Henkel, L.A., E.E. Burkett, and J.Y. Takekawa. 2004. At-sea activity and diving behavior of a radio-tagged Marbled Murrelet in central California. Waterbirds 27(1):9-12.

Hitchcock, C. J., A. R. Backlin, and R. N. Fisher. 2004. Monitoring arroyo toads (Bufo californicus) in the San Bernardino National Forest, 2004. US Geological Survey final report. 20pp.

Hothem, R. L., Black-Crowned Night-Heron Nesting on Alcatraz Island: a 13-Year Study on “the Rock” (April 2004)

Hothem, R.L. 2004. California Abandoned Mine Lands: Biomonitors of Contamination by Mercury and Other Metals. Swallow Workshop, Sept. 20-22, 2004, La Crosse, WI.

Hothem, R.L. 2004. Bioindicators of contamination by mercury and other metals in waters of Northern California impacted by abandoned mines. National Research Council's “Committee on River Science at the USGS” meeting, Sacramento, CA, October 7, 2004.

Hothem, R.L., and D. Hatch. 2004. Reproductive success of the Black-crowned Night Heron at Alcatraz Island, San Francisco Bay, California, 1990-2002. Waterbirds 27:112-125.

Hothem, R.L., R.P. Ashley, J.T. May, and J.J. Rytuba. 2004. Mercury in biota from the Lower Clear Creek Restoration Area, Shasta County, California. California-Nevada and Humboldt chapters of the American Fisheries Society 38th Annual Meeting, April 22-24, 2004, Redding, CA.

Huspeni TC, Lafferty KD. 2004. Using larval trematodes that parasitize snails to evaluate a salt-marsh restoration project. 14: 795-804

Jacobson, E. R., and K. H. Berry. 2004. Necropsies of six desert tortoises (Gopherus agassizii) from California. Presentation at the Desert Tortoise Council Symposium, Las Vegas, Nevada.

Jacobson, E.R., and K. H. Berry. 2004. Necropsies of six desert tortoises from California. Report. University of Florida, Gainesville, and U. S. Geological Survey, Moreno Valley, California. 81 pp.

Keeley, J.E. 2004. VTM plots as evidence of historical change: Goldmine or landmine? Madroño 51:372-378.

Keeley, J. E., Climate Impacts on Fire Regimes in Coastal California (July 2004)

Keeley, J. E., Ecological Impacts of Wheat Seeding After a Sierra Nevada Wildfire (April 2004)

Keeley, J. E., Lessons From the October 2003 Wildfires in Southern California (November 2004)

Keeley, J. E., Plant Functional Traits in Relation to Fire in Shrubland Crown-Fire Ecosystems (May 2004)

Keeley, J. E., VTM Plots and Historical Vegetation Change (October 2004)

Keeley, J.E. 2004. Ecological impacts of wheat seeding after a Sierra Nevada wildfire. International Journal of Wildland Fire 13:73-78.

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Keeley, J.E. 2004. Impact of antecedent climate on fire regimes in coastal California. International Journal of Wildland Fire 13:173-182.

Keeley, J.E. 2004. Invasive plants and fire management in California Mediterranean-climate ecosystems. In M. Arianoutsou (ed) 10th MEDECOS – International Conference on Ecology, Conservation and Management, Rhodes Island, Greece.

Keeley, J.E. 2004. Native American impact on fire regimes. Fire Management Today 64(3):15-16.

Keeley, J.E. and C.J. Fotheringham. 2004. Lessons learned from the wildfires, pp. 112-122. In R.W. Halsey, Fire, chaparral and survival in southern California. Sunbelt Publications, El Cajon, California.

Keeley, J.E. et C.J. Fotheringham. 2004. La prévention des risques et la lutte contre les incendies dans un paysage fortement marqué par la presence humaine: les incendies de chaparral californien. In Les Feux de Forests dans les Regions a Climat Mediterraneen, Domaine du Rayol, Le Royol-Canadel, République Française.

Keeley, J.E., C.J. Fotheringham, and M.A. Moritz. 2004. Lessons from the 2003 wildfires in southern California. Journal of Forestry 102(7):26-31.

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Keeley, J.E., M.S. Witter, and R.S. Taylor. 2004. Challenges of managing fires along an urban-wildland interface --- lessons from the Santa Monica Muontains, Los Angeles, California. In the Third International Wildland Fire Conference, Sydney, Australia

Keith, K., K. H. Berry, J. Weigand, and M. Ruelle. 2004. Preliminary results of the desert tortoise survey of the Jawbone-Butterbredt Area of Critical Environmental Concern. Presentation at the Desert Tortoise Council Symposium, Las Vegas, Nevada.

Kisner, D. A. (B. Kus, chair). 2004. The impact of giant reed (Arundo donax) on the southern California riparian bird community. Master's Thesis, San Diego State University.

Knapp, E.E., S.L. Stephens, J.D. McIver, J.J. Moghaddas, and J.E. Keeley. 2004. The fire and fire surrogate study in the Sierra Nevada: Evaluating restoration treatments at Blodgett Experimental Forest and Sequoia National Park, pp. 79-86. In D.D. Murphy and P.A. Stine, editors. Proceedings of the Sierra Nevada Science Symposium 2002. Science for Management and Conservation. USDA Forest Service, General Technical Report, PSW-GTR-193, Pacific Southwest Research Station, Albany, California.

Kristan, W. B., III., W. I. Boarman, and J. Crayon. 2004. Diet composition of common ravens across the urban-wildland interface of the West Mojave Desert. Wildlife Society Bulletin 32: 244-253.

Kus, B. E., Sunrise Nest Attendance and Aggression by Least Bell’s Vireos Fail to Deter Cowbird Parasitism (October 2004)

Kus, B.E. 2004. Response to extreme drought of a southern California riparian bird community. Presentation at the Annual Meeting of the Cooper Ornithological Society, 5-9 May, 2004, La Crosse, Wisconsin.

Kus, B.E. 2004. Sunrise Nest Attendance and Aggression by Least Bell’s Vireos Fail to Deter Cowbird Parasitism. USGS Publication Brief for Resource Managers.

Kus, B.E., B. Peterson, and M. Wellik. 2004. Pilgrim Creek restoration project: bird community and vegetation structure. 2003 Annual Report. Prepared for the State of California Department of Transportation, District 11, San Diego, California.

Lafferty, K. D. 2004. Fishing for lobsters indirectly increases epidemics in sea urchins. Ecological Applications. 14: 1566-1573.

Lafferty, K. D., Behrens, M. D., Davis, G. E., Haaker, P. L., Kushner, D.,Richards, D. V., Taniguchi, I. K. and Tegner, M. J. (2004) Habitat of endangered white abalone, Haliotis sorenseni, Biological Conservation, 116, 191-194.

Lafferty, K. D., J. Porter and S. E. Ford (2004) Are diseases increasing in the ocean? Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution and Systematics 35: 31-54.

Madden-Smith, M.C., A. J. Atkinson, R. N. Fisher, W. R. Danskin and G. O. Mendez. 2004. Assessing the Risk of Loveland Dam Operations to the Arroyo Toad (Bufo californicus) in the Sweetwater River Channel, San Diego County, California. 58 pp.

Mason, JW, GJ McChesney, WR McIver, HR Carter, JY Takekawa, RT Golightly, JT Ackerman, DL Orthmeyer, WM Perry, JL Yee, MO Pierson, and MD McCrary. 2004. At-sea aerial surveys of seabirds in the Southern California Bight: 1999–2002. Pages 11–109 in Takekawa, JY, HR Carter, DL Orthmeyer, RT Golightly, JT Ackerman, GJ McChesney, JW Mason, J Adams, WR McIver, MO Pierson, and CD Hamilton. 2004. At-sea distribution and abundance of seabirds and marine mammals in the Southern California Bight: 1999–2003. Unpublished summary report, U. S. Geological Survey, Western Ecological Research Center, Vallejo, CA; and Humboldt State University, Department of Wildlife, Arcata, CA 309 pp.

Mason, JW, GJ McChesney, WR McIver, HR Carter, JY Takekawa, RT Golightly, JT Ackerman, DL Orthmeyer, WM Perry, JL Yee, MO Pierson, and MD McCrary. 2004. Distribution and abundance of seabirds off southern California: a twenty-year comparison. Pacific Seabird Group, 31st Annual Meeting, La Paz, Mexico, January 21–25.

Matchett, J.R., L. Gass, M.L. Brooks, A.M. Mathie, R.D. Vitales, M.W. Campagna, D.M. Miller, and Weigand, J.F. 2004. Spatial and Temporal Patterns of Off-highway Vehicle Use at the Dove Springs OHV Open Area, California. Report prepared for the Bureau of Land Management, California State Office, Sacramento, California. 17pp.

May, J.T., R.L. Hothem, and C.N. Alpers. 2004. Spatial and Temporal Trends of Mercury and Methylmercury in Aquatic Insects Associated with Historical Gold Mines in Northern California, U. S. A. Annual Meeting of the North American Benthological Society, Vancouver, B.C., June 6-10, 2004.

May, J.T., R.L. Hothem, J.J. Rytuba, W.G. Duffy, C.N. Alpers, R.P. Ashley, and M.P. Hunerlach. 2004. Mercury concentrations in sediment, water, and aquatic biota from the Trinity River Watershed, 2000-2003. California-Nevada and Humboldt chapters of the American Fisheries Society 38th Annual Meeting, April 22-24, 2004, Redding, CA

McCallum, H. I., A. M. Kuris, C. D. Harvell, K. D. Lafferty, G. W. Smith, and J. Porter. 2004. Does terrestrial epidemiology apply to marine systems? Trends in Ecology & Evolution 19:585-591.

McEachern, K. 2004. Plant Communities - Chapter 5 in The Natural Resources of Point Loma. Cabrillo National Monument Foundation. 15 pps.

McKernan, M.A. R.L. Kershnar, A.M. Meckstroth, K.M. Eisenreich, N.H. Golden, B.A. Rattner, and R.L. Hothem. 2004. Countering Contamination Website: Data and DDE – A New Online Tool for Educators. Chesapeake and Potomac Regional Chapter meeting of the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. NCTC, April 23, 2004.

McKernan, M.A., R.L. Kershnar, A.M. Meckstroth, K.M. Eisenreich, N.H. Golden, R.L. Hothem, and B.A. Rattner. 2004. Ecotoxicological Information for Teachers and Students: Wildlife and Contaminants Online. Proceedings of the Twenty-fifth Annual Meeting of the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, November 22-24, 2004, Portland, OR.

Meckstroth, A.M., M.A. McKernan, M.A., R.L. Kershnar, K.A. DeClercq, K.M. Eisenreich, N.H. Golden, R.L. Hothem, and B.A. Rattner. 2004. Countering Contamination Website: Data and DDE - A New Online Tool for Educators. California Science Teacher Association Conference, San Jose, California, October 14-17, 2004.

Mendelsohn, M.B. and R.N. Fisher. 2004. Post-Cedar Fire Arroyo Toad Monitoring Surveys at CRSP. Presentation from 16-17 October 2004 symposium “The Cedar Fire and Cuyamaca Rancho State Park One Year Later: Recovery Expectations and Realities,” presented by the Anza-Borrego Institute and California State Parks, held at Cuyamaca Outdoor Camp, Descanso, CA.

Merriam, K.E., T.W. McGinnis and J.E. Keeley. 2004. The role of fire and fire management in the invasion of nonnative plants. Park Science 22(2):32-36,52.

Merriam, K.E., T.W. McGinnis and J.E. Keeley. 2004. The role of fire and fire management in the invasion of nonnative plants. Park Science 22(2):32-36,52.

Miles, A. K., J. Y. Takekawa, D. H. Schoellhamer, S. E. Spring, N. D. Athearn, G. G. Shellenbarger, and D. C. Tsao. 2004. San Francisco Bay Estuary Salt Ponds Progress Report 2001 - 2003, Priority Ecosystem Science Program, USGS/USFWS (CNO)Science Support Program. Unpubl. Prog. Rep., U.S. Geological Survey, Davis and Vallejo, CA. 67pp.

Montenegro, G., R. Ginocchio, A. Segura, J.E. Keeley, and M. Gomez. 2004. Fire regimes and vegetation responses in two Mediterranean-climate regions. Revista Chilena de Historia Natural 77:455-464.

Moritz, M.A., J.E. Keeley, E.A. Johnson, and A.A. Schaffner. 2004. Testing a basic assumption of shrubland fire management: Does the hazard of burning increase with the age of fuels? Frontiers in Ecology and the Enviroment. 2:67-72

Moss, R., S. Blumenshine and J. Fleskes. 2004. Secondary production and biomass of aquatic insects in flooded agricultural fields of the southern San Joaquin Valley, California. 25th Annual Central California Research Symposium. April 2004. Fresno, California. (Poster and published abstract).

Pausas, J.G., R. Bradstock, D. Keith, and J.E. Keeley. 2004. Plant functional traits in relation to fire in crown-fire ecosystems. Ecology 85:1085-1100

Paxton, E., A. Tudor, B. Kus, M. Whitfield, and M. Sogge. 2004. Effects of the 2002 record-breaking drought on the southwestern willow flycatcher. Annual Meeting of the Cooper Ornithological Society, 5-9 May, 2004, La Crosse, Wisconsin.

Peterson, B.L., B.E. Kus, and D. H. Deutschman. 2004. Determining nest predators of the Least Bell's Vireo through point counts, tracking stations, and video photography. Jour. Field Ornith. 75:89-95.

Peterson, D. L., C. Allen, J. Baron, D. Fagre, D. McKenzie, and N. Stephenson. 2004. The Western Mountain Initiative: A network of mountain protected areas for global change research. Abstracts, Mountain Climate Sciences Symposium, Kings Beach, California.

Poulton, V.K., J.R. Lovvorn, and J.Y. Takekawa. 2004. Spatial and overwinter changes in clam populations of San Pablo Bay, a semiarid estuary with highly variable freshwater inflow. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 59: 459-473.

Proctor, J.V., S.J. Scoles, and T.C. Esque. 2004. Worldwide literature review of seed bank assays using the seedling emergence method in various ecosystems. 16-18 November. Mojave Desert Science Symposium. University of Redlands, CA.

Proctor, J.V., T.C. Esque, S.J. Scoles, J.A. Young, and M.L. Brooks. 2004. Seed bank assays: A method for determining annual plant diversity and community structure independent of climate. 16-18 November. Mojave Desert Science Symposium. University of Redlands, CA.

Ricca, M. A., R. G. Anthony, and J. C. Williams. 2004. Bald Eagles consume Emperor Geese during late-winter in the Aleutian Archipelago. Journal of Raptor Research. 38: 81-85.

Rourke, J. W. (B. Kus, chair). 2004. An evaluation of fluctuating asymmetry as a tool in indentifying imperiled bird populations. Master's Thesis, San Diego State University.

Rourke, J., B. Kus, and M. Whitfield. 2004. Distribution and abundance of the southwestern willow flycatcher at selected southern California sites in 2001. Prepared for the California Department of Fish and Game, Wildlife Management Division, Sacramento, California.

Rytuba, J.J., R.L. Hothem, J.T. May, and R.P. Ashley. 2004. Minimizing mercury mobility and methylation in the Clear Creek and Trinity River Restoration Projects, California. Third Biennial CalFed Bay-Delta Program Science Conference, Sacramento, CA, October 4-6, 2004.

Scoles, S. J., T. C. Esque, L. A. DeFalco, S. E. Eckert, and D. F. Haines 2004. Evaluation of post fire restoration treatments to reduce invasive plant species. Presented at the Desert Managers Group Restoration Meeting, March 2-3, 2004, Barstow, California.

Scoles, S.J., L.A. DeFalco, and T.C. Esque. 2004. Can restoration go bad?: When restoration efforts help non-native plants. 16-18 November. Majave Desert Science Symposium. University of Redlands, CA.

Seltzer, M. D., and K. H. Berry. 2004. A laser ablation ICP-MS technique for examining elemental distribution in scute tissues of desert tortoise shells. Presentation at the Desert Tortoise Council Symposium, Las Vegas, Nevada.

Shaffer, H. Bradley, Gary M. Fellers, S. Randal Voss, Jeff Oliver, Greg Pauly. 2004. Species boundaries, phylogeography, and conservation genetics of the red-legged frog (Rana aurora/draytonii) complex. Molecular Ecology. 13(9): 2667-2677.

Sharp, B. L. and B. E. Kus. 2004. Sunrise nest attendance and aggression by Least Bell's Vireos fail to deter cowbird parasitism. Wilson Bulletin 116(1):17-22

Spring, S. E.; Miles, A. K., Effects of TCE and PCE on Burrowing Animals at Edwards Air Force Base (August 2004)

Spring, S.E., Miles, A.K., and Anderson, M.A. 2004. Effects of TCE and PCE on wild rodents at Edwards Air Force Base, California. Journal of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. 23(9):2162-2169

Stephenson, N. L., and P. J. van Mantgem. 2004. Dissecting the inverse relationship between tree growth rate and probability of death. Abstracts, annual meeting of the Ecological Society of America, Portland, Oregon. pp. 486-487.

Stephenson, N. L., P. J. van Mantgem, J. E. Keeley, R. S. Anderson, L. J. Graumlich, M. K. Hughes, D. J. Parsons, T. W. Swetnam, D. L. Urban, and J. W. van Wagtendonk. 2004. Climatic change research in the Sierra Nevada: building the Western Mountain Initiative. Abstracts, Mountain Climate Sciences Symposium, Kings Beach, California.

Stokes, D. C. and R. N. Fisher. 2004. Bat inventory of the Descanso district of the Cleveland National Forest, San Diego County, California. US Geological Survey technical report prepared for the US Forest Service. 58 pp.

Sugihara, N. G., J. W. van Wagtendonk, and J. Fites-Kaufman, K. E. Shaffer, and A. E. Thode. 2004. The future of fire in California ecosystems. Chapter 24 in: Sugihara, N. G., J. W. van Wagtendonk, J. Fites-Kaufman, K. E. Shaffer, and A. E. Thode (eds.). Fire in California ecosystems. Univ. California Press, Berkeley. (in press).

Sugihara, N. G., J. W. van Wagtendonk, and J. Fites-Kaufman. 2004. Fire as an ecological process. Chapter 4 in: Sugihara, N. G., J. W. van Wagtendonk, J. Fites-Kaufman, K. E. Shaffer, and A. E. Thode (eds.). Fire in California ecosystems. Univ. California Press, Berkeley. (in press).

Sugihara, N. G., J. W. van Wagtendonk, J. Fites-Kaufman, K. E. Shaffer, and A. E. Thode (eds.). 2004. Fire in California ecosystems. Univ. California Press, Berkeley. (in press).

Swanson, K.M., Shellenbarger, G.G., Henderson, K.D., DiLeo, J.S., Schoellhamer, D.H., Takekawa, J.Y., Athearn, N.D., Jaffe, B.E., Miles, A.K., Saiki, M.K., and Lionberger, M.A. 2004. Science support for salt pond restoration and management in South San Francisco Bay: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 2004-3135, 4 p.

Switalski, T. A., J. A. Bissonette, T. H. DeLuca, C. H. Luce, and M. A. Madej. 2004. Benefits and impacts of road removal. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. 2(1): 21-28.

Switalski, T. A., J. A. Bissonette, T. H. DeLuca, C. H. Luce, and M.A. Madej. 2004. Benefits and Impacts of Road Removal. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. 2(1): 21-28.

T.C. Esque, C.R. Schwalbe, D.F. Haines, and W. L. Halvorson. 2004. Saguaros Under Siege: Invasive Species and Fire. Special Issue Desert Plants 20: 49-55.

Takekawa, J. T., Winter Distribution and Survival of a High-Desert Breeding Population of Canvasbacks (March 2004)

Takekawa, J. Y., Long-term Productivity of Canvasbacks in a Snowpack-Driven Desert Marsh (March 2004)

Takekawa, J.Y. 2004. Winter distribution and survival of a high-desert breeding population of canvasbacks. U.S. Geological Survey Publication Brief for Resource Managers. March 2004: 1pp.

Takekawa, J.Y., D.H. Schoellhamer, A.K. Miles, G.G. Shellenbarger, N.D. Athearn, S.E. Spring, M.K. Saiki, C.A. Jannusch. 2004. Initial biophysical changes after breaching a salt pond levee: final report on the Napa-Sonoma Wildlife Area Pond 3 breach. Unpubl. Progr. Rep., U.S. Geological Survey, Vallejo, CA. 42pp.

Takekawa, JY, HR Carter, DL Orthmeyer, RT Golightly, JT Ackerman, GJ McChesney, JW Mason, J Adams, WR McIver, MO Pierson, and CD Hamilton. 2004. At-Sea Distribution and Abundance of Seabirds and Marine Mammals in the Southern California Bight: 1999–2003. Unpublished summary report, U.S. Geological Survey, Western Ecological Research Center, Vallejo, CA; and Humboldt State University, Department of Wildlife, Arcata, CA 309 pp.

Toxicant exposure and gene expression in sea ducks. Ryan, L., Miles, A.K. Toxic Substances Research and Teaching Program, University of California. San Diego, California. April 23-24, 2004. Poster Presentation.

Underwood, E.C., R. Klinger, and P.E. Moore. 2004. Predicting patterns of non-native plant invasions in Yosemite National Park, California, USA. Diversity and Distributions 10:447-459.

Underwood, E.C., R. Klinger, P.E. Moore. 2004. Predicting patterns of non-native plant invasions in Yosemite National Park, California, USA. Diversity and Distributions 10(5-6): 447-460.

van Mantgem, P. J. 2004. Does coring contribute to tree mortality? Publication Brief for Resource Managers. USGS, Western Ecological Research Center.

van Mantgem, P. J. 2004. Fungi, fire, and the fate of sugar pine in the Sierra Nevada. Publication Brief for Resource Managers. USGS, Western Ecological Research Center.

van Mantgem, P. J., and M.W. Schwartz. 2004. An experimental demonstration of stem damage as a predictor of fire-caused mortality for ponderosa pine. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 34: 1343-1347.

van Mantgem, P. J., and N. L. Stephenson. 2004. The accuracy of matrix projection models for coniferous trees in the Sierra Nevada, California. Abstracts, annual meeting of the Ecological Society of America, Portland, Oregon. p. 518.

van Mantgem, P. J., and N.L. Stephenson. 2004. Does coring contribute to tree mortality? Canadian Journal of Forest Research 34: 2394-2398.

van Mantgem, P. J., Fungi, Fire Exclusion, and the Fate of Sugar Pine in the Sierra Nevada (December 2004)

van Mantgem, P. J., How Are Trees Killed by Fire? (July 2004)

van Mantgem, P. J., N.L. Stephenson, M.B. Keifer, and J.E. Keeley. 2004. Effects of an introduced pathogen and fire exclusion on the demography of sugar pine. Ecological Applications 14: 1590-1602.

Van Mantgem, P.J., N.L. Stephenson, M.B. Keifer, and J.E. Keeley. 2004. Effects of an introduced pathogen and fire exclusion on demography of sugar pine. Ecological Applications 14:1590-1602.

van Riper, C., and J. W. van Wagtendonk. 2004. Home range characteristics of great gray owls in Yosemite National Park. J. Raptor Res. (in press)

van Wagtendonk, J. W. 2004. Fire and landscapes: patterns and processes. Pages 69-78 in: Murphy, D. D., and P. A. Stine (eds). 2004. Proceedings for the Sierra Nevada Science Symposium. USDA Forest Service General Technical Report PSW-GTR-193. 278 pages.

van Wagtendonk, J. W. Fire as a physical process. 2004. Chapter 3 in: Sugihara, N. G., J. W. van Wagtendonk, J. Fites-Kaufman, K. E. Shaffer, and A. E. Thode (eds.). Fire in California ecosystems. Univ. California Press, Berkeley. (in press).

van Wagtendonk, J. W. 2004. Simulation modeling of visitor flows: where have we have been and where can we go? Pages 129-136 in: Sievänen, T., J. Erkkonen, J. Jokimäki, J. Saarinen, S. Tuulentie, and E. Virtanen (eds.). Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Monitoring and Management of Visitor Flows in Recreational and Protected Areas. Finnish Forest Research Institute Working Papers. Rovaniemi, Finland. 428 p

van Wagtendonk, J. W., J. Fites-Kaufman. 2004. Fire in the Sierra Nevada bioregion. Chapter 12 in: Sugihara, N. G., J. W. van Wagtendonk, J. Fites-Kaufman, K. E. Shaffer, and A. E. Thode (eds.). Fire in California ecosystems. Univ. California Press, Berkeley. (in press).

van Wagtendonk, J. W., R. R. Root, and C. H. Key. 2004. Comparison of AVIRIS and Landsat ETM+ detection capabilities for burn severity. Remote Sensing of Environment. 92(3):397-408

van Wagtendonk, J. W., Z. Zhu, and E. L. Lile. 2004. Prefire risk assessment and fuels mapping. P. 49-52 in Livingston, R. K., (ed.). Third U. S. Geological Survey Wildland Fire-Science Workshop. USGS Scientific Investigations Report 2004-5005. 67p.

Vandergast, A. G. and R. G. Gillespie. 2004. Effects of natural forest fragmentation on a Hawaiian spider community. Environmental Entomology 33:1296-1305.

Vandergast, A. G., R. G. Gillespie and G. K. Roderick. 2004. Lava flow versus gene flow: habitat fragmentation and diversification in Hawaiian Tetragnatha Spiders. Oral Presentation. 16th International Congress of Arachnology. Gent, Belgium.

Vandergast, A. G., R. G. Gillespie, and G. K. Roderick. 2004. Influence of volcanic activity on the population genetic structure of Hawaiian Tetragnatha spiders: fragmentation, rapid population growth and the potential for accelerated evolution. Molecular Ecology 13:1729-1743.

Warburton, M.L., R.N. Fisher and S.A. Hathaway. 2004. 2000-2002 Anza-Borrego Desert State Park Amphibian Survey. Prepared for California State Parks. 39pp.

Ward, J. R. and K. D. Lafferty (2004) The elusive baseline of marine disease: Are diseases in ocean ecosystems increasing? Public Library of Science Biology 2: e120.

Warnock, N., M.A. Bishop, J.Y. Takekawa, and T.D. Williams. 2004. Pacific Flyway Shorebird Migration Program: Spring Western Sandpiper Migration, Northern Baja California, Mexico to Alaska - Final Report 2004. Unpubl. Prog. Rep., PRBO Conservation Science, Stinson Beach, CA; Prince William Sound Science Center, Cordova, AK; U.S. Geological Survey, Vallejo, CA; and Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C.

Webb, W. C., W. I. Boarman, and J. T. Rotenberry. 2004. Common raven juvenile survival in a human-augmented landscape. Condor 106: 517-528.

Wijayratne, U., S.J. Scoles, and L.A. DeFalco. 2004. Anthropogenic Dust Deposition and the Endangered Lane Mountain Milkvetch (Astragulus jaegerianus). 3rd Mojave Desert Science Symposium. November 16-18, 2004. University of Redlands, CA.

Wylie, G.D. 2004. Results of 2004 monitoring for giant garter snakes (Thamnophis gigas) for the bank protection project on the left bank of the Colusa Basin Drainage Canal in Reclamation District 108, Sacramento River bank protection project, phase II. Progress report for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Reclamation District 108. USGS, BRD Dixon Field Station. 13 pp.

Wylie, G.D., M.L. Casazza, and L.L. Martin. 2004. Monitoring giant garter snakes in the Natomas Basin: 2003 results. Progress report for The Natomas Basin Conservancy. USGS, BRD Dixon Field Station. 75pp.

Wylie, G.D., M.L. Casazza, and M. Carpenter. 2004. Bullfrogs are significant predators of giant garter snake young of the year. Publication brief. USGS, BRD, Dixon Field Station.

2003 van Mantgem, P. J., N.L. Stephenson, M.B. Keifer, and J.E. Keeley. The effects of white pine blister rust and fire exclusion on long-term demographic trends of sugar pine in the Sierra Nevada. Ecological Society of America annual meeting, Savannah, GA.

2003 van Mantgem, P. J., N.L. Stephenson, M.B. Keifer, and J.E. Keeley. The effects of white pine blister rust and fire exclusion on long-term demographic trends of sugar pine in the Sierra Nevada. Fourth North American Forest Ecology Workshop, Corvallis, OR.

Ackerman, JT and JM Eadie. 2003. Current versus future reproduction: an experimental test of parental investment decisions using nest desertion by mallards (Anas platyrhynchos). Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 54(3): 264–273.

Ackerman, JT and JM Eadie. 2003. Snatching victory from the jaws of defeat: some nests robbed by predators still produce ducklings. California Waterfowl, April/May 2003: 8–9.

Ackerman, JT, AL Blackmer, and JM Eadie. 2003. Is predation on duck nests density dependent? Tests at three spatial scales. 3rd North American Duck Symposium. Sacramento, California, November 5–8.

Ackerman, JT, J Adams, JY Takekawa, HR Carter, DL Whitworth, SH Newman, RT Golightly, and DL Orthmeyer. 2003. Effects of radio transmitters on breeding Cassin’s auklets. Minerals Management Service, Camarillo, California, September 9.

Ackerman, JT, JM Eadie, and TG Moore. 2003. Life-history predicts risk-taking behavior of dabbling ducks: an experiment using hunter predation and spinning-wing decoys. 3rd North American Duck Symposium. Sacramento, California, November 5–8.

Ackerman, JT, JM Eadie, DL Loughman, GS Yarris, and MR McLandress. 2003. The influence of partial clutch depredation on duckling production. Journal of Wildlife Management 67(3): 576–587.

Ackerman, JT, JM Eadie, GS Yarris, DL Loughman, and MR McLandress. 2003. Cues for investment: nest desertion in response to partial clutch depredation in dabbling ducks. Animal Behaviour 66(5): 871–883.

Adams, J, JW Mason, GJ McChesney, WR McIver, HR Carter, RT Golightly, DL Orthmeyer, JY Takekawa, JT Ackerman, W Perry, and JL Yee. 2003. Integrating seabird use and ocean features: an example with Cassin’s auklets. Minerals Management Service, Camarillo, California, September 9.

Airame, S. J. E. Dugan, K. D. Lafferty, H. M. Leslie, D. A. McArdle and R. R. Warner. 2003. Marine reserve design for conservation and fisheries management: a case study from the California Channel Islands. Ecological Applications 13:S170-S184.

Allgöwer, B., J. D. Carlson, and J. W. van Wagtendonk. 2003. Fire danger rating and remote sensing- Will remote sensing enhance wildland fire danger prediction? Introduction in: Chuvieco, E. (ed.). Wildland fire danger estimation and mapping: the role of remote sensing data. World Scientific, London. 300 p.

Allison, L. J., C. E. Paradizick, J. W. Rourke, and T. D. McCarthey. 2003. A characterization of vegetation in nesting and non-nesting plots for Southwestern Willow Flycatchers in central Arizona. Studies in Avian Biology 26: 81-90.

Atkinson, A. J., B. S. Yang, R. N. Fisher, E. Ervin, T. J. Case, N. Scott, H. B. Shaffer. 2003. MCB Camp Pendleton Arroyo Toad Monitoring Protocol: 1. Summary of results from a workshop on August 27, 2002; 2. Monitoring protocol and targeted studies. Technical report prepared for Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton. 42 pp.

Atkinson, A. J., R. N. Fisher, C. J. Rochester, and C. W. Brown. 2003. Sampling design optimization and establishment of baselines for herpetofauna arrays at the Point Loma Ecological Reserve. U. S. Geological Survey Western Ecological Research Center Technical Report prepared for Cabrillo National Monument, National Park Service. 39 pages.

Atkinson, A. J., R. N. Fisher, C. J. Rochester, and C. W. Brown. 2003. Sampling design optimization and establishment of baselines for herpetofauna arrays at the Point Loma Ecological Reserve. U. S. Geological Survey Western Ecological Research Center Technical Report prepared for Cabrillo National Monument, National Park Service. 39 pages. (Julie Yee, Robert N. Fisher)

Bell, T., M. Bowles and K. McEachern. 2003. Projecting the success of plant restoration with population viability analysis. Chapter in C.A. Brigham and M.W. Schwartz eds., Population Viability in Plants. Springer-Verlag, Heidelberg, Germany.

Berry, K. H. 2003. Declining trends continue in desert tortoise populations, Calfiornia, USA. Invited Presentation at the Gopher Tortoise Council’s 25th Anniversary. Apopka, Florida.

Berry, K. H. 2003. Declining trends in desert tortoise populations at long-term study plots in California between 1979 and 2002: Multiple issues. Presentation at the Desert Tortoise Council Symposium, Las Vegas, Nevada.

Berry, K. H. 2003. Examples of recovery of vegetation following disturbance in the Jawbone-Butterbredt Area of Critical Environmental Concern. A Preliminary Report to the Bureau of Land Management, Sacramento, California. November 2003.

Berry, K. H. 2003. Health assessments of tortoises in the field: An integral part of research, monitoring, and mitigation projects. Invited Presentation at the Gopher Tortoise Council’s 25th Anniversary. Apopka, Florida.

Berry, K. H. 2003. Recovery of perennial vegetation at disturbed sites in the western, central, and eastern Mojave Desert. Presentation at the Arid Southwest Lands, Habitat Restoration Conference, Palm Springs, California

Berry, K. H. 2003. Spring wildflowers spectacular in 2003 at the Desert Tortoise Natural Area. Tortoise Tracks 23(2):1-3.

Berry, K. H. 2003. Declining trends continue in desert tortoise populations, California, USA. Invited Presentation at the Gopher Tortoise Council’s 25th Anniversary. Apopka, Florida.

Berry, K. H., et al. 2003. Health assessments of captive and wild desert tortoises at 26 sites in the Mojave and Colorado deserts, California, in 2002. Presentation at the Desert Tortoise Council Symposium, Las Vegas, Nevada.

Berry, K. H., W. B. Jennings, and O.T. Oftedal. 2003. Restoring habitat for desert tortoises in the Mojave and Colorado deserts: What they need and why. Presentation at the Arid Southwest Lands, Habitat Restoration conference, Palm Springs, California.

Bishop, Christine A., David C. Cunnington, Gary M. Fellers, James P. Gibbs, Bruce D. Pauli, and Betsie B. Rothermel. 2003. Physical Habitat and its Alteration: A Common Ground for Exposure of Amphibians to Environmental Stressors. Pp. 209 - 241. In: Gregory Linder, Sherry K. Krest, and Donald W. Sparling (eds.). Amphibian Decline: An Integrated Analysis of Multiple Stressor Effects. Society for Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, North America. Pensacola, FL. xxi+345 Pp.

Boarman, William I. 2003. Managing a subsidized predator population: reducing common raven predation on desert tortoises. Environmental Management 32: 205-217

Boydston, E. E., K. M. Kapheim, M. Szykman, and K. E. Holekamp. 2003. Individual variation in space use by female spotted hyenas. Journal of Mammalogy 84: 1006-1018.

Boydston, E. E., Kapheim, K. M., Watts, H. E., Szykman, M. & Holekamp, K. E. 2003. Altered behavior in spotted hyenas associated with increased human activity. Animal Conservation 6:207-219.

Boydston, E. E., Kapheim, K. M., Watts, H. E., Szykman, M. & Holekamp, K. E. 2003. Altered behavior in spotted hyenas associated with increased human activity. Animal Conservation 6:207-219.

Brehme, C.S. (R. Fisher, co-chair). 2003. Responses of small terrestrial vertebrates to roads in a coastal sage scrub ecosystem. Master's Thesis, San Diego State University.

Brooks, M., K. Berry, J. Proctor, and L. Shapiro. 2003. Effects of fenced habitat protection on annual and perennial plants in the Western Mojave Desert. Poster at the Desert Tortoise Council Symposium, Las Vegas, Nevada.

Brooks, M., T.C. Esque, J.R. Matchett. 2003. Current status and management of alien plants and fire in desert tortoise habitat. Presented at the 28th Annual Symposium of the Desert Tortoise Council. Las Vegas, Nevada.

Brooks, M.L. 2003. Effects of increased soil nitrogen on the dominance of alien annual plants in the Mojave Desert. Journal of Applied Ecology 40:344-353.

Brooks, M.L. 2003. Effects of increased soil nitrogen on the dominance of alien annual plants in the Mojave Desert. Journal of Applied Ecology.

Brooks, M.L. 2003. Introduction and overview of invasive species in the southwest. In M. Kelly (ed.). Proceedings of the California Exotic Pest Plant Council Symposium. Vol. 6:49.

Brooks, M.L. 2003. Multidisciplinary research needs for invasive plants in southwestern North America. In M. Kelly (ed.). Proceedings of the California Exotic Pest Plant Council Symposium. Vol. 6:52.

Brooks, M.L. 2003. Research highlight: fire and invasive annual grasses in western ecosystems. Pg. 14 In the Joint Fire Science Program, 2002 Business Summary.

Brooks, M.L. and C.M. D’Antonio. 2003. The role of fire in promoting plant invasions. In M. Kelly (ed.). Proceedings of the California Exotic Pest Plant Council Symposium. Vol. 6: 29-30.

Brooks, M.L. and J.R. Matchett. 2003. Evaluation of Mojave ground squirrel trapping data. USGS Publication Brief.

Brooks, M.L. and J.R. Matchett. 2003. Plant community patterns in unburned and burned blackbrush (Coleogyne ramosissima) shrublands in the Mojave Desert. Western North American Naturalist 63:283-298.

Brooks, M.L. and J.R. Matchett. 2003. Plant diversity and fire effects in blackbrush shrublands. USGS Publication Brief.

Brooks, M.L. and T.C. Esque. 2003. Alien plants and fire in desert tortoise habitat. USGS Publication Brief.

Brooks, M.L., J.R. Matchett, T.C. Esque, and C. Wallace. 2003. Fire hazard mapping at the Mojave National Preserve. Presented at the Aridlands Restoration Workshop. 3 March 2003. Palm Springs, California.

Brooks, M.L., S.H. Cannon, and N.B. Kotliar. 2003. White paper on post-fire effects, including physical and biological. Pp. 53-56 in R.K. Livingston (ed.). Third U.S. Geological Survey Wildland Fire-Science Workshop, Denver, Colorado, November 12-15, 2002. U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2004-5005, 67pp.

Brooks, M.L., T. Esque, M. Pellant, and M. Whalen. 2003. Effectiveness of post-fire seedings to reduce cheatgrass - Study plan report. Technical Report Prepared for the Coordinated Intermountain Restoration Project Meeting Boise, Idaho, 31 March, 2003. 7pp.2003 Intermountain Restoration Coordination Meeting, 31 March to 1 April, Boise, Idaho.

Brooks, M.L., T.C. Esque, and J.R. Matchett. 2003. Fire behavior, effects, and management in unburned and previously burned blackbrush (Coleogyne ramosissima) shrublands in the Mojave Desert. P. 17 in R.K. Livingston (ed.). Third U.S. Geological Survey Wildland Fire-Science Workshop, Denver, Colorado, November 12-15, 2002. U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2004-5005, 67pp.

Brooks, M.L., T.C. Esque, and T. Duck. 2003. Fuels and fire regimes in creosostebush, blackbrush, and interior chaparral shrublands. Technical Report for the Southern Utah Demonstration Fuels Project, USDA, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Fire Science Lab, Missoula, Montana. 17pp.

Brooks, M.L., T.C. Esque, J.R. Matchett, and J. D’Elia. 2003. Recent fire history in the Mojave Desert, 1980-2001. Presented at the Aridlands Restoration Workshop. 3 March 2003. Palm Springs, California.

Brooks, M.L., T.C. Esque, J.R. Matchett. 2003. Management of alien plants and fire in the Mojave and Colorado deserts. Presented at the Aridlands Restoration Conference. 4 March 2003. Palm Springs, CA.

Burn, D.M., A.M. Doroff and M.T. Tinker, 2003. Carrying Capacity and pre-decline abundance of sea otters (Enhydra lutris kenyoni) in the Aleutian Islands. Northwestern Naturalist 84(3): 145-148

Choisy, M, Brown, S, Lafferty, KD & Thomas, F (2003) Evolution of trophic transmission in parasites: why add intermediate hosts? American Naturalist 162:172-181

Christopher Currens & William J. Liss. (In Press). Experimental studies of interactions of brook char, Salvelinus fontinalis, salamanders, Ambystoma gracile, and macroinvertebrates in high elevation lakes in the Central Oregon Cascades.

Christopher, M. M., K. H. Berry, B. T. Henen, and K. A. Nagy. 2003. Clinical disease and laboratory abnormalities in free-ranging desert tortoises in California (1990-1995). Journal of Wildlife Diseases 39(1): 35-56.

Chuvieco, E., D. Riaño, B. Allgöwer, E. Meier, and J. W. van Wagtendonk. 2003. Fuel loads and fuel types. Chapter 5 in: Chuvieco, E. (ed.). Wildland fire danger estimation and mapping: the role of remote sensing data. World Scientific, London. 300 p.

Contaminant concentrations in diving ducks of the San Francisco Bay estuary. Miles, A.K., Takekawa, J.Y., Wainwright-de la Cruz, S., Lovvorn, J.R. 3rd North American Duck Symposium, Sacramento, CA 2003. Poster Presentation.

D.F. Haines*, T.C. Esque, M.L. Brooks, and R.H. Webb. 2003. Fire and exotics in the Mojave Desert: An irreversible change? Presented at the Aridlands Restoration Conference. 3 March 2003. Palm Springs, CA.

DeFalco, L. A. 2003. Physiological ecology of the invasive annual grass Bromus madritensis ssp. Rubens and its interactions with native Mojave Desert species. Ph.D. dissertation. University of Nevada, Reno. 130 pp.

DeFalco, L. A., D. R. Bryla, V. Smith-Longozo, and R. S. Nowak. 2003. Are Mojave Desert annual species equal? Resource acquisition and allocation for the invasive grass Bromus madritensis ssp. rubens (Poaceae) and two native species. American Journal of Botany 90:1045-1053.

DeFalco, L. A., S. J. Scoles, R. B. Hunter, T. C. Esque, D. F. Haines, P. A. Medica and R. H. Webb. 2003. Does dominance of the invasive annual grass Bromus madritensis ssp. rubens impact native annual plant communities? An investigation using long-term data from the Nevada Test Site, southern Nevada. Poster presented at the Desert Managers Group and Society for Ecological Restoration, Arid Lands Habitat Restoration Conference, Palm Springs, California.

Diets of Introduced Predators at South San Francisco Bay and Monterey County, California. National Wildlife Society Conference, Meckstroth, A., and Miles, A.K. Vt. September 2003. Presentation.

Doroff, A.M., J.A. Estes, M.T. Tinker, D.M. Burn and T.J. Evans. 2003. Sea otter population declines in the Aleutian Archipelago. Journal of Mammalogy, 84(1): 55-64

Downard, G.T., J.Y. Takekawa, and I. Woo. 2003. The Tubbs Setback Restoration Project: Establishment of Tidal Marsh Plants. Unpubl. Rep. of the San Pablo Bay NWR, Vallejo, CA. 19pp.

Eadie, JM, JT Ackerman, and M Deering. 2003. Ducks, death, and decision rules. Invited talk, The Winter Animal Behavior Conference, 25th Annual. Jackson Hole, Wyoming, January 18–25.

Eadie, JM, JT Ackerman, and M Deering. 2003. Ducks, death, and decision rules: further attempts to link behavioral ecology and waterfowl conservation and management. Invited talk, Dept. of Biological Sciences, Simon Fraser University, British Columbia, Canada, April 8.

Eadie, JM, TG Moore, and JT Ackerman. 2003. Experimental evaluation of the effect of spinning-wing decoys on hunting success and waterfowl response in California. 3rd North American Duck Symposium. Sacramento, California, November 5–8.

Ecotoxicology and wildlife management: are contaminants affecting wintering Steller's eiders? Stout, J.H., Flint, P.L., Miles, A.K., Trust, K.A., Hollmen, T. and Reeves, M.K. Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, Washington, D.C., 2003. Poster Presentation.

Effects of TCE and PCE on Wild Rodents, Edwards Air Force Base, California. Spring, S., and Miles, A.K. National Wildlife Society Conference, Vermont. September 2003. Presentation.

Eisenreich, K.M., N.H. Golden, B.A. Rattner, R.L. Kershnar, and R.L. Hothem. 2003. Terrestrial vertebrate ecotoxicological data gaps for the United States Pacific and Gulf Coasts. Proceedings of the Twenty-fourth Annual Meeting of the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, November 8-13, 2003, Austin, TX.

Esque, T. C., J. E. Rogers, L. A. DeFalco, K. A. Goodwin, S. J. Scoles, D. F. Haines, S. E. Eckert and D. Flock. 2003. Challenges to Joshua tree recovery in the postfire environment: attenuated mortality and hungry rodents everywhere. Poster presented at the Desert Managers Group and Society for Ecological Restoration, Arid Lands Habitat Restoration Conference, Palm Springs, California.

Esque, T. C., P.A. Medica, S.B. VanderWall, R.H. Webb, D.F. Haines, L.A. DeFalco, and C. R. Tracy. 2003. The role of small animals, invasive plants and fire in Mojave Desert seed bank dynamics and vegetation recovery. Poster presented at the Desert Managers Group and Society for Ecological Restoration, Arid Lands Habitat Restoration Conference, Palm Springs, California.

Esque, T.C., C.R. Schwalbe, L.A. DeFalco, R.B. Duncan, and T.J. Hughes. 2003. Effects of desert wildfires on desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) and other small vertebrates. Southwestern Naturalist 48: 103-110.

Esque, T.C., D.F. Haines, L.A. DeFalco, J.E. Rodgers, K.A. Goodwin and S.J. Scoles. 2003. Mortality of adult Joshua trees (Yucca brevifolia) due to small mammal herbivory at Joshua Tree National Park, California. Report prepared for National Park Service, Great Basin Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit. 10 pp.

Esque, T.C., S.E. Eckert, D.F. Haines, R.S. Schwartz, and C.R. Tracy. 2003. Fire behavior during a prescribed experimental fire in desert tortoise habitat on the Parashant National Monument in Pakoon Basin, Arizona. Report to the USDI-Bureau of Land Management, Parashant National Monument, Arizona. 12 pp.

Estes, J.A., E.M. Danner, D.F. Doak, B. Konar, A.M. Springer, P.D. Steinberg, M.T. Tinker, and T.M. Williams. 2003. Complex trophic interactions in kelp forest ecosystems. Bulletin of Marine Science, 74: 621-638.

Estes, J.A., M.L. Riedman, M.M. Staedler M.T. Tinker, B.E. Lyon. 2003. Individual variation in prey selection by sea otters: patterns, causes, and implications. Journal of Animal Ecology, 72(1): 144-155

Fain, M.M*, T.C. Esque, and M.L. Brooks. 2003. When seeds play hide and seek: A method for determining plant community structure independent of climate. Presented at the Aridlands Restoration Workshop. 3 March. Palm Springs, California.

Fellers, Gary M. 2003. Bat Inventories in the San Francisco Bay Area: research and bat vocalizations. http://www.werc.usgs.gov/bats/batstudiesnorth.html.

Fellers, Gary M. 2003. Secret Lives of Wildlife Exposed: Mountain lion, long-tailed weasel, and mountain beaver video. http://www.werc.usgs.gov/pt-reyes/movies.

Fellers, Gary M. and Greg Guscio. 2003. California Red-legged Frog Surveys of Lower Redwood Creek, Golden Gate National Recreation Area. National Park Service Report. 71 Pp.

Fellers, Gary M. and Patrick Kleeman. 2003. A technique for locating and recovering radio transmitters at close range. Herpetological Review. 34:123.

Fellers, Gary M. and Patrick Kleeman. 2003. A Technique for Locating and Recovering Radiotransmitters at Close Range. Herpetological Review. 34(2): 123.

Fellers, Gary M., Wang Yuezhao, and Liu Shaoyin. 2003. Status of Amphibians at the Zoige Wetlands, Sichuan Province, China. Froglog (Newsletter of the Declining Amphibian Populations Task Force of the World Conservation Union's Species Survival Commission). 58: 1. http://www2.open.ac.uk/biology/froglog/FROGLOG-58.html

Fleskes, J. P. November 2003. Northern pintail evening flight paths relative to urbanization and wetlands in the Grassland Ecological Area. 3rd North American Duck Symposium. Sacramento, CA.

Fleskes, J. P., and D. S. Battaglia. November 2003. Pintail habitat use during spring migration in the Klamath Basin and other southern Oregon-northeastern California locations. 3rd North American Duck Symposium. Sacramento, CA.

Fleskes, J. P., D. M. Mauser, and G. S. Yarris. December 2003. Survival of female mallards molting in the Klamath Basin region of California and Oregon. 3rd International Wildlife Mamagement Congress. Christchurch, New Zealand.

Fleskes, J. P., M. L. Casazza, J. G. Mensik, M. R. Miller, D.O. Orthmeyer, J. Y. Takekawa, J. L. Yee, and D. R. Yparraguirre. December 2003. Impacts of landscape changes on waterfowl wintering in the Central Valley of California. 3rd International Wildlife Mamagement Congress Christchurch, New Zealand.

Fleskes, J. P., M. L. Casazza, M. R. Miller, J. Y. Takekawa, J. L. Yee, D.O. Orthmeyer, J. G. Mensik, and D. R. Yparraguirre. November 2003. Impacts of landscape changes on waterfowl wintering in the Central Valley of California. 3rd North American Duck Symposium.Sacramento, CA.

Fleskes, J. P., M. R. Miller, and J. Y. Takekawa. 2003. Science support for managing migratory waterfowl. April 8, 2003. USGS WERC Fact Sheet.

Fleskes, J.P., R.L. Jarvis, and D.S. Gilmer. 2003. Selection of flooded agricultural fields and other landscapes by female northern pintails wintering in Tulare Basin, California. Wildlife Society Bulletin 31(3):793-803.

Fleskes, Joseph P. 2003. Effects of backpack radiotags on female northern pintails wintering in California. Wildlife Society Bulletin 31(1):212-219.

Fleskes, Joseph P., 2003. Northern pintail evening flight paths relative to urbanization and wetlands in the Grassland Ecological Area, California. The Wildlife Society-Western Section. Irvine, California. Poster and published abstract.

Gerlach, J.D., Jr., P. Moore, B. Johnson, G. Roy, P. Whitmarsh, D.M. Lubin, D.M. Graber, S. Haultain, A. Pfaff, and J.E. Keeley. 2003. Alien Plant Species Threat Assessment and Management Prioritization for Sequoia-Kings Canyon and Yosemite National Parks. USGS Open-File Report 02-170.

Goodwin*, K.A., M.B. Saethre, T.C. Esque, P.A. Medica, R. Marlow, C.R. Tracy. 2003. Determining the Carrying Capacity of Desert Tortoises In A Stochastic Environment. Presented at the 28th Annual Symposium of the Desert Tortoise Council. Las Vegas, Nevada.

Goodwin, K.A., M.B. Saethre, T.C. Esque*, P.A. Medica, R. Marlow, C.R. Tracy. 2003. Reproduction of the Desert Tortoise in Clark County, Nevada. Presented at the 28th Annual Symposium of the Desert Tortoise Council. Las Vegas, Nevada.

Goodwin, K.A., T.C. Esque, P.A. Medica, M.B. Saethre, R.W. Marlow, and C.R. Tracy. 2003. Variation in reproduction of the desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) in the Mojave Desert of southern Nevada in relation to body size, primary production and climate. Submitted to the University of Navada, Reno under contract for Clark County Multi-Species Habitat Conservation Plan. 22pp.

Haines*, D.F., T.C. Esque, K.E. Nussear, C.R. Tracy. 2003. A regional study of hibernation of desert tortoises: Hibernation Temperatures, Timing, and Site Characteristics. Presented at the 28th Annual Symposium of the Desert Tortoise Council. Las Vegas, Nevada.

Haines, D. F., T. C. Esque, L. A. DeFalco, S. J. Scoles, M. L. Brooks and R. H. Webb. 2003. Blackbrush (Coleogyne ramosissima) habitat, fire and exotics in the Mojave Desert. Poster presented at the Desert Managers Group and Society for Ecological Restoration, Arid Lands Habitat Restoration Conference, Palm Springs, California.

Haines, D. F., T. C. Esque, L. A. DeFalco, S. J. Scoles, M. L. Brooks and R. H. Webb. 2003. Fire and exotics in the Mojave Desert: An irreversible change? Paper presented at the Desert Managers Group and Society for Ecological Restoration, Arid Lands Habitat Restoration Conference, Palm Springs, California.

Haines, D.F., T.C. Esque, S.J. Scoles, M. L. Brooks, R.H. Webb. 2003. Do fire and exotics in the Mojave Desert: cause irreversible change? A state-transition model for blackbrush (Coleogyne ramosissima) habitat. Presented at the Aridlands Restoration Workshop. 3 March 2003. Palm Springs, California.

Haines, DF., T.C. Esque, L.A. DeFalco, S.J. Scoles, M.L. Brooks, and R.H. Webb. 2003. Fire and exotics in the Mojave Desert: An irreversible change? A state-transition model for blackbrush (Coleogyne ramosissima) habitat. P. 31 in R.K. Livingston (ed.). Third U.S. Geological Survey Wildland Fire-Science Workshop, Denver, Colorado, November 12-15, 2002. U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2004-5005, 67pp

Hothem, R.L., J.N. Moore, J.T. May, J. Gibson, and B. Rasmussen. 2003. Metals contamination at Whiskeytown National Recreation Area, California: An assesment of the effects of historical mining on the environmental quality of aquatic ecosystems. The George Wright Society Biennial Conference. Protecting our diverse heritage: The role of parks, protected areas, and cultural sites. The GWS/CR2003 Joint Conference, April 13-18, 2003, San Diego, California.

Hui, Clifford A. 2003. Lead burdens and behavioral impairments in the lined shore crab Pachygrapsus crassipes. Annual meeting of the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Contamination, Austin Texas, 09-13 November 2003. p. 154.

Javed, S.,H. Higuchi, M. Nagendran, and J.Y. Takekawa. 2003. Satellite telemetry and wildlife studies in India: Advantages, options and challenges. Current Science. 85(10): 1439-1443.

Keeley, J.E. 2003. Fire and invasive plants in California ecosystems. Fire Management Today 63(2):18-19

Keeley, J.E. 2003. Relating species abundance distributions to species area curves in two mediterranean-type shrublands. Diversity and Distributions 9:253-259.

Keeley, J.E. and C.J. Fotheringham. 2003. Historical fire regime in southern California. Fire Management Today 63(1):8-9.

Keeley, J.E. and C.J. Fotheringham. 2003. Impact of past, present, and future fire regimes on North American Mediterranean shrublands, pp. 218-262. In T.T. Veblen, W.L. Baker, G. Montenegro, and T.W. Swetnam (eds), Fire and Climatic Change in Temperate Ecosystems of the Western Americas. Springer, New York.

Keeley, J.E. and C.J. Fotheringham. 2003. Species area relationships in mediterranean-climate plant communities. Journal of Biogeography 30:1629-1657.

Keeley, J.E. and P.W. Rundel. 2003. Evolution of CAM and C4 carbon-concentrating mechanisms. International Journal of Plant Sciences 164 (3 Supplement):555-577.

Keeley, J.E., D. Lubin, and C.J. Fotheringham. 2003. Fire and grazing impacts on plant diversity and invasives in the southern Sierra Nevada. Ecological Applications 13:1355-1374

Kisner, D., B.E. Kus, and J.E. Diffendorfer. Impact of giant reed (Arundo donax) on the southern California riparian bird community. 75th Annual Meeting of the Cooper Ornithological, 30 April-3 May 2003, Flagstaff, Arizona.

Kisner, D.A. and B.E. Kus. 2003. The effect of Arundo donax on sensitive riparian bird species in southern California. Invited presentation at Invasive Plants in Natural and Managed Systems, 7th International Conference on the Ecology and Management of Alien Plant Invasions, 3-7 November, 2003, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida.

Kristan, W. B., III, and W. I. Boarman. 2003. Spatial pattern of risk of common raven predation on desert tortoises. Ecology 84: 2432-2443.

Kruse, K.L., J.R. Lovvorn, J.Y. Takekawa, and J. Mackay. 2003. Long term productivity of canvasbacks (Aythya valisineria) in a snowpacked-driven desert marsh. Auk 120(1):107-119.

Kus, B.E. 2003. Restoring habitat for endangered birds. Invited presentation at Arid Southwest Lands Habitat Restoration Conference (hosted by the Desert Managers Group). March 3-7, Palm Springs, CA.

Kus, B.E. Does cowbird parasitism reduce survival to breeding age in Least Bell’s Vireos? 75th Annual Meeting of the Cooper Ornithological Society, 30 April-3 May, 2003, Flagstaff, Arizona.

Kus, B.E. 2003. Reviewing the boundaries of professional conduct: a research biologist's perspective. Invited presentation in symposium on "Reviewing the Boundaries of Professional Conduct", annual meeting of The Wildlife Society, Western Section, Feb. 27 - Mar. 1, Irvine, CA.

Kus, B.E. and D. A. Kisner. 2003. Neotropical migratory bird monitoring study at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California. 2002 Annual Report. Prepared for Assistant Chief of Staff, Environmental Security, Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton.

Kus, B.E. and K.E. Kenwood. 2003. Distribution, abundance, and breeding activities of the southwestern willow flycatcher at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California. 2002 Annual Report. Prepared for Assistant Chief of Staff, Environmental Security, Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California.

Kus, B.E. and M. Whitfield. Managing cowbird parasitism in endangered hosts: management success or co-dependency? Symposium on “Ecology and evolution of host-parasite interactions and cowbird management,121st Annual Meeting of the American Ornithologists’ Union, 6-9 August 2003, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois.

Kus, B.E. and P.P. Beck. 2003. An approach for monitoring bird communities to assess development of restored riparian habitat. In: P.M. Faber (ed.) pages 396-406. California Riparian Systems: Process and Floodplain Management, Ecology, and Restoration. 2001 Riparian Habitat and Floodplain Conference Proceedings, Riparian Habitat Joint Venture, Sacramento, CA.

Kus, B.E., D.A. Kisner, and M.B. Mulrooney. 2003. Riparian and upland bird communities at Lower Topanga Canyon, Topanga State Park, California. Prepared for California State Parks, Southern Service Center, San Diego, California.

Kus, B.E., P.P. Beck, and J.M. Wells. 2003. Southwestern willow flycatcher populations in southern California: distribution, abundance, and potential for conservation. Studies in Avian Biology 26:12-21.

Kus, B.E.and K. Kenwood. 2003. Use of exotic species for nest placement by southwestern willow flycatchers. Presentation at the annual meeting of The Wildlife Society, Western Section, Feb. 27-Mar. 1, Irvine, CA.

Kus,B., D. Evans, B. Langan, and M.B. Mulrooney. 2003. Status and distribution of the least Bell's vireo and southwestern willow flycatcher at the Cleveland National Forest in 2002. Prepared for the USDA Forest Service, Cleveland National Forest, San Diego, California.

Lafferty, K. D., and R. D. Holt. 2003. How should environmental stress affect the population dynamics of disease? Ecology Letters 6:654-664.

Lafferty, K.D. 2003. The crisis discipline of conservation medicine. Conservation Biology 17:1859-1860

Lafferty, KD. 2003. Is disease increasing or decreasing, and does it impact or maintain biodiversity? Journal of Parasitology 89:S101-S105

Lesley A. DeFalco, David R. Bryla, Vickie Smith-Longozo and Robert S. Nowak. 2003. Are Mojave desert annual species equal? Resource acquisition and allocation for the invasive grass Bromus Madritensis subsp. Rubens (Poaceae) and two native species.

Madej, M. A. 2003. A Comparison of Restoration Strategies on Disturbed Forest Lands. George Wright Society Biennial Conference. San Diego, Ca.

Madej, M. A., M. A. Wilzbach, K. W. Cummins, S. J. Hadden, and C. C. Ellis. 2003. Composition of Suspended Load as a Measure of Stream Health. Progress Report for California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection Contract 1.22-1757. 60 p.

Madej, M.A. 2003. Contrast in hillslope and channel response to large storms in Redwood Creek, California, USA. p. 71-80 in Proceedings of the International Workshop for "Source to Sink" Sedimentary Dynamics in Catchment Scale. Sapporo, Japan. 322 p.

Mahoney, Meredith J., Duncan S. M. Parks, Gary M. Fellers. 2003. Origin of Uta stansburiana and Elgaria multicarinata on the California Channel Islands: Natural dispersal versus artificial introductions. Journal of Herpetology. 37(3): 586-591.

Martin, PL, CA Schwemm, W Perry, and JT Ackerman. 2003. Nest occupancy and hatching success of Xantus’s murrelets breeding on Santa Barbara Island, California during a twenty-year period. Sixth California Islands Symposium, Ventura, California, December 1–3.

Mason, JW, GJ McChesney, WR McIver, HR Carter, RT Golightly, DL Orthmeyer, JY Takekawa, JT Ackerman, W Perry, JL Yee, MO Pierson, and MD McCrary. 2003. Distribution, abundance, and colony counts of seabirds off Southern California. Minerals Management Service, Camarillo, California, September 9.

Matchett, J. R., M. L. Brooks, and K. H. Berry. 2003. Plant community structure associated with livestock watering sites in the Central Mojave Desert. Presentation at the Desert Tortoise Council Symposium, Las Vegas, Nevada.

McGinnis, T.W., J.E. Keeley, M. Brooks, R. Sanford and J. Belnap. 2003. Above and Below Ground Fire-related Temperatures in a Cheatgrass (Bromus tectorum L.) Infested Sierra Nevada Yellow Pine Forest: Effects on Cheatgrass Seeds and Native Plants. North American Forest Ecology Workshop, Corvallis, Oregon, June 16-20, 2003.

McGinnis, T.W., J.E. Keeley, M. Brooks, R. Sanford and J. Belnap. 2003. Fire-related Temperatures in a Cheatgrass Infested Sierra Nevada Yellow Pine Forest: Effects on Cheatgrass Seeds and Native Plants. Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting. Aug. 3-8, 2003.

Meckstroth, A., and A.K. Miles. 2003. Predator of nesting waterbirds in an urban environment. Final Report. Moffett Federal Airfield, NASA Ames Research Center, Mountainview, California. 49 pages.

Medica, P. A., T. C. Esque, D. F. Haines, L. A. DeFalco,and R. H. Webb. 2003. Long-term responses of nocturnal rodents to wildfires in the Mojave and Great Basin Desert ecotone. Poster presented at the Desert Managers Group and Society for Ecological Restoration, Arid Lands Habitat Restoration Conference, Palm Springs, California.

Miller, M. R., J.Y. Takekawa, D.L. Orthmeyer, J. P. Fleskes, M.L. Casazza, M.W. Perry. 2003. Tracking spring migration of northern pintails with satellite telemetry. Discovery for Recovery: An international pintail research initiative. Final Report. U.S. Geological Survey, Dixon, California. 63 pp.

Mora, M. A., J. W. Rourke, S. J. Sferra and K. King. 2003. Environmental contaminants in surrogate birds and insects inhabitating Southwestern Willow Flycatcher habitat in Arizona. Studies in Avian Biology 26: 168-176.

Murphy, R. W., D.J. Morafka, and K.H. Berry. 2003. Defining the desert tortoises(s): Our first priority for a coherent conservation strategy. Presentation at the Desert Tortoise Council Symposium, Las Vegas, Nevada.

Overton, C. T. 2003. Habitat characteristics associated with abundance of band-tailed pigeons and use of mineral sites in the Pacific Northwest. M.Sc Thesis. Oregon State University. Corvallis, OR. 82pp

Packer, C, R. D. Holt, P. J. Hudson, K. D. Lafferty, and A. P. Dobson. 2003. Keeping the herds healthy and alert: implications of predator control for infectious disease. Ecology Letters 6: 797-802.

Peterson, B. L., B. E. Kus, and M. J. Wellik. 2003. Surveys for the Least Bell's Vireo and Southwestern Willow Flycatcher at the San Luis Rey River. 2002 Annual Summary. Prepared for the California Department of Transportation, District 11.

Petrie, M., C. Hickey, J. Eadie, J. Fleskes, M. Miller, L. Naylor, R. Shaffer, D. Smith, and G. Yarris. November 2003. Integrating management objectives for waterfowl and shorebirds in the Central Valley Habitat Joint Venture. 3rd North American Duck Symposium. Sacramento, CA.

Predator control and nesting waterbird success in an urban environment. Meckstroth, A.M., Miles, A.K. 3rd North American Duck Symposium, Sacramento, CA 2003. Poster Presentation

R. R. Root, J. W. van Wagtendonk, and C. H. Key, 2003. Burn severity detection enhancement using AVIRIS hyperspectral data. 4th International Workshop on Remote Sensing, GIS, and Fire Management; Ghent, Belgium, June 5-7, 2003.

Roberts, C. M., S. J. Andelman, G. M. Branch, R. Bustamante, J. C. Castilla, J. E. Dugan, B. Halpern, K. D. Lafferty, H. Leslie, J. Lubchenco, D. McArdle, H. P. Possingham, M. Ruckelshaus and R. R. Warner. 2003. Ecological criteria for evaluating candidate sites for marine reserves. Ecological Applications 13:S199-S215.

Roberts, C. M., S. J. Andelman, G. M. Branch, R. Bustamante, J. C. Castilla, J. E. Dugan, B. Halpern, K. D. Lafferty, H. Leslie, J. Lubchenco, D. McArdle, H. P. Possingham, M. Ruckelshaus and R. R. Warner. 2003. Ecological criteria for evaluating candidate sites for marine reserves. Ecological Applications 13:S199-S215.

Roberts, C., G. M. Branch, R. Bustamante, J. C. Castilla, J. E. Dugan, B. Halpern, K. D. Lafferty, H. Leslie, D. A. McArdle, M. H. Ruckleshaus and R. R. Warner. 2003. Application of ecological criteria in selecting marine reserves and developing reserve networks. Ecological Applications 13: S215-S228.

Roberts, C., G. M. Branch, R. Bustamante, J. C. Castilla, J. E. Dugan, B. Halpern, K. D. Lafferty, H. Leslie, D. A. McArdle, M. H. Ruckleshaus and R. R. Warner. 2003. Application of ecological criteria in selecting marine reserves and developing reserve networks. Ecological Applications 13: S215-S228.

Rothstein, S.I. and B.E. Kus. Finding solutions for threatened and endangered hosts and is that all there is to cowbird research? Symposium on “Ecology and evolution of host-parasite interactions and cowbird management,121st Annual Meeting of the American Ornithologists’ Union, 6-9 August 2003, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois.

Rothstein, S.I., B.E. Kus, M.J. Whitfield, and S.J. Sferra. 2003. Recommendations for cowbird management in recovery efforts for the southwestern willow flycatcher. Studies in Avian Biology 26:157-167.

Rourke, J., Kerry Kenwood, and Barbara Kus. 2003. Biological Reporting Database. Access-based software (CD) to manage electronic submittal of endangered bird survey and monitoring data into centralized databases, and generate summary reports to state and federal regulatory agencies.

Saethre*, M.B., K. Goodwin, T.C. Esque, P.A. Medica, R. Marlow, C.R. Tracy. 2003. Determining the Carrying Capacity of Desert Tortoises. Presented at the 28th Annual Symposium of the Desert Tortoise Council. Las Vegas, Nevada.

Scientific Advisory Board (J. N. Clarke, D. M. Graber, K. M. Nissen, D. D. Piirto, N. L. Stephenson, D. R. Tormey, and P. E. Waggoner). 2003. Advice for the Secretary of Agriculture about Management of the Giant Sequoia National Monument. USDA Forest Service; U.S. Government Printing Office document 2003-0-583-088/60013. 70 pages.

Scoles, S. J., L. A. DeFalco and A. C. Newton. 2003. The revegetation of disturbed Areas associated with roads at Lake Mead National Recreation Area, Nevada. Poster presented at the Desert Managers Group and Society for Ecological Restoration, Arid Lands Habitat Restoration Conference, Palm Springs, California.

Scoles, S.J. and L.A. DeFalco. 2003. The revegetation of disturbed areas associated with roads at Lake Mead National Recreation Area, Nevada. Report prepared for National Park Service, Lake Mead National Recreation Area. 11 pp.

Scoles, S.J., T.C. Esque, L.A. DeFalco, S.E. Eckert, and D.F. Haines. 2003. Evaluating options for revegetation following a catastrophic fire in a pinyon-juniper community at Grand Canyon/Parashant National Monument, Arizona. Draft Annual Report to USDI-Bureau of Land Management. 21pp with appendices.

Sogge, M., P. Dockens, S. Williams III, B. Kus and S. Sferra 2003. Southwestern willow flycatcher breeding site and territory summary - 2002. Prepared for the Southwestern Willow Flycatcher Recovery Team, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Region 2, Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Sogge, M.K., B.E. Kus, S.J. Sferra, and M.J. Whitfield (eds). 2003. Ecology and Conservation of the Willow Flycatcher. Studies in Avian Biology 26. 210 pp.

Sogge, M.K., S.J. Sferra, T. McCarthey, S.O. Williams, and B.E. Kus. 2003. Distribution and characteristics of Southwestern Willow Flycatcher breeding sites and territories. Studies in Avian Biology 26:5-11.

Stephenson, N. L. 2003. Mechanisms driving forest carbon dynamics: demography, growth, fire, and research needs. Abstracts, National Research Council Workshop on "Direct and Indirect Human Contributions to Terrestrial Greenhouse Gas Fluxes." Washington, D.C.

Stephenson, N. L. 2003. Mountain climatic gradients as natural ecological experiments: results from the Sierra Nevada Global Change Research Program. Abstracts, 20th Annual PACLIM Conference, Asilomar, California.

Stitt, E.W., R.C. Averill-Murray, T.E. Christopher, D.E. Swann, C.R. Schwalbe and T.C. Esque. 2003. Desert tortoise reproduction and home range at Saguaro National Park, Tucson, Arizona. Presented at the 28th Annual Symposium of the Desert Tortoise Council. Las Vegas, Nevada.

Stokes, D.C., C.S. Brehme, R.N. Fisher. 2003. Bat inventory of the Point Loma Peninsula Including the Cabrillo National Monument. USGS Technical Report prepared for the Cabrillo National Monument, National Park Service, 31 pp.

Stokes, D.C., C.S. Brehme, R.N. Fisher. 2003. Bat inventory of the San Diego County Multiple Species Conservation Program Area. USGS Technical Report prepared for the County of San Diego and the California Department of Fish and Game, 17 pp.

Suchanek, T.H., P.J. Richerson, D.C. Nelson, C.A. Eagles-Smith, D.W. Anderson, J.J. Cech, Jr., R. Zierenberg, G. Schladow, J.F. Mount, S.C. McHatton, D.G. Slotton, L.B. Webber, B.J. Swisher and M. Sexton. 2003. Evaluating and managing a multiply stressed ecosystem at Clear Lake, California: A holistic ecosystem approach. Chapter 121., p. 1239-1271, In: D.J. Rapport, W.L. Lasley, D.E. Rolston, N.O. Nielsen, C.O. Qualset, and A.B. Damania (Eds.) Managing for Healthy Ecosystems, Lewis Publishers, Boca Raton, Florida USA.

Suchanek, T.H., P.J. Richerson, D.C. Nelson, C.A. Eagles-Smith, D.W. Anderson, J.J. Cech, Jr., R. Zierenberg, G. Schladow, J.F. Mount, S.C. McHatton, D.G. Slotton, L.B. Webber, B.J. Swisher and M. Sexton. 2003. Evaluating and managing a multiply stressed ecosystem at Clear Lake, California: A holistic ecosystem approach. Chapter 121., p. 1239-1271, In: D.J. Rapport, W.L. Lasley, D.E. Rolston, N.O. Nielsen, C.O. Qualset, and A.B. Damania (Eds.) Managing for Healthy Ecosystems, Lewis Publishers, Boca Raton, Florida USA.

Switalski, T. A., J. A. Bissonette, T. H. DeLuca, C. H. Luce, and M.A. Madej. 2003. Wildland Road Removal: Research Needs. Proceedings of the International Conference on Ecology and Transportation August, 2003. Lake Placid, New York. p. 642-646.

Szykman, M., A. L. Engh, R. C. Van Horn, E. E. Boydston, K. T. Scribner, and K. E. Holekamp. 2003. Rare male aggression directed toward females in a female-dominated society: baiting behavior in the spotted hyena. Aggressive Behavior 29: 457-474.

T.C. Esque. 2003. How do wildfire , granivores and alien grasses change Mojave Desert Seed Banks? Presented at the Aridlands Restoration Workshop. 3 March 2003. Palm Springs, California.

Takekawa, J. Y., M. A. Bias, I. Woo, S. A. Demers, and E. E. Boydston. 2003. Small mammal survey at Big Lagoon, Muir Beach, Marin County, CA. Unpubl. Progr. Rep., U. S. Geological Survey, Vallejo, CA. 25pp.

Takekawa, J.Y., I. Woo, S.A. Demers, and G.T. Downard. 2003. The Tubbs Setback Restoration Project: Assessing Early Tidal Marsh Development. Unpubl. Rep., U.S. Geological Survey. Western Ecological Research Center. San Francisco Bay Estuary Field Station. Vallejo, CA. 36pp.

Thomas W McGinnis, Jon E Keeley, Matthew L Brooks, Robert L Sanford Jr.and Jayne Belnap. Effects of fire temperatures on cheatgrass in a Sierra Nevada yellow pine forest. Invasive Plants in Natural and Managed Systems: Linking Science and Management, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, November 3-7, 2003.

Torchin, M.E., K.D. Lafferty, A.P. Dobson, V.J. McKenzie and A.M. Kuris 2003. Introduced species and their missing parasites. Nature 421:628-630.

van Mantgem, P. and M. Schwartz. 2003. Bark heat resistance of small trees in Californian mixed conifer forests: testing some model assumptions. Forest Ecology and Management 178: 341-352.

van Mantgem, P. J. 2003. Resistance of small trees to fire-caused stem damage. Publication Brief for Resource Managers. USGS, Western Ecological Research Center.

van Mantgem, P. J. 2003. Resistance of small trees to fire-caused stem damage. Publication Brief for Resource Managers. USGS, Western Ecological Research Center.

van Mantgem, P. J. 2003. Which trees will be killed by fire? Pre-fire growth rate is a factor. Publication Brief for Resource Managers. USGS, Western Ecological Research Center.

van Mantgem, P. J. 2003. Which trees will be killed by fire? Pre-fire growth rate is a factor. Publication Brief for Resource Managers. USGS, Western Ecological Research Center.

van Mantgem, P. J., N. L. Stephenson, M. Keifer, and J. E. Keeley. 2003. White pine blister rust, fire and long-term demographic trends of sugar pine in the Sierra Nevada: a sticky mess? Abstracts, Fourth North American Forest Ecology Workshop, Corvallis, Oregon. p. 135.

van Mantgem, P. J., N.L. Stephenson, M.B. Keifer, and J.E. Keeley. 2003. The effects of white pine blister rust and fire exclusion on long-term demographic trends of sugar pine in the Sierra Nevada. Ecological Society of America annual meeting, Savannah, GA.

van Mantgem, P., N. L. Stephenson, L. S. Mutch, V. G. Johnson, A. M. Esperanza, and D. J. Parsons. 2003. Growth rate predicts mortality of Abies concolor in both burned and unburned stands. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 33:1029-1038.

van Wagtendonk, J. W. 2003. The wilderness use simulation model: an historical perspective. International Journal of Wilderness. 9(2): 9-13.

van Wagtendonk, J. W. 2003. The role of science in the sustainable management of the Yosemite Wilderness. P. 225-230 in: Watson, A. and J. Sproull (comps.). Seventh World Wilderness Congress symposium: science and stewardship to protect and sustain wilderness values. USDA For. Serv. Proc. RMRS-P-27. 272 p.

van Wagtendonk, J. W., and R. R. Root. 2003. The use of multi-temporal Landsat Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) data for mapping fuels in Yosemite National Park, USA. Int. J. Rem. Sense. 24(8):1639-1651.

Vandergast, A. G. and R. N. Fisher 2003. Phylogeography of the mahogany Jerusalem cricket. Oral Presentation. California Population and Evolutionary Genetics Meeting. Irvine, CA

Vandergast, A. G. and G. K. Roderick. 2003. Mermithid parasitism of Hawaiian Tetragnatha spiders in a fragmented landscape. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology 84:128-136.

Vandergast, A. G., D. Weissman, M. Caterino and R. N. Fisher 2003. Phylogeography of the mahogany Jerusalem cricket in Southern California. Oral Presentation. The Society for the Study of Evolution. Chico, CA.

Warner, Peter J., Carla C. Bossard, Matthew L. Brooks, Joseph M. DiTomaso, John A. Hall, Ann Howald, Douglas W. Johnson, John M. Randall, Cynthia L. Roye, Maria M. Ryan, and Alison E. Stanton. 2003. Criteria for Categorizing Invasive Non-Native Plants that Threaten Wildlands. California Exotic Pest Plant Council and Southwest Vegetation Management Association. 24 pp.

Warnock, N. and Takekawa, J.Y. 2003. Use of radio telemetry in studies of shorebirds: past contributions and future directions. Wader Study Group Bull. 100:138-150.

Webb, R. H., T. C. Esque, K. A. Thomas, D. F. Haines, M. B. Murov, L. A. DeFalco, and P. A. Medica. 2003. Changes in undisturbed perennial vegetation in the northern Mojave Desert. Poster presented at the Desert Managers Group and Society for Ecological Restoration, Arid Lands Habitat Restoration Conference, Palm Springs, California.

Webb, R.H., Murov, M.B., Esque, T.C., Boyer, D.E., DeFalco, L.A., Haines, D.F., Oldershaw, D., Scoles, S.J., Thomas, K.A., Blainey, J.B., and Medica, P.A. 2003. Perennial vegetation data from permanent plots on the Nevada Test Site, Nye County, Nevada: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 03-336, 200 p.

Weise, D. R., R. Kimberlin, M. Arbaugh, J. Chew, G. Jones, J. Merzenich, M. Witala, R. Keane, M. Schaff, and J. W. van Wagtendonk. 2003. Comparing potential fuel treatment trade-off models. P. 15-26 in: Arthaud, G. J., and T. M. Barrett (eds.). Systems Analysis in Forest Resources. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, The Netherlands. 340 p.

Wylie G. D., M. L. Casazza, and M. Carpenter. 2003. Trophic Interactions Among Non-Native Crayfish and Bullfrogs and Endemic Giant Garter Snakes at Colusa National Wildlife Refuge. California Invasive Species Symposium, Western Section of The Wildlife Society, Sacramento, CA.

Wylie, G. D. 2003. Giant garter snakes: morphology, population characteristics, habitat use, and movements. Giant garter snake workshop, Sacramento-Shasta Chapter of The Wildlife Society, Elk Grove, CA.

Wylie, G. D., M. L. Casazza, and M. Carpenter. 2003. Diet of bullfrogs in relation to predation on giant garter snakes at Colusa National Wildlife Refuge. California Fish and Game 89(3): 139-145.

Wylie, G.D., M.L. Casazza, and M. Carpenter. 2003. Habitat of giant garter snakes in restored wetlands at Colusa National Wildlife Refuge. Annual meeting of The Wildlife Society, Burlington, VT.

Wylie, G.D., M.L. Casazza, and M. Carpenter. 2003. Diet of bullfrogs in relation to predation on giant garter snakes at Colusa National Wildlife Refuge. California Fish and Game 89(3): 139-145.

2002 van Mantgem, P. J., and N.L. Stephenson. Searching for a general model of tree mortality in burned and unburned stands. Ecological Society of America annual meeting, Tucson, AZ.

2002 van Mantgem. P. J., M.B. Keifer, and N.L. Stephenson. The sugar pine dilemma: prescription burning, naturalness and the management of a declining tree species. California Association of Fire Ecologists annual meeting, San Diego, CA.

Ackerman, JT, JM Eadie, DL Loughman, GS Yarris, and MR McLandress. 2002. The influence of partial clutch depredation on duck nest success. The Wildlife Society’s 9th Annual Conference. Bismarck, North Dakota, September 24–28.

Ackerman, JT. 2002. From individuals to populations: the direct and indirect effects of predation on waterfowl nest success. College of Natural Resources, University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point, October 31.

Ackerman, JT. 2002. From individuals to populations: the direct and indirect effects of predation on waterfowl nest success. Ph.D. Dissertation, University of California, Davis. 182 pp.

Ackerman, JT. 2002. Of mice and mallards: positive indirect effects of coexisting prey on waterfowl nest success. Oikos 99(3): 469–480.

Ackerman, JT. 2002. Resource selection in animals. College of Natural Resources, University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point, October 31.

Alpers, C.N., M.P. Hunerlach, J.T. May, R.L. Hothem, H.E. Taylor, D.B. Peart, M. C. Marvin-Dipasquale, J.F.DeWild, and D.P. Krabbenhoft. 2002. Environmental legacy of the California gold rush: 1. Mercury contamination and bioaccumulation associated with abandoned placer-gold mines. Geological Society of America Fall Meeting, October 27-30, 2002, Denver, Colorado.

Alpers, C.N., M.P. Hunerlach, R.L. Hothem, and J.T. May. 2002. Mercury contamination associated with historical gold mining in the Bear-Yuba watersheds, Sierra Nevada, California. Annual Meeting of the Association of Engineering Geologists, September 2002, Reno, Nevada.

Angermann, Jeffrey E., Gary M. Fellers, Fumio Matsumura. 2002. Polychlorinated Biphenyls and Toxaphene in Pacific Treefrog Tadpoles (Hyla regilla) from the California Sierra Nevada, USA. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. 21(10): 2209-2215.

Atkinson, A. J., C. M. Marn, B. Fong. 2002. Terrestrial and Amphibious Monitoring Plan for the CALFED Bay-Delta Program. Technical Report prepared for the CALFED Bay-Delta Program. 432 pp.

Backlin, A., Fisher, R., and C. Haas. 2002. Metropolitan Water District Inland Feeder Project: Mountain Yellow-legged Frog (Rana muscosa) and California Red-legged Frog (Rana aurora) surveys. Prepared for San Bernardino National Forest.

Backlin, A., Haas, C., Fisher, R.N., 2002. Angeles and San Bernardino National Forest, Mountain Yellow-Legged Frog (Rana muscosa) Surveys, 2001. Prepared for Angeles National Forest, San Bernardino National Forest.

Berry, K. H. 2002. Losing the race for survival? The catastrophic decline of the desert tortoise in California. Public Lecture. U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, California. March 28.

Berry, K. H. 2002. Using growth ring counts to age wild juvenile desert tortoises (Gopherus agassizii) in the wild. Chelonian Conservation and Biology 4(2):416-424.

Berry, K. H., and T. Duck. 2002. Answering Questions about Desert Tortoises: A Guide for People Who Work with the Public. http://www.deserttortoise.org/answeringquestions/

Berry, K. H., and T. Okamoto. 2002. Protocols for Drawing Blood from the Brachial Plexus of Desert Tortoises: Instructions for ordering equipment and culture media; summary of how to draw blood and conduct nasal lavages; and information on how to contract for laboratory analysis and ship laboratory samples. Prepared for the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

Berry, K. H., D. J. Morafka, and R. W. Murphy. 2002. Defining the desert tortoise(s): Our first priority for a coherent conservation strategy. Chelonian Conservation and Biology 4(2):249-262.

Berry, K. H., E. K. Spangenberg, B. L. Homer, and E. R. Jacobson. 2002. Deaths of desert tortoises following periods of drought and research manipulation. Chelonian Conservation and Biology 4(2):436-448.

Berry, K. H., et al. 2002. Health assessments of captive and wild desert tortoises at 17 sites in the Mojave and Colorado deserts, California. Presentation at the Desert Tortoise Council Symposium, Palm Springs, California.

Boarman, W. I. 2002. Reducing predation by common ravens on desert tortoises in the Mojave and Colorado Deserts. U.S. Geological Survey, Western Ecological Research Center, Sacramento, CA.

Boarman, W. I. 2002. Threats to desert tortoise populations: a critical review of the literature. U.S. Geological Survey, Western Ecological Research Center, Sacramento, CA.

Boarman, W. I. and S. J. Coe. 2002. An evaluation of the distribution and abundance of Common Ravens at Joshua Tree National Monument. Bull. Southern California Acad. Sci. 101: 86-102.

Boarman, W.I. 2002. Desert Tortoise (Gopherus agassizii). In: Boarman, W.I. and K. Beaman, editors. The sensitive plant and animal species of the Western Mojave Desert. U. S. Geological Survey, Western Ecological Research Center, Sacramento, CA.

Boyd, S. and J.E. Keeley. 2002. A new species of Ceanothus from northern Baja California. Madroño 49:289-294.

Briggs, M.K., C. Gorman, D. Lett, R. Gimblett, and W. Halvorson. 2002. Monitoring Riparian Ecosystems: A Second Inventory of Riparian Habitat Along Rincon Creek Near Tucson, Arizona. Final Report for the Arizona Game and Fish Department. Rincon Institute, Tucson, AZ. 88 p.

Briggs, M.K., C. Gorman, D. Lett, R. Gimblett, and W. Halvorson. 2002. Monitoring Riparian Ecosystems: A Second Inventory of Riparian Habitat Along Rincon Creek Near Tucson, Arizona. Final Report for the Arizona Game and Fish Department. Rincon Institute, Tucson, AZ. 88 p.

Brooks, M.L. 2002. Fire temperature patterns and effects on annual plants in the Mojave Desert. U.S. Geological Survey, Publication Brief for Resource Managers.

Brooks, M.L. 2002. Peak fire temperatures and effects on annual plants in the Mojave Desert. Ecological Applications 12:1088-1102.

Brooks, M.L. and D. Pyke. 2002. Invasive plants and fire in the deserts of North America. U.S. Geological Survey, Publication Brief for Resource Managers.

Brooks, M.L. and J.R. Matchett. 2002. Sampling methods and trapping success trends for the Mohave ground squirrel (Spermophilus mohavensis). California Fish and Game 88(4):165-177.

Brooks, M.L., and T.C. Esque. 2002. Alien annual plants and wildfire in desert tortoise habitat: status, ecological effects, and management. Chelonian Conservation and Biology 4:330-340.

Brooks, M.L., and T.C. Esque. 2002. Alien plants and fire in desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) habitat of the Mojave and Colorado Deserts. Chelonian Conservation Biology 4: 330-340.

Brooks, M.L.. 2002. Potential effects of atmospheric nitrogen deposition on annual plants in the Mojave Desert. USGS Publication Brief.

Brown, C., Fisher, R.N., 2002. Inventory and Management Needs Study of Point Loma Herpetofauna (Reptiles and Amphibians) With Comments on Mammals and Invertebrates, 2001. Prepared for National Park Service, Cabrillo National Monument. 33pp.

Brown, C., Fisher, R.N., 2002. Survey results for the Arroyo Toad (Bufo californicus) in the San Bernardino National Forest, 2001. Prepared for U.S. Department of Agriculture, U.S. Forest Service. 53pp.

Brown, C., R.N. Fisher, and S.A. Hathaway. 2002. Multitaxa Survey at Rancho Jamul 2001-2002.

Bueno, M. M., N. Stephenson, J. E. Keeley, and A. Pfaff. 2002. The southern Sierra repeat photography project: vegetation changes over the past 125 years. Sierra Nevada Science Symposium, Kings Beach, California, Oct. 8-10.

Carpenter, N.M., M.L. Casazza, and G.D. Wylie. 2002. Rana catesbeina (bullfrog). Diet. Herpetological Review 33: 130.

Casazza, M. L., J. L. Yee, D. L. Orthmeyer, M. R. Miller, C. T. Overton, and R. Schmitz. 2002. Development of a reliable population index for Pacific Coast band-tailed pigeons. 2002 Progress Report.

Casazza, M. L., J. L. Yee, D. L. Orthmeyer, M. R. Miller, C. T. Overton, and R. Schmitz. 2002. Development of a reliable population index for Pacific Coast band-tailed pigeons. Poster given at Pacific Flyway Symposium, Newport, OR, March 2002.

Chamblin, H. D. 2002. Small mammal communities on a reclaimed mountaintop mine/valley fill landscape in southern West Virginia. Thesis, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia.

Chess, Katherine and Kathryn McEachern. 2002. Cabrillo National Monument vascular plant voucher collections: NPSpecies database. Collections information for 362 vascular plant specimens from searches at Santa Barbara Botanic Garden, Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden, San Diego Natural History Museum, San Diego State University.

Christopher Currens, Peter Niewiarowski & Howard Whiteman. 2002. Effects of temperature and time of day on the resting metabolic rates of paedomorphic and metamorphic mole salamanders, Ambystoma talpoideum. Copeia 2: 489-495.

Cochran , G. R. and K. D. Lafferty. 2002. Use of acoustic classification of sidescan sonar data for mapping benthic habitat in the northern Channel Islands, California. Continental Shelf Research 22:683-690.

Davis, Sr., R.D., Diswood, S., Dominguez, A., Engel-Wilson, R., Jefferson, K., Miles, A.K., Moore, E.F., Reidinger, R., Ruther, S., Valdez, R., Wilson, K., Zablan, M.A. 2002. Increasing diversity in our profession. Wildlife Society Bulletin. 30(2):628-633.

DeFalco, L. A. and R. S. Nowak. 2002. Seasonality of simulated rainfall influences the interaction between the invasive annual grass Bromus madritensis ssp. rubens and Mojave Desert perennials. Poster presented at the 87th Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America, Tucson, Arizona.

Edwards, T., C. R. Schwalbe, and K. H. Berry. 2002. Phylogeographic patterns in Mojave and Sonoran populations of the desert tortoise. Presentation at the Desert Tortoise Council Symposium, Palm Springs, California.

Ervin, E.L., Warburton, M., Fisher, R.N., 2002. Cattle Ponds: Are we overlooking an existing resource for the conservation of native aquatic breeding amphibian species?. Joint Meeting of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists. July 3-8, 2002, Kansas City, Missouri.

Esque, T. C. and C. R. Tracy. 2002. Seed bank variation in Mojave desertscrub relative to wildfire, granivores and invasive species. Paper presented at the 87th Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America, Tucson, Arizona.

Esque, T.C.*, D.F. Haines, and K.A. Goodwin. 2002. Management and Ecology of Buffelgrass in Wildlands of Arid and Humid Regions. Presented at the Southwest Vegetation Management Associations’ Annual Symposium. 6 November 2002. Mesa, Arizona.

Esque, T.C., A. Búrquez M., C.R. Schwalbe, T.R. Van Devender, Michelle J. M. Nijhuis, P. Anning. 2002. Fire ecology of the Sonoran desert tortoise. Chapter 13. In The Sonoran Desert Tortoise: Natural History, Biology, and Conservation. T.R. Van Devender, ed. Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum and The University of Arizona Press, Tucson. Pp. 312-333.

Esque, T.C., and C.R. Schwalbe. 2002. Alien annual plants and their relationships to fire and biotic change in Sonoran Desertscrub. Chapter 10 In Invasive exotic species in the Sonoran region. Tellman, B., ed. Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum and The University of Arizona Press, Tucson. Pp. 165-194.

Estes, J. A. and M. J. Paddack. 2002. No-take marine reserves in central California kelp forests: metrics of human take or the tip of the iceberg? Report to Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary.

Estes, J.A. 2002. Then and Now. Pp. 60-71 In, R. L. Knight and S. Riedel, eds., Aldo Leopold and the Ecological Conscience. Oxford University Press

Estes, J.A., R.G. Anthony, W.M. Jarman, A.K. Miles, J.R. Bodkin, and M.A. Ricca. 2002. Report on field activities at Adak and the western Aleutians, 2002. Annual report prepared for the U.S. Navy. 28pp.

Fellers, G. M., R. N. Fisher and C. R. Schwalbe. 2002. Status of Amphibians in California and Arizona. USGS WERC Fact Sheet.

Fellers, Gary M. and David Pratt. 2002. Terrestrial Vertebrate Inventory, Point Reyes National Seashore, 1998 - 2001. National Park Service Report. 73 Pp.

Fellers, Gary M. and Elizabeth D. Pierson. 2002. Habitat Use and Foraging Behavior of Townsend's Big-eared Bat (Corynorhinus townsendii) in Coastal California. Journal of Mammalogy. 83(1): 167-177.

Fellers, Gary M. and Greg Guscio. 2002. Red-legged Frog Surveys at Horseshoe Pond, Point Reyes National Seashore. National Park Service Report. 17 Pp.

Fisher, R.N., Suarez, A.V. and T.J. Case. 2002. Spatial patterns in the abundance of the coastal horned lizard. Conservation Biology 16:205-215.

Fleskes, J. P. 2002. September-March survival of female northern pintails radiotagged in San Joaquin Valley, California. July 2002. USGS Publication Brief for Resource Managers.

Fleskes, J. P. 2002. Distribution and movements of female northern pintails radiotagged in the San Joaquin Valley, California. April 2002. USGS-Publication Brief for Resource Managers.

Fleskes, J. P., D. M. Mauser, M. D. Samuel, and G. S. Yarris. 2002. Survival of female mallards molting at Lower Klamath and Tule Lake National Wildlife Refuges. Poster with published abstract. The Wildlife Society, 9th Annual Conference, Bismark, North Dakota

Fleskes, J. P., R. L. Jarvis, D. S. Gilmer. 2002. September-March survival of female northern pintails radiotagged in San Joaquin Valley, California. Journal of Wildlife Management 66(3): 899-909.

Fleskes, J.P., D.S. Gilmer, and R.L. Jarvis. 2003. Distribution of female northern pintails in relation to hunting and location of hunted and non-hunted habitats in the Grassland Ecological Area, California. California Fish and Game 88(2): 75-94.

Fleskes, J.P., R. L. Jarvis, and D. S. Gilmer. 2002. Distribution and movements of female northern pintails radiotagged in San Joaquin Valley, California. Journal of Wildlife Management 66(1):138-152.

Fleskes, Joseph P. 2002. Tulare Basin Waterfowl and Central Valley Duck Hunters. California Waterfowl, Dec 2002/Jan 2003:12-13.

Fleskes, Joseph P., and Daniel S. Battaglia. 2002. Pintail habitat use and abundance during spring migration in the Klamath Basin and other southern Oregon - northeastern California locations. Progress Report 2002. 18 pp.

Flint, P., and Miles. A.K. 2002. Relationships between boat harbors, fish processing, organic contamination, and Steller's eiders wintering in the Eastern Aleutian Islands and Alaska Peninsula. Progress Report Prepared for U.S Fish and Wildlife Service. 15 pp.

Gebow, B.S. and W.L. Halvorson. 2002. Fire History of Carlsbad Caverns National Park, New Mexico. Final Report for Carlsbad Caverns National Park. USGS Sonoran Desert Field Station, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 53 p.

Gelatt, T.S., D.B. Siniff, and J.A. Estes. 2002. Activity patterns and time budgets of the declining sea otter population at Amchitka Island, Alaska, Journal of Wildlife Management 66:29-39.

Golightly, R.T., P.N. Hebert, and D.L. Orthmeyer. 2002. Evaluation of Human caused disturbance on the breeding success of Marbled Murrelets in Redwood National and State Parks, California. Unpubl. Progress Report Humboldt State University, Department of Wildlife, Arcata CA, and U.S Geological Survey, Western Ecological Research Center.

Haas, C.D., Backlin, A.R., Rochester, C.J., and R.N. Fisher. 2002. Monitoring reptiles and amphibians at long-term biodiversity monitoring stations: the Puente-Chino Hills. Prepared for California State Parks and the Puente Hills Landfill Native Habitat Preservation Authority. 62 pp.

Haines, D. F., T. C. Esque, M. L. Brooks, C. R. Schwalbe and R. H. Webb. 2002. Fire and exotics in the Mojave Desert: an irreversible change? Paper presented at the 87th Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America, Tucson, Arizona.

Hirsch, R., Hathaway, S., and Fisher, R.N. 2002. Herpetofauna and Small Mammal Surveys on the Marine Corps Air Gound Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, CA. March 1999-October 2001. 21pp.

Hothem, R.L., and D. Hatch. 2002. Reproductive success of black-crowned night-herons at Alcatraz Island, San Francisco Bay, California, 1990-2002. Twenty Sixth Annual Waterbird Society Meeting, LaCrosse, WI, November 7, 2002.

Hui, C.A., S.L. Goodbred, D.B. Ledig, and C.A. Roberts. 2002. Inorganic analytes in light-footed clapper rail eggs, in their primary prey, and in sediment from two California salt marsh habitats. Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 68(6):870-877.

Hui, Clifford A. 2002. Concentrations of chromium, manganese, and lead in air and in avian eggs. Environmental Pollution 120:201-206.

Hui, Clifford A. 2002. Lead burdens and behavioral impairments of the lined shore crab Pachygrapsus crassipes. Ecotoxicology 11:417-421.

Hui, Clifford A. 2002. Lead distribution throughout soil, flora, and an invertebrate at a wetland skeet range. Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health, Part A. 65:1093-1107.

Hui, Clifford A. 2002. Contaminant burdens among the Chinese mitten crabs of California (Invited presentation). Chinese Mitten Crab Workshop, Hayward, California, October. Interagency Ecological Program, Chinese Mitten Crab Project Work Team.

Hui, Clifford. 2002. Avian furcula morphology may indicate relationships of flight requirements among birds. Journal of Morphology 251:284-293.

Huxman, T., J. Nagel, S. Zitzer, T. Charlet, L. DeFalco, D. Housman, K. Griffin and S. Smith. 2002. Responses of the annual plant component of a Mojave Desert ecosystem to elevated CO2. Paper presented at the 87th Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America, Tucson, Arizona.

Juha Laakkonen, Robert N. Fisher and Ted J. Case. 2002. Factors influencing the variation in capture rates of shrews in southern California, USA

Keeley, J.E. Relative impact of weather vs. fuels on fire regimes of coastal California, Pages 263-269. Fire Conference 2002: Managing Fire and Fuels in the Remaining Wildlands and Open Spaces of the Southwestern United States. USDA Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station, General Technical Report PSW-GTR-189.

Keeley, J.E. 2002. Fire management of California shrubland landscapes. Environmental Management 29: 395-408.

Keeley, J.E. 2002. Fire management of California shrublands. In K.S. Blonksi, M.E. Morales, and T.J. Morales (editors) Proceedings of the California's 2001 Wildfire Conference: 10 Years After the 1991 East Bay Hills Fire. University of California Forest Products Laboratory, Technical Report 35.01.462, Richmond, CA

Keeley, J.E. 2002. Native American impacts on fire regimes of the California coastal ranges. Journal of Biogeography 29: 303-320.

Keeley, J.E. 2002. Plant diversity and invasives in blue oak savannas of the southern Sierra Nevada, pp. 693- 704. In R.B. Standiford, D. McCreary, and K.L. Purcell (eds) Proceedings of the Fifth Symposium on California's Oak Woodlands: Oaks in California's changing landscape. US Forest Service General Technical Report, PSW-GTR-184, Pacific Southwest Research Station, Albany, CA.

Knapp, E. E., J. E. Keeley, and N. L. Stephenson. 2002. Ecological impacts of season of prescribed fire in a Sierran mixed conifer forest. Sierra Nevada Science Symposium, Kings Beach, California, Oct. 8-10, 2002.

Knapp, E. E., J. E. Keeley, and N. L. Stephenson. 2002. Tree mortality following reintroduction of fire to an old growth mixed conifer forest. Abstracts, Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America, p. 181.

Kuris, A.M., M. E. Torchin and K.D. Lafferty. 2002. Fecampia erythrocephala rediscovered: prevalence and distribution of a parasitoid of the European shore crab, Carcinus maenas. Journal of the Marine Biological Association, UK 82:955-960.

Kus, B.E. 2002. Fitness consequences of nest desertion in an endangered host, the least Bell's vireo. Condor 104(4):795-802.

Kus, B.E. Analyzing guild structure of riparian birds to track development of restored habitats. Invited presentation in symposium on “Restoration of Wildlife and their Habitats”, annual meeting of The Wildlife Society, 24-28 September 2002, Bismarck, North Dakota.

Kus, B.E. and B. Peterson. 2002. Pilgrim Creek restoration project: bird community and vegetation structure. Prepared for the State of California Department of Transportation, District 11, San Diego, California.

Kus, B.E. and B.L. Sharp. 2002. Neotropical migratory bird monitoring study at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California. 2001 Annual Report. Prepared for AC/S Environmental Security, Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California.

Kus, B.E. and K. Ferree. 2002. Distribution, abundance, and breeding activities of the Southwestern Willow Flycatcher at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California. 2001 Annual Report. Prepared for Assistant Chief of Staff, Environmental Security, Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton.

Kus, B.E., B.L. Peterson, K. Ferree, and M. Wellik. 2002. Pilgrim Creek restoration project: bird community and vegetation structure. 2001 Annual Report. Prepared for the California Department of Transportation, District 11.

Lafferty, K. D. 2002. Biological control of marine invasions. Pp 14-20 In Invasions in Aquatic Ecosystems: Impacts on Restoration and Potential for Control. Proceedings of a Workshop, April 25, 1998, Sacramento, California. Cohen, A.N. and K. Webb (eds.). San Francisco Estuary Institute, Oakland, California.

Lafferty, K. D. and L. Gerber. 2002. Good medicine for conservation biology: The intersection of epidemiology and conservation theory. Conservation Biology 16:593-604.

Lafferty, K.D. 2002. Inter-specific interactions in trematode communities. Pp 153-169 in E. E. Lewis, M. V. K. Sukhdeo and J. F. Campbell, eds. The Behavioral Ecology of Parasites. CABI

Lafferty, K.D. 2002. There's room for shorebirds too. Soundwaves, February, 2002. USGS newsletter.

Lafferty, K.D. 2002. Where Disease May Mean Good Health -- The Role of Parasites in Natural Ecosystems. Soundwaves, April, 2002. USGS newsletter.

Lafferty, K.D. and A.M. Kuris 2002. Trophic strategies, animal diversity and body size. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 17:507-513.

Laidre K.L., Jameson, R.J., Jeffries, S.J., Hobbs, R.C., Bowlby, C. E., and G. R. VanBlaricom. 2002. Estimates of carrying capacity for sea otters in Washington state. Wildlife Society Bulletin 30(4): 1172-1181

Larson S., Jameson R., Bodkin J., Staedler M. and P. Bentzen. 2002. Microsatellite DNA and mitochondrial DNA variation in remnant and translocated sea otter (Enhydra lutris) populations. J. Mammol. 83(3): 893-906.

Larson S., Jameson R., Etnier M., Flemings M. and P. Bentzen. 2002. Loss of genetic diversity in sea otters (Enhydra lutris) associated with the fur trade of the 18th and 19th centuries. Molecular Ecology 11: 1899-1903.

Larson, S., R. Jameson, J. Bodkin, M. Staedler, and P. Bentzen. 2002. Microsatellite DNA and mitochondrial DNA variation in remnant and translocated sea otter (Enhydra lutris) populations. Journal of Mammalogy , 83(3): 893-906.

Lovich, J. and Meyer, K. 2002. The western pond turtle (Clemmys marmorata) in the Mojave River, California, USA: highly adapted survivor or tenuous relict? Journal of Zoology, London 256:537-545.

Lovich, J.E. 2002. Overview and parting shots. In, pp. 331-335, B. Tellman (ed.), Invasive species in the Sonoran Region. University of Arizona Press and the Arizona-Sonoran Desert Museum, Tucson. 424 pp.

Lovich, J.E. 2002. Terrapins and hurricanes. People, Land and Water (U.S. Department of the Interior). November, p. 17.

Lovich, R.E., Fisher, R.N., 2002. Camp Pendleton's Herpetofauna: Tracking the success of monitoring practices in a vanishing landscape. Joint Meeting of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists. July 3-8, 2002, Kansas City, Missouri.

M.L. Brooks*, T.C. Esque, and J. D'Elia. 2002. Fire Behavior in the Mojave Desert: Potential Effects of the El Niño/La Niña Cycle. Presented at the joint symposium of the Association of Fire Ecologists and The Wildlife Society -- Western Section. 5 December 2002. San Diego, California.

Madej, M. A. 2002. Self-organization in disturbed stream channels. Humboldt State University Geology Department Speakers Series. Arcata, California. March, 2002.

Madej, M. A. 2002. Sticks and stones: The interface of biology and geomoprhology in river restoration research. U.S. Geological Survey Water Resources Division Seminar. Washington, D.C. April, 2002.

Madej, M.A. 2002. Monitoring effectiveness of road restoration techniques. U.S. Forest Service Workshop on Road Decommissioning. Eureka, California. April 15-19, 2002.

Madej, M.A. 2002. Temporal and spatial scales in effectiveness monitoring. West by Northwest 2002. Navigating the Future: Protecting and Sharing the Legacy. p. 32 in Program and Abstracts. Seattle Washington. 51 pp.

Madej, M.A., E. Eschenbach, R. Teasley, C. Diaz, J. Wartella and J. Simi. 2002. Using Dynamic Programming and Genetic Algorithms to Reduce Erosion Risks from Forest Roads. American Geophysical Union. San Francisco, California. EOS 83(47) F588.

Madej, M.A., M. Wilzbach, K. Cummins, and C. Ellis. 2002. The effect of suspended organic sediment on turbidity. Workshop on Turbidity and Other Sediment Surrogates. Federal Interagency Sedimentation Conference Series. Reno, Nevada.

Maender, Gloria. 2002. Parasites as Indicators of Coastal-Ecosystem Health. Soundwaves, August 2002

Matchett, J.R. and M.L. Brooks. 2002. Plant community structure associated with livestock watering sites in the central Mojave Desert. Presented at the Ecological Society of American Annual Meeting (Aug. 2002, Tucson, AZ)

Matchett, J.R., and M.L. Brooks. Dec. 2002. Postfire successional patterns of blackbrush in the Mojave Desert. Association for Fire Ecology Meeting. San Diego, CA.

May, J.T., R.L. Hothem, W.G. Duffy, C.N. Alpers, and J.J. Rytuba. 2002. Mercury bioaccumulation from historical mining in the Trinity River Watershed, California. Proceeding of the Twenty-third Annual Meeting of the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, Salt Lake City, Utah, November 16-20, 2002, P215.

McEachern, K. 2002. Demography database for eight Channel Islands rare plant taxa. This database is the baseline for rare plant monitoring for Channel Islands National Park.

McGinnis, T.W., J.E. Keeley, M. Brooks, R. Sanford and J. Belnap. 2002. The Response of Cheatgrass (Bromus tectorum L.) and Native Flora to Ecological Manipulations in the Yellow Pine-Mixed Conifer Forest. Sierra Nevada Science Symposium, Kings Beach, California, Oct. 8-10, 2002.

Medica, P. A., T. C. Esque, D. F. Haines, L. A. DeFalco and R. H. Webb. 2002. Long-term response of nocturnal rodents to wildfire in the Mojave and Great Basin Desert ecotone. Paper presented at the 87th Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America, Tucson, Arizona.

Menning, K. M., J. J. Battles, T. L. Benning, and N. L. Stephenson. 2002. Forest litter densities under different dominant tree species: a factor affecting ground fire spread. Sierra Nevada Science Symposium Kings Beach, California, Oct. 8-10, 2002.

Miles, A.K., S.P Lawler, D. Dritz, S.E. Spring. 2002. Mosquito larvicide effects on mallard ducklings and prey. Wildlife Society Bulletin. Vol. 30:675-682.

Miller, M., J. Fleskes, D. Orthmeyer, J. Takekawa, M. Casazza, and B. Perry. 2002. Pintails on the move. California Waterfowl Aug/Sep 2002: 8, 10-13.

Miller, M.R., J.Y. Takekawa, D.L. Orthmeyer, J.P. Fleskes, M.L. Casazza, and W.M. Perry. 2002. Tracking Spring Migration of Northern Pintails with Satellite Telemetry. Progress Report 2002. U.S.G.S., Western Ecological Research Center, Dixon and San Francisco Bay Estuary Field Stations, California.

Miller, M.R., J.Y. Takekawa, D.O. Orthmeyer, J.P. Fleskes, M.L. Casazza, and W.M. Perry. 2002. The efficiency of the May Survey to account for pintails: Hiding in plain sight. The Wildlife Society, Annual Conference, Bismarck, ND, September 2002.

Mittermeier, C. G., W. R. Konstant, R. E. Lovich, and J. E. Lovich. 2002. The Mojave Desert. In, pp.351-356, Wilderness: Earth's Last Wild Places. Mittermeier, R, C. G. Mittermeier, P. Robles Gil, G. Fonseca, T. Brooks, J. Pilgrim, and W. R. Konstant (eds.). CEMEX, Mexico.

Morafka, D. J., and K. H. Berry. 2002. Is Gopherus agassizii a desert-adapted tortoise or an exaptive opportunist? Implications for tortoise conservation. Chelonian Conservation and Biology 4(2):263-287.

Mullin, S.J., Imbert, H., Ervin, E.L., Fisher, R.N., 2002. Predatory Responses of a Native Semi-aquatic Snake to the Introduced anuran Xenopus laevis. Joint Meeting of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists. July 3-8, 2002, Kansas City, Missouri.

Nebel, S., D.B. Lank, P.D. O'Hara, G. Fernández, B. Haase, F. Delgado, F.A. Estela, L.J. Evans Ogden, B. Harrington, B.E. Kus, J.E. Lyons, F. Mercier, B. Ortego, J.Y. Takekawa, N. Warnock & S.E. Warnock. 2002. Western Sandpipers (Calidris mauri) during the non-breeding season: spatial segregation on a hemispheric scale. Auk 119: 922-928.

Nussear, K.E., T.C. Esque, and C. R. Tracy. 2002. Continuously recording body temperature in terrestrial chelonians. Herpetological Review 33(2): 113-115.

Origgi, F., C. H. Romero, P. Klein, K. H. Berry, and E. R. Jacobson. 2002. Serological and molecular evidences of herpesvirus exposure in desert tortoises from the Mojave Desert of California. Presentation at the Desert Tortoise Council Symposium, Palm Springs, California.

Percy N. Hebert, Richard T. Golightly, Dennis L. Orthmeyer and Harry R. Carter. 2002. AT-SEA MOVEMENTS OF RADIO-TAGGED MARBLED MURRELETS OFF THE COAST OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. Pacific Sea Bird Group Meeting, Santa Barbara, CA

Peterson, B. L. (B. Kus, Chair). 2002. A multi-scale approach to nest predation of the least Bell's vireo (Vireo bellii pusillus). Master's Thesis, San Diego State University.

Peterson, B.L., B.E. Kus, and D. Deutschman. 2002. Multi-scale analysis of nest predation risk of the least Bell's vireo. 3rd North American Ornithological Conference, 24-28 September 2002, New Orleans, LA.

Poulton, V.K., J.R. Lovvorn, and J.Y. Takekawa. 2002. Clam density and scaup feeding behavior in San Pablo Bay, California. Condor 104:518-527.

Rattner, B.A., R.L. Kershnar, R.L. Hothem, N.H. Golden, K.M. Eisenreich, and S. Gerould. 2002. Mercury bioaccumulation in terrestrial vertebrates residing in U.S. coastal and estuarine habitat. Proceedings of the Twenty-third Annual Meeting of the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, Salt Lake City, November 16-20, 2002, Utah, P281.

Rebecca Green, Richard T. Golightly, Dennis L. Orthemeyer, and Percy N. Hebert 2002.Terrestrial Flights of Radio-tagged Marbled Murrelets in Redwood National and State Parks During the 2001 Breeding Season. Pacific Seabird Group Santa Barbara, CA February 2002.

Ricca, M. A., R. G. Anthony, D. H. Jackson, and S. A. Wolfe. 2002. Survival of Columbian white-tailed deer in western Oregon. Journal of Wildlife Management. 66:1255-1266.

Richard T. Golightly, Percy N. Hebert, and Dennis L. Orthmeyer. 2002. ASSESSMENT OF NOISE DISTURBANCE ON NESTING MARBLED MURRELETS IN REDWOOD NATIONAL AND STATE PARKS: A PROGRESS REPORT. Pacific Sea Bird Group Meeting, Santa Barbara, CA

Rochester, C. 2002. "G" Sub-0 Animal. A Pendragon Forms 3.2/Microsoft Access data collection form for the use on handheld computers using the Palm OS. This data form stores information regarding the individual desert tortoises of a radio tracking project.

Rochester, C. 2002. "G" Sub-0. A Pendragon Forms 3.2/Microsoft Access data collection form for use on handheld computers using the Palm OS. This data form stores information regarding desert tortoise radio tracking survey efforts.

Rochester, C. 2002. Climate. A Pendragon Forms 3.2/Microsoft Access data collection form for the use on handheld computers using the Palm OS. This data form stores information regarding weather conditions during a desert tortoise line transect survey.

Rochester, C. 2002. Corner Coordinates. A Pendragon Forms 3.2/Microsoft Access data collection form for the use on handheld computers using the Palm OS. This data form stores information regarding the corner points of a desert tortoise line transect survey.

Rochester, C. 2002. Observations. A Pendragon Forms 3.2/Microsoft Access data collection form for the use on handheld computers using the Palm OS. This data form stores information regarding the individual desert tortoises observed during a desert tortoise line transect survey.

Rochester, C. 2002. Radio Tortoise. A Pendragon Forms 3.2/Microsoft Access data collection form for the use on handheld computers using the Palm OS. This data form serves as a reference look-up list of tortoises included in the radio tracking project.

Rochester, C. 2002. Transects. A Pendragon Forms 3.2/Microsoft Access data collection form for the use on handheld computers using the Palm OS. This data form stores information regarding line transect survey efforts directed at measuring desert tortoise populations.

Rochester, C. 2002. z-sites. A Pendragon Forms 3.2/Microsoft Access data collection form for the use on handheld computers using the Palm OS. This data form serves as a reference look-up list of pre-defined desert tortoise study sites.

Russell, W. and J. Shulzitski. 2002. Effects of Habitat Restoration and Human Disturbance on the Diversity of Coastal Dune Communities in Northern California, an Update. 29th Natural Areas Conference. October 2002. Ashville, North Carolina.

Russell, W. and J. Shulzitski. 2002. Effects of Habitat Restoration and Human Disturbance on the Diversity of Coastal Dune Communities in Northern California. In: Proceedings of the west by Northwest Conference. Seattle Washington, March 20, 2002.

Russell, W., K. Schwartz, and S. Eda. 2002. Vegetation Monitoring on Remediation Sites In the Presidio of San Francisco: A Field Guide and Sampling Protocol. Report to the Presidio Trust.

Russell, William H. 2002. Indirect effects of timber management on riparian vegetation dynamics in coast redwood and mixed conifer forests. Page 40 in: Vaughn, H. Technical Coordinator. Proceedings of the Twentieth Annual Salmonid Restoration Federation Conference. February 28 - March 3, 2002. Ukiah, California.

Russell, William H. and C. Jones. 2002. The effects of timber harvesting on the structure and composition of adjacent old-growth coast redwood forest. Landscape Ecology 16:731-741.

Russell, William H., and J. R. McBride. 2002. Vegetation Change and Fire Hazard in the San Francisco Bay Area Open Spaces. Pages 27-38 in: Blonski, K.S., M.E., and T.J. Morales. Proceedings of the California’s 2001 Wildfire Conference: Ten Years After the East Bay Hills Fire; October 10-12, Oakland California. Technical Report 35.01.462. Richmond CA: University of California Forest Products Laboratory.

Scoles, S. J., L. A. DeFalco and A. C. Newton. 2002. Does topsoil removal, storage and replacement decrease abundance of viable seed? Poster presented at the 87th Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America, Tucson, Arizona.

Scoles, S.J., T.C. Esque, L.A. DeFalco, S.E. Eckert and D.F. Haines. 2002. Evaluating options for revegetation following a catastrophic fire in a Pinyon-Juniper community at Grand Canyon/Parashaunt National Monument, Arizona. Report to USDI-Bureau of Land Management, Arizona Strip District, St. George, Utah.

Sharp, B. L. (B. Kus, Chair). 2002. Factors influencing the incidence of brood parasitism by brown-headed cowbirds (Molothrus ater) of least Bell's vireos (Vireo bellii pusillus). Master's Thesis, San Diego State University.

Sogge, M., S. Sferra, T. McCarthey, S. Williams III, and B. Kus. 2002. Southwestern willow flycatcher breeding site and territory summary - 2001. Prepared for the Southwestern Willow Flycatcher Recovery Team, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Region 2, Albuquerque, NM.

Sparling, Don and Gary M. Fellers. 2002. Contaminant studies in the Sierra Nevadas. People, Land & Water. Aug. 2002: 33.

Spring, S., and A. K. Miles. 2002. Validation study, ERP sites 25, 37, 133, and corresponding reference sites. Biological impact of TCE and PCE on wild rodent and reptile populations, Edwards Air Force Base, California. Final report. Edwards Air Force Base, California. 40 pages + appendices + attachments.

Stephenson, N. 2002. Sierra Nevada global change and fire research. People, Land, and Water (DOI news magazine) 8(10):18.

Stephenson, N. L. 2002. The National Park Service mission and ecosystem impairment in an era of rapid global change. National Park Service, West by Northwest 2002 workshop: "Navigating the Future: Protecting and Sharing the Legacy." Seattle, WA. p. 37.

Stephenson, N. L. 2002. The Story Continues. Closing chapter (pages 72-74) in R. J. Hartesveldt, H. T. Harvey, H. S. Shellhammer, and R. E. Stecker, "Giant Sequoias." Fourth printing with revisions. Sequoia Natural History Association, Three Rivers, CA.

Stephenson, N. L., J. E. Keeley, J. W. van Wagtendonk, D. L. Urban, T. W. Swetnam, and L. J. Graumlich. 2002. The Sierra Nevada Global Change Research Program. Sierra Nevada Science Symposium, Kings Beach, California, Oct. 8-10, 2002.

Stephenson, N. L., P. J. van Mantgem, and P. E. Moore. 2002. Tree growth and death in the Sierra Nevada. Sierra Nevada Science Symposium, Kings Beach, California, Oct. 8-10, 2002.

Stephenson, N., M. Keifer, and J. Manley. 2002. Restoring Western forests: fires, saws, or both? People, Land, and Water (DOI news magazine) 8(10):18.

Stokes, D.C., R.N. Fisher. 2002. Bat inventory of Descanso district of Cleveland National Forest. USGS Technical report prepared for the United States Forest Service, 3 pp.

Takekawa, J. Y., M. A. Bias, I. Woo, S. A. Demers, and G. T. Downard. 2002. Restoration research and monitoring in bayland wetlands of the San Francisco Bay Estuary: The Tolay Creek Project. U. S. Geological Survey, Unpubl. Prog. Rep. Vallejo, CA. 69pp.

Takekawa, J. Y., N. Warnock, G. M. Martinelli, A. K. Miles, and D. C. Tsao. 2002. Waterbird use of bayland wetlands in the San Francisco Bay estuary: movements of long-billed dowitchers during the winter. Waterbirds 25: 93-105.

Takekawa, J.Y. 2002. Teamwork Sheds Light on Shorebird-Migration Mysteries. Sound Waves, 40:3-4.

Takekawa, J.Y., S.E. Wainwright-De La Cruz, R.L. Hothem, and J. Yee. 2002. Relating body condition to inorganic contaminant concentrations of diving ducks wintering in coastal California. Arch. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 42:60-70.

Thomas Jensen, Percy N. Hebert, Dennis L. Orthmeyer,and Richard T. Golightly. 2002. THE USE OF ULTRASOUND SCANNING TO DETERMINE THE SEX OF MARBLED MURRELETS (Brachyramphus marmoratus). Pacific Seabird Group Meeting, Santa Barbara, CA

Thomas, F., Fauchier, J. and K. D. Lafferty. 2002. Conflict of interest between a nematode and a trematode in an amphipod host: test of the "sabotage" hypothesis. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 51: 296-301.

Timothy J. Bell, Marlin Bowles, Jenny McBride, Kayri Havens, Pati Vitt, and Kathryn McEachern. Reintroducing Pitcher's Thistle. Endangered Species Bulletin XXVII - No. 3, July/August 2002, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

Torchin, M. E., K. D. Lafferty and A. M. Kuris. 2002. Parasites and Marine Invasions. Parasitology 124:S137-S151.

Toure, T. A. and G. A. Middendorf. 2002. Colonization of herpetofauna to a created wetland. Bulletin of the Maryland Herpetological Society 38(4):99-117.

Toure, T.A., Fisher, R.N., 2002. Long-term monitoring in Fragmented habitats in coastal Southern California. Joint Meeting of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists. July 3-8, 2002, Kansas City, Missouri.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 2002. Recovery Plan for the Pitcher's Thistle (Cirsium pitcheri ). U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Fort Snelling, Minnesota, 103 pp. (Kathryn McEachern)

Van Devender, T. R., B. E. Martin, R. C. Averill-Murray, T. C. Esque, P. A. Holm, V. M. Dickinson, C. R. Schwalbe, E. B. Wirt, S. L. Barrett. 2002. Grasses, Mallows, Desert Vine, and More: Diet of the Desert Tortoise in Arizona and Sonora. Chapter 8 in The Sonoran Desert Tortoise: Natural History, Biology and Conservation. T.R. Van Devender, ed. Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum. The University of Arizona Press, Tucson. Pp. 159-193.

Van Kessel, C., J. Eadie, W. Horwath, F. Reid, J. Hill and J. P. Fleskes. 2002. Integrating agronomic management practices with waterfowl populations in rice fields: opportunities and mutual benefits. Pages 51-59 in J.E. Hill and B. Hardy, editors. Proc. Second Temperate Rice Conference, 13-17 June, 1999, Sacramento, CA., Los Banos (Phillipines):International Rice Research Institute. 714 p.

van Mantgem, P. J., and N. L. Stephenson. 2002. Searching for a general model of tree death in burned and unburned stands. Abstracts, Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America, p. 288.

van Mantgem, P. J., and N. L. Stephenson. 2002. When life ain't so sweet: the decline of sugar pine (Pinus lambertiana Dougl.) in the Sierra Nevada. Sierra Nevada Science Symposium, Kings Beach, California, Oct. 8-10, 2002.

van Wagtendonk, J. W., K. A. van Wagtendonk, J. B. Meyer, and K. J. Paintner. 2002. The use of geographic information for fire management planning in Yosemite National Park. The George Wright Forum. 19(1): 19-39.

Warburton, M, Fisher, R.N., 2002. The Status and Distribution of Unarmored Threespine Stickleback in the Angeles National Forest. 2001 Final Report. Prepared of the U.S. Forest Service, Angeles National Forest.

Warburton, M., Kuperman, B., Matey, V., Fisher, R.N., 2002. Parasite Analysis of Native and Non-native Fish in the Angeles National Forest. 2001 Final Report. Prepared for the U.S. Forest Service, Angeles National Forest.

Warnock, N., G. W. Page, T. D. Ruhlen, N. Nur, J. Y. Takekawa, and J. T. Hanson. 2002. Management and conservation of San Francisco Bay salt ponds: effects of pond salinity, area, tide, and season on Pacific Flyway waterbirds. Waterbirds 25: 79-92.

Warnock, N., M. A. Bishop, and J. Y. Takekawa. 2002. Spring shorebird migration from Mexico to Alaska: Final Report 2002. Unpubl. Prog. Rep., Point Reyes Bird Observatory, Stinson Beach, CA, and U. S. Geological Survey, Vallejo, CA, 22pp.

Webb, R. H., T. C. Esque, K. A. Thomas, D. F. Haines, M. B. Murov, L. A. DeFalco and P. A. Medica. 2002. Long-term changes in perennial vegetation in permanent plots of the northern Mojave Desert. Paper presented at the 87th Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America, Tucson, Arizona.

Weise, D. R., J. van Wagtendonk, M. Arbaugh, J. Chew, G. J. Jones, M. Witala, J. Merzenich, M. Schaaf, S. Schilling, and R. Kimberlin. 2002. Simulation of historical fires and their impact on fuels in Yosemite National Park. Conference of Fire, Fuel Treatments and Ecological Restoration: Proper Place, Appropriate Time. April 16-18, Fort Collins, CO.

Weise, D. R., M. Arbaugh, J. Chew, G. J. Jones, M. Witala, J. Merzenich, J. van Wagtendonk, M. Schaaf, S. Schilling, J. Sullivan, and R. Kimberlin. 2002. Importance of fire occurrence in simulation of fuel landscapes on the Angeles National Forest. Conference of Fire, Fuel Treatments and Ecological Restoration: Proper Place, Appropriate Time. April 16-18, Fort Collins, CO.

Winton, B. R., and J. Y. Takekawa. 2002. Transportation impacts to wildlife on state route 37 in northern San Pablo Bay, California. Trans. W. Sec. Wildl. Soc. 37: 55-60.

Wylie, G.D., and M.L. Casazza. 2002. Thermal ecology of giant garter snakes (Thamnophis gigas) in the Sacramento Valley of California. Joint Meeting of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, Kansas City, Missouri.

Wylie, G.D., and M.L. Casazza. 2002. Thermal ecology of giant garter snakes (Thamnophis gigas) in the Sacramento Valley of California. Joint Meeting of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, Kansas City, Missouri.

Wylie, G.D., M. Wolder, M.L. Casazza, and N.M. Carpenter. 2002. Migratory bird use of wetlands restored for giant garter snakes. Pacific Flyway Winter Meeting, Newport, Oregon.

Wylie, G.D., M. Wolder, M.L. Casazza, N.M. Carpenter. 2002. Migratory bird use of wetlands restored for giant garter snakes. Poster presentation. Pacific Flyway Winter Meeting, Newport, Oregon.

Wylie, G.D., M.L. Casazza, and N.M. Carpenter. 2002. Monitoring giant garter snakes at Colusa National Wildlife Refuge: 2001 progress report. Dixon Field Station, WERC. 10 pp.

Wylie, Glenn D. and Lisa L. Martin. 2002. Investigations of Giant Garter Snakes in the Natomas Basin: 2002 Report. Report for The Natomas Basin Conservancy.

Wylie, Glenn D., Michael L. Casazza, and Lisa L. Martin. 2002. The Distribution of Giant Garter Snakes and Their Habitat in the Natomas Basin. Report for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

Wylie, Glenn D., Michael L. Casazza, and Lisa L. Martin. 2003. Montioring Giant Garter Snakes at Colusa National Wildlife Refuge: 2002 Progress Report. Report for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

Ackerman, JT. 2001. A summary of factors influencing nest success and duckling production in California. Adaptive Harvest Management Working Group Meeting. Suisun Marsh, California, April 10–13.

Ackerman, JT. 2001. Factors influencing waterfowl nest success: rodent abundance, nesting density, and partial depredation. Delta Waterfowl Foundation Student Symposium. Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, Canada, July 6–7.

Ackerman, JT. 2001. Nest predation: perspectives from multiple levels of organization. Wildlife, Fish, and Conservation Biology Seminar Series. University of California, Davis, October 18.

Adams, J., J. Y. Takekawa, and H. R. Carter. 2001. At-sea distribution of breeding Cassin's auklets (Ptychoramphus aleuticus) off the northern Channel Islands in 1999-2000. Western Section of the Wildlife Society. Sacramento, CA.

Adams, J., J. Y. Takekawa, and H. R. Carter. 2001. At-sea distribution of Cassin's auklets (Ptychoramphus aleuticus) nesting in the California Channel Islands. Wildlife Society 8th Annual Conference. Reno, NV.

Alpers, C.N., M.P. Hunerlach, R.L. Hothem, J.T. May, H.E. Taylor, J. DeWild, Mark Olson, and D.P. Krabbenhoft. 2001. Mercury and methylmercury in water, sediment, and biota in an area impacted by historic gold mining: the Bear River and South Yuba River watersheds, California. US EPA Workshop on the Fate, Transport, and Transformation of Mercury in Aquatic and Terrestrial Environments, May 8-10, 2001. West Palm Beach, FL.

Alpers, C.N., M.P. Hunerlach, R.L. Hothem, J.T. May, J.J. Rytuba, and D. Lawler. 2001. Mercury contamination of water, sediment, and biota in watersheds affected by historic hydraulic gold mining in California. 2001 Department of the Interior Conference on the Environment, March 13-15, Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Alpers, C.N., M.P. Hunerlach, R.L. Hothem, J.T. May, J.J. Rytuba, and D. Lawler. Mercury contamination of water, sediment, and biota in watersheds affected by historic hydraulic gold mining in California. DOI Conference on the Environment "The Path Before Us: Environmental Stewardship of the 21st Century." March 13-15, 2001, Albuquerque, NM.

Anderson, D.R., K.P. Burnham, B.C. Lubow, L. Thomas, P.S. Corn, P.A. Medica and R.W. Marlow. 2001. Field trials of line transect methods applied to estimation of desert tortoise abundance. J, Wildlife Management. 65(3):583-597.

Atkinson, A. J., C. M. Marn, B. Fong. 2001. Terrestrial and Amphibious Monitoring Plan for the CALFED Bay-Delta Program Workshop Summaries for Summer 2000: 1) Habitats of estuarine tidal and diked wetlands of the Delta, Suisun Marsh and North San Francisco Bay, August 30, 2000; 2) Habitats of freshwater and riparian wetlands of the Central Valley, September 7, 2000; 3) Ecological processes and biological communities across the CALFED landscape, September 14, 2000. Sacramento, California. 130 pp.

Backlin, A., R. Hirsch, C. Brown, R. N. Fisher. 2001. Current Status of Mountain Yellow-Legged Frogs (Rana muscosa) in Southern California. Society for Conservation Biology, July 29-August 1 2001, Hilo, Hawaii.

Backlin, A., R. Hirsch, C. Brown, R.N. Fisher, 2001. Angeles and San Bernardino National Forest mountain yellow-legged frog (Rana muscosa) surveys, 2000. Final report submitted to the Angeles National Forest, Supervisor’s Office, Arcadia, California. 10pp.

Berry, K. H. 2001. Protocol -- June 2001. Salvaging injured, recently dead, ill, and dying wild, free-roaming desert tortoises (Gopherus agassizii). Prepared at the request of the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the California Department of Fish and Game.

Berry, K. H. 2001. Training and clinic for desert tortoise health assessments at the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, California: October 21-22, 2000. Prepared for Marine Air Ground Task Force Training Command Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs Division, Twentynine Palms, California. 25 pp plus appendices.

Berry, K. H., and M. M. Christopher. 2001. Guidelines for the field evaluation of desert tortoise health and disease. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 37(3):427-450.

Berry, K. H., B. L. Homer, W. Alley, M. Chaffee, and G. Haxel. 2001. Health and elevated mortality rates in desert tortoise populations: The role of arsenic and other potential toxicants. Arsenic Group Meeting, U. S. Geological Survey, Denver Federal Center, Denver, Colorado.

Berry, K. H., T. Goodlett, and K. Anderson. 2001. Recent declines in desert tortoise populations in eastern California: The Fenner and Chemehuevi valleys. Paper presented at the Desert Tortoise Council Symposium, Tucson, Arizona.

Boarman, W. I. and W. Webb. 2001. Raven juvenile survival in the western Mojave Desert. Annual meeting of Society for Conservation Biology, Hilo Hawaii, August 2001.

Boydston, E. E. 2001. Socio-ecological determinants of space utilization in the spotted hyena, Crocuta crocuta. PhD Dissertation. East Lansing: Michigan State University.

Boydston, E. E., Morelli, T. L. & Holekamp, K. E. 2001. Sex differences in territorial behavior exhibited by the spotted hyena (Hyaenidae, Crocuta crocuta). Ethology, 107: 369-385

Brooks, M. 2001. Fire and Invasive Plants in the Wildlands of California. Noxious Times: a quarterly publication of the California Interagency Noxious Weed Coordinating Committee 3(4):4-5.

Brooks, M.L. 2001 The burning desert. Western Ecological Research Center, Annual Meeting.

Brooks, M.L. 2001. Introduction and overview of invasive species in the southwest. California Exotic Pest Plant Council Symposium. San Diego, CA.

Brooks, M.L. 2001. Multidisciplinary invasive plant research and management in southwestern North America. Summary report on the Joint Workshop of the United States Geological Survey and the California Exotic Pest Plant Council, 5 October 2001, San Diego CA. Delivered to the Joint Fire Sciences Program, 15 October, 2000.

Brooks, M.L. 2001. Multidisciplinary research needs for invasive plants in southwestern North America. California Exotic Pest Plant Council Symposium. San Diego, CA.

Brooks, M.L. 2001. Native and non-native invasive plants of the North American deserts. 6th Biennial Conference of Research on the Colorado Plateau. Flagstaff, AZ.

Brooks, M.L. 2001. Peak fire temperatures and short-term ecological effects in the Mojave Desert. Symposium of the Ecological Society of America.

Brooks, M.L. and D.A. Pyke. 2001. Invasive plants and fire in the deserts of North America. Pages 1-14 in K.E.M. Galley and T.P Wilson (eds.). Proceedings of the Invasive Species Workshop: The Role of Fire in the Control and Spread of Invasive Species. Fire Conference 2000: the First National Congress on Fire Ecology, Prevention, and Management. Miscellaneous Publication No. 11, Tall Timbers Research Station, Tallahassee, FL.

Brooks, M.L. and J.R. Matchett. 2001. Fire promotes exotic annual vegetation and reduces plant species richness in Mojave Desert blackbrush communities. 6th Biennial Conference of Research on the Colorado Plateau. Flagstaff, AZ.

Brooks, M.L. and J.R. Matchett. 2001. Plant community patterns in unburned and burned blackbrush (Coleogyne ramosissima) shrublands in the Mojave Desert. Technical Report prepared for the National Park Service, Pacific West Region, Fire Management, 1111 Jackson St. Suite 700, Oakland, CA 94607.

Brooks, M.L. and T.C. Esque. 2001. Non-native grass invasions and fire in the Mojave Desert. USGS Fact Sheet.

Brown, C., Fisher, R.N., 2001. Herpetofaunal Inventory and Monitoring at Silverwood Lake State Recreation Area. Prepared for the California Department of Parks and Recreation. 42pp.

Brown, C., Lyren, L., Fisher, R.N., 2001. Summary of Arroyo Toad Surveys in the Angeles and San Bernardino National Forests. Prepared for the Angeles National Forest, San Bernardino National Forest.

Brown, C.W., Fisher, R.N., Case, T.J., 2001. Impacts of Fragmentation of a Coastal Dune/Marsh Complex on Terrestrial Vertebrates. Society for Conservation Biology. Hilo, Hawaii, July 29-August 1, 2001.

Carter, H. R., R. T. Golightly, J. Y. Takekawa, and D. L. Orthmeyer. 2001. Foraging ecology of Cassin's auklets in Southern California. Oiled Wildlife Care Symposium, Davis, CA.

Carter, H. R., U. W. Wilson, R. W. Lowe, M. S. Rodway, D. A. Manuwal, J. E. Takekawa, and J. L. Yee. 2001. Population trends of the common murre (Uria aalge californica). Pages 33–132 in D. A. Manuwal, H. R. Carter, T. S. Zimmerman, and D. L. Orthmeyer, editors. Biology and conservation of the common murre in California, Oregon, Washington, and British Columbia. Volume 1: Natural history and population trends. U.S. Geological Survey, Information and Technology Report USGS/BRD/ITR–2000-0012, Washington, D.C.

Casazza, M. L., J. L. Yee, C. T. Overton, D. L. Orthmeyer,and D. R. Yparraguirre. 2001. Development of mineral site counts to reliably index the Pacific Coast breeding population of band-tailed pigeons. USGS Final Report to Webless Migratory Game Bird Research Program, USFWS.

Casazza, M.L., J.L. Yee, D.L. Orthmeyer, and M.R. Miller. 2001. Developing a reliable population index for band-tailed pigeons. The Wildlife Society 8th Annual Conference. Reno, Nevada.

Case, T.J. & R.N. Fisher. 2001. Coastal Sage Scrub Case Study. In: Spatial Uncertainty in Ecology. Hunsaker, C., M. Goodchild, M. Friedl and T. Case (Eds.). 440 pgs. Springer-Verlag, New York.

Chess, Katherine and Kathryn McEachern. 2001. Channel Islands National Park vascular plant voucher collections: NPSpecies database. Collections information for 3898 vascular plant specimens from searches at Santa Barbara Botanic Garden, Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden, San Diego Natural History Museum, Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History. National Park Service NPSpecies database, Ft. Collins, CO.

Christopher, M. M., K. H. Berry, B. T. Henen, and K. A. Nagy. 2001. Clinical disease and laboratory abnormalities in free-ranging desert tortoises (Gopherus agassizii) in California (1990-1995). Presentation at the Desert Tortoise Council Symposium, Tucson, Arizona.

Cole, David N., Mitchel P. McClaran, Jan van Wagtendonk, Peggy E. Moore, and Neil McDougald. 2001. Effects of grazing by horses and mules on subalpine meadows, Yosemite Wilderness, California. Annual Meeting, American Society for Range Management; Kona, Hawaii, February 20-22, 2001.

Corben, Chris and Gary M. Fellers. 2001. Choosing the "correct" bat detector - A reply. Acta Chiropterologica. 3(2): 253 - 256.

Corben, Chris and Gary M. Fellers. 2001. A Technique for Detecting Eyeshine of Amphibians and Reptiles. Herpetological Review. 32(2):89-91.

DeFalco, L. A. and R. S. Nowak. 2001. Biomass and nitrogen allocation in an invasive annual grass and two native Mojave Desert annuals. Paper presented at the 86th Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America, Madison, Wisconsin.

DeFalco, L. A., J. K. Detling, C. R. Tracy, and S. D. Warren. 2001. Physiological variation among native and exotic winter annuals associated with microphytic soil crusts in the Mojave Desert. Plant and Soil 234:1-14.

Dickinson, V.M., T. Duck, C.R. Schwalbe, J.L. Jarchow, and M.H. Trueblood. 2001. Nasal and cloacal bacteria in free-ranging desert tortoises from the western United States. J. Wildlife Diseases 37(2):252-257.

Domico, L., B. L. Homer, K. H. Berry, P. Klein, E. Jacobson, R. Cousins, and E. Williams. 2001. Purification of desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) metallothionein, a potential biomarker of heavy metal exposure. Presentation at the Desert Tortoise Council Symposium, Tucson, Arizona.

Domico, Lisa. (Berry, K. H., Committee Member). 2001. Purification of desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) metallothionein, a potential biomarker of heavy metal exposure. University of Florida, College of Veterinary Medicine. M. S. thesis.

Douglas, J., T. 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, and J. van Wagtendonk. 2001. Review and update of the 1995 Federal wildland fire management policy. U. S. Dep’t. of the Interior and U. S. Dep’t. of Agriculture. 78 p.

Eckert, S. E., T. C. Esque, L. A. DeFalco and D. F. Haines. 2001. Evaluating options for revegetation following a catastrophic fire in a pinyon-juniper community at Grand Canyon / Parashant National Monument, on the Arizona Strip of Mohave County, Arizona. Report to the USDI Bureau of Land Management, Arizona Strip District, St. George, Utah.

Emerson, S. J., M. A. Bias, G. T. Downard, and J. Y. Takekawa. 2001. Biophysical monitoring of a tidal salt marsh rehabilitation in the San Francisco Bay estuary. Society of Wetland Scientists. Chicago.

Ervin, E. L., A. E. Anderson, T. L. Cass, R. E. Murcia. 2001. Elevation Record: Spea hammondii. Herpetological Review 32(1): 36.

Ervin, E. L., N. J. Scott, and R. N. Fisher. 2001. California Red-legged Frog (Rana aurora draytonii), Reconnaissance / Habitat Suitability Analysis in San Gabriel Canyon (West, North, and East Forks) Angeles National Forest, California: Year 2000. Report to Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Angeles National Forest, Arcadia, California.

Ervin, E. L., N. J. Scott, S. A. Hathaway, R. N. Fisher. 2001. Initial Report on the Monitoring of a California Red-legged Frog (Rana aurora draytonii) Population in San Francisquito Canyon. Angeles National Forest, California: Year 2000. Report to Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Angeles National Forest, Arcadia, California.

Ervin, E. L., R. N. Fisher 2001. Prey: Thamnophis hammondii (Two-striped Garter Snake). Herpetological Review 32(4): 265-266.

Ervin, E.L., Fisher, R.N., Crooks, K.R., 2001. Roads and Toads: Amphibian Mortality in Relation to Rainfall, Roadway Surface Moisture, and Traffic Volume. Society for Conservation Biology. Hilo, Hawaii. July 29-August 1, 2001.

Esque, T.C., L.A. DeFalco, S. Scoles and D.F. Haines. 2001. Evaluating revegetation options following wildfire in a Pinyon-Juniper community, northern Arizona. Paper presented at the 6th Biennial Conference of Research on the Colorado Plateau, November 6, 2001. Flagstaff, AZ.

Estes, J.A., R.G. Anthony, W.M. Jarman, A.K. Miles, J.R. Bodkin, and M.A. Ricca. 2001. Report on field activities at Adak and the western Aleutians, 2001. Annual report prepared for the U.S. Navy. 26pp.

Fellers, G.M., A. Launer, G.B. Rathbun, S. Bobzien, J. Alvarez, D. Sterner, R.B. Seymour, and M. Westphal. 2001. Overwintering tadpoles in the California red-legged frog (Rana aurora draytonii). Herpetological Review 32(3):156-157.

Fellers, Gary M. Charles A. Drost, and W. Ronald Heyer. 2001. Manipulación de Anfibios Vivos. Pp. 265-266. In: W. Ronald Heyer, Maureen A. Donnelly, Roy W. McDiarmid, Lee-Ann C. Hayek, y Mercedes S. Foster (eds.) Medición y Monitoreo de la Diversidad Biológica: Métodos estandarizados para Anfibios. Editorial Universitaria de la Patagonia. xxvii+349 Pp.

Fellers, Gary M. Charles A. Drost, and W. Ronald Heyer. 2001. Muestreos con cubiertas artificiales. Pp. 140-144. In: W. Ronald Heyer, Maureen A. Donnelly, Roy W. McDiarmid, Lee-Ann C. Hayek, y Mercedes S. Foster (eds.) Medición y Monitoreo de la Diversidad Biológica: Métodos estandarizados para Anfibios. Editorial Universitaria de la Patagonia. xxvii+349 Pp.

Fellers, Gary M., D. Earl Green, and Joyce E. Longcore. 2001. Oral Chytridiomycosis in Mountain Yellow-Legged Frogs (Rana muscosa). Copeia. 2001(4): 945-953.

Fisher, R.N., Kuperman, B., Matey, V., Ervin, E.L., Warburton, M., 2001. The Silent Invasion: Parasites of Exotic Aquatic Species in Southern California. Society for Conservation Biology. Hilo, Hawaii. July 29-August 1, 2001

Fleskes, J. P., M. L. Casazza, D. S. Gilmer, J. G. Mensik, M. R. Miller, D.O. Orthmeyer, J. Y. Takekawa, J. L. Yee and D. R. Yparraguirre. 2001. Waterfowl ecology relative to recent habitat changes in the Central Valley of California. The Wildlife Society-The Western Section. Feb. 2001. Sacramento, CA.

Fleskes, J. P., M. L. Casazza, D. S. Gilmer, J. G. Mensik, M. R. Miller, D.O. Orthmeyer, J. Y. Takekawa, J. L. Yee and D. R. Yparraguirre. Waterfowl ecology relative to recent habitat changes in the Central Valley of California. The Wildlife Society-The Western Section. Feb. 2001. Sacramento, CA.

Fleskes, J. P., M. L. Casazza, D. S. Gilmer, J. G. Mensik, M. R. Miller, D.O. Orthmeyer, J. Y. Takekawa, J. L. Yee, and D. R. Yparraguirre. 2001. Waterfowl ecology relative to recent habitat changes in the Central Valley of California. The Wildlife Society-2001 Annual Meeting, Reno, NV. Sept. 2001.

Fleskes, J. P., M. L. Casazza, D. S. Gilmer, J. G. Mensik, M. R. Miller, D.O. Orthmeyer, J. Y. Takekawa, J. L. Yee, and D. R. Yparraguirre. Waterfowl use patterns and energetics relative to Central Valley Habitat Joint Venture Habitat goals. Central Valley Habitat Joint Venture Strategic Planning Meeting. May 21-22, 2001. Sacramento, CA. (Invited Oral presentation)

Fleskes, J.P., M.L. Casazza. D.S. Gilmer, J.G. Mensik, M.R. Miller, D.L. Orthmeyer, J.Y. Takekawa, J.L. Yee and D.R. Yparraguirre. 2001. Waterfowl ecology relative to recent habitat changes in the Central Valley of California. The Wildlife Society 2001 Annual Conference Reno, Nevada.

Galley K.E.M. and T.P Wilson (eds.). 2001. Proceedings of the Invasive Species Workshop: The Role of Fire in the Control and Spread of Invasive Species. M.L. Brooks and S.G. Coloff (technical coordinators). Fire Conference 2000: the First National Congress on Fire Ecology, Prevention, and Management. Miscellaneous Publication No. 11, Tall Timbers Research Station, Tallahassee, FL.

Garcia-Hernandez, J., C. R. Schwalbe, F. M. Baucom, and B. S. Gebow. 2001. Sintesis actual de las actividades de conservacion a lo largo de la Frontera Mexico-Estados Unidos Parte I: Zona geografica de California-Baja California y Arizona-Sonora. Spanish report from DOI Habitat Conservation Issue Team (hard copy and Access data base).

Garcia-Hernandez, J., C. R. Schwalbe, F. M. Baucom, and B. S. Gebow. 2001. Synthesis of current habitat conservation activities along the U.S.-Mexico border Part I: California-Baja California and Arizona-Sonora border area. Report from DOI Habitat Conservation Issue Team (hard copy and Access data base).

Gebow, B. S. and W. L. Halvorson. 2001. Search, compile, and analyze fire literature and research associated with Chihuahuan Desert Uplands. Report Submitted to Carlsbad Caverns National Park.

Germano, D.J., G.B. Rathbun, and L.R. Saslaw. 2001. Managing exotic grasses and conserving declining species. Wildlife Society Bulletin 29(2):551-559.

Germano, D.J., G.B. Rathbun, and L.R. Saslaw. 2001. Managing exotic grasses and conserving declining species. Wildlife Society Bulletin 29(2):551-559.

Gibbons, J. W., J. E. Lovich, A. D. Tucker, N. N. FitzSimmons, and J. L. Greene. 2001. Demographic and ecological factors affecting conservation and management of the diamondback terrapin (Malaclemys terrapin) in South Carolina. Chelonian Conservation and Biology 4(1):66-74.

Gutsell, S.L., E.A. Johnson, K. Miyanishi, J.E. Keeley, M. Dickinson, and S.R.J. Bridge. 2001. Varied ecosystems need different fire protection. Nature 409:377.

Halterman, M.D., D.S. Gilmer, S.A. Laymon, and G.A. Falxa. 2001. Status of the Yellow-billed Cuckoo in California: 1999-2000. USGS-BRD-WERC Final report submiited to USFWS, USBR May 2001.

Halvorson, W. L. et al. 2001. Arizona GAP Report. Report submitted to the National GAP Office, Moscow, ID.

Homer, B. L., and K. H. Berry. 2001. Results of necropsy findings of desert tortoises from the Chemehuevi Valley study site in 1999 and from the Goffs study site in 2000. Presentation at the Desert Tortoise Council Symposium, Tucson, Arizona.

Homer, B. L., Chen Li, K. H. Berry, N. Denslow, E. R. Jacobson, R. Sawyer, and E. Williams. 2001. Soluble scute proteins of healthy and ill desert tortoises (Gopherus agassizii). American Journal of Veterinary Research 2001:103-109.

Hothem, R.L., J.T. May, M.R. Jennings, M.A. Law, J.J. Crayon, and M.T. Atamian. 2001. Mercury contamination of biota associated with abandoned mine lands: Cache Creek, Bear River, and South Yuba river Watersheds, California. Eighth Annual Conference of The Wildlife Society, September 25-29, 2001, Reno, NV.

Hui, C. A. , J. Y. Takekawa, and S. E. Warnock. 2001. Contaminant profiles of two species of shorebirds foraging together at two neighboring sites in south San Francisco Bay, California. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 71:107-121.

Jackson, J.B.C., M.X. Kirby, W.H. Berger, K.A.Bjorndal, L.W.Botsford, B.J. Bourque, R. Bradbury, R. Cooke, J. Erlandson, J.A. Estes, T.P. Hughes, S. Kidwell, C.B. Lange, H.S. Lenihan, J. M. Pandolfi, C.H. Peterson, R. S. Steneck, M.J. Tegner, and R. Warner. 2001. Historical overfishing and the recent collapse of coastal ecosystems. Science 293:629-638.

Jennings, Mark R., and Galen B. Rathbun. 2001. Petrodromus tetradactylus. Mammalian Species (682):1-6.

Johnson L.C., and J.R. Matchett. 2001. Fire and grazing regulate belowground processes in tallgrass prairie. Ecology 82:3377-3389.

Keane, R. E., R. E. Burgan, and J. W. van Wagtendonk. 2001. Mapping wildland fuels for fire management across multiple scales: integrating remote sensing, GIS, and biophysical modeling. International Journal of Wildland Fire 10(3&4): 301-319.

Keeley, J.E. 2001. Book Review: Ecology, biogeography and management of Pinus halepensis and P. brutia forest ecosystems in the Mediterranean Basin. Journal of Vegetation Science. 12: 151.

Keeley, J.E. 2001. Fire and invasives in mediterranean-climate ecosystems of California. Pages 81-94 in K.E.M. Galley and T.P. Wilson (eds) Proceedings of the Invasive Species Workshop: The Role of Fire in the Control and Spread of Invasive Species. Fire Conference 2000: The First National Congress on Fire Ecology, Prevention, and Management. Miscellaneous Publication No. 11, Tall Timbers Research Station, Tallahassee, FL.

Keeley, J.E. 2001. We still need Smokey Bear! Fire Management Today 61(1):21-22.

Keeley, J.E. and C.J. Fotheringham. 2001. History and management of crown-fire ecosystems: A summary and response. Conservation Biology 15: 1561-1567.

Keeley, J.E. and C.J. Fotheringham. 2001. The historical role of fire in California shrublands. Conservation Biology 15: 1536-1548.

Keeley, J.E. and W.J. Bond. 2001. On incorporating fire into our thinking about natural ecosystems: A response to Saha and Howe. American Naturalist 158: 664-670.

Kershnar, R., R. Hothem, B. Rattner, and N. Golden. CEE-TV: Contaminant exposure and effects-terrestrial vertebrates database. Puget Sound Research 2001, The Puget Sound/Georgia Basin Ecosystem: Status, stressors, and the road to recovery, Feb. 12-14, 2001, Bellevue, Washington.

Kershnar, R.L., R.L. Hothem, B.A. Rattner, and N.H. Golden. 2001. Contaminant exposure and effects-terrestrial vertebrates database (CEE-TV) Pacific Coast patterns. Eighth Annual Conference of The Wildlife Society, September 25-29, 2001, Reno, NV.

Kevin D. Lafferty. 2001. Restoration of the White Abalone in Southern California: Population Assessment, Brood Stock Collection, and Development of Husbandry Technology. Final Report. S-K (NOAA) NA96FD0208.

Kristan, William K. (W.Boarman, committee) 2001. Spatial ecology of animals in a human-dominated environment. Ph.D. dissert. University of California, Riverside.

Kruse, K. L. (J. Takekawa, committee member). 2001. Long-term productivity, non-breeding survival, and winter site fidelity of canvasbacks breeding at Ruby Lake National Wildlife Refuge, Nevada. Unpubl. Master's Thesis. University of Wyoming. Laramie, WY. 78pp.

Kruse, K. L., J. R. Lovvorn, J. Y. Takekawa, and J. MacKay. 2001. Factors that affect nest success of canvasbacks at Ruby Lake National Wildlife Refuge, Nevada. Wildlife Society 8th Annual Conference. Reno, NV.

Kuperman, B.I., V.E. Matey, R.N. Fisher and M.L. Warburton. 2001. Bothriocephalus Acheilognathi Infection of Fish in Southern California. American Society of Parasitologists, 76th Annual Meeting, June 29-July 3 2001, Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Kus, B.E. 2001. Just desert: is desertion of parasitized nests an effective stategy for maximizing productivity in the endangered least Bell's vireo? American Ornithologists' Union, Seattle, Washington.

Kus, B.E. 2001. Protecting California's endangered birds: the road to recovery. Bioforum on California's Endangered Species and Biodiversity Hotspots. California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco, California.

Kus, B.E. 2001. Status of sensitive riparian birds in southern California. Riparian Habitat and Floodplains Conference. The Wildlife Society, Western Section and the California Riparian Habitat Joint Venture. Sacramento, California.

Kus, B.E., P.P. Beck, B. Peterson. 2001. Pilgrim Creek restoration project: bird community and vegetation structure. 2000 Annual report. Prepared for the California Department of Transportation, District 11.

Kus, B.E., P.P. Beck. 2001. An approach for monitoring bird communities to assess development of restored riparian habitat. Riparian Habitat and Floodplains Conference. The Wildlife Society, Western Section and the California Riparian Habitat Joint Venture. Sacramento, California.

Kus, B.E., P.P. Beck. 2001. Neotropical Migratory Bird Monitoring Study at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California. Case Springs Station, 1995-1999. Final Report prepared for AC/S Environmental Security, Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California.

Kus, B.E., P.P. Beck. 2001. Neotropical migratory bird monitoring study at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California. Sixth Annual Progress Report, 2000. Prepared for the AC/S Environmental Security, Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California.

Laakkonen, J., Fisher, R.N. & T.J. Case. 2001. Pneumocystis carinii in wild small mammals from California. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 37:408-412.

Laakkonen, J., Fisher, R.N., and T.J. Case. 2001. Effects of different land cover, habitat fragmentation, and ant colonies on the distribution and abundance of shrews in southern California. Journal of Animal Ecology 70:776-788.

Lafferty, K. D. 2001. Birds at a Southern California beach: seasonality, habitat use and disturbance by human activity. Biodiversity and Conservation 10: 1949-1962.

Lafferty, K. D. 2001. Disturbance to wintering western snowy plovers. Biological Conservation 101:315-325.

Laidre, K.L., Jameson, R.J., and D.P. DeMaster. 2001. An estimation of carrying capacity for sea otters along the California coast. Marine Mammal Science 17(2): 294-309.

Laidre, K.L., Jameson, R.J., Jeffries, S.J. and C.E. Bowlby. 2001. Developing carrying capacity estimates for sea otters (Enhydra lutris kenyoni) in Washington State. Poster Presented at the Fifth Puget Sound Research Conference, 12-14 February 2001.

Lawler, D., J. Clayton, C.N. Alpers, M.P. Hunerlach, R.L. Hothem, J.T. May, and J.J. Rytuba. 2001. Mercury contamination of water, sediment, and biota in watersheds affected by historic hydraulic gold mining in California. California Mining: 2001, Conference of the California Mining Association, Monterey, CA, May 23-25, 2001.

Lefebvre, L.W., M. Marmontel, J. Reid, G.B. Rathbun, and D. Domning. 2001. Status and biogeography of the West Indian manatee. Pp. 425-474 in C. Woods and F.E. Sergile (Eds.), Biogeography of the West Indies: past, present, and future, second edition. CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida. 582 pp.

Lovich, J and K. Meyer. 2001. Pleistocene Park: Ice Age Relict Turtle Survives in California Desert. In People, Land, and Water (DOI Newspaper). September/October Issue. Page 13.

Lovich, R.E. 2001. Phylogeography of the night lizard, Xantusia henshawi, in southern California: Evolution across fault zones. Herpetologica 57:470-487.

Lovich, R.E., Fisher, R.N., Ervin, E.L., 2001. Macroinvertebrate Community Composition of Arundo Donax in a Southern California Riparian Habitat. Society for Conservation Biology. Hilo, Hawaii. July 29- August 1, 2001.

Luke, C., R.Fisher, S. Hathaway, K. Crooks. 2001. Using data to plan wildlife habitat corridors in southern California. Society for Conservation Biology Conference.

Lyren, L. M. 2001. Movement Patterns of Coyotes and Bobcats Relative to Roads and Underpasses in the Chino Hills Area of Southern California. M.S. thesis. California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. 127p.

Madej, M. A., and V. Ozaki. 2001. Redwood Creek, California, USA in Source to Sink Sedimentary Cascades in Pacific Rim Geo-systems. T. Marutani, G. J. Brierley, N. A. Trustrum, and M. Page, eds. Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, Nagano, Japan. 183 p.

Madej, M. A. 2001. An Analysis of Bank Erosion along the South Fork Eel River at Benbow Lake, California. A report to the California Department of Parks and Recreation. October, 2001. Arcata, CA. 42 p.

Madej, M. A. 2001. Changes in channel roughness values following large sediment inputs. Proceedings of "Gravel-bed Rivers 2000 Conference" C. Thorne and T. Nolan, eds. Special Publication of the New Zealand Hydrological Society. New Zealand. (CD-ROM).

Madej, M. A. 2001. Development of channel organization and roughness following sediment pulses in single-thread, gravel bed rivers. Water Resources Research. Vol. 37 No. 8, p. 2259-2272.

Madej, M. A. 2001. Road Decommissioning: How Effective Is It? Abstract of paper presented at Klamath Basin Fish and Water Management Symposium. May 22-25, 2001. Arcata, California.

Madej, M. A. 2001. Erosion and sediment delivery following removal of forest roads. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms 26:175-190.

Malusa, J., B. Halvorson, and D. Angell. 2001. Distribution of the exotic mustard, Brassica tournefortii Gouan, in the Mohawk Dunes and Mountains, March 2001. Report submitted to the Yuma Office of the Bureau of Land Management.

Manley, J., M. Keifer, N. Stephenson, and W. Kaage. 2001. Restoring fire to wilderness: Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks. Fire Management Today 61(2):24-28.

Manley, J., M. Keifer, N. Stephenson, and W. Kaage. 2001. Restoring fire to wilderness: Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks. Fire Management Today 61(2):24-28.

Manuwal, D. A., H. R. Carter, T. S. Zimmerman, and D. L. Orthmeyer, Editors. 2001. Biology and conservation of the common murre in California, Oregon, Washington, and British Columbia. Volume 1: Natural history and population trends. U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division, Information and Technology Report USGS/BRD/ITR- 2000-0012, Washington, D.C. 132 pp.

Matchett, J.R., and M.L. Brooks. Nov. 2001. Fire promotes exotic annual vegetation and reduces plant species richness in Mojave Desert blackbrush communities. 6th Biennial Conference of Research on the Colorado Plateau. Flagstaff, AZ.

May, J.T., R.L. Hothem, C.N. Alpers, and M.A. Law. Elevated mercury concentrations in game fish associated with historical gold mining in the South Yuba River, Deer Creek, and Bear River watersheds, California. Northern California Regional Chapter, Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 11th Annual Meeting, June 17-19, 2001, University of California, Santa Cruz.

May, J.T., R.L. Hothem, C.N. Alpers, and M.A. Law. Mercury bioaccumulation in sportfish associated with historic gold mining in the Bear River and South Yuba River watersheds. Symposium and 35th Annual Meeting American Fisheries Society, California-Nevada chapter and Humboldt Chapter, March 29-31, 2001, Santa Rosa, CA.

McChesney G.J., J.W. Mason, W.R. McIver, H.R. Carter, D.L. Orthmeyer, and R. T. Golightly. 2001. Distribution and abundance of seabirds in southern California. The Wildlife Society 2001 Annual Conference Reno, Nevada.

McChesney G.J., J.W. Mason, W.R. McIver, H.R. Carter, D.L. Orthmeyer, and R. T. Golightly. 2001. Spatial and temporal movements of seabirds in the southern California Bight. The Western Section of the Wildlife Society. Sacramento, CA

McChesney, G, H.C. Carter, and D.L. Orthmeyer. 2001. At-sea distribution of seabirds and marine mammals. 28th Annual meeting Pacific Seabird Group. Hawaii.

McEachern, K, M. Semenoff-Irving, P. van der Leeden. 2001. Elk-Effects Vegetation Monitoring Program for Tomales Point Elk Range, Point Reyes National Seashore, California. USGS Open-File Report, USGS/BRD/WERC, Sacramento, California. 53pps.

McEachern, K. 2001. Vegetation monitoring program review for Channel Islands National Park. Technical report. USGS-BRD, Channel Islands Field Station, 1901 Spinnaker Dr., Ventura, CA 93001.

McEachern, K., M. Semenoff-Irving and A. Atkinson. 2001. Control/exclosure monitoring of tule elk effects on Tomales Point vegetation, Point Reyes National Seashore, 1998-1999. Technical report, USGS-BRD, Channel Islands Field Station, 1901 Spinnaker Dr., Ventura, CA 93001.

McGinnis, T.W. and S.D. Emslie. 2001. The Foraging Ecology of Royal and Sandwich Terns in North Carolina, USA. Waterbirds 24(3): 361-370.

Meckstroth, A.M. and A.K. Miles. 2001. Predation of nesting waterbirds in an urban environment, Annual Progress Report. Prepared for NASA Ames Research Station, Moffett Federal Air Field, CA.

Miles, A.K., C.M. Marn, N.T Garcia-Andersen, and R.A. Keister. 2001. Addendum to Work Plan. Scoping ecological risk assessment, installation restoration program sites, Edwards Air Force Base. Prepared for the Air Force Flight Test Center Environmental Management Office, Edwards Air Force Base, CA. August 2001. 23 pp.

Miles, A.K., C.M. Marn, N.T Garcia-Andersen, and R.A. Keister. 2001. Phase I Pre-scoping assessment OU4. Ecological risk assessment, installation restoration program sites, Edwards Air Force Base. Prepared for the Air Force Flight Test Center Environmental Management Office, Edwards Air Force Base, CA. Draft Report December 2001. 348 pp.

Miles, A.K., C.M. Marn, N.T Garcia-Andersen, and R.A. Keister. 2001. Phase I Pre-scoping assessment OUs 1, 2, 3, and 6. Ecological risk assessment, installation restoration program sites, Edwards Air Force Base. Prepared for the Air Force Flight Test Center, Environmental Management Office, Edwards Air Force Base, CA. Draft Report October 2001. 525 pp.

Miles, A.K., C.M. Marn, N.T Garcia-Andersen, and R.A. Keister. 2001. Phase I Scoping. Ecological risk assessment, Ous 1, 2, and 6 Edwards Air Force Base. Prepared for the Air Force Flight Test Center Environmental Management Office, Edwards Air Force Base, CA. Draft Report July 2002. 578 pp.

Miles, A.K., C.M. Marn, N.T Garcia-Andersen, and R.A. Keister. 2001. Work Plan. Phase I: Predictive assessment, ecological risk assessment, installation restoration program sites, Edwards Air Force Base. Prepared for the Air Force Flight Test Center Environmental Management Office, Edwards Air Force Base, CA. Final Report September 2001. 84 pp.

Miles, A.K., C.M. Marn, S.R. Stevens, N.T. Garcia-Andersen, and R.A. Keister. 2001. Work Plan, Scoping ecological risk assessment, installation restoration program sites, Edwards Air Force Base. Prepared for the Air Force Flight Test Center Environmental Management Office, Edwards Air Force Base, CA. January 2001. 98 pp.

Miles, A.K., Lawler, S.P., Hoffman, D.J., Albers, P.A., Melancon, M.J., Dritz, D., Spring, S., Buscemi, D.M. 2001. Experimental assessment of the toxicity of the mosquito larvicide Golden Bear Oil (GB-1111): (1) Field evaluations on duckling, target, and non-target prey survival; (2) Laboratory evaluations on reared mallard and bobwhite eggs, and wild redwing blackbird eggs. Final Report to the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Portland, OR. 39pp.

Miles, A.K., S.E. Spring. 2001. Statement of Work/Study Plan. Potential impacts of organic contamiants on wildlife at Edwards Air Force Base. Prepared for the Air Force Flight Test Center Environmental Management Office, Edwards Air Force Base, CA. January 2001. 58 pp.

Miller, M. R., J. P. Fleskes, J. Y. Takekawa, D. L. Orthmeyer, M. L. Casazza, and W. M. Perry. 2001. Satellite tracking of northern pintail spring migration from California, USA: the route to Chukotka, Russia. Casarca 7: 229-233.

Miller, M.R. D.L. Orthmeyer, J. Fleskes, M. Casazza, W. Perry, and J. Takekawa. 2001. Spring migration strategies of northern pintails documented with satellite telemetry. The Wildlife Society 2001 Annual Conference Reno, Nevada.

Miller, M.R., C.L. Stemler, and S.D. Blankenship. 2001. Mourning dove productivity in California during 1992-95: was it enough? J. Wildl. Manage. 65(2):300-311.

Miller, M.R., C.L. Stemler, J.L. Yee, and D.S. Blankenship. 2001 Differences in mourning dove productivity among three time periods at Gray Lodge Wildlife Area, California California Fish and Game 87(3):93-101.

Miller, M.R., Takekawa, J.Y., Orthmeyer, D.L., Fleskes, J.P., Casazza, M.L., and W.M. Perry. 2001. PINSAT 2001 Progress Report.

Moore, P. E. and J. D. Gerlach, Jr. 2001. Exotic Species Threat Assessment in Sequoia, Kings Canyon and Yosemite National Parks. Crossing Boundaries in Park Management: Proceedings of the 11th Conference on Research and Resource Management in Parks and on Public Land. Pp. 96-103 in D. Harmon, ed. George Wright Society Biennial Conference, April 16-20, 2001, Denver, Colorado. The George Wright Society, Hancock, Michigan.

Nowak, R. S., D. N. Jordan, L. A. DeFalco, C. Wilcox, J. S. Coleman, J. R. Seemann and S. D. Smith. 2001. Effects of elevated atmospheric CO2 on leaf conductance and temperature for three desert perennials at the Nevada Desert FACE Facility. New Phytologist 150(2):449-458.

Orthmeyer, D. L., H. R. Carter, J. Y. Takekawa, and R. T. Golightly (eds.). 2001. At-sea distribution of seabirds and marine mammals in the Southern California Bight. 2001 Published Progress Report. 117pp.

Orthmeyer, D.L., J.Y. Takekawa, and J.L. Yee. 2001. Movement, home range, and nearest neighbor analysis comparing two Lessor Snow goose populations wintering in the Sacramento Valley. 10th North American Artic Goose Conference. Quebec City, Quebec CANADA.

Orthmeyer, D.L., J.Y. Takekawa, and J.L. Yee. 2001. Distribution and nearest neighbor analyses comparing two Lessor Snow goose populations wintering the Sacramento Valley of California. The Wildlife Society 2001 Annual Conference Reno, Nevada.

Pease, K., Fisher, R.N., Hearst, M., Lowe, S., 2001. Assessment of the Impact of Urbanization and Exotic Ants on Native Ant Diversity in Orange County, California. Society for Conservation Biology. Hilo, Hawaii. July 29-August 1, 2001.

Pease, K.H., Fisher, R.N., 2001. Report on Pitfall Trapping of Ants at the Biospecies Sites in the Nature Reserve of Orange County, California. Prepared for the Nature Reserve of Orange County and The Irvine Co. Open Space Reserve. 15pp.

Peterson, B.L., B.E Kus, D.H. Deutschman. 2001. Determining nest predators of the least Bell's vireo through point counts, tracking stations and videophotography. Cooper Ornithological Society. Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Petrie, M., M. Eicholtz, J. Eadie, F. Reid, J. Fleskes, E. Burns, L. Naylor. 2001. Landscape Conservation in the Central Valley of California. The 8th International Waterfowl and Wetlands Symposium. July 2001. Washington, D.C.

Poulton, V. K., J. R. Lovvorn, and J. Y. Takekawa. 2001. Clam density and diurnal feeding behavior of scaup in northern San Francisco Bay. Wildlife Society 8th Annual Conference. Reno, NV.

Rathbun, G.B. and J. Schneider. 2001. Translocation of California red-legged frogs (Rana aurora draytonii). Wildlife Society Bulletin 29(4): 1300-1303.

Rochester, C. 2001. Animal 3.0. A Pendragon Forms 3.1 data collection form for use on handheld computers using the Palm OS. This form stores information regarding animal records.

Rochester, C. 2001. Control Form 2.0. A Pendragon Forms 3.1 data collection form for use on handheld computers using the Palm OS. This data form stores information regarding the survey effort.

Rochester, C. 2001. PDSite 1.0. A Pendragon Forms 3.1 data collection form for use on handheld computers using the Palm OS. This form stores information regarding predefined study sites which may be revisited multiple times.

Rochester, C. 2001. Site 3.0. A Pendragon Forms 3.1 data collection form for use on handheld computers using the Palm OS. This form stores information regarding the study site, including aquatic and terrestrial habitat variables.

Rochester, C. 2001. Water 1.2. A Pendragon Forms 3.1 data collection form for use on handheld computers using the Palm OS. This form stores information regarding water and water chemistry at a study site.

Rochester, C. 2001. Weather 1.4. A Pendragon Forms 3.1 data collection form for use on handheld computers using the Palm OS. This form stores information regarding weather variables connected to a survey.

Rochester, C., Hathaway, S., Brown, C., Pease, K., Fisher, R.N., 2001. Herpetofaunal Monitoring in MSCP Region of San Diego. Prepared for City of San Diego. 91pp.

Rochester, C., J. Diffendorfer, and R.N. Fisher. 2001. Natural History of the Rosy Boa (Charina trivirgata). Prepared for U.S. Geological Survey-Species at Risk. 71pp.

Russell, W. H., and J. R. McBride. 2001. The relative importance of fire and watercourse proximity in determining stand composition in mixed conifer riparian forests. Forest Ecology and Management 150: 259-265.

Russell, W. H., J. R. McBride, and K. Carnell. 2001. Feeding Damage by Black Bears (Ursus americanus) across timber harvest edges in Northern California Coast Redwood (Sequoia sempervirens) Forests (USA). Natural Areas Journal 2:324-329.

Russell. W. H. 2001. Review: Ecosystems of Disturbed Ground. Edited by Lawrence R. Walker. 1999. 868 pages. Elselvier Science Press, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. In: Madrono, Vol 48. No. 4, p.301.

Save-the-Redwoods League. 2001. North Coastal California: A Stewardship Report. Proceedings from workshops held in Arcata, CA. November, 2001 ‘Chapter D-Redwood Creek' contributed by M. A. Madej. San Francisco, CA.

Schroeder, S.C., D.C. Reed, D.J. Kushner, J.A. Estes, and D.S. Ono. 2001. The use of marine reserves in evaluating the dive fishery for the warty sea cucumber, Parastichopus parvimensis in California, U.S.A. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 58:1771-1781.

Schwalbe, C. R. 2001. Exotic amphibians in Arivaca Canyon and the Altar Valley. Workshop on Managing Exotic Aquatic Species, Pima County, Arizona, 27 February 2001.

Schwartz, M.W., S.M. Hermann and P. van Mantgem. 2000. Population persistence in Florida torreya: Comparing modeled projections of a declining coniferous tree. Conservation Biology, 14: 1023-1033.

Schwarzbach, Steven E., John D. Henderson, Carmen M. Thomas, Joy D. Albertson. 2001. Organochlorine concentrations and eggshell thickness in failed eggs of the California Clapper Rail from South San Francisco Bay. Condor 103:620-624.

Sharp, B.L. and B.E. Kus. 2001. Video documentation of natural brood-parasitism events. Cooper Ornithological Society. Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Smith-Longozo, V., L. A. DeFalco and R. S. Nowak. 2001. Comparison of parental and growth condition effects between the invasive annual grass Bromus madritensis ssp. rubens and two native Mojave Desert annual species. Poster presented at the 86th Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America, Madison, Wisconsin.

Sparling, Donald W., Gary M. Fellers, and Laura L. McConnell. 2001. Pesticides Are Involved With Population Declines of Amphibians in the California Sierra Nevadas. Directions in Science, The Scientific World (2001) 1.

Sparling, Donald W., Gary M. Fellers, and Laura McConnell. 2001. Pesticides and Amphibian Declines in California, USA. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. 20(7):1591-1595.

Steere, J. T., and N. Schaefer. 2001. Restoring the estuary: implementation strategy of the San Francisco Bay Joint Venture. San Francisco Bay Joint Venture, Oakland, CA. 124pp. (J. Takekawa, contributing author).

Stephenson, N. L. 2001. Predicting vegetation change: how good are our assumptions? Abstracts, The Big Unknowns of Global Change, University of Georgia State-of-the-Art Conference and Workshop, p. 15.

Stokes, D. 2001. Bats of Mission Trails Park. In Mission Trails Regional Park News: a publication of Mission Trails Regional Park Foundation, Inc. Vol. 12, no. 2. 8 pp.

Stokes, D., D. Griffin, S. Baldwin. 2001. Final Report: Monitoring and surveys for bats at the benchmark 19 mine, Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twenty-nine Palms, California. Prepared for Tierra Data Systems. 19 pp.

Suarez, A., Fisher, R.N., Case, T.J., 2001. Bottom-Up Effects on Persistence in a Fragmented Landscape: Argentine Ants and Coastal Horned Lizards. Society for Conservation Biology. Hilo, Hawaii. July 29-August 1, 2001.

Takekawa, J. Y. 2001. Wintering ecology of Arctic nesting geese in the Central Valley. Central Valley Birding Symposium. Stockton, CA.

Takekawa, J. Y., C. T. Lu, and R. T. Pratt. 2001. Avian communities in baylands and artificial salt evaporation ponds of the San Francisco Bay estuary. Hydrobiologia 466: 317-328.

Takekawa, J.Y. and D.L. Orthmeyer. 2001. Application of radio telemetry in studies of cranes. Pages 85-98 in R.L. Johnson, Z. Hongfei, and R.C. Stendell (eds.). Cranes in East Asia: Proceedings of the Symposium held in Harbin, People's Republic of China. June 9-18, 1998. U.S. Geological Survey, Midcontinent Ecological Science Center, Fort Collins, CO. Open File Report 01-403. 98pp.

Takekawa, J.Y., and D.L. Orthmeyer. 2001. Application of radio telemetry in studies of cranes. Pages 85-98 in R.L. Johnson, Z. Hongfei, and R.C. Stendell, (eds.). Cranes in East Asia: Proceedings of the Symposium held in Hardin, People's Republic of China. June 9-18, 1998. U.S. Geological Survey, Midcontinent Ecological Science Center, Fort Collins. CO. Open File Report 01-403. 98pp.

Takekawa, J.Y., S.E. Wainwright-De La Cruz, R.L. Hothem, and J. Yee. 2001. Relating body condition and contaminant burdens of diving ducks wintering in coastal California. Eighth Annual Conference of The Wildlife Society, September 25-29, 2001, Reno, NV.

Theodorakis, C.W., J.W. Bickham, T. Lamb, P.A. Medica and T.B.Lyne. 2001. Integration of genotoxicicity and population genetic analyses in kangaroo rats (Dipodomys merriami) exposed to radionuclide contamination at the Nevada Test Site, USA. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 20(2):317-326

Threloff, D.L. and Sappington, J.M. 2001. The Birds of Death Valley National Park: A Comprehensive Database of Records Between the Years 1891 and 2000. 868 pp.

Torchin, M. E., K. D. Lafferty and A. M. Kuris. 2001. Release from parasites as natural enemies: increased performance of a globally introduced marine crab. Biological Invasions 3:333-345.

Toure', T. 2001. Vertebrate abundance and diversity in fragmented habitats of coastal southern California. Presented at 15th Annual Meeting, Society for Conservation Biology 2001.

Toure, T. A. 2001. A report on the population status and conservation of Rosy boa (Charina trivirgata): A two-year study in Anza Borrego State Park and Joshua Tree National Monument, 19 pp.

Toure, T. A. 2001. Monitoring program for amphibians and reptiles in the Nature Reserve of Orange County. Summary Report 2001.

Toure, T. A. and R. N. Fisher 2001. Vertebrate abundance and diversity in fragmented habitats of coastal southern California. 15th Annual Meeting Society for Conservation Biology. July 29- August 1, 2001, Hilo, Hawaii.

Toure, T. A. and R. N. Fisher, 2002. Long-term monitoring in fragmented habitats in coastal southern California. 82nd Annual Meeting American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists.

van Mantgem, P. 2001. Fire-induced Tree Mortality in the Mixed Conifer Forests of the Sierra Nevada, California. Dissertation. University of California, Davis. 107 pp.

van Mantgem, P., M.W. Schwartz, and M.B. Keifer. 2001. Monitoring wildfire effects: Coming to terms with pseudoreplication. Natural Areas Journal 21: 266-273.

van Wagtendonk, J. W., and R. R. Root. 2001. The use of multi-temporal Landsat Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) data for mapping fuels in Yosemite National Park, USA. 3rd Int. Workshop on Remote Sensing, GIS, and Fire Management; Paris, France, May 17-18, 2001.

van Wagtendonk, K. A., J. W. van Wagtendonk, and J. B. Meyer. 2001. The use of geographic information for fire management planning in Yosemite National Park. 2001 Spatial Odyssey: a Servicewide Conference on Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Related Technologies, National Park Service; Primm, NV, December 3-7, 2001.

Vandergast, A. G., R. G. Gillespie and G. K. Roderick. 2001. The genetic impacts of habitat fragmentation: lessons from Hawaiian kipuka. Oral Presentation. The Society for Conservation Biology. Hilo, HI

Ver Hoef, J.M., Cressie, N., Fisher, R.N. & T.J. Case. 2001. Spatial linear models in ecology. In: Spatial Uncertainty in Ecology. Hunsaker, C., M. Goodchild, M. Friedl and T. Case (Eds.). 440 pgs. Springer-Verlag, New York.

Wainwright-De La Cruz, S. E., J. Y. Takekawa, A. K. Miles, and J. R. Lovvorn. 2001. Home ranges and foraging depth preferences of scaup in the San Francisco Bay estuary. Wildlife Society 8th Annual Conference. Reno, NV.

Wallace, Gary, Katherine Chess, Lena Lee. 2001. A database catalog of 14,408 California Channel Islands vascular plant specimens housed at numerous herbaria compiled by Dr. Gary Wallace from 1975 to 1985. USGS/BRD/WERC/Channel Islands Field Station and Channel Islands National Park Biological Inventory database, Ventura, California.

Warburton, M., Swift, C., Fisher, R.N., 2001. Dramatic Effects of Rainfall on Species Distributions in the Santa Margarita River. Society for Conservation Biology. July 29- August 1, 2001, Hilo, Hawaii.

Warburton, M.L, R.N. Fisher, B.I. Kuperman, V.E. Matey and E.E. Ervin. 2001. The Silent Invasion: Parasites of Exotic Aquatic Species in Southern California. 131st Annual American Fisheries Society Meeting, August 21st-August 23rd 2001, Phoenix, Arizona.

Warburton, M.L., R.N. Fisher and C.C. Swift. 2001. Dramatic Effects of Rainfall on Fish Species in the Santa Margarita River. 15th Annual Meeting, Society for Conservation Biology, July 29-August 1 2001, Hilo, Hawaii.

Warnock, N., G. W. Page, N. Nur, J. Y. Takekawa, and J. T. Hanson. 2001. Bird populations in the San Francisco Bay: what does the future hold? Fifth Biennial State of the Estuary Conference. San Francisco.

Warnock, N., M. A. Bishop, and J. Y. Takekawa. 2001. Spring migration of dunlin and dowitchers along the Pacific Flyway. Unpubl. Prog. Rep., Point Reyes Bird Observatory. Stinson Beach, CA. 16pp.

Webb, R. H., D. E. Boyer, and K. H. Berry. 2001. Riparian Vegetation in the Southwestern United States: Historical Changes Along the Mojave River. U. S. Geological Survey Open File Report.

Webb, R. H., T. C. Esque, P. A. Medica, L. A. DeFalco and M. B. Murov. 2001. Monitoring of ecosystem dynamics in the Mojave Desert: the Beatley permanent plots. USGS Fact Sheet prepared in cooperation with the Recoverability and Vulnerability of Desert Ecosystems Program.

Webb, William (W.Boarman, committee). 2001. Common raven (Corvus corax) juvenile survival and movements in a human augmented landscape. M.S. thesis. University of California, Riverside.

Weckerly, Floyd F., Mark A. Ricca and Katherin P. Meyer. 2001. Sexual segregation in Roosevelt Elk: Cropping rates and aggression in mixed sex groups. Journal of Mammology, 82(3):825-835

Wells. J.M., B.E. Kus. 2001. Least Bell's Vireo Surveys and Nest Monitoring at Anza Borrego Desert State Park in 2000. Prepared for California State Parks, Colorado Desert District.

Winton, B. R., L. A. Vicencio, J. Y. Takekawa, and C. Morton. 2001. Wildlife mortality on Highway 37 traversing tidal marshes, seasonal wetlands, and diked baylands in northern San Pablo Bay, California. Wildlife Society 8th Annual Conference. Reno, NV.

Wylie, G.D. 2001. Habitat use and movements of giant garter snakes in the Sacramento Valley. Symposium of the National Wildlife Rehabilitators Association. Lake Tahoe, NV, March 2001.

Wylie, G.D., and M.L. Casazza. 2001. Investigations of giant garter snakes in the Natomas Basin: 2001 field season. Progress report for the Natomas Basin Conservancy. 9 pp.

Wylie, G.D., and M.L. Casazza. 2001. Response of giant garter snakes to wetland restoration at Colusa National Wildlife Refuge. The Wildlife Society 8th Annual Conference, Reno, NV.

Wylie, G.D., and M.L. Casazza. 2001. Response of giant garter snakes to wetland restoration at Colusa National Wildlife Refuge. The Wildlife Society 8th Annual Conference, Abstracts, Reno, NV, September 2001.

Wylie, G.D., M.L. Casazza, and C.J. Gregory. 2001. Habitat use of a semi-aquatic snake (Thamnophis gigas, giant garter snake) in the Central Valley of California, USA. Fourth World Congress of Herpetology, Colombo, Sri Lanka, December 2001.

Wylie, G.D., M.L. Casazza, and C.J. Gregory. 2001. Habitat use of a semi-aquatic snake (Thamnophis gigas, giant garter snake) in the Central Valley of California, USA. Fourth World Congress of Herpetology, Colombo, Sri Lanka.

Yang, B. 2001. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution of the Malagasy-Comoroan leaf-toed geckos, genus Paroedura. Master's Thesis, San Diego State University 71 pp.

Ackerman, JT and JM Eadie. 2000. The influence of partial clutch depredation on the parental investment decisions of nesting mallards. 2nd North American Duck Symposium. Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, October 11–15.

Ackerman, JT, MC Kondratieff, SA Matern, and JJ Cech, Jr. 2000. Tidal influence on spatial dynamics of leopard sharks, Triakis semifasciata, in Tomales Bay, California. Environmental Biology of Fishes 58(1): 33–43.

Ackerman, JT. 2000. Of mice and mallards: the indirect effects of coexisting prey on waterfowl nest success. 2nd North American Duck Symposium. Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, October 11–15.

Ackerman, JT. 2000. Positive indirect effects of rodents on waterfowl nest success. Raveling Waterfowl Professorship Symposium. University of California, Davis, October 14.

Adams, J., J. Y. Takekawa, H. R. Carter, D. L. Whitworth, and G. J. McChesney. 2000. At-sea distribution of radio-marked Cassin's auklets breeding at Prince Island, California in 1999. Pacific Seabird Group Meeting. Hawaii.

Agee, J. K., B. Bahro, M. A. Finney, P. N. Omi, D. B. Sapsis, C. N. Skinner, J. W. van Wagtendonk, and C. P. Weatherspoon. 2000. The use of fuel breaks in landscape fire management. Forest Ecology and Manage. 127(1-3):55-66.

Arbaugh, M. J., S. Schilling, J. Merzenich, and J. W. van Wagtendonk. 2000. A test of the strategic fuels management model VDDT using historical data from Yosemite National Park. P. 85-89 in: Neuenschwander, L. F., and K. C. Ryan (Tech. Eds.). Proc. Joint Fire Sci. Conf. and Workshop, Vol. II. Univ. Idaho and Int. Assoc. Wildland Fire. 312 p.

Atkinson, A.J., C.M. Marn, and P.A. Stine. 2000. Development of a Baseline Monitoring Plan for CALFED's Ecosystem Restoration Program: Terrestrial and Amphibious Monitoring Recommendations. CALFED Science Conference, Sacramento, CA, Oct. 3-5, 2000.

Beauchamp, P. E., V. Dev, E. Munevar-Mendoza and P. E. Moore. 2000. Composition of Pteryxia terebinthina var. californica (Coult. and Rose) Mathias essential oils. J. Essential Oil Research 12: 372-376.

Berry, K. H. 2000. Preliminary Report on the Spring Survey of Desert Tortoises at the Goffs Permanent Study Plot and Special Project on Effects of Roads. Technical Report to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Park Service (Mojave National Preserve). 11 p.

Berry, K. H., and M. Connor. 2000. Major scientific contributions from the Desert Tortoise Research Natural Area: 1974-1999. Presentation at the Desert Tortoise Council Symposium, Las Vegas, Nevada.

Berry, K. H., G. Goodlett, and T. Goodlett. 2000. Desert Tortoise Cover Sites at Ft. Irwin, California: Geology and Vulnerability. Presentation at the Society for Conservation Biology Meeting, Missoula, MT.

Berry, K. H., G. Goodlett, and T. Goodlett. 2000. Gender-based vulnerability of desert tortoises in military vehicle use areas at the National Training Center, Fort Irwin, California. Presentation at the Western Section of The Wildlife Society Meeting, Riverside, California.

Bias, M. A., J. Takekawa, G. Downard, S. Emerson, and F. Reid. 2000. Guadalcanal Village tidal marsh mitigation annual monitoring report, December 2000. Unpubl. Rep., Calif. Dept. Trans., Oakland, CA. 45pp.

Blackmer, AL, CE Huntington, JT Ackerman, and GA Nevitt. 2000. The link between pair bond duration, parental coordination, and reproductive success in Leach's storm-petrels (Oceanodroma leucorhoa). Marine Ornithology 28(2): 127.

Boarman, W. I. and S. Coe. 2000. Finding value in pre-existing datasets. Conservation Biology in Practice 1:32-34.

Boarman, W. I. and S. J. Coe. 2000. An evaluation of the distribution and abundance of common ravens in and around Joshua Tree National Park. Report to National Park Service, Twentynine Palms, CA.

Boydston, E. E. and K. E. Holekamp. 2000. Applications of Geographic Information System (GIS) technology to hyena conservation. I.U.C.N. Hyaena Specialist Group Newsletter 7:24-27.

Boyers, Laurel, Mark Fincher, and Jan van Wagtendonk. 2000. Twenty-eight years of wilderness campsite monitoring at Yosemite National Park. Pages 106-109 in Cole, D. N., S. F. McCool, W. T. Borrie, and J. O'Loughlin, compilers. Wilderness science in a time of change conference -- Volume 5: Wilderness ecosystems, threats, and management; 1999 May 23-27; Missoula, MT. Proceedings RMRS-P-15-VOL-5. Ogden, UT: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station.

Brooks, M. L. 2000. A natural history of the Sonoran Desert. Edited by S.J. Phillips and P.W. Comus. Book review. Madroño 4:68.

Brooks, M. L. and T. C. Esque. 2000. Annual grass invasions and fire in the Mojave and Sonoran deserts. U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division, National Program Review of the Invasive Species Program, Annapolis, MD.

Brooks, M. L., and T. C. Esque. 2000. Fire and exotic grasses changing Mojave's face. People, Land & Water (July/August): p. 25. U.S. Department of the Interior.

Brooks, M.L. 2000. An interagency approach to fire research in the Mojave Desert. West by Northwest 2000: A National Park Service, Pacific West Region, Resource Management and Interpretation Workshop. San Diego, CA.

Brooks, M.L. 2000. Bromus madritensis subsp. rubens (L.) Husnot. Pp. 72-76. In C. Bossard, M. Hoshovsky, and J. Randall (eds.). Invasive Plants of California's Wildlands. University of California Press. Berkeley, CA.

Brooks, M.L. 2000. Competition between alien annual grasses and native annual plants in the Mojave Desert. American Midland Naturalist 144:92-108.

Brooks, M.L. 2000. Does Protection of Desert Tortoise Habitat Generate Other Ecological Benefits in the Mojave Desert? Pages 68-73 in McCool, S. F., D. N. Cole, W. T. Borrie, and J. O'Loughlin (eds), Wilderness Science: In a Time of Change Conference, Volume 3: Wilderness as a place for scientific inquiry,Missoula, MT, May 23-27 1999. RMRS-P-15_VOL-3.

Brooks, M.L. 2000. Ecological effects and control of invasive annual plants in the Mojave Desert. Society for Ecological Restoration, California, Annual Symposium, Santa Barbara, CA.

Brooks, M.L. 2000. Effects of a changing fire regime in the Mojave Desert. California Association of Fire Ecology Symposium, San Diego, CA.

Brooks, M.L. 2000. Management of alien annual plants and fire in the Mojave and Colorado deserts. Western Ecological Research Center, Center Review presentation.

Brooks, M.L. 2000. Management of alien annual plants and fire in the Mojave and Colorado deserts. Western Section of the Wildlife Society, Riverside, CA.

Brooks, M.L. 2000. Schismus arabicus Nees, Schismus barbatus (L.) Thell. Pp. 287-291. In C. Bossard, M. Hoshovsky, and J. Randall (eds.), Invasive Plants of California's Wildlands. University of California Press. Berkeley, CA.

Brooks, M.L. and C. D’Antonio. 2000. The role of fire in promoting plant invasions. California Exotic Pest Plant Council Symposium. Concord, CA.

Brooks, M.L. and D. Pyke. 2000. Invasive plants and fire in the deserts of North America. Invasive Species Workshop: The Role of Fire in the Control and Spread of Invasive Species. Special Session of the Fire Conference 2000: The First National Congress on Fire, Ecology, Prevention and Management. San Diego, CA.

Brooks, M.L. and T. Esque. 2000. Alien grasses in the Mojave and Sonoran deserts. Proceedings of the 1999 California Exotic Pest Plant Council Symposium 6:39-44.

Brown, C., E. Ervin, and L. Lyren. 2000. Arroyo Toad, Bufo californicus 2000 USGS/USFS Survey Data. [CD]. Angeles, Cleveland, and San Bernardino National Forests, California: Year 2000. Report to Department of Agriculture, Forest Service.

Brown, C., Ervin, E., Lyren, L. and R.N. Fisher, 2000. Arroyo Toad, Bufo Californicus 2000. USGS/USFS Survey Data.

Burke, V. J., J. E. Lovich, and J. W. Gibbons. 2000. Conservation of freshwater turtles. In, pp. 156-179, M. Klemens (ed.). Turtle Conservation. Smithsonian Institute Press, Washington, D.C.

CALFED Bay-Delta Program. 2000. Comprehensive Monitoring, Assessment and Research Program. Final Programmatic EIS/EIR Technical Appendix.

Carter, H. R., D. L. Whitworth, J. Y. Takekawa, T. W. Keeney, and P. R. Kelly. 2000. At-sea threats to Xantus' murrelets (Synthliborampus hypoleucus) in the Southern California Bight. Pages 435-447. In D. R. Browne, K. L. Mitchell, and H. W. Chaney (eds.). Proc. of the Fifth Calif. Islands Symposium. 29 March to 1 April 1999. U. S. Minerals Management Service. Camarillo, CA.

Casazza, M. L. and M. R. Miller. 2000. The Northern Pintail. In: Goals Project 2000. Baylands Ecosystem Species and Community Profiles: Life histories and environmental requirements of key plants, fish, and wildlife. Prepared by the San Francisco Bay Area Wetland Ecosystem Goals Project. P.R. Olofson, editor. San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board, Oakland, Calif.

Casazza, M. L., G. D. Wylie, and C. J. Gregory. 2000. A funnel trap modification for surface collection of aquatic amphibians and reptiles. Herpetological Review 31(2): 91-92.

Casazza, M. L., J. P. Fleskes and M. R. Miller. 2000. Daily movement patterns of northern pintails wintering in diverse Central Valley landscapes. Second North American Duck Symposium. Oct. 2000. Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.

Casazza, M.L., J. L. Yee, M.R. Miller, D.L. Orthmeyer. D. Yparraguirre, and R.L. Jarvis. 2000. Development of Reliable population indices for Band-tailed pigeons. USGS Final Report to Webless Migratory Game Bird Research Program Denver CO.

Chaffee, M., and K. H. Berry. 2000. Tortoise health and elemental chemistry of forage plants from desert tortoise habitat between the Rand Mining District and the Desert Tortoise Natural Area, California. Presentation at the Desert Tortoise Council Symposium, Las Vegas, Nevada.

Chaney, S. and K, McEachern. 2000. Development and Implementation of an Alien Plant Control Strategy for Channel Islands National Park. Technical report. Channel Islands National Park and USGS-BRD-Channel Islands Field Station, Ventura, California.

Cornelius, S.E., G. Acheson, W. L. Halvorson, B. Miller, V. Morill, M. Taylor, D. Tiller, and B. Wellman. 2000. Building a case for ecosystem monitoring in the Sonoran Desert. Pp 21-22 in W. L. Halvorson and B. S. Gebow (eds), Creative Cooperation in Resource Management, Proceedings of the Third Conference on Research and Resource Management in the Southwestern Deserts, USGS Sonoran Desert Field Station, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ.

D. R. Weise, R. Kimberlin, M. Arbaugh, J. Chew, G. Jones, J. Merzenich, M. Witala, R. Keane, and J. W. van Wagtendonk. 2000. Comparing potential fuel treatment trade-off models: initial results. Proc. Society Amer. Foresters Systems Analysis Symp.

Davis, K. and W. L. Halvorson. 2000. A study plan to inventory vascular plants and vertebrates: Sonoran Desert Network, National Park Service. A Report to the National Park Service, USGS Sonoran Desert Field Station, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 37 pp.

DeFalco, L. A. and R. S. Nowak. 2000. Does more carbon dioxide mean more plants in the Mojave? Should the native plants care? TipSheet News Release for Ecological Society of America Meeting, Snowbird, Utah.

DeFalco, L. A. and R. S. Nowak. 2000. Plant-plant interactions in an intact Mojave Desert plant community exposed to elevated atmospheric CO2. Paper presented at the 85th Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America, Snowbird, Utah.

DeFalco, L. A. and R. S. Nowak. 2000. Plant-plant interactions in an intact plant community exposed to elevated atmospheric CO2 at the Nevada Desert FACE Facility. Poster presented at the FACE 2000 Meeting, Tsukuba, Japan.

DeFalco, L. A. and R. S. Nowak. 2000. Understanding the invasion of Bromus madritensis ssp. rubens into the Mojave Desert. Poster presented at the US Geological Survey Invasive Species Program Review, Annapolis, Maryland.

DeLoach, C.J., R.I. Carruthers, J.E. Lovich, T.L. Dudley, and S.D. Smith. 2000. Ecological interactions in the biological control of saltcedar (Tamarix spp.) in the United States: toward a new understanding. In, pp. 819-873, N. R. Spencer (ed.), Proceedings of the X International Symposium on Biological Control of Weeds. 4-14 July, 1999, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana.

Dugan, J. E., D. M. Hubbard, D. L. Martin, J. M. Engle, D. M. Richards, G. E. Davis, K. D. Lafferty, R. F. Ambrose 2000. Macrofauna communities of exposed sandy beaches on the Southern California mainland and Channel Islands. pp 339-346 in, DR Brown, KL Mitchell and HW Chang eds., Proceedings of the Fifth California Islands Symposium. Minerals Management Service Publication # 99-0038.

Eadie, JM, TG Moore, and JT Ackerman. 2000. Experimental evaluation of the effect of mechanical wing decoys (‘moto-duck’) on hunting success and waterfowl response in California, 1999–2000. Technical Report to the California Waterfowl Association. 56 pp.

Ervin, E, L., R. N. Fisher, K. Madden. 2000. Predation: Hyla cadaverina. Herpetological Review 31(4): 234.

Esque, T., and C. Schwalbe. 2000. Non-native grasses and fires create double jeopardy. People, Land & Water(July/August): p. 26. . U.S. Department of the Interior.

Esque, T.C., L. A. DeFalco, P. A. Medica, M. L. Brooks and R. H. Webb. 2000. Predicted changes in Mojave fire frequency related to invasive annual grasses. Effects of a Hotter and Drier Climate, a USGS Workshop. Tuscon, AZ.

Estes. J.A. and C.H. Peterson. Marine ecological research in seashore and seafloor systems: accomplishments and future directions. Marine Ecology Progress Series 195:281-289.

Fellers, Gary M. 2000. Predation on Corynorhinus townsendii by Rattus rattus. Southwestern Naturalist 45(4):524-527.

Fellers, Gary M., Virginia Norris, Wilma Follette, Doreen Smith. 2000. Plant Checklist for Point Reyes National Seashore (Revised). Point Reyes National Seashore Association. ii+48 Pp.

Fisher, R.N. 2000. Reptile and Amphiban survey on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California. Prepared for AC/S Environmental Security, Resource Management Division, MCB Camp Pendleton.

Fisher, R.N. & K. Crooks. 2000. Design and implementation of a wildlife monitoring program for the Tenaja Corridor. Annual Report to the Nature Conservancy.

Fisher, R.N. & T.J. Case. 2000. Final Report on Herpetofauna Monitoring in the Tijuana Estuary. Final Report to USFWS NAFTA Research Program.

Fisher, R.N. & T.J. Case. 2000. Southern California Herpetofauna Research and Monitoring: 1995-1999 Data Summation Report. Submitted to U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and California Department of Fish and Game (on Hardcopy (200 pp.) and CD).

Fisher, R.N. and T.J. Case. 2000. A field guide to the reptiles and amphibians of coastal southern California. Website: http://www.werc.usgs.gov/fieldguide/

Fisher, R.N. and T.J. Case. 2000. Distribution of the herpetofauna of southern California with reference to elevation effects. Pages 137-143 in Keeley, J.E., M. Baer-Keeley, and C.J. Fotheringham (eds). 2nd Interface between ecology and land development in California. U.S. Geological Survey Open-Fire Report 00-62.

Fisher, R.N., Rochester, C., 2000. Monitoring Reptile and Amphibians at Long-Term Biodiversity Monitoring Stations: Nature Reserve of Orange County. Prepared for the Nature Reserve of Orange County.

Fleskes, J. P. 2000. Waterfowl distribution, movements and habitat use relative to recent habitat changes in the Central Valley of California. The Wildlife Society-The Western Section. January 2000. Riverside, CA.

Fleskes, J. P. 2000. Waterfowl distribution, movements and habitat use relative to recent habitat changes in the Central Valley of California. 3rd Annual Pacific Flyway Symposium. Mar., 2000, Otter Crest, OR.

Fleskes, J. P., M. L. Casazza, D. S. Gilmer, J. G Mensik, M. R. Miller, D.O. Orthmeyer, J. Y. Takekawa, J. L. Yee and D. R. Yparraguirre. 2000. Waterfowl ecology relative to recent habitat changes in the Central Valley of California. Second North American Duck Symposium. Oct. 2000. Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.

Fleskes, J. P., M. L. Casazza, D. S. Gilmer, J. G. Mensik, M. R. Miller, D.O. Orthmeyer, J. Y. Takekawa, J. L. Yee and D. R. Yparraguirre. 2000. Waterfowl ecology relative to recent habitat changes in the Central Valley of California. CALFED Bay-Delta Program Science Conference 2000. Oct. 2000. Sacramento, CA.

Fleskes, J.P., M.L. Casazza. D.S. Gilmer, J.G. Mensik, M.R. Miller, D.L. Miller, J.Y. Takekawa, J.L. Yee and D.R. Yparriguirre. 2000. Waterfowl Ecology relative to recent habitat changes in the Central Valley, California. Second North American Duck Symposium and Workshop. Oct 11-15, 2000. Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, CANADA.

Fleskes, J.P., Yee, J.Y., Casazza, M.L., Daugherty, J., and W.M. Perry. 2000. Waterfowl Distribution, Movements and Habitat Use Relative to Recent Habitat Changes in the Central Valley of California: Progress Report - June 2000.

Gilmer, D. S. 2000. Pepperweed: a growing threat to western wildlife habitat. People, Land & Water (July/August): p. 27. U.S. Department of the Interior.

Goldberg, C. S., C. R. Schwalbe, and B. Alberti. 2000. Population ecology and natural history of the barking frog at Coronado National Memorial. Pages 34-35 in W. L. Halvorson and B. S. Gebow (eds), Creative Cooperation in Resource Management, Proceedings of the Third Conference on Research and Resource Management in the Southwestern Deserts, USGS Sonoran Desert Field Station, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ.

Goode, M., P. Anning, and C. R. Schwalbe. 2000. Ecology and management of tiger rattlesnakes along the boundary of Saguaro National Park. Page 36 in W. L. Halvorson and B. S. Gebow (eds), Creative Cooperation in Resource Management, Proceedings of the Third Conference on Research and Resource Management in the Southwestern Deserts, USGS Sonoran Desert Field Station, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ.

Haas, C.D. 2000. Distribution, relative abundance, and roadway underpass responses of carnivores throughout the Puente-Chino Hills. M.S. thesis. California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. 110p.

Halvorson, W. L. 2000. Arizona vegetation map. Report to the Arizona Game and Fish Department.

Halvorson, W. L. and B. S. Gebow (eds). 2000. Creative Cooperation in Resource Management, Proceedings of the Third Conference on Research and Resource Management in the Southwestern Deserts, USGS Sonoran Desert Field Station, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ. 109 p.

Halvorson, W. L. and B. S. Gebow. 2000. Floristic surveys of Saguaro National Park Protected Natural Areas. USGS Sonoran Desert Field Station, University of Arizona, Technical Resport No. 68. 46 p.

Halvorson, W. L. and P. P. Guertin. 2000. Invaders in the Desert. Pp 42-43 in W. L. Halvorson and B. S. Gebow (eds), Creative Cooperation in Resource Management, Proceedings of the Third Conference on Research and Resource Management in the Southwestern Deserts, USGS Sonoran Desert Field Station, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ.

Hatfield, B., and R.J. Jameson. 2000. Abstract. Status of the California (USA) sea otter population as indicated by recent surveys and mortality patterns. In Gorbics C.S., G.R. VanBlaricom, B.E. Ballachey, N.J. Thomas, and M. Staedler (editors). Sea otter conservation: report from the sixth joint U.S. Russia sea otter workshop. Forks, Washington, 9-15 November 1997. Page 41.

Hathaway, S.A. 2000. An Exploratory Analysis of the Biogeographic Distribution of Herpetofauna (Reptiles and Amphibians) And Environmental Variation in San Diego County Using Museum Records and Survey Data. Master's Thesis, San Diego State University 81 pp.

Haxel, G. B., R. J. Knight, K. H. Berry, B. L. Homer, and M. A. Chaffee. 2000. Trace element systematics of desert tortoise shell. Presentation at the Desert Tortoise Council Symposium, Las Vegas, Nevada.

Hickey, C., N. Warnock, and J. Takekawa. 2000. Space and habitat use of black-necked stilts in the San Francisco Bay estuary. Colonial Waterbirds Meeting. Boston, MA.

Hoffman, D.J., P.H. Albers, M.J. Melancon, and A.K. Miles. 2000. Effects of the mosquito larvicide GB-1111 on mallard and bobwhite embryos. Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, annual meeting abstract book 21:230.

Holekamp, K. E., Boydston, E. E., and L. Smale. 2000. Group travel in social carnivores. In: On the Move: How and Why Animals Travel in Groups. S. Boinski and P. Garber (Eds.). Univ. of Chicago Press, Chicago, pp. 587-627.

Homer, B. L., L. Domico, J. E. Williams, B. Heaton-Jones, and K. H. Berry. 2000. Desert tortoises as sentinels of environmental toxicants. Presentation at the Desert Tortoise Council Symposium, Las Vegas, Nevada.

Hothem, R.L. and A.N. Powell. 2000. Contaminants in eggs of western snowy plovers and California least terns: Is there a link to population decline? Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 65 (1):42-50.

Hothem, R.L., J.T. May, M.R. Jennings, M.A. Law, C.N. Alpers, and M.P. Hunerlach. 2000. Biological indicators of mercury contamination from historic gold mining in the Bear River and Yuba River watershed, California. Assessing and managing mercury from historic and current mining activities conference, San Francisco, CA November 28-30, 2000.

Howell, J.A., Brooks, G.C. and Semenoff-Irving, M. 2000. Population dynamics of tule elk at Point Reyes National Seashore, California. USGS - Western Ecological Research Center, Golden Gate Field Station, Sacramento, CA. 38 pp.

Hui, Clifford A. and W.N. Beyer. 2000. Direct ingestion of environmental contaminants: geophagy in two sympatric shorebird species. Science Conference 2000, CalFed Bay-Delta Program. Oct 3-5, 2000.

J. L. Yee, J. P. Fleskes, D. S. Gilmer, J. G. Mensik and D. R. Yparraguirre. 2000. Aerial surveying of waterfowl in the California Central Valley. Second North American Duck Symposium. Oct. 2000. Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.

Jameson, R. J., S. Jeffries, and K.W. Kenyon. 2000. Abstract. Status and trends of the Washington, USA, translocated sea otter population. In Gorbics C.S., G.R. VanBlaricom, B.E. Ballachey, N.J. Thomas, and M. Staedler (editors). Sea otter conservation: report from the sixth joint U.S. Russia sea otter workshop. Forks, Washington, 9-15 November 1997. Page 42.

Jameson, R.J. 2000. Behavior of sea otters in Washington and California. These are databases on the population biology of the respective populations. They include data on movements, reproduction, foraging, and behavior. Data were obtained using known individuals either tagged, radio instrumented or both. California project ended in 1994. Washington work is ongoing. These data sets are located in Corvallis.

Jameson, R.J. and G. VanBlaricom. 2000. Central California Kelp resource dynamics and sea otter distribution database: Ragged Pt. to San Simeon Pt. GIS database Contains information on the seasonal distribution and abundance of sea otters near Pt. Piedras Blancas, and the seasonal areal distribution of kelp canopies in the study area.

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Kus, B.E. 2000. Bird use of restored riparian habitat. Western Ecological Research Center. Sacramento, California.

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Kus, B.E. 2000. Integrating monitoring into adaptive management: challenges, limitations, and an agenda for the future. Symposium: Planning for Biodiversity: Bringing Research and Management Together. USGS Western Ecological Research Center and USDA Forest Service. Pomona, California.

Kus, B.E. 2000. Status of sensitive riparian birds in southern California. Symposium: Planning for Biodiversity: Bringing Research and Management Together. USGS Western Ecological Research Center and USDA Forest Service. Pomona, California

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Kus, B.E., P.P. Beck. 2000. Neotropical Migratory Bird Monitoring Study at Marine Corps Base Pendleton, California. Fifth Annual Progress Report, 1999. Prepared for AC/S Environmental Security, Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California.

Kus, B.E., S.I. Rothstein, D.C. Hahn. 2000. Beyond crisis management: a comprehensive plan for cowbird control in the U.S. The Wildlife Society, Western Section. Riverside, California.

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Longshore, K.M., J.R. Jaeger, and M. Sappington. 2000. Habitat specific variation in survivorship rates of desert tortoises in the eastern Mojave Desert. Wildlife Society, 7th Annual Conference, Nashville, Tennessee.

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Lovich, J.E. 2000. Tamarix ramosissima Lebed, Tamarix chinensis, Tamarix gallica, Tamarix parviflora. In, pp. 312-317, C.C. Bossard, J.M. Randall, and M.C. Hoshovsky (eds.), Invasive plants of California's wildlands. University of California Press, Berkeley.

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Lovich, Jeffrey E. 2000. Map turtles on the Conecuh and Pascagoula Rivers. http://parcplace.org/education/sparc/trip30.htm

M. R. Miller, D. L. Orthmeyer, J. P. Fleskes, M. L. Casazza, W. M. Perry and J. Y. Takekawa. 2000. Spring migration of northern pintails: an application of satellite telemetry. Second North American Duck Symposium. Oct. 2000. Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.

Madej, M. A. 2000. Patterns of hillslope and channel recovery following disturbances in steep, forested basins. Ph.D. Dissertation. Oregon State University, Corvallis. 187 pp.

Madej, M.A. 2000. The development of channel organization following sediment pulses. Geological Society of America Annual Meeting. Abstracts with Programs Vol. 32, No. 7.p. A118.

Madej, M.A. 2000. Watershed Analysis and Engineering Geologists: A Case Study. Association of Engineering Geologists Annual Meeting, San Jose, CA.,September, 2000. Program with Abstracts Vol. 43, No. 4, p. 99

May, J.T., R.L. Hothem, C.N. Alpers, and M.A. Law. 2000. Mercury bioaccumulation in fish in a region affected by historic gold mining: the South Yuba River, Deer Creek, and Bear River Watersheds, California, 1999. Open-File Report 00-367, U.S. Geological Survey, Sacramento, CA, 35 pp.

McEachern, K. 2000. Channel Islands National Park Landbird Monitoring Program Review. Technical report. USGS-BRD, Channel Islands Field Station, 1901 Spinnaker Dr., Ventura, CA 93001.

McEachern, K. 2000. Tree and shrub community monitoring protocol for Channel Islands National Park, California. USGS Open-File Report 00-74. 9 pps.

McEachern, Kathryn. 2000. Channel Islands National Park vegetation monitoring program evaluation. The Seventh Annual Conference of the California Society for Ecological Restoration, University of California at Santa Barbara, October, 2000.

Meckstroth, A.M. and A.K Miles. 2000. Technical Memorandum, Field activities at Moffett Federal Air Field storm water retention pond and eastern diked marsh. Prepared for U.S. Navy, Moffett Federal Air Field, 8 pp.

Menning, K. M., J. J. Battles, T. L. Benning, and N. L. Stephenson. 2000. Forest litter densities under different canopy species in the mixed conifer forest of the southern Sierra Nevada: another factor affecting ground fire spread? Abstracts, Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America, p. 159.

Meyer, K. P., Lovich, J. E. and C. Bjurlin. 2000. Nesting Ecology of Desert Tortoises at the Western Extent of Their Range in the Colorado Desert: A Comparative Site to Fort Irwin. 19pp.

Meyer, Kathie, Curtis Bjurlin and Jeffrey Lovich. 2000. Hatching Success of Desert Tortoise Nests in the Colorado Desert. (Presented at the Wildlife Society Meeting, Sacramento, CA).

Miles, A. K., J. Y. Takekawa, D. H. Schoellhamer, C. T. Lu, W. G. Duffy, and M. K. Saiki. 2000. Science support for wetland restoration in the Napa-Sonoma salt ponds, San Francisco Bay estuary, 1999 progress report. Unpubl. Prog. Rep., U. S. Geological Survey, Davis and Vallejo, CA. 57pp.

Miles, A.K. 2000. Ruddy Ducks. In: Goals Project. 2000. Baylands Ecosystem Species and Community Profiles: Life histories and environmental requirements of key plants, fish and wildlife. Prepared by the San Francisco Bay Area Wetlands Ecosytem GOals Project. P.R. Olofson, editor. San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board, Oakland, CA.

Miles, A.K. 2000. Surf Scoters. In: Goals Project. 2000. Baylands Ecosystem Species and Community Profiles: Life histories and environmental requirements of key plants, fish and wildlife. Prepared by the San Francisco Bay Area Wetlands Ecosytem GOals Project. P.R. Olofson, editor. San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board, Oakland, CA.

Miles, A.K., S.E. Spring. 2000. Investigation of the biological impact of TCE and PCE on wild rodent and reptile populations, Edwards Air Force Base, CA. Field Activity at IRP Sites 25, 37, 133, and corresponding reference areas. 2000 Progress Report to Edwards Air Force Base. U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division, Western Ecological Research Center, Davis Field Station, University of California, Davis, California. 15 pp.

Miles, A.K., S.P. Lawler, D.J. Hoffman, P.H. Albers, M.J. Melancon, D. Dritz, S.E. Spring and D.M. Buscemi. 2000. Experimental assessment of the toxicity of mosquito larvicide golden bear oil (GB-1111): (1) Field evaluations on duckling, target, and non-target prey survival; (2) Laboratory evaluations on reared mallard and bobwhite eggs, and wild redwing blackbird eggs. Final Report to the US Fish and Wildlife Service Environmental Contaminants Program, On-Refuge Investigations Sub-Activity. 38 pp.

Miller, M. R., J. Takekawa, D. Orthmeyer, J. Fleskes, and M. Casazza. 2000. Spring migration of northern pintails: an application of satellite telemtry. 3rd Annual Pacific Flyway Symposium. Mar. 2000, Otter Crest, OR.

Miller, M.R., D.L. Orthmeyer, J. Fleskes, M. Casazza, W. Perry, and J. Takekawa. 2000. Spring migration of northern pintails: an application of satellite telemetry. Second North American Duck Symposium and Workshop. Oct 11-15, 2000. Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, CANADA.

Miller, M.R., Takekawa, J.Y., Orthmeyer, D.L., Fleskes, J.P., Casazza, M.L., and W.M. Perry. 2000. PINSAT 2000 Progress Update Report.

Miner, K., D. Stokes, C. Dooley, M. Henshaw, R. Le Duc, and G. O'Corry-Crowe. 2000. Bats and mines survey of Bureau of Land Management lands in San Diego County, with special emphasis on the protection of important roost sites. Unpublished report prepared by San Diego Bat Conservation for BLM and the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation. 42 pp.

Miner, K., D. Stokes. 2000. Status, conservation issues, and research needs of bats in the South coast ecoregion. Presented at the USGS/USDA biodiversity conference in Pomona, California.

Monson, D., J.A. Estes, D.B. Siniff, and J.B. Bodkin. 2000. Life history plasticity and population regulation in sea otters. Oikos 90:457-468.

Moore, P.E., D.N. Cole, J.W. van Wagtendonk, M.P. McClaran, and N. McDougald. 2000. Meadow response to pack stock grazing in the Yosemite Wilderness: integrating research and management. Pp. 160-164 in Cole, D.N., S.F. McCool, W.T. Borrie, and J. O'Loughlin, compilers. Wilderness science in a time of change conference -- Volume 5: Wilderness ecosystems, threats, and management; 1999 May 23-27; Missoula, MT. Proc. RMRS-P-15-VOL-5. Ogden, UT: USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station.

Morafka, D. J., and K. H. Berry. 2000. Is Gopherus agassizii a desert-adapted tortoise or an exaptive opportunist? Implications for tortoise nutrition. Presentation at the Desert Tortoise Council Symposium, Las Vegas, Nevada.

Morales-Vela, B., D. Olivera-Gomez, J.E. Reynolds, III, and G.B. Rathbun. 2000. Distribution and habitat use by manatees Trichechus manatus manatus in Belize and Chetumal Bay, Mexico. Biological Conservation 95:67-75.

Nicolai, N. C. and J. E. Lovich. 2000. Preliminary observations of the behavior of male, flat-tailed horned lizards before and after an off-highway vehicle race in California. California Fish and Game 86(3):208-212.

Nowak, R. S., D. N. Jordan, L. A. DeFalco, J. S. Coleman, J. R. Seemann and S. D. Smith. 2000. Effects of elevated atmospheric CO2 on leaf conductance and temperature for three desert perennials at the Nevada Desert FACE Facility. Poster presented at the FACE 2000 Meeting, Tsukuba, Japan.

Omland, K. E., C. L. Tarr, W. I. Boarman, J. M. Marzluff, and R. C. Fleischer. 2000. Cryptic genetic variation and paraphyly in ravens. Proc. Royal Society of London B 267:2475-2482.

Paddack, M., and J.A. Estes. 2000. Comparison of kelp forest fish populations inside and outside of marine reserves in central California. Ecological Applications 10:855-870.

Pease, K., Fisher, R.N., 2000. Report on Pitfall Trapping of Ants at the Biospecies Sites in the Nature Reserve of Orange County, California. Prepared for Nature Reserve of Orange County and The Irvine Co. Open Space Reserve. 14pgs.

Prival, D. B., M. J. Goode, and C. R. Schwalbe. 2000. Ecology of the banded rock rattlesnake at Chiricahua National Monument. Pages 69-70 in W. L. Halvorson and B. S. Gebow (eds), Creative Cooperation in Resource Management, Proceedings of the Third Conference on Research and Resource Management in the Southwestern Deserts, USGS Sonoran Desert Field Station, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ.

Prival, D. B., M. J. Goode, D. E. Swann, C. R. Schwalbe, and M. J. Schroff. 2000. Ecology and conservation of the twin-spotted rattlesnake. Page 71 in W. L. Halvorson and B. S. Gebow (eds), Creative Cooperation in Resource Management, Proceedings of the Third Conference on Research and Resource Management in the Southwestern Deserts, USGS Sonoran Desert Field Station, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ.

Rathbun, G.B. and R.L. Wallace. 2000. Florida manatee. Pp. 107-111, 337-338 in R.P. Reading and B.J. Miller (eds). Endangered animals -- A reference guide to conflicting issues. Greenwood Press, Westport, Connecticut. 383 pp.

Rathbun, G.B. and S.N. Kyalo. 2000. Golden-rumped elephant-shrew. Pp. 125-129, 340-341 in R.P. Reading and B.J. Miller (eds.). Endangered animals -- A reference guide to conflicting issues. Greenwood Press, Westport, Connecticut. 383 pp.

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Rosen, P. C., and C. R. Schwalbe. 2000. Wetland herpetofaunal restoration in southeastern Cochise County, Arizona. Page 80 in W. L. Halvorson and B. S. Gebow (eds), Creative Cooperation in Resource Management, Proceedings of the Third Conference on Research and Resource Management in the Southwestern Deserts, USGS Sonoran Desert Field Station, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ.

Rothstein, S.I., B.E. Kus, M.J. Whitfield, and S.J. Sferra. 2000. Cowbird parasitism of the southwestern willow flycatcher, with recommendations for management. Ecology and Conservation of the Willow Flycatcher Conference. USGS, USFWS. U.S. Forest Service, BOR. Tempe, Arizona

Russell, William H. 2000. Ecology and Management of Coast Redwood (Sequoia sempervirens) Forests. In: Winslow, C., and W. H. Russell (eds.). The Proceeding of the Conference on Restoration and Management of Coastal Redwood Forests: Jackson State Demonstration Forest. College of the Redwoods, Mendocino, CA.

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Sappington, M, K.M. Longshore, and D. B. Thompson. 2000. Modeling desert bighorn sheep habitat in the Mojave Desert: A multivariate GIS approach. Wildlife Society, 7th Annual Conference, Nashville, Tennessee.

Schwalbe, C. R., M. L. Goddard, P. C. Rosen, D. O. Suhre, and D. S. Turner. 2000. Conservation of the Chiricahua leopard at the Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge, Arizona. Pages 88-89 in W. L. Halvorson and B. S. Gebow (eds), Creative Cooperation in Resource Management, Proceedings of the Third Conference on Research and Resource Management in the Southwestern Deserts, USGS Sonoran Desert Field Station, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ.

Schwalbe, C. R., T. C. Esque, P. J. Anning, and W. L. Halvorson. 2000. Exotic grasses, long-lived species, and managing desert landscapes: a case history at Saguaro National Park. P. 87 in W. L. Halvorson and B. S. Gebow (eds), Creative Cooperation in Resource Management, Proceedings of the Third Conference on Research and Resource Management in the Southwestern Deserts, USGS Sonoran Desert Field Station, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ.

Schwalbe, C.R. and C.H. Lowe. 2000. Amphibians and reptiles of the Sierra de Alamos. Pages 172-199 in R.H. Robichaux and D.A. Yetman (eds.). The tropical deciduous forest of Alamos: biodiversity of a threatened ecosystem in Mexico. The University of Arizona Press, Tucson.

Schwartz, M.W., C.A. Brigham, J.D. Hoeksema, K.G. Lyons, M.H. Mills and P. van Mantgem. 2000. Linking biodiversity to ecosystem function: Implications for conservation ecology. Oecologia, 122: 297-305.

Schwartz, M.W., S.M. Hermann and P. van Mantgem. 2000. Estimating the magnitude of decline of the Florida torreya (Torreya taxifolia Arn.). Biological Conservation, 95: 77-84.

Sferra, S., B.E. Kus, T. McCarthey, M.K. Sogge, S.O. Williams III. 2000. Rangewide distribution of southwestern willow flycatchers in tamarisk. Ecology and Conservation of the Willow Flycatcher Conference. USGS, USFWS, U.S. Forest Service, BOR. Tempe, Arizona.

Shaffer, H. B., G.M. Fellers, A. Magee, and S. R. Voss. 2000. The genetics of amphibian decline: population substructure and molecular differentiation in the Yosemite toad, Bufo canorus (Anura, Bufonidae) based on single-strand conformation polymorphism analysis (SSCP) and mitochondrial DNA sequence data. Molecular Ecology 9(2000):245-257.

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Stephenson, N. L. 2000. Climate, vegetation, and considerations for restoration. Pages 195-210 in J. E. Keeley, M. Baer-Keeley, and C. J. Fotheringham (eds.), 2nd Interface Between Ecology and Land Development in California. U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 00-62.

Stephenson, N. L. 2000. Estimated ages of some large giant sequoias: General Sherman keeps getting younger. Madroño 47:61-67.

Stephenson, N. L., and P. J. van Mantgem. 2000. Sierra Nevada forest dynamics: pattern, pace, and mechanisms of change. Annual report for fiscal year 1999. 28 pages.

Stephenson, N. L., T. W. Swetnam, and T. T. Veblen. 2000. Altered disturbance regimes: fire, fuels, and forest structure. Abstracts, Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America, p. 35.

Swann, D.E., C.R. Schwalbe, R. Averill-Murray, T. Edwards, T.C. Esque, H.R. Gimblett, M. Goode, L.K. Harris, M.K. Briggs, and N.C. Kline. 2000. Long-term monitoring of reptiles and amphibians at Saguaro National Park and the Rincon Valley. Page 94 in W.L. Halvorson and B.S. Gebow (eds), Creative Cooperation in Resource Management, Proc. of the Third Conference on Research and Resource Management in the Southwestern Deserts, USGS Sonoran Desert Field Station, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ.

Takekawa, J. Y., A. K. Miles, D. H. Schoellhamer, G. M. Martinelli, M. K. Saiki, and W. G. Duffy. 2000. Science support for wetland restoration in the Napa-Sonoma salt ponds, San Francisco Bay estuary, 2000 Progress Report. Unpubl. Prog. Rep., U. S. Geological Survey, Davis and Vallejo, CA. 66pp.

Takekawa, J.Y. 2000. Diving ducks need salt ponds. Page 52 in A.R. Okamoto (ed.). State of the estuary 2000 restoration primer: San Francisco Bay Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta estuary. U.S. EPA, San Francisco Estuary Project. Oakland, CA 76pp.

Takekawa, J.Y., M. Kurechi, D.L. Orthmeyer, Y. Sabano, S. Uemura, W.M. Perry, and J.L. Yee. 2000. A Pacific spring migration route and breeding range expansion for greater white-fronted geese wintering in Japan. Global Environ. Res. (4) (2000) 2:155-168.

Toure, T. A. 2000. A constructed wetland and its ability to sustain amphibian and reptile populations. 21st Annual Meeting Society of Wetland Scientists.

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Toure, T. A. 2000. Reptiles and Amphibians of the Sands Road Wetland Sanctuary. 80th Annual Meeting American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists.

Urban, D. L., C. Miller, P. N. Halpin, and N. L. Stephenson. 2000. Forest gradient response in Sierran landscapes: the physical template. Landscape Ecology 15:603-620.

van Mantgem, P., and M.W. Schwartz. 2000. Bark heat resistance in juvenile trees of Californian mixed conifer forests. Ecological Society of America annual meeting, Snowbird, UT.

van Wagtendonk, J. W., and R. R. Root. 2000. Hyperspectral analysis of multi-temporal Landsat TM data for mapping fuels in Yosemite National Park. P. 224-228 in: Neuenschwander, L. F., and K. C. Ryan (Tech. Eds.). Proc. Joint Fire Sci. Conf. and Workshop, Vol. I. Univ. Idaho and Int. Assoc. Wildland Fire. 298 p.

van Wagtendonk, J.W. and P. E. Moore. 2000. Subalpine conifer fuel dynamics. Litter and woody fuel accumulation rates over 4 years for 4 subalpine Sierra Nevada conifer species, including western white pine, lodgepole pine, whitebark pine and mountain hemlock. Data are for four size classes per species. Nonspatial, georeferenced.

Vredenburg, Vance, Yuezhao Wang, and Gary Fellers. 2000. Scientific Meeting Raises Awareness of Amphibian Decline in Asia. Newsletter of the Declining Amphibian Populations Task Force of the World. Conservation Union's Species Survival Commission. December 2000, Number 42.

Warburton, M.L. and R.N. Fisher. 2000. Anza-Borrego Desert State Park Amphibian Survey. Prepared for California State Parks. 21pp.

Warburton, M.L., C.C. Swift, & R.N. Fisher. 2000. Status and Distribution of Fishes in the Santa Margarita River Drainage. Final Report to the Nature Conservancy. 27 pp.

Watt, J., D.B. Siniff, and J.A. Estes. 2000. Interdecadal change in diet and population of sea otters at Amchitka Island, Alaska. Oecologia 124:289-298.

Weber, S. & R.N. Fisher. 2000. Inventory and Manage Point Loma Herpetofauna (Reptiles and Amphibians); and secondarily, Shrews, and Macroinvertebrates. Annual Report to Canon, USA and National Park Foundation.

Weckerly, F. W., and M. A. Ricca. 2000. Using presence of sign to measure habitats used by Roosevelt elk. Wildlife Society Bulletin. 28:146-153.

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Whisson, D. A., and J. Y. Takekawa. 2000. Testing the effectiveness of an aquatic hazing device on waterbirds in the San Francisco Bay estuary of California. Waterbirds 23(1): 56-63.

Whitworth, D. L., J. Y. Takekawa, H. R. Carter, S. H. Newman, T. W. Keeney, and P. R. Kelly. 2000. Distribution of Xantus' murrelet Synthliboramphus hypoleucus at sea in the Southern California Bight, 1995-1997. Ibis 142:268-279.

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Ackerman, JT. 1999. The impact of predation and small mammal densities on waterfowl nest success. Delta Waterfowl Foundation Student Symposium. Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, Canada, July 29–August 1.

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Brooks, M.L. 1999. Alien annual grasses and fire in the Mojave Desert. Madroño 46(1):13-19

Brooks, M.L. 1999. Does protection of desert tortoise habitat generate other ecological benefits in the Mojave Desert? Wilderness Science: In a Time of Change conference. Missoula, MT.

Brooks, M.L. 1999. Effects of Protective Fencing on Birds, Lizards, and Black-Tailed Hares in the Western Mojave Desert. Environmental Management 23:387-400.

Brooks, M.L. 1999. Factors affecting alien annual plant abundance at a site in the western Mojave Desert: effects of human disturbance, microhabitat, topography, and rainfall. Mojave Desert Science Symposium. Las Vegas, NV

Brooks, M.L. 1999. Habitat invasibility and dominance by alien annual plants in the western Mojave Desert. Biological Invasions 1:325-337.

Brooks, M.L. and K.H. Berry. 1999. Ecology and Management of Alien Annual Plants in the California Deserts. CalEPPC News (California Exotic Pest Plant Council Newsletter). 7(3/4):4-6.

Brooks, M.L. and L. DeFalco. 1999. Exotic Plant Species in Desert Tortoise Habitat. Desert Tortoise Council Symposium. St. George, UT.

Brooks, M.L. and T. Esque. 1999. Non-native grass invasions and fire in the Mojave Desert. USGS Fact Sheet, last updated 8 September, 2001. Available online at http://www.werc.usgs.gov/invasivespecies/mojavegrassfire.html

Brown, M. B. K. H. Berry, I. M. Schumacher, K. A. Nagy, M. M. Christopher, and P. A. Klein. 1999. Seroepidemiology of upper respiratory tract disease in the desert tortoise of California. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 35(4):716-727.

CALFED Bay-Delta Program. 1999. Organic Carbon Drinking Water Quality Workshop Proceedings. August 26-27, 1999. Lawrence Smith, Andrea Atkinson, Carolyn Marn, editors. Final draft. 84 pp.

Carrington, M.E. and J.E. Keeley. 1999. Comparison of postfire seedling establishment between scrub communities in mediterranean- and non-mediterranean-climate ecosystems. Journal of Ecology 87:1025-1036.

Chaney, S.and K. McEachern. 1999. Development of a weed control strategy for Channel Islands National Park. Fifth California Islands Symposium, April, 1999, Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, Santa Barbara, California.

Chaney, S.and K. McEachern. 1999. Development of a weed control strategy for Channel Islands National Park. Proceedings of the Fifth California Islands Symposium, April, 1999, Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, Santa Barbara, California. 3pps.

Chaney, S.and K. McEachern. 1999. Erosion control and revegetation on Santa Barbara Islands in Channel Islands National Park. Fifth California Islands Symposium, April, 1999, Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, Santa Barbara, California.

Chaney, S.and K. McEachern. 1999. Erosion control and revegetation on Santa Barbara Islands in Channel Islands National Park. Proceedings of the Fifth California Islands Symposium, April, 1999, Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, Santa Barbara, California. 3pps.

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Coonan, et al. 1999. Conservation strategies for rare taxa of the Channel Islands National Park. Fifth California Islands Symposium, April, 1999, Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, Santa Barbara, California.

Corry, P. and K. McEachern. 1999. Native shrub recovery in nonnative annual grasslands, California Channel Islands. Proceedings of the Fifth California Islands Symposium, April, 1999, Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, Santa Barbara, California. 3pps.

DeFalco, L. A., D. M. Bryla and R. S. Nowak. 1999. The effects of nitrogen fertilization and plant density on resource acquisition by non-native and native Mojave Desert ephemerals (poster presentation). The 84th annual meeting of the Ecological Society of America, Spokane, Washington.

DeFalco, L. and M.L. Brooks. 1999. Ecology and Management of Alien Plants. Mojave Desert Science Symposium. Las Vegas, NV

Dobson, A., K. Ralls, M. Foster, M.E. Soulé, D. Simberloff, D. Doak, J.A. Estes, L.S. Mills, D. Mattson, R. Dirzo, H. Arita, S. Ryan, E.A. Norse, R.F. Noss, and D. Johns. 1999. Connectivity: maintaining flows in fragmented landscapes. Pp. 129-170 in, M. E. Soulé and J. Terborgh, eds., Continental Conservation, Island Press, Washington, D.C.

Douglas, C.L. and D.M. Leslie, Jr. 1999. Management of bighorn sheep. Chapter 8: pp.238-262 In Valdez, R. and P.R. Krausman Mountain sheep in North America. The University of Arizona Press, Tucson.

Dugan, J. E., D. M. Hubbard, D. L. Martin, J. M. Engle, D. M. Richards, G. E. Davis, K. D. Lafferty, R. F. Ambrose 1999. Macrofauna communities of exposed sandy beaches on the Southern California mainland and Channel Islands. California Channel Islands Symposium (Research Paper).

Esque, T. C. 1999. Managing fire and invasive plants in the Mojave Desert: defining an integrated research program to address knowledge gaps. In, 25-27. Jeffrey Lovich (ed.), Proceedings: Mojave Desert Science Symposium. Las Vegas, NV.

Esque, T. C., D. F. Haines, and J. McCleave. 1999. Impacts of recreation on the desert tortoise and other wildlife in the Red Cliffs Desert Reserve. Report prepared for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 12 pp.

Esque, T. C., M. J. Nijhuis, D. F. Haines, J. W. Clark, P. J. Swantek, and C. R. Schwalbe. 1999. Effects of fire on desert tortoises at Saguaro National Park. In, W. Halvorson (ed.), Proceedings: Conference on a Century of Research In Parks. Tucson, Arizona, May 5-7, 1998.

Esque, T., S. Eckert, L. Evers, T. Duck, B. Bracken, T. Bartlett. 1999. Interagency cooperation and a large-scale habitat manipulation: the effects of alien plants and granivores on ecological recovery following wildfire (poster presentation). Mojave Desert Science Symposium, Las Vegas, NV.

Esque, T.C., C.R. Schwalbe, M.J. Nijhuis, D.F. Haines, and J.W. Clark. 1999. Short-term effects of fire on desert tortoises at Saguaro National Park. In, B. Bartholomew (ed.), Proceedings: The 23th Annual Desert Tortoise Council Symposium. Tucson, Arizona, April 3-5, 1998.

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Falk, D. A., M. K. Briggs, and W. L. Halvorson. 1999. The riparian ranking (R3) System: A tool for setting Priorities in a Resource-Limited World. Proceedings of the Restoration Conference, March 1999, Tucson, AZ.

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Fisher, R. and B. Kus. 1999. Research support for urban-wildland planning in Southern California (poster).

Fisher, R. and B. Kus. 1999. Research support for urban-wildland planning in Southern California. Poster and Powerpoint Presentation developed for David Hayes, Deputy Secretary of the Interior.

Fisher, R.N., Swift, C.C., 1999. Second year of surveying for fishes on the Santa Margarita River, San Diego and Riverside counties, California: September-December, 1998. Prepared for The Nature Conservancy.

Fleskes, J. P. 1999. Ecology of female northern pintails during winter in the San Joaquin Valley, California. Ph. D. Dissertation, Oregon State Univ., Corvallis, OR. 215pp.

Fleskes, J. P. , M. Casazza, J. Yee, D. Orthmeyer, W. Perry and J. Daugherty. 1999. Waterfowl distribution, movements and habitat use relative to recent habitat changes in the Central Valley of California. Unpubl. Progress Report.

Fleskes, J. P. 1999. Waterfowl distribution, movements and habitat use relative to recent habitat changes in the Central Valley of California. 2nd Annual Pacific Flyway Symposium. Mar. 1999, Monterey, CA.

Goforth, D. and M. A. Madej 1999. Longpro (Software application). Plots and calculates stream bed elevations, pool depths, and pool statistics for longitudinal profile surveys of rivers.

Goforth, D. and M. A. Madej 1999. Scour (Software application). Plots and calculates changes in channel area and hydraulic parameters for river cross-sectional surveys.

Gosz, J., Asher, J., Holder, B., Knight, R., Naiman, R., Raines, G., Stine, P.A., and Wigley, B. 1999 Ecosystem and Landscape Diversity IN Ecological Stewardship: A Common Reference for Ecosystem Management; Edited by W.T. Sexton, R.C. Szaro, N.C. Johnson, and A.J. Malk, Elsevier Science, Oxford, England.

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Griffin, P.C., Case, T.J., and R.N. Fisher. 1999. Radio telemetry study of Bufo californicus, arroyo toad movement patterns and habitat preferences. Contract Report for the California Department of Transportation Southern Biology Pool. 66 pp.

Haas, C.D. and K.R. Crooks. 1999. Carnivore abundance and distribution throughout the Puente/Chino Hills. Prepared for the Mountains Recreation and Conservation Authority and State of California Department of Transportation. 128 pp.

Haines, D. F., T. C. Esque, and C. R. Tracy. 1999. Hibernation temperatures, timing, and site characteristics for desert tortoises in the northeast Mojave Desert (poster presentation). The 24th Annual Desert Tortoise Council Symposium. St. George, UT.

Halvorson, W. L. 1999. A review of science and ecosystem management in the U. S. National Parks. Pp 147-148 in Harmon, D. (ed), On the Frontiers of Conservation, Proceedings of the 10th Conference on Research and Resource Management in Parks and on Public Lands, The George Wright Society, Hancock, Michigan.

Halvorson, W. L. and C. Eastin. 1999. The partnership between park wild life management policy and landscape wild life management policy. How shall we then manage? George Wright Society Bulletin 16: 77-90.

Harker, M, G.B. Rathbun, and C.A. Langtimm. 1999. Beaded-chain collars: a new method to radiotag kangaroo rats for short-term studies. Wildlife Society Bulletin 27:314-317.

Hatfield, B.B. and G.B. Rathbun. 1999. Interactions between northern elephant seals and vehicles near Point Piedras Blancas, California. Marine Mammal Science 15(2):598-600.

Hiett, K. L., W. L. Halvorson, and B. Alberti. 1999. Status and long-term monitoring of Palmer's Agave at Coronado National Memorial. Pp 42-43 in Benson, L. and B. Gebow (eds), A Century of Parks in Southern Arizona: Second Conference on Research and Resource Management in Southern Arizona National Parks. National Park Service and USGS Sonoran Desert Field Station, University of Arizona, Tucson.

Holekamp, K. E., Boydston, E. E., Szykman, S., Graham, I., Nutt, K., Birch, S., Piskiel, A., and M. Singh. 1999. Vocal recognition in the spotted hyaena and its possible implications regarding the evolution of intelligence. Animal Behaviour 58:383-395.

Holekamp, K. E., Szykman, M., Boydston, E. E. & Smale, L. 1999. Association of seasonal reproductive patterns with changing food availability in an equatorial carnivore, the spotted hyaena (Crocuta crocuta). Journal of Reproduction and Fertility, 116: 87-93.

Howell, J.A. 1999. Habitat use and urban influences on bobcat and gray fox. Ph.D. Dissertation. S.P. Riley. University of California, Davis

Howell, J.A. and D. Fong. 1999. Distribution and abundance of signal crayfish (Pacifasticus leniusculus) and larval California giant salamander (Dicamptodon ensatus) in Muir Woods National Monument, Marin County, CA. American Association for the Advancement of Science, Pacific Division, 80th Annual Meeting, June 1999, San Francisco, California.

Howell, J.A. and M. Semenoff-Irving. 1999. Grazing effects on biodiversity of terrestrial vertebrates in a California national park. The George Wright Society biannual Conference. March 1999. Asheville, North Carolina.

Howell, J.A. and M. Semenoff-Irving. 1999. Terrestrial Vertebrate Inventory and Monitoring at the Golden Gate National Recreation Area: some highlights and insights since 1990. American Association for the Advancement of Science, Pacific Division, 80th Annual Meeting, June 1999, San Francisco, California.

Howell, J.A., D.A. Hatch, R.L. Hothem, A. Fish, W. Sydeman, and M.E. Brown. 1999. The role of island biogeography in the management of wildlife on Alcatraz Island, Golden Gate National Recreation Area, California. 4th International Symposium on Urban Wildlife, May 1999, Tucson, Arizona.

Hui, C. A. and O. Ellers. 1999. Effect of high aluminum consumption on mechanics and composition of furculae of free-ranging coots. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 18:970-975.

Hui, Clifford A. 1999. Elemental contaminants in the livers and ingesta of four subpopulations of the American coot (Fulica americana): an herbivorous winter migrant in San Francisco Bay. State of the Estuary Conference, San Franicsco, CA, March 17-19, 1999. page 62.

J. W. van Wagtendonk, and P. E. Moore. 1999. Plant community analysis and mapping for Yosemite National Park. USGS Status and Trends Review. May 18-20, 1999, Tucson, AZ.

Jameson R.J. 1999. Status of Wild Sea Otters in California, Oregon, and Washington. Abstract. Proceedings of a workshop on research on captive and wild sea otter populations, 17-20 February 1999, Seattle, WA.

Jameson, R. J. 1999. Distribution and abundance of sea otters in Washington State, 1997-1999. This is the database for the annual surveys of the Washington sea otter population. Surveys are ongoing, including an annual survey report.

Jameson, R. J., and S. Jeffries. 1999. Results of the 1999 survey of the reintroduced sea otter population in Washington state. IUCN Otter Specialist Bulletin 16(2): 79-85.

Jameson, R.J. and B.B. Hatfield. 1999. Distribution and abundance of sea otters in California, 1982-1999. This is the database for the semiannual surveys of the California sea otter population. Surveys are ongoing. Reports on each survey are produced by Brian Hatfield.

Jameson, R.J., M. Stafford, B. Krausse, and S. Jeffries. 1999. An overview of the Biological Resources Division (USGS) sea otter project in Washington. In Bowlby, C.E. and J.Parrish (eds.). Olympic Coast Marine Research '98: Proceedings of a workshop. Seattle, Washington, Feb. 12-13, 1998. Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary.

Jameson, R.J., M. Stafford, B. Krausse, and S. Jeffries. 1999. An overview of the Biological Resources Division (USGS) sea otter project in Washington. In Bowlby, C.E. and J.Parrish (eds.). Olympic Coast Marine Research '98: Proceedings of a workshop. Seattle, Washington, Feb. 12-13, 1998. Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary.

Jennings, M. R. 1999. Angeles and San Bernadino National Forest mountain yellow-legged frog (Rana muscosa) surveys, 1998. Final report prepared for the United States Department of Agriculture, Angeles National Forest, Arcadia, California, through Interagency Agreement (IA-97-5-01-67-019). U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division, Western Ecological Research Center, Piedras Blancas Field Station, San Simeon, California. 7 pp.

Jordan, D. N., C. Biggart, S. F. Zitzer, L. A. DeFalco, and R. S. Nowak. 1999. Interaction of leaf conductance and soil water availability of three native Mojave Desert species exposed to Free Air CO2 Enrichment (FACE) (poster presentation). The 84th annual meeting of the Ecological Society of America, Spokane, Washington.

Junak, S. A., W. L. Halvorson, C. Schwemm, and T. Keeney. 1997. San Nicoloas Island Sensitive Plants II. University of Arizona, USGS Cooperative Park Studies Unit, Technical Report 57.

Keeley, J.E. 1999. Photosynthetic pathway diversity in a seasonal pool community. Functional Ecology 13:106-118.

Keeley, J.E. and M.B. Keeley. 1999. Role of charred wood, heat-shock and light in germination of postfire phrygana species from the eastern Mediterranean Basin. Israel Journal of Plant 47:11-16.

Keeley, J.E. and W.J. Bond. 1999. Mast flowering and semelparity in bamboos: The bamboo fire cycle hypothesis. American Naturalist 154:383-391.

Keeley, J.E., C.J. Fotheringham, and M. Morais. 1999. Reexamining fire suppression impacts on brushland fire regimes. Science 284:1829-1832.

Keeley, J.E., G. Ne'eman, and C.J. Fotheringham. 1999. Immaturity risk in a fire-dependent pine. Journal of Mediterranean Ecology 1:41-48.

Keeley, J.E., M.B. Keeley, and W.J. Bond. 1999. Stem demography and postfire recruitment of a resprouting serotinous conifer. Journal of Vegetation Science 10:69-76.

Kenner, M., R.J. Jameson, and E. Bowlby. 1999. Benthic sea otter habitat surveys between Cape Flattery and the Sekiu river. In Bowlby, C.E. and J.Parrish (eds.). Olympic Coast Marine Research '98: Proceedings of a workshop. Seattle, Washington, Feb. 12-13, 1998. Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary.

Kleeman, Patrick. M. 1999. Vocalizations of the St. Lucia Parrot. M.Sc. thesis, Humboldt State University, Arcata, CA.

Knight, R. L., R. J. Camp, W. I. Boarman, and H. A. L. Knight. 1999. Predatory bird populations in the East Mojave Desert, California. Great Basin Naturalist 59:331-338

Kruse, K. L., and J. Y. Takekawa. 1999. The canvasback from Ruby Lake National Wildlife Refuge. Tideline.

Kunzmann, M. R., P. S. Bennett, R. J. Hobbs, and W. L. Halvorson. 1999. A review of southern Arizona GAP vegetation assessment program: vegetation classification and mapping processes in a complex world. Pp 47-49 in Benson, L. and B. Gebow (eds), A Century of Parks in Southern Arizona: Second Conference on Research and Resource Management in Southern Arizona National Parks. National Park Service and USGS Sonoran Desert Field Station, University of Arizona, Tucson.

Kus, B.E. 1999. Impacts of brown-headed cowbird parasitism on productivity of the endangered least Bell's vireo. Studies in Avian Biology 18:160-166.

Kus, B.E., P. Beck, and J. Wells. 1999. Pilgrim Creek restoration project: bird community and vegetation structure. 1998 annual report. Prepared for the California Department of Transportation, District 11. 34 pp.

Kus, B.E., P.P. Beck, J.M. Wells. 1999. Pilgrim Creek Restoration Project: Bird Community and Vegetation Structure. 1998 Annual Report. Prepared for the California Department of Transportation, District 11.

Kus, B.E., P.P. Beck, J.M. Wells. 1999. Status and breeding activities of the southwestern willow flycatcher at the Cleveland National Forest in 1999. Prepared for the U.S. Forest Service, Cleveland National Forest.

Lafferty, K. D. 1999. The evolution of trophic transmission. Parasitology Today 15:111-115.

Lafferty, K. D. and A. M. Kuris. 1999. How environmental stress affects the impacts of parasites. Limnology and Oceanography 44:564-590.

Lafferty, K. D. and D. Kushner. 1999. Population regulation of the purple sea urchin, Strongylocentritus purpuratus, at the California Channel Islands. California Channel Islands Symposium (Research Note).

Lafferty, K. D., C. C. Swift and R. F. Ambrose 1999. Post flood persistence and recolonization of endangered tidewater goby populations. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 19:618-622.

Lafferty, K. D., Swift, C. C. and Ambrose, R. F. 1999. Extirpation and recolonization in a metapopulation of an endangered fish, the tidewater goby. Conservation Biology 13:1-8.

Laidre, K.L., D.P. DeMaster, and R.J. Jameson. 1999. [poster] An estimation of carrying capacity for the sea otter along the California coast. In Proceedings of the thirteenth biennial meeting of the Society for Marine mammalogy, 28 November- 3 December 1999, Maui, Hawaii.

Laidre, K.L., D.P. DeMaster, and R.J. Jameson. 1999. Abstract. An estimation of carrying capacity for the sea otter along the California coast. GIS workshop held at The Thirteenth Biennial Meeting of the Society for Marine Mammalogy, 28 November-3 December 1999, Maui, Hawaii.

Laird, R. E., J. Y. Takekawa, and M. A. Bias. 1999. Challenges in rehabilitating a tidal salt marsh fragment in a diked agricultural bayland. ERF Conf., Richmond, VA.

LeNoir, J.S., L.L. McConnell, G.M. Fellers, T.M. Cahill, and J.N. Seiber. 1999. Summertime transport of current-use pesticides from California's Central Valley to the Sierra Nevada Mountain Range, USA. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, Vol. 18, No. 12, pp. 2715-2722.

Lovich, J. E. 1999. Mojave Desert Science Symposium. http://www.werc.usgs.gov/mojave-symposium/

Lovich, J. E. 1999. Facts about snakes in California. http://www.werc.usgs.gov/cc/snake.html

Lovich, J. E. 1999. Frequently asked questions about turtle conservation. http://www.werc.usgs.gov/cc/tortfaq.htm

Lovich, J. E. 1999. Synopsis of conservation information on the desert tortoise. http://www.werc.usgs.gov/cc/synopsis.htm

Lovich, J. E. and D. Bainbridge. 1999. Anthropogenic degradation of the southern California desert ecosystem and prospects for natural recovery and restoration. Environmental Management 24: 309-326.

Lovich, J. E. and K. P. Meyer. 1999. Aspects of the Ecology of the Western pond turtle in the Mojave River. First presented at the Wildlife Society Meetings, Riverside, California.

Lovich, J. E., P. Medica, H. Avery, K. Meyer, G. Bowser, and A. Brown. 1999. Studies of reproductive output of the desert tortoise at Joshua Tree National Park, the Mojave National Preserve, and comparative sites. Park Science 19(1):22-24.

Lovich, J. E.1999. Human-Induced Changes in the Mojave and Colorado Desert Ecosystems: Recovery and Restoration Potential. Status and Trends of the Nation's Biological Resources. 2 vols. In, pp. 529-531, M. J. Mac, P. A. Opler, C. E. Haecker, and P. D. Doran (eds.). Department of the Interior, Washington, D.C.

Madej, M. A. 1999. What Can Thalweg Profiles Tell Us? A Case Study from Redwood Creek, California. Watershed Management Council Networker. Vol. 8 No. 4.

Madej, M. A. 1999. A brief overview of channel monitoring in land management: Case Study #2. P. 70-77. In Using stream geomorphic characteristics as a long-term monitoring tool to assess watershed function. Proceedings of a workshop held March 18-19, 1999. Arcata, CA. R. N. Taylor. Ed. 109 p.

Madej, M. A. 1999. Temporal and spatial variability in thalweg profiles of a gravel-bed river. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms. Vol. 24: 1153-1169.

Madej, M. A. 1999. Time, space and rates of change in channel monitoring. P. 15-27 In Using stream geomorphic characteristics as a long-term monitoring tool to assess watershed function. Proceedings of a workshop held March 18-19, 1999. Arcata, CA. R. N. Taylor. Ed. 109 p.

Madej, Mary Ann, Brian Barr, Tera Curren, Anna Bloom. 1999. Erosion inventory database, inventory of rehabilitated logging roads, consisting of 200 excavated stream crossings, with 100 fields of information each, and 500 road reaches, with 150 fields of information each. Fields include information on site characteristics, revegetation, distribution of exotics, erosion volumes and sediment delivery from all sites.

Mangiameli, J., S. B. McCarthy, M. R. Kunzmann, and W. L. Halvorson. 1999. A practical approach to Arizona GAP vertebrate species distribution and richness maps. Pp 59-61 in Benson, L. and B. Gebow (eds), A Century of Parks in Southern Arizona: Second Conference on Research and Resource Management in Southern Arizona National Parks. National Park Service and USGS Sonoran Desert Field Station, University of Arizona, Tucson.

Mao, Jinghe, D.E. Green, V.G. Chinchar, G.M. Fellers. 1999. Molecular characterization of iridoviruses isolated from sympatric amphibians and fish. Virus Research. 63(1999): 45-52.

McDiarmid, R. W., J. C. Campbell, and T. A. Touré. 1999. Snake Species of the World Catalogue. A Geographical and Taxonomic Reference. Volume 1. The Herpetologist' League. Washington, DC. 511 pp.

McEachern, K. 1999. GIS database (ArcInfo/Access): Channel Islands rare plants. Database contains information on 65 rare plant taxa on six islands from archive searches and field surveys, including population location, size and extent 1920-1999, population and habitat conditions, census data, phenological information, associated species. USGS-BRD, Channel Islands Field Station, Ventura, CA.

McEachern, K. 1999. Rare plants and communities of Santa Rosa Island, Channel Islands National Park. Channel Islands Science Seminars, Channel Islands National Park, Ventura, California. (video)

McEachern, K. 1999. Tree and Shrub Community Monitoring Protocol for Channel Islands National Park. USGS-BRD, Channel Islands Field Station, Ventura, CA. 5pps. (protocol)

McEachern, K. and K. Chess. April, 1999. Soft-leaved Indian paintbrush (Castilleja mollis) demography on Santa Rosa Island, Channel Islands, California. Proceedings of the Fifth California Islands Symposium, April, 1999, Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, Santa Barbara, California. 3pps.

McEachern, K. and S. Chaney. 1999. GIS database (ArcInfo/Access): Invasive exotics on the Channel Islands. Contains spatial distributions of 80 invasive taxa from field surveys 1998-1999 on five islands. Linked database includes information such as occurrence density, vigor, phenology, habitat condition, associated species, substrates. USGS-BRD, Channel Islands Field Station, Ventura, CA.

McEachern, K., K. Chess and D. Wilken. April, 1999. Island jepsonia (Jepsonia malvifolia) demography on Santa Rosa and Santa Cruz Islands, Channel Islands, California. Proceedings of the Fifth California Islands Symposium, April, 1999, Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, Santa Barbara, California A. 3pps.

McLuckie, A.M., T. Lamb, C.R. Schwalbe, and R.D. McCord. 1999. Genetic and morphometeric assessment of an unusual tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) population in the Black Mountains of Arizona. J. Herpetol. 33:36-44.

Menning, K. M., J. J. Battles, T. M. Benning, and N. L. Stephenson. 1999. Structural variability of a Sierra Nevadan forest analyzed in prelude to restoration by fire. Abstracts, Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America, p. 107.

Menning, K. M., T. L. Benning, J. J. Battles, and N. L. Stephenson. 1999. Variability in forest fire fuel loads across a montane valley with high variability in forest structure. Proceedings of the 5th World Congress of the International Association of Landscape Ecology, p. 148.

Meyer, K. P. and J. E. Lovich. 1999. The Impact of El Niño/Southern Oscillation Conditions on Activity Areas and Movements of Adult Female Desert Tortoises. Mojave Desert Quaternary Research Symposium. April 1999, San Bernardino, California.

Meyer, K. P. and J. E. Lovich. 1999. The influence of El Nino/Southern Oscillation conditions on activity area and movements of female desert tortoises. First presented at the Mojave Desert Science Symposium, Las Vegas.

Miles, A. K., and Roster, N. 1999. Enhancement of PAHs in estuarine invertebrates by surface runoff at a decommissioned military fuel depot. Marine Environ. Res. 47:49-60.

Miles, A.K. 1999. Unlucky Ducks. Dragonfly Magazine. National Science Teachers Association, Arlington, VA., p. 14-16.

Miles, A.K., Dominguez, A. (co-chairs), Davis, R.D., Engel-Wilson, R. Reidinger, R., Wilson, K. 1999. Challenges and Opportunities for Increasing Diversity in the Wildlife Profession and the Wildlife Society: Recommendations for TWS in the New Millennium. Report to the Wildlife Society. 19p.

Miller, B., K. Ralls, R.P. Reading, J.M. Scott, and J.A. Estes. 1999. Biological and technical considerations of carnivore translocation: a review. Animal Conservation 2 (1): 59-68.

Miller, M.R. 1999. Plight of the Pintail. California Waterfowl Association Magazine 26(5):32-33.

Miller, M.R., and D.C. Duncan. 1999. The northern pintail in North America: status and conservation needs of a struggling population. Wildl. Society Bulletin 27(3):788-800.

Miller, M.R., and W.E. Newton. 1999. Population energetics of Northern Pintails wintering in the Sacramento Valley, California. J. Wildl. Manage. 63(4):1222-1238.

Miller, M.R., and W.E. Newton. 1999. Population energetics of northern pintails in the Sacramento Valley, California. J. Wildl. Manage. 63:1222-1238.

Moore, C. M., N. L. Stephenson, V. G. Pile, A. M. Heard, J. E. Keeley, B. E. Johnson, and P. H. Whitmarsh. 1999. Long-term ecological research in Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks, California. Abstracts, Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America, p. 284.

Moore, P.E. 1999. A vegetation inventory, classification and map for Yosemite National Park. Poster presented at Status and Trends Program Review. May 18-20, 1999, Tucson, AZ.

Moore, P.E. and D.G. Roy. 1999. Exotic plant inventory, Yosemite National Park. Nonspatial data from 109 sites of anthropogenic disturbance in Yosemite National Park, including roads, trails, campgrounds, corrals and developments, collected in 1998 and 1999. Georeferenced.

Nathan L. Stephenson. 1999. Reference conditions for giant sequoia forest restoration: structure, process, and precision.

Ne’eman, G., C.J. Fotheringham, and J.E. Keeley. 1999. Patch to landscape patterns in post-fire recruitment of a serotinous conifer. Plant Ecology 145:235-242

Newman, S. H., J. Y. Takekawa, D. L. Whitworth, and E. E. Burkett. 1999. Subcutaneous anchor attachment increases retention of radio transmitters on Xantus' and marbled murrelets. J. Field Ornithol. 70(4): 520-534.

Nowak, B., L. DeFalco, P. Vivin, C. Yoder, C. Biggart, D. Phillips, D. Tingey, and M. Johnson. 1999. Effects of elevated CO2 on root systems of Mojave Desert vegetation (poster presentation). Department of Defense, Joint Science Team Meeting. Indianapolis, Indiana.

Ortega, S., S. Chaney, Y. Marlin, R. Richter and K. McEachern. 1999. Riparian restoration on Santa Rosa Island, Channel Islands National Park, April, 1999, Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, Santa Barbara, CA.

Orthmeyer, D. L., H. R. Carter, J. Y. Takekawa, and R. T. Golightly (eds.). 1999. At-sea distribution of seabirds and marine mammals in the Southern California Bight: 1999. Published Progress Report 73pp.

Page, G., J. Takekawa, and N. Warnock. 1999. Salt marsh rehabilitation in the San Francisco Bay estuary and implications for migratory waterbirds of the Pacific Flyway. Fourth Biennial State of the Estuary Conference. San Francisco.

Painter, C.W., N.J. Scott, Jr., and M.J. Altenbach. 1999. Thamnophis elegans vagrans (wandering garter snake). Diet. Herpetological Review 30:48.

Rathbun, G.B. 1999. Pitta recollections. Africa - Birds and Birding 4(3):26.

Rathbun, G.B. 1999. Sirenia and sea otters sections Pp. 347-353; 390-399 in R. S. Wells, D. Boness, and G.B. Rathbun. Chapter 8: Behavior. Pp. 324-422 in J.E. Reynolds, III and S.A. Rommel (eds). Biology of marine mammals. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D.C. 578 pp.

Rathbun, G.B. and S.C. Wright. 1999. A technical bibliography on the natural history of the San Simeon area, San Luis Obispo County, California. World Wide Web site: http://www.werc.usgs.gov/pb/biblio.html

Root, R. R., and J. W. van Wagtendonk. 1999. Hyperspectral analysis of multi-temporal Landsat TM data for mapping fuels in Yosemite National Park. Annual Conf. Amer. Soc. Photog. and Remote Sensing. Portland, OR.

Ross, David A., Jamie K. Reaser, Patrick Kleeman and Dana L. Drake. 1999. Rana luteiventris (Columbia Spotted Frog). Mortality and site fidelity. Herpetological Review 30:163.

Samuel, M. D., J. Y. Takekawa, G. Samelius, and D. R. Goldberg. 1999. Avian cholera mortality in lesser snow geese nesting at Banks Island, Northwest Territories. Wildl. Soc. Bull. 27: 780-787.

Samuel, M.D., J.Y. Takekawa, V.V. Baranyuk, D.L. Orthmeyer. 1999. Effects of avian cholera on Lesser Snow geese Anser caerulescens: an experimental approach. Bird Study. 46: 239-247.

Schwalbe, C. R., and B. Alberti. 1999. Ecology of the barking frog at Coronado National Memorial. Pages 105-106 in Benson, L. and B. Gebow (eds), A Century of Parks in Southern Arizona: Second Conference on Research and Resource Management in Southern Arizona National Parks. National Park Service and USGS Sonoran Desert Field Station, University of Arizona, Tucson.

Schwalbe, C., and P. Rosen. 1999. Bullfrogs-dinner guests we're sorry we invited. Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, Tucson. Sonorensis 19(1):8-10.

Schwalbe, C.R., T.C. Esque, M.J. Nijhuis, D.F. Haines, J.W. Clark, P.J. Swantek.1999. Effects of fire on Arizona Upland desertscrub at Saguaro National Park. Pages 107-109 in, Proceedings: Conference on a Century of Parks in Southern Arizona: Second Conference on Research and Resource Management in Southern Arizona National Parks, Extended Abstracts. Edited by L. Benson and B. Gebow. National Park Service, Southern Arizona Office and USGS. Sonoran Desert Field Station, The University of Arizona, Tucson.

Scott, J.M., E.A. Norse, H. Arita., A. Dobson, J.A. Estes, M. Foster, B. Gilbert, D.B. Jensen, R.L. Knight, D. Mattson, and M.E. Soulé. 1999.The issue of scale in selecting and designing biological reserves. Pp. 19-38 in, M. E. Soulé and J. Terborgh, eds., Continental Conservation, Island Press, Washington, D.C.

Scott, N.J., Jr., and M.R. Jennings. 1999. Letters: Defending whole animal collections. BioScience 49:511-512.

Semenoff-Irving, M and J. A. Howell. 1999. Biodiveristy in our Backyard: Inventory and Monitoring of Terrestrial within Golden Gate National Recreation Area.

Shipley, F.S., D.A. Barnum, G.F. Black, W.I. Boarman, W.G. Duffy, M.J. Mac, D.M Miller, T.E. Rocke, R.A. Schroeder, and R.G. Thiery. 1999. Science support for restoration of the Salton Sea. Recommendations of the USGS Tiger Team to the Salton Sea Science Subcommittee.

Stephenson, N. L. 1999. Reference conditions for giant sequoia forest restoration: structure, process, and precision. Ecological Applications 9:1253-1265.

Stephenson, N. L. 1999. Reference conditions for giant sequoia forest restoration: structure, process, and precision. Abstracts, Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America, p. 35.

Stine, P., J. Franklin, K. Thomas, T. Keeler-Wolf, D. Shaari, K. Lewis, and S. Hathaway. 1999. Mojave Vegetation Mapping Program. ESRI User's Conference.

Stine, P.A. and A. Atkinson. 1999. Development of a Comprehensive Monitoring, Assessment, and Research Program for the CALFED Bay-Delta Program. USGS/BRD Status and Trends Program Review, Tucson, Arizona.

Stokes, D., K. Alberts, D. Hunsaker II. 1999. Final Report: Habitat use and relative density of bats at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, California. 190 pp.

Swann, D. E., C. R. Schwalbe, W. W. Shaw, and M. J. Goode. 1999. Challenges of monitoring wildlife in small National Park areas: examples from southern Arizona. Pages 119-120 in Benson, L. and B. Gebow (eds), A Century of Parks in Southern Arizona: Second Conference on Research and Resource Management in Southern Arizona National Parks. National Park Service and USGS Sonoran Desert Field Station, University of Arizona, Tucson.

Swann, D.E., T. Edwards, and C. R. Schwalbe. 1999. Ecology of banded rock rattlesnakes and Sonoran mountain kingsnakes at Coronado National Memorial, Arizona. Report to Southwest Parks and Monument Association and Coronado National Memorial. 22 p. + appendices.

Swantek, P. J., W. L. Halvorson, and C. R. Schwalbe. 1999. Analysis of fire history in Saguaro National Park using geographic information systems. Pp 121-124 in Benson, L. and B. Gebow (eds), A Century of Parks in Southern Arizona: Second Conference on Research and Resource Management in Southern Arizona National Parks. National Park Service and USGS Sonoran Desert Field Station, University of Arizona, Tucson.

Swantek, P.J., W.L. Halvorson, and C.R. Schwalbe. 1999. GIS database development to analyze fire history in southern Arizona and beyond: an example from Saguaro National Park. U.S. Geological Survey, Cooperative Park Studies Unit, University of Arizona, Tucson. Tech. Report No. 61. 43 p.

Terborgh, J., J.A. Estes, P. Paquet, K. Ralls, D. Boyd-Herger, B.J. Miller, and R.F. Noss. 1999. The role of top carnivores in regulating terrestrial ecosystems. Pp. 39-64 in, M. E. Soulé and J. Terborgh, eds., Continental Conservation, Island Press, Washington, D.C.

Toure, T. A. 1999. Herpetofauna of a constructed wetland and adjacent forest. Howard University, Washington DC. 20 tbs., 7 figs., 63 pp. [Also catalogued at the Smithsonian, U.S Natural History Musuem, Washington, DC.]

Turner, D.S., P.A. Holm, and C.R. Schwalbe. 1999. Herpetological survey of the Whetstone Mountains. Report to Arizona Game and Fish Department (AGFD) Heritage Program, Phoenix. 78 p.

Williams, T. M., D. Noren, P. Berry, J.A. Estes, C. Allison, and J. Kirtland. 1999. The diving physiology of bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus). III. Thermoregulation at depth. The Journal of Experimental Biology 202:2763-2769.

Wylie, G.D. 1999. Results of the 1998 survey for giant garter snakes in and around the Grasslands area of the San Joaquin Valley. USGS, Dixon Field Station. 9 pp.

Wylie, G.D. 1999. Sacramento Valley Giant Garter Snake Project: 1995-1999. Giant garter snake telemetry database includes dates, locations, and habitat conditions as well as physical measurements of the snakes (weight, length, etc.).

Ackerman, JT. 1998. Short-term movement rates and patterns of leopard sharks in Tomales Bay, California. Integrative Ecology Seminar Series. University of California, Davis, Fall.

Ackerman, JT. 1998. The direct and indirect effects of predation on waterfowl nest success. Conservation Ecology Seminar Series. University of California, Davis, Fall.

Atkinson, Andrea J. 1998. Competition for Nitrogen between Rice (Oryza sativa) and Early and Late Watergrass (Echinochloa oryzoides and Echinochloa phyllopogon). Ph.D. Dissertation. University of California, Davis, California. 360 pp.

Avery, H.W. 1998. Nutritional ecology of the desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) in relation to cattle grazing in the Mojave Desert. Ph.D. Dissertation, University of California, Los Angeles. 158 pp.

Baranyuk, V. V., and J. Y. Takekawa. 1998. Migration of the snow geese in Chukotka and St. Lawrence Island. Casarca 4:169-187 (in Russian).

Barry, S. J., and M. R. Jennings. 1998. Coluber infernalis Blainville, 1835 and Eutaenia sirtalis tetrataenia Cope in Yarrow, 1875 (currently Thamnophis s. tetrataenia and T. s. infernalis; Reptilia, Squamata): proposed conservation of usage of the subspecific names by the designation of a neotype for T. s. infernalis. (Case 3012). Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, 55(4):224-228.

Bedrossian, A, P. E. Beauchamp, V. Dev, S. Kwan, E. Munevar-Mendoza, E. K. Okoreeh and P. E. Moore. 1998. Composition of the essential oil of Lomatium torreyi. J. Essential Oil Research 10: 473-477.

Berry, K. H., S. Boland, and W. B. Jennings. 1998. Population attributes and health of desert tortoises at the Alvord 6 study plot, National Training Center, Fort Irwin, California: Spring 1997. Report to Dept. of the Army, National Training Center, Fort Irwin. 39 pp and appendices.

Berry, K. H., S. Boland, and W. B. Jennings. 1998. Population attributes and health of desert tortoises at the Langford Impact Zone-Control study plot, National Training Center, Fort Irwin, California: Spring 1997. Report to Dept. of the Army, National Training Center, Fort Irwin. 35 pp and appendices.

Berry, K. H., S. Boland, and W. B. Jennings. 1998. Population attributes and health of resident desert tortoises at the Tiefort Mountain Potential Relocation Plot in 1997, National Training Center, Fort Irwin, California. Report to Dept. of the Army, National Training Center, Fort Irwin. 43 pp and appendices.

Bliss, S. A., P. H. Zedler, J. E. Keeley, and M. T. Kalin Arroyo. 1998. A floristic survey of the temporary wetlands in the Mediterranean-climate region of Chile. Pages 219-228 in A. J. McComb and J. A. Davis (eds), Wetlands for the future. Contributions from INTECOL's V International Wetlands Conference. Gleneagles Publishing, Adelaide.

Boarman, W. I., Goodlett, T., G. C. Goodlett. 1998. Review of radio transmitter attachment techniques for chelonian research and recommendations for improvement. Herpet. Rev. 29:26-33.

Boarman, W. I., M. L. Beigel, Glenn C. Goodlett, and M. Sazaki. 1998. A passive integrated transponder system for tracking animal movements. Wildlife Society Bulletin 26:886-891.

Boydston, E. E. 1998. El Niño and hyenas. Esidai News -- Wildlife Conservation Education Newspaper by the Friends of Conservation 9: 6-7.

Brooks M.L. 1998 Status of Alien Annual Plants and their Environmental Correlates in Desert Tortoise Habitat. Desert Tortoise Council Symposium. Las Vegas, NV.

Brooks, M.L. 1998. Ecology of a biological invasion: alien annual plants in the Mojave Desert. PhD Dissertation, University of California, Riverside. 186 pp. (Berry, K. H., Committee Member).

Brooks, M.L. 1998. Effects of fire on the desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii). Proceedings of the International Conference on Turtles and Tortoises. Dominguez Hills, CA

Brooks, M.L. 1998. Factors affecting alien annual plant abundance at a site in the western Mojave Desert: effects of human disturbance, microhabitat, topography, and rainfall. California Exotic Pest Plant Council Meeting. Ontario, CA.

Casazza, M. L., Yee, J.L., Miller, M. R., and D. L. Orthmeyer. 1998. Analysis of Band-tailed Pigeon Population Estimates - 1998 Progress Report.

Chaney, S., K. McEachern, L. Johnson and K. Chess. 1998. Vegetation monitoring database, 1982-1997, for four northern Channel Islands. Internally consistent, taxonomically current, verified long-term monitoring database for Internet web site protocol demonstration project.

Crayon, J. J. and R. L. Hothem. 1998. Xenopus laevis (African clawed frog) Predation. Herpetological Review 29:165.166.

Cutler, T.L., D.E. Swann, C.R. Schwalbe, M.L. Morrison, and W.W. Shaw. 1998. Applications of infrared triggered photography in wildlife research. Page 30 in T.J. Tibbitts and G.J. Maender (eds.). First conference on research and resource management in southern Arizona National Park areas: extended abstracts, May 13, 1996, Tucson, Arizona, National Park Service, Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument and U.S. Geological Survey, Cooperative Park Studies Unit at The University of Arizona. 120 p.

DeFalco, L. A., R. S. Nowak and J. R. Seemann. 1998. Photosynthetic down-regulation in three Mojave Desert grasses exposed to elevated atmospheric CO2 (poster presentation. The 83rd annual meeting of the Ecological Society of America, Baltimore, Maryland.

Estes, J.A. 1998. Concerns about the rehabilitation of oiled wildlife. Conservation Biology 12:1156-1157.

Estes, J.A., M.T. Tinker, T.M. Williams, and D.F. Doak. 1998. Killer whale predation on sea otters linking coastal with oceanic ecosystems. Science 282:473-476.

Estes, J.A., M.T. Tinker, T.M. Williams, D.F. Doak. 1998. Killer whale predation on sea otters links oceanic and nearshore ecosystems. Science, 282: 473-476

Ettlinger, E. and J.A. Howell. 1998. 1997 summary of coyote research in Golden Gate NRA. USGS-BRD, Western Ecological Research Center, Golden Gate Field Station, Ft. Cronkhite, 1063, Sausalito, CA 7 pp.

Fellers, Gary M. and Charles A. Drost, and William J. Mautz, and Thomas Murphey. 1998. Ecology of the Island Night Lizard, Xantusia riversiana, on San Nicolas Island, California. U.S. Navy Report. 80 Pp.

Fisher, R.N., Swift, C.C., 1998. Preliminary Survey of the Fish of the Santa Margarita River Watershed, San Diego and Riverside Counties, California. Prepared for The Nature Conservancy.

Fotheringham, C.J. and J.E. Keeley. 1998. Ecology and distribution of Braunton's milkvetch (Astragalus brauntonii) and Lyon's pentachaeta (Pentachaeta lyonii). Final Report for Contract # FG5636-R5. California Department of Fish and Game, Sacramento.

Fotheringham, C.J. and J.E. Keeley. 1998. Vegetation Management for Lyon's Pentachaeta and Brauton's Milkvetch. California Department of Fish and Game, Sacramento, CA.

Fritzke, S. and P. E. Moore. 1998. Exotic plant management in National Parks of California. Fremontia 26(4): 49-53.

Gilmer, D.S., K.A. Gonzalez, M.A. Wolder, and N.R. Graves. 1998. Nongame and upland gamebird surveys on Sacramento Valley National Wildlife Refuges, 1986-1993. Western Birds 29:83-102.

Golet, G.H., D.B. Irons, and J.A. Estes. 1998. Survival costs of chick rearing in black-legged kittiwakes. J. Animal Ecology 61(5):827-841.

Goode, M.J., D.E. Swann, C.R. Schwalbe, and R.W. Mannan. 1998. The effects of microhabitat destruction on reptile abundance. Report to AGFD Heritage Fund Phoenix. 20 p.

Halvorson, B. 1998. Spanish influence in the southwest. Bajada 6(1): 2.

Halvorson, B. 1998. What are we doing to ourselves? Bajada 6(2): 2.

Halvorson, W. L. 1998. Landscape management challenges on the California Channel Islands. Aliso 16: 113-119.

Hatfield, B. B. 1998. Fall 1997 sea otter survey. The Otter Raft. 59:5

Hatfield, B. B., D. B. Marks, M. T. Tinker, K. Nolan and J. Peirce. 1998. Attacks on sea otters by killer whales. Marine Mammal Science 14(4):888-894.

Hatfield, B.H., D. Marks, M.T. Tinker, K. Nolan, J. Pierce. 1998. Attacks on sea otters by killer whales. Marine Mammal Science 14(4): 888-894.

Hayes, M. P., M. R. Jennings, and J. D. Mellen. 1998. Beyond mammals: environmental enrichment for amphibians and reptiles. Pages 205 - 235 In: D. J. Sheperdson, J. D. Mellen, and M. Hutchins (editors). Second Nature: Environmental Enrichment for Captive Animals. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D.C. xx+350 pp.

Henen, B. T., C. C. Peterson, I. R. Wallis, K. A. Nagy, and K. H. Berry. 1998. Effects of climatic variation on field metabolism and water relations of desert tortoises. Oecologia 117:365-373.

Homer, B. L., K. H. Berry M. B. Brown, G. Ellis, and E. R. Jacobson. 1998. Pathology of diseases in wild desert tortoises from California. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 34(3):508-523.

Hothem, R. L., D. G. Lonzarich, J. E. Takekawa, and H. M. Ohlendorf. 1998. Contaminants in wintering canvasbacks and scaups from San Francisco Bay, California. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 50:67.84.

Houser, B., M. A. Chaffee, K. H. Berry, and G. B. Haxel. 1998. Geochemical and geologic studies of desert tortoise habitat. USDI, USGS, Mineral Resources Program. 2 pp

Howell, J.A. 1998. Terrestrial vertebrate inventory and monitoring at the Golden Gate National Recreation Area: some highlights since 1990. First Symposium on Current Natural Research in Golden Gate National Recreation Area. September 1998. San Francisco, California p 25.

Howell, J.A. and M. Semenoff-Irving. 1998. Grazing effects on biodiversity of terrestrial vertebrates in a California national park. The Wildlife Society 5th Annual Conference. September 1998. Buffalo, New York p 96.

Howell, J.A. and R.H. Barrett. 1998. California Wildlife-Habitat-Relationship System: a test in coastal scrub and annual grassland. California Fish & Game 33 pp.

Howell, J.A., E. Ettlinger, and M. Semenoff-Irving. 1998. Muir Woods inventory of sensitive species in old growth forest: mammalian inventory , summer 1997, winter 1998. USGS-BRD, Western Ecological Research Center, Golden Gate Field Station, Ft. Cronkhite, 1063, Sausalito, CA 13 pp.

Howell, J.A., E. Ettlinger, and M. Semenoff-Irving. 1998. Muir Woods inventory of sensitive species in old growth forest: mammalian inventory protocol. USGS-BRD, Western Ecological Research Center, Golden Gate Field Station, Ft. Cronkhite, 1063, Sausalito, CA 5 pp.

Hui, C. A. 1998. Elemental contaminants in the livers and ingesta of four subpopulations of the American coot (Fulica americana): an herbivorous winter migrant in San Francisco Bay. Environmental Pollution 101:321-329.

Hui, C. A. and W. N. Beyer. 1998. Sediment ingestion of two sympatric shorebird species. Science of the Total Environment 224:227-233.

Hui, C. A., R. L. Hothem, M. R. Jennings, A. K. Miles, and M. K. Saiki. 1998. Potential impacts of contaminants on wildlife resources at Edwards Air Force Base: recommendations for research. Final draft report to Edwards Air Force Base for MIRP # F04611-95-0232. U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division, California Science Center, Davis Field Station, University of California, Davis, California. ii+58 pp.

Hui, Clifford A. 1998. Metal and trace element burdens in two shorebird species at two sympatric wintering sites in southern California. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 50: 233-247.

Hui, Clifford A., John Y. Takekawa, V.V. Baranyuk and K.V. Litvin. 1998. Trace element concentrations in two subpopulations of lesser snow geese from Wrangel Island, Russia. Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 34: 197-203.

Jameson, R. J. 1998. Sexual Segregation in sea otters and its role in range expansion. The Otter Raft No. 60, pp 6-8.

Jameson, R.J. 1998. Translocated sea otter populations off the coasts of Oregon and Washington. Pages 684-686 in Mac, M.J., P.A. Opler, C.E. Puckett-Haecker, and P.D. Doran, editors. Status And Trends Of The Nation's Biological Resources. Vol 2. U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Va. 964 pp.

Jasper, J., J. Y. Takekawa, and W. L. Perry. 1998. Wild Wings: Heading North. National Audubon Society and USGS. http://north.audubon.org/

Jennings, M. R. 1998. An economical, portable apparatus for conducting static thermal and chemical toxicity tests on amphibian eggs and larvae. California Fish and Game 84(1):40-43.

Jennings, M. R. 1998. Angeles and San Bernadino National Forest mountain yellow-legged frog (Rana muscosa) surveys, 1997. Final report prepared for the United States Department of Agriculture, Angeles National Forest, Arcadia, California, through Interagency Agreement (IA-97-5-01-67-019). U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division, Western Ecological Research Center, Piedras Blancas Field Station, San Simeon, California. 5 pp.

Jennings, M. R. 1998. Conservation and biodiversity of amphibians and reptiles along the central California coast. Pages 33-40 in N. Chiariello and R. Dasmann (editors). Proceedings of the Symposium on Biological Diversity of the Central California Coast. Association for the Golden Gate Biosphere Reserve, University of California, Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management: Cooperative Extension Forestry. vii+122 p.

Jennings, M. R. and D. Cook. 1998. Natural history notes: Taricha torosa torosa (Coast Range newt). Predation. Herpetological Review, 29(4):230.

Keeley, J.E. 1998. C4 photosynthetic modifications in the evolutionary transition from land to water in aquatic grasses. Oecologia 116:85-97.

Keeley, J.E. 1998. CAM photosynthesis in submerged aquatic plants. Botanical Review 64:121-175.

Keeley, J.E. 1998. Coupling demography, physiology and evolution in chaparral shrubs, pp. 257-264. In P.W. Rundel, G. Montenegro, and F.M. Jaksic (eds), Landscape Degradation and Biodiversity in Mediterranean-Type Ecosystems. Springer-Verlag, N.Y.

Keeley, J.E. 1998. Diel acid fluctuations in aquatic grasses. Photosynthetica 35:273-277.

Keeley, J.E. 1998. Postfire ecosystem recovery and management: The October 1993 large fire episode in California, pp. 69-90. In J.M. Moreno (ed), Large Forest Fires. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden, The Netherlands.

Keeley, J.E. and C.J. Fotheringham. 1998. Mechanism of smoke-induced seed germination in a post-fire chaparral annual. Journal of Ecology 86:27-36.

Keeley, J.E. and C.J. Fotheringham. 1998. Smoke-induced seed germination in Californian chaparral. Ecology 79:2320-2336.

Keeley, J.E. and P.H. Zedler. 1998. Characterization and global distribution of vernal pools, pp. 1-14. In C.W. Witham, E.T. Bauder, D. Belk, W.R. Ferren, Jr., and R. Ornduff (eds), Conservation and Management of Vernal Pool Ecosystems - Proceedings from a 1996 Coinference. California Native Plant Society, Sacramento.

Keeley, J.E. and P.H. Zedler. 1998. Evolution of life histories in Pinus, pp. 219-251. In D. Richardson (ed), Ecology and Biogeography of Pines. Cambridge University Press.

Kemp, P. and M.L. Brooks. 1998. Exotic Species of California Deserts. Fremontia 26:30-34.

Kus, B.E. 1998. Use of restored riparian habitat by the endangered least Bell's vireo. Restoration Ecology 6(1):1-9.

Kus, B.E. 1998. Recovery plan for the least Bell's vireo and its riparian habitat. (Draft). Prepared for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Carlsbad Field Office.

Kus, B.E. 1998. Current research on riparian birds. Western Ecological Research Center. Sacramento, California.

Kus, B.E. 1998. Protecting southern California's riparian bird communities: progress of the last decade, and direction for the future. The Wildlife Society, Western Section. Sacramento, California.

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Garner, M. M., B. L. Homer, E. R. Jacobson, R. Raskin, B. J. Hall, W. A. Weis, and K. H. Berry. 1996. Staining and morphology of bone marrow hematopoietic cells in desert tortoises (Gopherus agassizii). American Journal of Veterinary Research 57:1608-1615.

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IUCN Category VI Protected Areas in North, Central and South America. Guidelines for Category VI. 1996. Technical Report for IUCN Parks Commission. Canada; and IUCN Background document for Category VI Protected Areas in North America. Technical Draft for IUCN Parks Commission. Canada.

Jaeger, J. R., K. Longshore and C. L. Douglas. 1996. Evaluating desert tortoise populations on two study plots in the Lake Mead National Recreation Area. 21st. Annual Symposium of the Desert Tortoise Council, Las Vegas, Nevada. 29 March-1 April.

Jameson, R.J. 1996. Status reports: west coast translocation projects, Oregon and Washington. Otter Raft No. 55, Page 8.

Jameson, R.J., and B.B. Hatfield. 1996. Growth of an incipient northern elephant seal population near Pt. Piedras Blancas, California. Abstract, Society for Northwestern Vertebrate Biology, 76th annual meeting, 20-23 March, Corvallis, Oregon (Abstract).

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Jennings, M. R. 1996. Past occurrence of eulachon, Thaleichthys pacificus, in streams tributary to Humboldt Bay, California. California Fish and Game, 82(3):147-148.

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Kus, B.E. 1996. Breeding status of the least Bell's vireo in the Tijuana River Valley, California, 1996. Prepared for the International Boundary and Water Commission. 47 pp.

Kus, B.E. 1996. Status of the least Bell's vireo and southwestern willow flycatcher at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, 1995. Prepared for the Environmental and Natural Resources Office, Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton. 19 pp.

Kus, B.E. 1996. Neotropical migratory bird monitoring study at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California. Second annual progress report, 1996. Prepared for the U.S. Marine Corps, Environmental and Natural Resources Office, Camp Pendleton, CA. 27 pp.

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Lovich, J. E. 1996. Possible demographic and ecologic consequences of sex ratio manipulation in turtles. Chelonian Conservation and Biology 2:114-117.

Lovich, J. E. and R. E. Lovich. 1996. Decline of native brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) populations along the upper West Branch of the Susquehanna River: canaries outside the coal mine. Journal of the Pennsylvania Academy of Science 70(2):55-60.

Lovich, J. E., S. W. Gotte, C. H. Ernst, J. Harshbarger, A. F. Laemmerzahl, and J. W. Gibbons. 1996. Prevalence and histopathology of shell disease in turtles from Lake Blackshear, Georgia. J. Wildl. Diseases 32:259-265.

Lovich, J.E., J. Randall, and M. Kelly, eds. 1996. Proceedings California Exotic Pest Plant Council Symposium '95. California Exotic Pest Plant Council, 64 pp.

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Fleskes, J.P. 1993. Survival, movements, and habitat use of juvenile and adult female northern pintails in the San Joaquin Valley. Progress Report.

Haidinger, T.L. and J.E. Keeley. 1993. Role of high fire frequency in destruction of mixed chaparral. Madroño 40:141-147.

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Lafferty, K. D. and A. M. Kuris. 1993. Mass mortality of abalone Haliotis cracherodii on the California Channel Islands: tests of epidemiological hypotheses. Marine Ecology Progress Series 96:239-248.

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Longshore, K.M., D. Ebert, C.L. Douglas. 1993. Errors in strip transect census methods for desert tortoise populations. Third National Park Service GIS User's Conference, Denver, Colorado. 16-18 November.

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Smith, A.A., M.A. Moote, and C.R. Schwalbe. 1993. The Endangered Species Act at twenty: An analytical survey of Federal endangered species. Natural Resources Journal 33:1027-1075.

Stephenson, N. L., and D. J. Parsons. 1993. A research program for predicting the effects of climatic change on the Sierra Nevada. Pp. 93-109 in S. D. Veirs, T. J. Stohlgren, and C. Schonewald-Cox (eds.), Proceedings of the Fourth Conference on Research in California's National Parks. USDI National Park Service Transactions and Proceedings Series 9.

Swift, C.C., Haglund, T.R., Ruiz, M. & R.N. Fisher. 1993. The status and distribution of the freshwater fishes of southern California. Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences 92:101-172.

Takekawa, J. Y., and D. L. Orthmeyer. 1993. A simple morphometric method to distinguish tule and Pacific subspecies of greater white-fronted geese. U. S. Fish and Wildl. Serv., Research Information Bulletin. No. 84. 2pp.

Taylor, W.C. and J.E. Keeley. 1993. Isoetaceae Quillwort Family, Pp. 95-97. In J.C. Hickman (ed), The Jepson Manual. University of California Press, Berkeley.

van Wagtendonk, J. W. 1993. Maps, data, and GRASS in Yosemite National Park. P. 1-6 in: Waggoner, G. S., ed. Geographic information systems: proc. 7th Annual GRASS Users Conf. USDI, National Park Service Tech. Rep. NPS/NRGISD/NRTR-93/13. 288 p.

van Wagtendonk, J.W. 1993. Park goals and current fire policy. Renewable Resources Journal 11(1):19.

van Wagtendonk, J.W. and P. E. Moore. 1993. Vascular plant inventory, Yosemite National Park. Plant and fuel inventory data from 362 sites across elevational and latitudinal gradients of Yosemite National Park. Data collected between 1989 and 1993 includes species composition and abundance data for tree, shrub and herbaceous vegetation layers and fuel information. Nonspatial, georeferenced.

W. Bryan Jennings (Berry, K. H., Committee Member). 1993. Foraging ecology and habitat utilization of the desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) in the western Mojave Desert. University of Texas at Arlington. M. S. thesis.

W. Werner and S. A. Hathaway. 1993. Postembryonic development of Branchinecta sandiegonensis and Streptocephalus woottoni, two newly described anostracans. Meeting of the American Society of Zoologists and The Crustacean Society.

Walker, R. E., D. M. Stoms, F. W. Davis, and J. W. van Wagtendonk. 1993. Modeling potential natural vegetation from a topographic gradient in the southern Sierra Nevada, California. P. 794-803 in: Proc. GIS/LIS Annual Conf.

Avery, H.W. 1992. Executive Summary: comarisons between the inside and outside of Ivanpah Valley Exclosure. Report to USDI Bureau of Land Management, California Desert District Office.

Avery, H.W. 1992. Summer food habits of desert tortoises at Ivanpah Valley, California. Report to USDI Bureau of Land Management, California Desert District Office.

Avery, H.W. 1992. Summer food habits of desert tortoises in Ivanpah Valley, California. Proceedings 1992 Desert Tortoise Council Symposium.

Avery, H.W., A.G. Neibergs, J.E. Lovich, K.H. Berry, and L. Morgan. 1992. Does 10-year Exclusion of Cattle Improve Condition of Desert Tortoise Habitat? Proceedings 1992 Desert Tortoise Council Symposium.

Barnum, D. A. 1992. Preliminary analysis of impacts of agricultural drainage evaporation ponds on wintering waterfow. Report developed for California Department of Fish and Game.

Barnum, D.A., W.L. Hohman, and D.L. Roster. 1992. Characteristics of snowy plover nest sites on agricultural drainwater evaporation ponds in the San Joaquin Valley, California. pp 27-31 in D.F. Williams, S. Byrne, and T.A. Rado (eds.), Endangered and sensitive species of the San Joaquin Valley, California: their biology, management, and conservation. The California Energy Commission, Sacramento, 388 pp.

Berry, K. H. 1992. Answering Questions about Desert Tortoises: A Guide for People Who Work with the Public. U. S. Bureau of Land Management, Riverside, California.

Boarman, W.I. 1992. Effectiveness of fences and culverts for protecting desert tortoises along California Highway 58: summary of initial field season. Rept. to Calif. Energy Commission. 30 pp.

Boarman, W.I. 1992. Problems with management of a native predator on a threatened species: raven predation on desert tortoises. Proc. 15th Vertebrate Pest Conf. 15: 48-52.

Boarman, W.I. 1992. The evolution of avian song: a study of the impact of sound propagation on animal communication. Ph.D. Dissertation. Rutgers University, Piscataway.

Bowles, M., R. Flackne, K. McEachern, and N. Pavlovic. 1992. Status and restoration planning for the federally threatened Pitcher's thistle (Cirsium pitcheri) in Illinois. Proc. 19th Annual Natural Areas Conference, Oct. 27-30, Bloomington, Indiana. p.5.

Brooks, M.L. 1992. Ecological impact of human disturbance on the Desert Tortoise Natural Area, Kern County, California, 1987-1992. M.A. Thesis. California State University, Fresno. 51 pp.

Buechner, M., C. Schonewald-Cox, R. Sauvajot, and B. Wilcox. 1992. Cross-boundary issues for National Parks: What works "on the ground." Environmental Management. 16 (6): 799-809.

Clark, D. R., Jr., K. S. Foerster, C. M. Marn, and R. L. Hothem. 1992. Uptake of environmental contaminants by small mammals in pickleweed habitats at San Francisco Bay, California. Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 22:389.396.

Clark, R. A., W. L. Halvorson, A. A. Sawdo, and K. C. Danielsen. 1990. Plant communities of Santa Rosa Island, Channel Islands National Park. University of California, NPS Cooperative Park Studies Unit, Technical Report No. 42.

Cox, G., B.E. Kus. 1992. Changes in abundance of migratory land birds in conifer forests of western North America. Cooper Ornithological Society. Seattle, Washington.

D'Antonio, C. M., W. L. Halvorson, and D. B. Fenn. 1992. Restoration of denuded areas and iceplant areas on Santa Barbara Island, Channel Islands National Park. University of California, NPS Cooperative Park Studies Unit, Technical Report No. 46.

Davis, G. E., K. Faulkner, and W. L. Halvorson. 1992. Inventory and monitoring program initiated: Channel Islands National Park. Page 8 in: Highlights of natural resources management, 1991. National Park Service Report NPS/NRPO/NRR-92-07.

Douglas, D., J. Y. Takekawa, and M. Udevitz. 1992. Successful performance of satellite transmitters attached to migrating lesser snow geese. U. S. Dep. Int., Fish and Wildl. Serv. Res. Info. Bull. 92-30.

Esque, T. C., C. R. Tracy and L. A. DeFalco. 1992. Habitat use in relation to food resources in the desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii). Paper presented at the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists.

Esque, T.C., C. Peterson, and L.A. DeFalco, C.R. Tracy. 1992. Estimation of home ranges in a long-lived vertebrate: Gopherus agassizii. American Zoologist 32:5, p. 91A.

Estes, J.A. 1992. Behavior, ecology, and life history of New World otters. pp. 107-117 in C. Reuther and R. Rochert (eds.), Proceedings of the V. International Otter Colloquium, Hankensbuttel. Habitat 6.

Estes, J.A. 1992. Status of sea otter (Enhydra lutris) populations. pp. 27-35 in C. Reuther and R. Rochert (eds.), Proceedings of the V. International Otter Colloquium, Hankensbuttel. Habitat 6.

Fellers, Gary M. 1992. Causes for Declining Amphibian Populations in Wilderness Terrestrial/Aquatic Ecosystems. Proceedings of the Society of American Foresters, Portland, OR 1992.

Fellers, Gary M. 1992. Declining Amphibian Populations Program: California-Nevada Working Group. Herpetol. Review 23(2): 35-36.

Fleskes, J. P. 1992. Record of a redhead, Aytha americana, laying eggs in a northern harrier, Circus cyaneus, nest. Canadian Field-Naturalist 106(2): 263-264.

Fleskes, J. P. , J. Y. Takekawa, and D. L. Orthmeyer. 1992. A simplified detonator for rocket net traps. U. S. Dep. Int., Fish and Wildl. Serv., Res. Info. Bull. 92-10.

Fleskes, J., J. Takekawa and D. Orthmeyer. 1992. A simplified radio-controlled detonator for rocket net traps. U.S. Fish Wildl. Serv., Research Information Bulletin. No. 10. 3pp.

Fleskes, J.P. 1992. Survival, movements, and habitat use of juvenile and adult female northern pintails in the San Joaquin Valley. Progress Report.

Frederick, R. B., W. R. Clark, and J. Y. Takekawa. 1992. Application of a computer simulation model to migrating white-fronted geese in the Klamath Basin. Pages 696-706 in D. R. McCollough and R. H. Barrett (eds.), Wildlife 2001: populations. Elsevier, NY.

Grant, B.W., A.D. Tucker, J.E. Lovich, A.M. Mills, P.M. Dixon, and J.W. Gibbons. 1992. The use of coverboards in estimating patterns of reptile and amphibian biodiversity. Pp. 379-403 in Wildlife 2001: Populations. D. L. McCullough and R. H. Barrett (eds.). Elsevier Applied Science, London.

Greenier, J. L., and J. Y. Takekawa. 1992. Growth models and food conversion of cultured juvenile red abalone (Haliotis rufescens). Pages 527-537 in S. A. Shepherd, M. J. Tegner, and S. A. Guzman del Proo (eds.). Abalone of the world. Blackwell Scientific Publ. Ltd. Oxford.

Halvorson, W. L. 1992. Alien plants at Channel Islands National Park. Pp 64-96 in Stone, C.P., C. W. Smith, and J. T. Tunison (eds) Alien plant invasions in native ecosystems of Hawai'i: Management and research. University of Hawaii, Cooperative National Park Resources Unit, Honolulu.

Harvey, T. E., K. J. Miller, R. L. Hothem, M. J. Rauzon, G. W. Page, and R. A. Keck. 1992. Status and trends report on wildlife of the San Francisco Estuary. Report for the San Francisco Estuary Project, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, San Francisco, Calif. 283pp + appendices.

Hatfield, B.B. 1992. Notes on feeding sea otters from the Washington coast. Otter Raft 47:10.

Hathaway, S. A. 1992. Temperature requirements for hatching of Streptocephalus woottoni and Branchinecta sandiegonensis. EUREKA National Undergraduate Research Meetings. U.of Minnesota.

Hathaway, S. A., J. N. Glaspy, J. L. Lamberson and M. A. Simovich. 1992. The effect of temperature on the distribution and co-occurrence of fairy shrimp (0: Anostraca) in vernal pools in San Diego, California. Amer. Zool. 124A.

Howell, J.A. 1992. Coastal scrub and prairie wildlife inventory, Golden Gate National Recreation Area, California. pp 134-140. Proceedings of the Symposium on Biodiversity of Northwestern California, October, 1991, Santa Rosa, CA 283 pp.

Howell, J.A. and T. Pollak. 1992. Wildlife habitat analysis for Alcatraz Island, Golden Gate National Recreation Area, California. Proc. Natl. Symp. on Urban Wildl., Natl. Institute for Urban Wildl., Columbia, MD. pp 157-164.

Hui, Clifford A. 1992. Walking of the shore crab Pachygrapsis crassipes in its two natural environments. Journal of Experimental Biology 165:213-227.

Hunter, R.B. and P.A. Medica. 1992. Extent of land disturbance on the Nevada Test Site. In Hunter (ed.). Status of the flora and fauna on the Nevada Test Site. Reynolds Elect. & Eng. Co., Inc. Report DOE/NV/10630-29. pp 3-7.

Jameson, R. J. 1992. Sea otter population surveys: Why and How. Otter Raft 47: 4-5.

Jennings, M. R. 1992. Comments on the proposed conservation of the specific name of Anniella pulchra Gray, 1852 and designation of a neotype (Reptilia, Squamata). Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, 49(3):234.

Jennings, M. R. 1992. Final report of preliminary studies on habitat requirements of the San Francisco garter snake (Thamnophis sirtalis tetrataenia) at Pescadero Marsh and Theodore J. Hoover Natural Preserves. Final report prepared for the California Department of Parks and Recreation, Central Coast Region, through Agreement (88-05-151). Department of Herpetology, California Academy of Sciences, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, California. 40 pp.

Keeley, J.E. 1992. A Californian's view of fynbos, pp. 372-388. In R.M. Cowling (ed), The Ecology of Fynbos: Nutrients, Fire and Diversity. Oxford University Press, Oxford.

Keeley, J.E. 1992. Demographic structure of California chaparral in the long-term absence of fire. Journal of Vegetation Science 3:79-90.

Keeley, J.E. 1992. Ecological Impact of Proposed Auburn Dam. Sacramento Area Flood Control Agency, Sacramento, CA.

Keeley, J.E. 1992. Nerium oleander L. (Apocynaceae). Madroño 39:157.

Keeley, J.E. 1992. Recruitment of seedlings and vegetative sprouts in unburned chaparral. Ecology 73:1194-1208.

Keeley, J.E. 1992. Temporal and spatial dispersal syndromes, pp. 251-256. In C. A. Thanos (ed), MEDECOS VI Plant-Animal Interactions in Mediterranean-type Ecosystems. University of Athens, Greece.

Keeley, J.E. and D.R. Sandquist. 1992. Commissioned Review. Carbon: freshwater plants. Plant, Cell and Environment 15:1021-1035.

Keeley, J.E. and M.B. Keeley. 1992. Mitigation & Restoration Plan: Lyons Pentachaeta. Brock Homes, Santa Clarita, CA.

Keeley, J.E., A. Massihi, and R. Goar. 1992. Growth form dichotomy in subspecies of Arctostaphylos peninsularis from Baja California. Madroño 39:285-287.

Kirby, R.E., and D.S. Gilmer. 1992. Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center: a focus on waterfowl research. California Waterfowl 18:41-43.

Kuris, A. M. & K. D. Lafferty. 1992. Modelling crustacean fisheries: effects of parasites on management strategies. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 49:327-336.

Kus, B.E. 1992. Breeding status of the least Bell's vireo at the Tijuana River, California, 1992. Prepared for the International Boundary and Water Commission. 13 pp.

Kus, B.E. 1992. Distribution and breeding status of the least Bell's vireo at the San Diego River, San Diego County, California, 1990-1991. Prepared for the California Department of Transportation, District 11. 16 pp.

Kus, B.E. 1992. Least Bell's vireo studies at the Sweetwater, San Luis Rey and San Diego Rivers, San Diego county, California, 1991. Prepared for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Portland, OR. 6 pp.

Kus, B.E. 1992. Monitoring studies of least Bell's vireos in Goat Canyon and Smuggler's Gulch, 1992. Prepared for the International Boundary and Water Commission. 6 pp.

Kus, B.E. 1992. Status of the Belding's savannah sparrow at Border Field State Park. Prepared for the Army Corps of Engineers, Los Angeles District. 4 pp.

Kus, B.E. 1992. Status of the least Bell's vireo at the West San Luis Rey River, San Diego County, California, 1992. Prepared for the Corps of Engineers, Los Angeles District. 10 pp.

Kus, B.E. 1992. Determinants of bird use of riparian restoration sites in San Diego County. Symposium on Restoration and Creation of Wetlands in Coastal Central and Southern California. American Association for the Advancement of Science, Pacific Division. Santa Barbara, California.

Kus, B.E. 1992. Habitat use patterns of shorebirds in San Diego Bay. The Wildlife Society, San Diego Chapter. Oceanside, California.

Lafferty, K. D. 1992. Foraging on prey that are modified by parasites. American Naturalist 140 (5): 854-867.

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Lamberson, H. L., S. A, Hathaway, J. N. Glaspy, and M. A. Simovich. 1992. An outline of considerations for branchiopod crustaceans. Wildlife Society Western Section meetings.

Lisle, T.E. and M.A. Madej. 1992. Spatial variation in armouring in a channel with high sediment supply. p. 277-296 in Dynamics of Gravel-bed Rivers, P. Billi, R.D. Hey, C.R. Thorne, and P. Tacconi, eds. John Wiley and Sons, Inc. 673 pp.

Longshore, K.M. and C.L. Douglas. 1992. GIS Modeling ofbighorn habitat in the Black Mountains, Death Valley National Monument. 36th Annual Desert Bighorn Council Meeting. Bullhead City, Arizona. 8-11 April.

Loope, W., K. McEachern and J. Schultz. 1992. Plant habitat dynamics in a perched dune system adjacent to Lake Superior, Alger County, Michigan. Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America. 73:254.

Lovich, J. E. 1992. Restoration and revegetation of degraded habitat as a management tool in recovery of the threatened desert tortoise. Contract Report prepared for California Dept. Parks and Recreation, Off-Highway Motor Vehicle Recreation Div. U.S. Dept. Interior, Bureau of Land Management, California Desert District. 187 pp.

Lovich, J. E. and C. J. McCoy. 1992. Review of the Graptemys pulchra group (Reptilia, Testudines, Emydidae), with descriptions of two new species. Annals of Carnegie Museum 61:293-315.

Lovich, J. E. and J. W. Gibbons. 1992. A review of techniques for quantifying sexual size dimorphism. Growth, Development and Aging 56:269-281.

Lovich, J. E., D. W. Herman, and K. M. Fahey. 1992. Seasonal activity and movements of bog turtles (Clemmys muhlenbergii) in North Carolina. Copeia 1992:1107- 1111.

Lovich, J.E. 1992. Aspects of the ecology of an isolated brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) population in Fairfax County, Virginia. Journal of the Pennsylvania Academy of Science 65:107-111.

Madej, M.A. 1992. Cooperative erosion control efforts based on sediment transport trends, Redwood Creek, north coastal California. p. 373-388 in Proceedings, Interdisciplinary Approaches in Hydrology and Hydrogeology, M.E. Jones and A. Laenen, eds., American Institute of Hydrology, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 618 pp.

Madej, M.A., W.E. Weaver, and D.K. Hagans. 1992. Riparian vegetation as a control on channel widening. Abstract. Transactions, American Geophysical Union. Vol. 73, No. 43, p. 231.

McEachern, K. 1992. Cirsium pitcheri monitoring handbook. National Park Service Midwest Region Office Technical Report, Omaha, Nebraska.

McEachern, K. 1992. Disturbance dynamics of Pitcher's thistle (Cirsium pitcheri) populations in Great Lakes sand dune landscapes. Ph.D. dissertation, Dept. of Botany, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin.

Medica, P.A. 1992. Status of Reptiles in 1988. In Hunter (ed.) Status of the flora and fauna on the Nevada Test Site, 1988. Reynolds Elect. & Eng. Co., Inc. Report DOE/NV/10630-29. pp 59-95.

Medica, P.A. 1992. Desert tortoise population trends in Nevada 1990-1992. Bureau of Land Management Report 9pp.

Miles, A.K., Calkins, D.G., and Coon, N.C. 1992. Toxic elements and organochlorines in harbor seals (Phoca vitulina richardsi), Kodiak, Alaska, USA. Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 48:727-732.

Miller, M.R. 1992. Suisun Marsh pintail study. Suisun Resource Conservation District Annual Rep. 1992:16-18.

Miller, M.R., J.P. Fleskes, D.L. Orthmeyer, and D.S. Gilmer. 1992. Survival and other observations of adult female northern pintails molting in California. J. Field Ornithol. 63(2):138-144.

Miller, M.R., J.P. Fleskes, D.L. Orthmeyer, and D.S. Gilmer. 1992. Survival of adult female northern pintails during wing molt in northern California. Journal of Field Ornithology 63:138-144.

Pickwell, G. V., K. J. Meyers-Schulte, V. C. Julio, W. J. Meyers, S. E. Landon-Arnold, E. L. Douglas, G Paetow, C. A. Hui, K. S. Roos and P. R. Kenis. 1992. Cascade biodegradation of fuels in contaminated, slurried soils, pp 432-435, in Emerging technologies for hazardous waste management: 1992 book of abstracts for the Special Symposium, Atlanta, Georgia (D. W. Tedder, ed.). American Chemical Society, Washington, D.C. [abstract only]

Rathbun, G. B. 1992. The Fairly True Elephant-shrew. Natural History 101(9):54-61.

Rathbun, G.B., N. Siepel, and D. Holland. 1992. Nesting behavior and movements of western pond turtles, Clemmys marmorata. Southwestern Naturalist 37(3):319-324.

Ross, D.A. and J.E. Lovich. 1992. Does the color pattern of two species of turtles imitate duckweed? Journal of the Pennsylvania Academy of Science 66:39-42.

Roster, D.L., W.L. Hohman, and D.A. Barnum. 1992. Use of agricultural drainwater impoundments by snowy plovers in the southern San Joaquin Valley, California. pp 229-235 in D.F. Williams, S. Byrne, and T.A. Rado (eds.), Endangered and sensitive species of the San Joaquin Valley, California: their biology, management, and conservation. The California Energy Commission, Sacramento, 388 pp.

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Saiki, M. K., M. R. Jennings, and T. W. May. 1992. Selenium and other elements in freshwater fishes from the irrigated San Joaquin Valley, California. Science of the Total Environment, 126(1992):109-137.

Schonewald-Cox, C. 1992. Invited book review of Nature Reserves: Island Theory and Conservation Practice, Craig L. Shafer, Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, DC, 1990. "Little islands floating in seas of indifference?" 268p. Biological Conservation 63 (1): 95.

Schonewald-Cox, C. and M. Buechner. 1992. Park protection and public roads. pp. 373-395 In P. L. Fiedler and S. Jain (eds.), Conservation Biology: The Theory and Practice of Nature Conservation, Preservation and Management. New York: Chapman and Hall, 507p.

Scott, N.J., Jr. and R.A. Seigel (editors). 1992. Special session 2. Reptile and amphibian populations. In D.R. McCullough and R.H. Barrett (editors) Wildlife 2001: Populations. Elsevier Science Publishers Ltd., Essex England. 1163 pp.

Scott, N.J., Jr., and C.A. Ramotnik. 1992. Does the Sacramento Mountain salamander require old-growth forests? Pp. 170-178 in M.R. Kaufmann, W.H. Moir, and R.L. Bassett (technical coordinators) Old-growth forests in the Southwest and Rocky Mountain Regions. USDA Forest Service, General Technical Report RM-213. 201 pp.

Scott, N.J., Jr., and R.A. Seigel. 1992. The management of reptile and amphibian populations: species priorities and methodological and theoretical constraints. Pp. 343-368 in D.R. McCullough and R.H. Barrett (editors) Wildlife 2001: Populations. Elsevier Science Publishers Ltd., Essex England. 1163 pp.

Stephenson, N. L. 1992. What do "wet" and "dry" really mean to vegetation? Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America 73:355-356.

Stuart, J.N., and N.J. Scott, Jr. 1992. Geographic distribution: Apalone spinifera hartwegi (western spiny softshell). Herpetological Review 23:87.

Stuart, J.N., and N.J. Scott, Jr. 1992. Range extension of the northern pygmy mouse, Baiomys taylori, in New Mexico. Texas Journal of Science 44:487-489.

Tracy, C.R., T.C. Esque, C. Peterson, L.A. DeFalco, L.C. Zimmerman, C.R. Tracy. 1992. The roles of food quality and quantity for desert tortoises: Perspectives on growth of individuals and populations. American Zoologist 32:5, p. 97A.

van Wagtendonk, J. W., D. J. Parsons, and E. P. DeGraff. 1992. Wilderness management in the Sierra Nevada, California: 23 years of interagency cooperation. In: Krumpe, E. E., and P. D. Weingart, eds. Designation and management of park and wilderness reserves. Proc. of a symposium at the 4th World Wilderness Congress. Wilderness Center, Univ. Idaho, Moscow. Unnumbered.

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Winter, F.C., and J.A. Estes. 1992. Experimental evidence for the effects of polyphenolic compounds from Dictyoneurum californicum (Phaeophyta; Laminariales) on feeding rate and growth in the red abalone (Haliotus rufescens). Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 155:263-277.

Zedler, J., C. Nordby and B. Kus. 1992. The Ecology of Tijuana Estuary: A National Estuarine Research Reserve. NOAA Office of Coastal Resource Management, Sanctuaries and Reserves Division, Washington, D.C.

Barnum, D. A., and N. H. Euliss, Jr. 1991. Impacts of changing irrigation practices on waterfowl habitat use in the San Joaquin Valley, California. Calif. Fish and Game 77:10-21.

Boarman, W.I. 1991. Effectiveness of fences and culverts for protecting desert tortoises along California Highway 58: final report on study design. Rept. to Calif. Energy Commission. 11 pp.

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Clark, D. R., Jr. and R. L. Hothem. 1991. Mammal mortality at Arizona, California, and Nevada gold mines using cyanide extraction. California Fish and Game 77:61.69.

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Euliss, N.H., Jr., R.L. Jarvis, and D.S. Gilmer. 1991. Feeding ecology of waterfowl wintering on evaporation ponds in California. Condor 93:582-590.

Euliss, N.H., Jr., R.L. Jarvis, and D.S. Gilmer. 1991. Standing crops and ecology of aquatic invertebrates in agricultural drainwater ponds in California. Wetlands 11:179-190.

Fellers, Gary M. and Charles A. Drost. 1991. Xantusia riversiana species account. Catalog of American Amphibians and Reptiles 518.1-518.4.

Fellers, Gary M. and Charles A. Drost. 1991. Ecology of the island night lizard, Xantusia riversiana, on Santa Barbara Island, California. Herpetological Monographs 5: 28-78.

Fellers, Gary M. and Charles A. Drost. 1991. Terrestrial Invertebrate Monitoring Handbook. Channel Islands National Park, Ventura, CA. 88 pp.

Fellers, Gary M. and Virginia Norris. 1991. Rare Plant Monitoring and Management at Point Reyes. Park Science 11(1): 20 - 21.

Fish, Frank E. and Clifford A. Hui. 1991. Dolphin swimming: A review. Mammal Reviews 21:181-195.

Fleskes, J. P. 1991. Two Incubating mallards move eggs to drier nest sites. Prairie Nat. 23(1):49-50.

Fleskes, J. P. and E. E. Klaas. 1991. Dabbling duck recruitment in relation to habitat and predators at Union Slough National Wildlife Refuge, Iowa. U.S. Fish Wildl. Serv., Fish Wildl. Tech. Rep. 32. 19pp.

Garstka, W.R., W.E. Cooper, Jr., K.W. Wasmund, and J.E. Lovich. 1991. Males sex steroids and hormonal control of male courtship behavior in the yellow-bellied slider turtle, Trachemys scripta. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology 98A: 271-280.

Halvorson, W. L. 1990. Damaged ecosystems get attention at Channel Inslands. In: National Park Service, Highlights of Natural Resources Management, 1989. Natural Resources Report NR-90-(), National Park Service, Washington, DC.

Halvorson, W. L. 1991. Standards and monitoring, progress in wetlands. Restoration and Management Notes 9(2): 87-89.

Hatfield, B. and G.B. Rathbun. 1991. Flipper-tag radio transmitters for sea otters - An update. US Fish and Wildlife Service, Research Information Bulletin Number 91-29. 2 pp.

Heyne, T., B. Tribbey, M.L. Brooks, and J. Smith. 1991. First record of Mozambique tilapia in the San Joaquin Valley, California. California Fish and Game 77:53-54.

Howell, J.A. 1991. Introduction. in J. Brubaker (ed). Wildlife California. Chronicle Books, San Francisco, CA 56 pp.

Howell, J.A. 1991. GIS application in wildlife management at Golden Gate NRA, USDI, NPS, GIS Conference, Denver, CO

Hunter, R.B., M.B. Saethre, P.A. Medica, P.D. Greger and E.M. Romney. 1991. Biological studies in the impact zone of the liquefied gaseous fuels spill test facility in Frenchman Flat, Nevada. Reynolds Elect. & Eng. Co., Inc. DOE/NV/10630-15. 42 pp.

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Jennings, M. 1991 [1992]. Baked salmon roast. Page 149 In: G. Carmichael, M. Ring, and J. McCraren (editors). Sea Fare Cookbook; Donated Recipes From the Members of the American Fisheries Society and Fisheries Truths and Lore. Volume I. American Fisheries Society, Bethesda, Maryland. 184 pp.

Jennings, M. R., and J. V. Vindum. 1991. A new tool for safely killing venomous snakes in the field. California Fish and Game, 77(2):103-105.

Keeley, J.E. 1991. A continent on fire [book review] Burning bush: a fire history of Australia, by S.J. Pyne. Natural History, April: 82-85.

Keeley, J.E. 1991. C4 and CAM photosynthetic pathways, pp. 308-315. In F.N. Magill (ed) Magill’s Survey of Science. Life Science Series. Salem Press, Pasadena, CA.

Keeley, J.E. 1991. Carbon 13/carbon 12 ratios in photosynthesis, pp. 330-336. In F.N. Magill(ed) Magill’s Survey of Science. Life Science Series. Salem Press, Pasadena.

Keeley, J.E. 1991. Fire management for maximum biodiversity of California chaparral, pp. 11-14. In S.C. Nodvin and T.A.Waldrop (eds), Proceed. Symp. Fire and the Environment: Ecological and Cultural Perspectives. USDA Forest Service, SE Forest Experiment Sta.

Keeley, J.E. 1991. Interactive role of stresses on structure and function of aquatic plants, pp. 329-343. In H.A. Mooney, W.E. Winner, and E.J. Pell (eds), Response of Plants to Multiple Stress. Academic, New York.

Keeley, J.E. 1991. Native Grassland Assessment, Mitigation and Restoration Plan for Ahmanson Ranch. Ahmanson Land Company, Agoura, CA.

Keeley, J.E. 1991. Obituary [Fritz W. Went]. Madroño 38:147.

Keeley, J.E. 1991. Resilience to fire does not imply adaptation to fire: an example from the California chaparral, pp. 113-119. Proceedings of the Conference High-Intensity Fire in Wildlands: Management Challenges and Options. Tall Timbers Res. Sta.Tallahassee, FL.

Keeley, J.E. 1991. Seed germination and life history syndromes in the California chaparral. Botanical Review 57:81-116.

Keeley, J.E. and D.R. Sandquist. 1991. Diurnal photosynthesis cycle in CAM and non-CAM seasonal pool aquatic macrophytes. Ecology 72:716-727.

Keeley, J.E. and M. Keeley. 1991. California botanists in South Africa. Fremontia 19(3):20-21.

Keeley, J.E. and M. Keeley. L991. California botanists in South Africa. Fremontia 19(3):20-21.

Klein, R.D. 1991. Fine sediment intrusion, gravel framework size, and permeability in spawning riffles, Prairie Creek, Northwestern California. Transactions, American Geophysical Union, Vol. 72, No. 44. Supplement p. 209. (Madej)

Kus, B.E. 1991. Status of the least Bell's vireo at the West San Luis Rey River, San Diego County, California, 1990. Prepared for the Army Corps of Engineers, Los Angeles District. 10 pp.

Kus, B.E. 1991. Distribution and breeding status of the least Bell's vireo at the San Luis Rey River, San Diego County, California, 1990. Prepared for the California Department of Transportation, District 11. 15 pp.

Kus, B.E. 1991. Distribution and breeding status of the least Bell's vireo at the San Luis Rey River, San Diego County, California, 1991. Prepared for the California Department of Transportation, District 11. 15 pp.

Kus, B.E. 1991. Habitat use and breeding status of the least Bell's vireo at the Tijuana River, California, 1991. Prepared for the International Boundary and Water Commission. 11 pp.

Kus, B.E. 1991. Status of the least Bell's vireo at the West San Luis Rey River, San Diego County, California, 1991. Prepared for the Corps of Engineers, Los Angeles District. 8 pp.

Lafferty, K. D. 1991. Effects of parasitic castration on the salt marsh snail, Cerithidea californica. Unpub. Ph. D. dissertation, Univ. Calif., Santa Barbara. 116 pp.

Longshore, K.M. and C.L. Douglas. 1991. Foraging ecology of desert bighorn sheep: feeding stations and forage quality. Colin Clark Conference on Resource Management and Behavioral Ecology, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. 24-26 July.

Longshore, K.M. and C.L. Douglas. 1991. Geographic information system modeling of bighorn sheep habitat in Death Valley, California. Second National Park Service GIS User's Conference, Denver,Colorado.18-20 November.

Lovich, J.E., A.D. Tucker, D.E. Kling, J.W. Gibbons, and T.D. Zimmerman. 1991. Behavior of hatchling diamondback terrapins released in a South Carolina salt marsh. Herpetological Review 22:81-83.

Lovich, J.E., A.F. Laemmerzahl, C.H. Ernst, and J.F. McBreen. 1991. Relationships among turtles of the genus Clemmys (Reptilia:Testudines:Emydidae) as suggested by plastron scute morphology. Zoologica Scripta 20:425-429.

Madej, M.A. 1991. Recent changes in hydrologic and sediment trends, Redwood National Park. Abstract. Fourth Biennial Conference of Research in California's National Parks. p. 45. National Park Service. Davis, California

Madej, M.A., C. Meyer, R. Klein, R. Sonnevil, V. Ozaki, and R. Coey. 1991. Monitoring the impacts and persistence of fine sediment in the Prairie Creek Watershed, 1989-1990: A progress report prepared for the California Department of Transportation. U.S. Department of Interior, Arcata, California. 123 pp.

Madej, M.A., W. E. Weaver, and D. Hagans. 1991. Analysis of bank erosion on the Merced River, Yosemite Valley, Yosemite National Park. Management Report prepared for Yosemite National Park. 162 pp.

McEachern, K. 1991. The physiographic ecology of Long Island, Apostle Islands National Lakeshore: vegetation map and study design. Great Lakes CPSU Technical Report, University of Wisconsin-Madison.

McEachern, K. and N.B. Pavlovic. 1991. Metapopulation dynamics in species recovery planning: Cirsium pitcheri as a case study. 53rd U.S. Fish and Wildlife Conference, Nov. 30-Dec. 3, Des Moines, Iowa. p. 223.

Medica, P.A. 1991. Lizard Study Procedures. Reynolds Electrical and Engineering Co., Inc. Detailed Procedure. AABAF.D.05.00. Rev. 1. 22pp.

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Medica, P.A. and M.B. Saethre. 1991. Small Mammal Detailed Procedure. Reynolds Electrical and Engineering Co., Inc. Detailed Procedure. AABAF.06.00. Rev. 1. 14pp.

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Meyer, C.B., H.J. Rectenwald, M.A. Madej, and R. Klein. 1991. Approaches to monitoring and restoring substrate after catastrophic sedimentation: Case study of Prairie Creek, Humboldt County. Abstract of paper presented at Twenty-sixth Annual Conference of the American Fisheries Society, California-Nevada Chapter. p. 25.

Miller, M. R., J. P. Fleskes, D. L. Orthmeyer, and D. S. Gilmer. 1991. High survival rates for female northern pintails in California's Sacramento Valley. U. S. Dep. Int., Fish and Wildl. Serv., Res. Info. Bull. 91-38.

Miller, M.R. 1991. Suisun Marsh pintail study. Suisun Resource Conservation District Annual Rep. 1991:14.

Orthmeyer, D.L. 1991. Attachment method for radio transmitters on mallard ducklings. CA Fish and Game 77 (1) 22-26 .

O'Shea, T.J., G.B. Rathbun, R. Bonde, C. Buergelt, and D. Odell. 1991. An epizootic of Florida manatees associated with a dinoflagellate bloom. Marine Mamm. Sci. 7:165-179.

Pollak, T. and J.A. Howell. 1991. Wildlife and wildlife habitat values of Alcatraz Island, Golden Gate National Recreation Area, San Francisco, California. USDI. NPS. San Francisco, CA 56 pp.

Rathbun, G.B. and C.T. Benz. 1991. Third year of sea otter translocation completed in California. USFWS Endangered Species Technical Bulletin XVI(3):1, 6-8.

Reid, J.P., G.B. Rathbun, and J.R. Wilcox. 1991. Distribution patterns of individually identifiable manatees (Trichechus manatus) in Florida. Marine Mamm. Sci. 7:180-190.

Saiki, M. K., M. R. Jennings, and S. J. Hamilton. 1991. Preliminary assessment of the effects of selenium in agricultural drainage on fish in the San Joaquin Valley. Pages 369-385 In: A. Dinar and D. Zilberman (editors). The Economics and Management of Water and Drainage In Agriculture. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Boston, Massachusetts. xviii+946 pp.

Schonewald-Cox, C. 1991. Book review of "Little islands floating in seas of indifference?" Park Science.

Schonewald-Cox, C. and M. Buechner. 1991. Housing viable populations in protected habitats: The value of a coarse-grained geographic analysis of density patterns and available habitat. pp. 213-225. In A. Seitz and V. Loeschcke (eds.), Species Conservation - An Approach to Population Biology. Birkhäuser Verlag, Basel, Switzerland, 281p.

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Siepel, N. and G.B. Rathbun. 1991. Miniature transponders used to reidentify sea otters. US Fish and Wildlife Service, Research Information Bulletin Number 91-88. 2 pp.

Steele, N.L.C. and J.E. Keeley. 1991. Chaparral & fire ecology: role of fire in seed germination. American Biology Teacher 53:432-435.

Stephenson, N. L. 1991. Recent research on giant sequoia fire ecology: progress and implications. Abstracts, Fourth Biennial Conference of Research in California's National Parks, p. 26.

Stephenson, N. L. 1991. Winter storm watch. Sequoia Bark 18:1.

Stephenson, N. L., D. J. Parsons, and T. W. Swetnam. 1991. Restoring natural fire to the sequoia-mixed conifer forest: should intense fire play a role? Proceedings of the Tall Timbers Fire Ecology Conference 17:321-337.

Strong L.L., D.S. Gilmer, and A. Brass. 1991. Inventory of wintering geese with a multispectral scanner. Journal of Wildlife Management 55:250-259.

van Wagtendonk, J. W. 1991. GIS applications in fire management and research. P. 212-214 in: Nodvin, S. C., and T. W. Waldrop (eds.). Proc. Symp. on Fire and the Environment. USDA, Forest Service Gen. Tech. Rep. SE-69. 429 p. van Wagtendonk, J. W. 1991.

van Wagtendonk, J. W. 1991. Spatial analysis of lightning strikes in Yosemite National Park. Proc. 11th Conf. Fire and Forest Meteorology. 11:605-611.

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VanBlaricom, G. R., G. B. Rathbun, and R. J. Jameson. 1991. Translocation of sea otters to San Nicolas Island, California: a review and status report. Proceedings of joint USSR/US sea otter meeting, Petropavlovak, USSR

Wylie, G.D., and J.R. Jones. 1991. Assessment of the sensitivity of Missouri reservoirs to acidification. J. Freshwater Ecol. 6(4): 431-437.

Amen, B.B. 1990. The hydrologic role of the unsaturated zone of a forested colluvium-mantled hollow. Redwood National Park Technical Report 26. National Park Service, Redwood National Park. Arcata, California. 50 pp. (Madej)

Anspaugh, L.R., S.C. Black, C.F. Costa, D.R. Elle, E.H. Essington, R.O. Gilbert, D.A. Gonzalez, R.B. Hunter, R.D. McArthur, P.A. Medica, T.P. O'Farrell, S.E. Patton, E. M. Romney, J.H. Shinn, and C.B. Thompson. 1990. Radiation-related monitoring and environmental research at the Nevada Test Site. In: R.H. Gray (ed.) Twenty-eighth Hanford Symposium on Health and the Environment. Pages 159-167. Richland, Washington.

Berry, K. H. (in cooperation with Dana Bell of the American Motorcycle Association and the Desert Tortoise Preserve Committee). 1989-90. PLEASE. Desert Tortoises Need Your Help!

Chow, L.S., J.A. Keay and P.E. Moore. 1990. Monitoring the population dynamics of a reintroduced mountain sheep herd in the Sierra Nevada, California. p.103-109 in C. van Riper III, T.J. Stohlgren, S.D. Veirs, Jr., and S.C. Hillyer, eds. Examples of Resource Inventory and Monitoring in National Parks of California: proceedings of the Third Biennial Conference on Research in California’s National Parks, September 13-15, 1988. Univ. of Calif., Davis. USDI, NPS Trans. and Proc. Series No. 8.

Clark, R. A. and W. L. Halvorson. 1990. Endangered and rare plants of Santa Barbara Island, Channel Islands National park. University of California, NPS Cooperative Park Studies Unit, Technical Report No. 37.

Danielsen, K. C. and W. L. Halvorson. 1990. Valley oak restoration: a community approach. Fremontia 18(3): 52.

Erickson, W. A. and W. L. Halvorson. 1990. Ecology and control of the black rat (Rattus rattus) in Channel islands National Park. University of California, NPS Cooperative Park Studies Unit, Technical Report No. 38.

Erickson, W. A., R. E. Marsh, and W. L. Halvorson. 1990. A roof rat bait station that excludes deer mice. Wildlife Society Bulletin 18: 319-325.

Ernst, C.H. and J.E. Lovich. 1990. A new species of Cuora (Reptilia: Testudines: Emydidae) from the Ryukyu Islands. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 103: 26-34.

Erwin, R.M., Anders, V., Miles, A.K. 1990. Industrial strength herons: The black-crowns of Baltimore. Outdoors in Maryland. Spring, p.14.

Esque, T. C., R. B. Bury, and L. A. DeFalco. 1990. Nutrition and foraging ecology of the desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii): FY1989 annual report. Report to the USDI Bureau of Land Management, Cedar City District, Utah. #UT-910-IA9-800. 69 Pp.

Estes, J.A. 1990. Action Plan for sea otters. Pp. 22-28 in P. Foster-Turley, S. Macdonald, and C. Mason (eds.). Otters. An Action Plan for their Conservation. Chicago Zoological Society, Brookfield, Ill.

Estes, J.A. 1990. Assessment of sea otter population status: a reply. J. Wildl. Manage. 54:270-272.

Estes, J.A. 1990. Growth and equilibrium in sea otter populations. J. Animal Ecol. 59:385-400.

Fellers, Gary M. and Virginia Norris. 1990. A cooperative project at Point Reyes National Seashore. Fremontia. 18(4): 23 - 26.

Fellers, Gary M., Virginia Norris, and Wilma Follette. 1990. Point Reyes National Seashore Plant Checklist. Point Reyes National Seashore Association, Point Reyes, CA. 42 pp.

Fleskes, J. P. 1990. U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service uses telemetry to study wintering pintails and white-fronted geese. Page 2 in Wetlands Update, April edition. Grassland Water District, 610 W Pacheco Blvd., Los Banos, California.

Fleskes, J. P., J. A. Guthrie, and G. L. Welp. 1990. Raising wood ducks on a prairie marsh: The story of Union Slough. Pages 275-278 in L. H. Fredrickson, G. V. Burger, S. P. Havera, D. A. Graber, R. E. Kirby, and T. S. Taylor, eds. Proc. 1988 North Am. Wood Duck Symp., St. Louis, Missouri.

Fleskes, J.P. 1990. Predation by ermine and long-tailed weasels on duck eggs. Page 51 in Symposium on Managing Predation to Increase Production of Wetland Birds: TWS-N.Dakota Chapter & USFWS. Aug. 15-17, 1990. Jamestown, North Dakota.

Gibbons, J.W. and J.E. Lovich. 1990. Sexual dimorphism in turtles with emphasis on the slider turtle (Trachemys scripta). Herpetological Monographs 4:1-29.

Halvorson, W. L. and R. A. Clark. 1989. Vegetation and floristics of Pinnacles National Monument. University of California, Davis, NPS Cooperative Park Studies Unit, Technical Report No. 34.

Hayes, M. P., and M. R. Jennings. 1990. Vanishing amphibians: new mystery in an old pattern. Mainstream, 21(3):20-23.

Howell, J.A. 1990. Citizen mobilization in the fight to save Golden Gate Eucalyptus. The George Wright Forum. 7(1):18-27.

Jennings, M. R. 1990. Petrosaurus mearnsi. CATALOGUE OF AMERICAN AMPHIBIANS AND REPTILES:495.1-495.3.

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Jennings, M. R., and M. K. Saiki. 1990. Establishment of red shiner, Notropis lutrensis, in the San Joaquin Valley, California. California Fish and Game, 76(1):46-57.

Jennings, M. R., and M. P. Hayes. 1990. Final report of the status of the California red-legged frog (Rana aurora draytonii) in the Pescadero Marsh Natural Preserve. Final report prepared for the California Department of Parks and Recreation, Sacramento, California, through Agreement (4-823-9018). Department of Herpetology, California Academy of Sciences, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, California. 56 pp.

Keeley, J.E. 1990. [Book review] Mediterranean-type ecosystems: a data source book, by R.L. Specht (ed). American Scientist 78:65.

Keeley, J.E. 1990. [Book review] Prescribed burning in California wildland vegetation management, by H. Biswell. Fremontia 18(3):110-111.

Keeley, J.E. 1990. Demographic structure of California black-walnut (Juglans californica) woodlands in southern California. Madroño 37:237-248.

Keeley, J.E. 1990. Photosynthesis in vernal pool macrophytes: relation of structure and function, pp. 61-87. In D.H. Ikeda and R.A. Schlising (eds), Vernal pool plants, their habitat and biology. Studies from the Herbarium, California State University, Chico.

Keeley, J.E. 1990. Photosynthetic pathways in freshwater aquatic plants. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 5:330-333.

Keeley, J.E. 1990. The California Valley grassland, pp.3-23. In A.A. Schoenherr (ed), Endangered Plant Communities of Southern California. Southern California Botanists Special Publication No. 3, Fullerton, CA.

Koske, R. E. and W. L. Halvorson. 1990. Scutellospora arenicola and Glomus trimurales: Two new species in the Endogonaceae. Mycologia 81(6): 927-933.

Kus, B.E. 1990. Least Bell's vireo studies at the Sweetwater, San Luis Rey, San Diego and Tijuana Rivers, San Diego County, California, 1990. Prepared for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Portland, OR. 4 pp.

Kus, B.E. 1990. Status of the Belding's savannah sparrow (Ammodramus sandwichensis beldingi) at the Tijuana Estuary, 1990. Prepared for the Corps of Engineers, Los Angeles District. 4 pp.

Kus, B.E. 1990. Status of the least Bell's vireo at the Sweetwater and San Diego Rivers, San Diego County, California, 1989. Prepared for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Portland, OR.

Kus, B.E. 1990. Status of the least Bell's vireo at the Tijuana River, San Diego County, 1990. Prepared for the Army Corps of Engineers, Los Angeles District. 7 pp.

Kus, B.E. 1990. Bird use of natural and restored woodlands. American Ornithologists' Union and Cooper Ornithological Society. Los Angeles, California.

Kus, B.E. 1990. The tip of the iceberg: conservation of riparian commuities through management of the engangered least Bell's vireo. Society for Conservation Biology. Gainesville, Florida.

Lamb, T. and J.E. Lovich. 1990. Morphometric validation of the striped mud turtle (Kinosternon baurii) in the Carolinas and Virginia. Copeia 1990:613-618.

Little, R. and C. Schonewald-Cox. 1990. Fire management policy and boundary effects on parks: Lassen Volcanic National Park -- A case study. pp. 249-256. In C. van Riper III, T. J. Stohlgren, S. D. Veirs, Jr., and S. C. Hillyer (eds.), Proceedings of the Third Biennial Conference on California Parks. 268p.

Longshore, K.M. and C.L. Douglas. 1990. Foraging ecology of mountain sheep in the Mojave Desert. Desert Bighorn Council, Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico. 4-6 April.

Lovich, J. E. and J. W. Gibbons. 1990. Age at maturity influences adult sex ratio in the turtle Malaclemys terrapin. Oikos 59:126-134.

Lovich, J., J.W. Garstka, and W. Cooper. 1990. Female participation in courtship behavior of the turtle, Trachemys scripta scripta. J. Herpetology 24:422-424.

Lovich, J.E. 1990. Gaping behavior in basking eastern painted turtles. Journal of the Pennsylvania Academy of Science 64:78-80.

Lovich, J.E. 1990. Spring movement patterns of two radio-tagged male spotted turtles. Brimleyana 16:67-71.

Lovich, J.E., C.H. Ernst, and J. McBreen. 1990. Growth, maturity and sexual dimorphism in the wood turtle. Canadian J. Zool. 68:672-677.

Lovich, J.E., C.J. McCoy and W.R. Garstka. 1990. The development and significance of melanism in the slider turtle. Pp. 233-254 in Life History and Ecology of the Slider Turtle. J. Whitfield Gibbons (ed.). Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, DC.

Madej, M.A. 1990. Determining replenishment rates for aggregate mining. Proceedings of the Eighth Annual California Salmon, Steelhead and Trout Restoration Conference. Eureka, California. February 22-25, 1990. pp. 71-76.

Madej, M.A., C. Meyer, R. Klein and F. Levitan. 1990. Persistence and impacts of fine-grained sediment on an anadromous fish, gravel-bed stream, northwestern California. Abstract. Transactions of the American Geophysical Union. Vol. 71, No. 43., p. 1322.

Marsh, H. and G.B. Rathbun. 1990. Development and application of conventional and satellite radio-tracking techniques for studying dugong movements and habitat use. Australian Wildlife Research 17:83-100.

McEachern, K. 1990. Landscape considerations for management of the threatened dunes thistle, Cirsium pitcheri. Clear Lake Conference on Biodiversity and Landscape Ecology Abstracts, August 21-23, 1990. Hiawatha National Forest, U.S. Forest Service, Marquette, Michigan.

McEachern, K. 1990. Landscape ecology of the threatened dunes thistle, Cirsium pitcheri. in Proc. Society for Ecological Restoration Annual Conference: Restoration and Recovery of Endangered Species, April 29-May 3, 1990. Chicago, Illinois. p.17. (Invited)

McEachern, K. 1990. Task directive for restoration of razed home sites at Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore. Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore Technical Report, Porter, Indiana.

Medica, P.A. 1990. Noteworthy mammal distribution records for the Nevada Test Site. Great Basin Nat. 50(1)83-84.

Medica, P.A., O.L. Haworth, and M.S. Kelly. 1990. Geographic distribution: Eumeces gilberti rubricaudatus. Herpetological Rev. 21(2):40.

Miles, A.K. and Meslow, E.C. 1990. Effects of experimental overgrowth on survival and change in the turf assemblage of a giant kelp forest. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 135:229-242.

Miller, M.R. 1990. Pintails: causes for the decline. Calif. Waterfowl Association Magazine 16(2):41-44.

Miller, M.R. 1990. Movements of pintails suggest high fidelity to wintering areas. U.S. Fish and Wildl. Service Research Information Bull. No. 90-66.

Miller, M.R., and F.A. Hanson. 1990. Wildfowl Decoys of the Pacific Coast: Carving traditions of British Columbia, Washington, Oregon, and California. MBF Publications, Davis, California. 387pp.

Morton, B.A. and J.E. Keeley. 1990. C4 acid fixation in the photosynthesis of the submerged aquatic Eleocharis acicularis (L). R. & S. Aquatic Botany 36:379-388.

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Orthmeyer, D.L. and I. J. Ball 1990. Survival of Mallard broods in Benton Lake National Wildlife Refuge in north central Montana. J. Wildl. Manage. 54:62-66.

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Rathbun, G.B. 1990. Nesting habitat of the western pond turtle. US Fish and Wildlife Service, Research Information Bulletin 90-110. 2 pp.

Rathbun, G.B., J.J. Eliason, and N.R. Siepel. 1990. Morro Bay kangaroo rat captive breeding project. Final Report to US Fish and Wildlife Service, Ventura Endangered Species Recovery Office, Ventura, CA. 25 pp.

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Smith, D.R., S. Niemeyer, J.A. Estes, and A.R. Flegal. 1990. Stable lead isotopes evidence anthropogenic contamination in Alaskan sea otters. Environmental Science & Technology 24:1517-1521.

Stamps, J., B. Kus, A. Clark, and P. Arrowood. 1990. Social relationships of fledgling budgerigars, Melopsitticus undulatus. Anim. Behav. 40:688-700.

Stephenson, N. L. 1990. Climatic control of vegetation distribution: the role of the water balance. American Naturalist 135:649-670.

Stephenson, N. L., D. J. Parsons, and H. T. Nichols. 1990. Replies from the fire gods. American Forests 96 (3&4):35,70.

Stephenson, N. L., D. J. Parsons, and T. W. Swetnam. 1990. Effects of fire history on forest structure in sequoia-mixed conifer forests. Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America 71:336.

Takekawa, J. Y., and C. R. Ely. 1990. Distribution of Pacific Flyway greater white-fronted geese in Mexico. U. S. Dep. Int., Fish and Wildl. Serv., Res. Info. Bull. 90-81. 4pp.

Takekawa, J.Y. 1990. San Francisco Bay Aerial Waterfowl Surveys 1988-1990. (Database).

Titman, R.D., M.C. LaGrande, and M.R. Miller. 1990. An evaluation of techniques to measure contour feather molt in ducks. J. Wildl. Manage. 54(2):219-222.

van Wagtendonk, J. W., and D. M. Graber. 1990. Developing a geographic information system for the Sierra Nevada national parks. Proc. Conf. Sci. in the Nat'l. Parks. 8:19-29.

van Wagtendonk, J. W., E. P. DeGraff, J. M. Benedict, and N. Hunze. 1990. Interagency wilderness management: examples from California and Minnesota. P. 270-273 in: Proc. Conf. Manage. Amer. Wilderness. 706 p.

Wylie, G.D., S.E. Finger, and R.W. Crawford. 1990. Toxicity of municipal wastewater effluents contaminated by pentachlorophenol in southwest Missouri. Environ. Pollut. 64: 43-53.

Anderson, C., and T.C. Esque. 1989. Voice recording of the Boreal Owl (Aegolius funereus). On, voices of the New World Owls. J.W. Hardy, B.B. Coffey Jr., and G.B. Reynard, (eds.), Bioacoustic Laboratory of the Florida Museum of Natural History. Cited as Chris Anderson (CA) and Todd Esque (TE) courtesy R.M. Ryder.

Barnum, D.A. 1989. Changing agricultural practices reduce availability of habitat for wintering waterfowl. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Research Information Bulletin 89-21

Berry, K. H. 1989. Gopherus agassizii. Pp. 5-7 in I. R. Swingland and M. W. Klemens (eds.), The Conservation Biology of Tortoises. IUCN/SSC Tortoise and Freshwater Turtle Group. Gland, Switzerland.

Boarman, W.I. 1989. The breeding birds of Alcatraz Island: life on the rock. West. Birds. 20: 19-24.

Cooper, R. J. and D. A. Barnum. 1989. Dietary ecology and time activity budgets of waterfowl and shorebirds on evaporation ponds in the San Joaquin Valley. Report to California Department of Water Resources.

Danielsen, K. C. and W. L. Halvorson. 1989. Valley oak inventory and monitoring at Santa Monica Mountains. Pg 21 in: National Park Service, Highlights of Natural Resources Management, 1988. Natural Resources Report NPS-NR-89-01, National Park Service, Washington, DC.

Davis, G. E. and W. L. Halvorson. 1989. An 'HMO' for Channel Islands national Park. A'lul'quoy 2(1): 14.

Davis, G. E. and W. L. Halvorson. 1989. Why monitor park health? Park Science 9(3): 16-17.

Douglas, C. L. 1989. Tandem tracking for research and resource management. The George Wright Forum, pp. 21-25.

Douglas, C. L., D. L. Jenkins, and C. N. Warren. 1989. Analysis of faunal remains from Lake Mohave and Pinto Period sites of the Mohave Desert. In Early human occupation in the arid West: 12,000-7,000 B.P. Nevada State Museum Anthro, Papers. 28pp.

Duggins, D.O., C.A. Simenstad, and J.A. Estes. 1989. Magnification of secondary production by kelp detritus in coastal marine ecosystems. Science 245:170-173.

Ernst, C.H., R.T. Zappalorti, and J.E. Lovich. 1989. Overwintering sites and thermal relations of hibernating bog turtles, Clemmys muhlenbergii. Copeia 1989:761-764.

Estes, J.A. 1989. Adaptations for aquatic living in carnivores. Pp. 242-282 in J.L. Gittleman (ed.). Carnivore behavior ecology and evolution. Cornell University Press.

Estes, J.A. and P.D. Steinberg. 1989 Response to Domning. Paleobiology 15:57-60.

Estes, J.A., D.O. Duggins, and G.B. Rathbun. 1989. The ecology of extinctions in kelp forest communities. Conservation Biology 3:252-264.

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Fellers, Gary M. 1989. The Natural History of the Point Reyes Peninsula. Review. Wildflower. 1989: 28-29.

Fellers, Gary M. and Charles A. Drost. 1989. Fluorescent powders as a marking technique for reptiles. Herpetol. Review 20(4): 91-92.

Fritts, T.H., N.J. Scott, Jr., and B.E. Smith. 1989. Trapping Boiga irregularis on Guam using bird odors. Journal of Herpetology 23:189-192.

Gilmer, D.S., J.M. Hicks, J.P. Fleskes and D.P. Connelly. 1989. Duck harvest on public hunting areas in California. Calif. Fish and Game 75(3):155-168.

Halvorson, W. L. 1989. Review of the book: North American Terrestrial Vegetation, by Barbour and Billings. Madroño 36(6): 260-261.

Halvorson, W. L. and G. E. Davis. 1996. Chapter 16, Lessons learned from a century of applying research results to management of national parks. Pp 334-344 in Halvorson, W. L. and G. E. Davis (eds), Science and Ecosystem Management in the National Parks. University of Arizona Press, Tucson. 362 p.

Hothem, R. L. 1989. Reproductive success of birds in the Grasslands, 1986. Pages 70-81 In Howard, A. Q. (ed.), Selenium and Agricultural drainage: Implications for San Francisco Bay and the California Environment. Proceedings of the Fourth Selenium Symposium, March 21, 1987, Berkeley, California, The Bay Institute of San Francisco, Sausalito, California.

Hothem, R. L. and H. M. Ohlendorf. 1989. Contaminants in foods of aquatic birds at Kesterson Reservoir, California, 1985. Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 18:773.786.

Howell, J.A. 1989. Geographic Information System plan for Point Reyes National Seashore and Golden Gate National Recreation Area, California. Dept. Inter. Nat. Park Service. Golden Gate NRA. San Francisco, CA. 25 pp.

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Keeley, J.E. 1989. [Book review] The biogeography of fire in the San Bernardino Mountains of California---a historical study, by R.A. Minnich. Madroño 36:287-288.

Keeley, J.E. 1989. A chaparral family shrub --- A genealogy of chaparral ecologists, pp. 3-6. In S. Keeley (ed), California Chaparral: Paradigms Re-examined. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles, Science Series No. 34, Los Angeles, CA.

Keeley, J.E. 1989. Stable carbon isotopes in vernal pool aquatics of differing photosynthetic pathways, pp. 76-81. In P.W. Rundel, J.R. Ehleringer, and K.A. Nagy (eds), Stable Isotopes in Ecological Research. Springer, New York.

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Keeley, J.E. and S.C. Keeley. 1989. CAM in high elevation tropical alpine cacti. Plant, Cell and Environment 12:331-336.

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Kus, B.E. 1989. An evaluation of the suitability of riparian woodlands at the Fallbrook Annex Naval Weapons Station, Seal Beach, as breeding habitat for the least Bell's vireo. Prepared for the Department of the Navy, Western Division. 35 pp.

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Kus, B.E. 1989. Highway construction and wildlife preservation: Is there a compromise? Panel Discussion, SDSU Field Biology Club.

Kus, B.E. 1989. The least Bell's vireo in southern California: Protection and management of an endangered species. Ecology Seminar, U.C. Riverside.

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Lisle, T.E. and M.A. Madej. 1989. Weak bed armoring in a channel with high bedload supply, Redwood Creek, Northwestern California. Transactions of the American Geophysical Union. Vol. 70, No. 15. p. 320.

Longshore, K.M. 1989. Foraging behavior of mountain sheep in the Mojave Desert. Arizona-Nevada Academy of Sciences, Las Vegas, Nevada. 15 April.

Lovich, J.E. 1989. Another exotic turtle record for Hawaii? 'Elepaio (Journal of the Hawaii Audubon Society). 49:86-87.

Lovich, J.E. 1989. The Savannah River Ecology Laboratory Herpetological Museum. Herpetol. Rev. 20:37-38.

Lovich, J.E. 1989. The spotted turtles of Cedar Bog, Ohio: historical analysis of a declining population. Pp. 23-28 in Proceedings of Cedar Bog Symposium II. R.C. Glotzhober, A. Kochman, and W.T. Schultz (eds.). Ohio Historical Society.

Lovich, J.E., and C.H. Ernst. 1989. Variation in the plastral formulae of selected turtles with comments on taxonomic utility. Copeia 1989:304-318.

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McEachern, K. 1989. The ecology of a Great Lakes dunes endemic, Cirsium pitcheri. Proc. Second Indiana Dunes Research Conference: Restoration and Preservation of Great Lakes Coastal Ecosystems, May 18-20, 1989. Indiana University Northwest, Gary, Indiana.

McEachern, K., J. Magnuson and N. Pavlovic. 1989. Preliminary results of a study to monitor Cirsium pitcheri in Great Lakes National Lakeshores. Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore Technical Report, Porter, Indiana.

Miller, K.A. and J.A. Estes. 1989. A western range extension for Nereocystis leutkeana in the North Pacific. Botanica Marina 32:535-538.

Miller, M.R. 1989. Distribution of radio-marked pintails in the Sacramento Valley during winter. Suisun Resource Conservation District Annual Rep. 1989:30-31.

Miller, M.R. 1989. Estimating carcass fat and protein in northern pintails during the nonbreeding season. J. Wildl. Manage. 53(1):123-129.

Miller, M.R. 1989. Shed Those Feathers! Calif. Waterfowl Association Magazine 15(1):23.

Miller, M.R., D.E. Sharp, D.S. Gilmer, and W.R. Mulvaney. 1989. Rice available to waterfowl in harvested fields in the Sacramento Valley, California. California Fish and Game 75(2):113-123.

Ohlendorf, H. M. and R. L. Hothem. 1989. Aquatic birds and selenium in the San Joaquin Valley and San Francisco Bay. Pages 21-33 In Howard, A. Q. (ed.), Selenium and Agricultural Drainage: Implications for San Francisco Bay and the California Environment. Proceedings of the Third Selenium Symposium, March 15, 1986, Berkeley, California, The Bay Institute of San Francisco, Sausalito, California.

Ohlendorf, H. M., R. L. Hothem, and D. Welsh. 1989. Nest success, cause-specific nest failure, and hatchability of aquatic birds at selenium-contaminated Kesterson Reservoir and a reference site. Condor 91:787.796.

Orthmeyer, D. L., J.Y.Takekawa, M. R. Miller, J. P. Fleskes, D. S. Gilmer, M. L. Casazza, L. Strong. 1989. Dynamics of wintering waterfowl habitats in the Sacramento Valley and Sacramento-San Joaquin river delta 1988-1989. Progress report. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center, Dixon Field Station, Dixon,CA. 33pp.

Roosenburg, W.M., T.A. Tuel, J.R. Spotila, E.A. Standora, H.W. Avery and J. Aho. 1989. Population response to stress: Population Structure and movement of largemouth bass in a nuclear reactor cooling reservoir. In: Freshwater wetlands and wildlife, perspectives in natural, managed and degraded ecosystems (R.R. Sharitz and J. W. Gibbons, eds.), National Technical Information Services DOE Symposium Series No. 61.

Schonewald-Cox, C. and T. J. Stohlgren. 1989. Biological diversity and global change: Habitat fragmentation and extinction. pp. 217-224. In R. D. Noble, J. L. Martin and K. F. Jensen (eds.) Proceedings U.S./U.S.S.R. Symposium: Air Pollution and Vegetation Change. U.S.D.A. Forest Service. Northeastern Forest Experiment Station, Broomall, PA, 311p.

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Scott, N.J., Jr. 1989. Book review--Middle American Herpetology by Jaime Villa, Larry David Wilson, and Jerry D. Johnson. Copeia 1989:802-804.

Scott, N.J., Jr., and A.L. Aquino-Shuster. 1989. The effects of freezing on formalin preservation of specimens of frogs and snakes. Collection Forum 5:41-46.

Scott, N.J., Jr., and D.M. Hillis. 1989. Correction of the name of the host of the trematode Lageronia jimenezi Iruegas-Buentello and Salinas-López 1989. Southwestern Naturalist 34:569.

Scott, N.J., Jr., and R.D. Jennings. 1989. Our enigmatic leopard frogs. New Mexico Wildlife 34:6-9.

Scott, N.J., Jr., T.C. Maxwell, O.W. Thornton, Jr., L.A. Fitzgerald, and J.W. Flury. 1989. Distribution, habitat, and future of Harter's water snake, Nerodia harteri, in Texas. Journal of Herpetology 23:373-389.

Stamps, J., A. Clark, P. Arrowood, and B. Kus. 1989. Begging behavior in Budgerigars. Ethology 81:177-192.

Stephenson, N. L. 1989. Sequoias, past and future. Sequoia Bark 16:1.

Takekawa, J.Y., K.A. Gonzalez, D.L. Orthmeyer, J.P. Fleskes, D.S. Gilmer, W.R. Clark, R.B. Frederick, and E.E. Klaas. 1989. Dynamics and energetics of the Pacific greater white-fronted goose population wintering in California. Progress report. Wildlife Research Field Station, Dixon, California. 58 pp.

Williams, M. L., R. L. Hothem, and H. M. Ohlendorf. 1989. Recruitment failure in American avocets and black-necked stilts nesting at Kesterson Reservoir, California, 1984-1985. Condor 91:797.802.

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Avery, H.W. 1988. Roles of diet protein and temperature in the nutritional energetics of juvenile slider turtles, Trachemys scripta. Master's thesis, State University College of New York, Buffalo NY.

Barnum, D.A. and D.S. Gilmer. 1988. Selenium levels in biota from irrigation drainwater impoundments in the San Joaquin Valley, California. Lake and Reservoir Manage 4(2): 181-186.

Bodkin, J. L. and G.B. Rathbun. 1988. Morro Bay dredging project -- sea otter study. Final Report under Intra-Army Order No. E86870050. 15 pp.

Brownell, R.L., Jr., and G.B. Rathbun. 1988. California sea otter translocation: A status report. Endangered Species Tech. Bull. 13(4):1,6.

Burger, J, R. T. Zappalorti, M. Gochfeld, W.I. Boarman, M. Caffrey, V. Doig, S.D. Garber, B. Lauro, M. Mikovsky, C. Safina, and J. Saliva. 1988. Hibernacula and summer den sites of pine snakes (Pituophis melanoleucus) in the New Jersey pine barrens. J. Herpet. 22:425-433.

Burger, J., M. Gochfeld, and W.I. Boarman. 1988. Experimental evidence for sibling recognition in Common Terns (Sterna hirundo). Auk 105: 142-148.

Chow, L. S., P. E. Moore, D. M. Graber, and J. W. van Wagtendonk. 1988. Seasonal movements and distribution patterns of a reintroduced bighorn sheep herd following transplant in the Sierra Nevada, California. Bienn. Symp. North. Amer. Wild Sheep and Goat Counc. 6:210-218.

Danielsen, K. C. and W. L. Halvorson. 1988. Valley oak long-term monitoring handbook. Report to the Superintendent, Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area.

Danielsen, K. C., W. L. Halvorson, and K. F. Schoeber. 1988. Experimental planting of Stipa pulchra seedlings at Paramount Ranch valley oak restoration area. Report to the Superintendent, Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area.

Davis, G. E., W. L. Halvorson, and W. H. Ehorn. 1988. Science and management in U. S. National Parks. Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America 69(2): 111-114.

Douglas, C. L. 1988. Habitat loss and decline of bighorn sheep in the Black Mountains of Death Valley. Desert Bighorn Council Trans. pp.26-30.

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Estes, J.A., and P.D. Steinberg. 1988. Predation, herbivory and kelp evolution. Paleobiology 14: 19-36.

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Gilmer, D.S., J.A. Brass, L.L. Strong, and D.H. Card. 1988. Goose Counts from aerial photographs using an optical digitlzer. Wildlife Society Bulletin 16:204-206.

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Halvorson, W. L., D. B. Fenn, and W. R. Allardice. 1988. Soils and vegetation of Santa Barbara Island, Channel Islands National Park, CA. Environmental Management 12: 109-118.

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Hothem, R. L., R. W. DeHaven, and S. D. Fairaizl. 1988. Bird damage to sunflower in North Dakota, South Dakota, and Minnesota, 1979-1981. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Fish and Wildlife Technical Report 15, 11pp.

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Jennings, M. R. 1988. Origin of the population of Rana aurora draytonii on Santa Cruz Island, California. Herpetological Review, 19(4):76.

Jennings, M. R. 1988. Phrynosoma cerroense. CATALOGUE OF AMERICAN AMPHIBIANS AND REPTILES:427.1-427.2.

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Keeley, J.E. 1988. Allelopathy [book reviews] Allelopathy, by E.L. Rice; The science of allelopathy, by A.R. Putnam and C-S. Tang (eds). Ecology 69:292-293.

Keeley, J.E. 1988. Anaerobiosis and fungi in the germination of two vernal pool grasses. American Journal of Botany 75:1086-1089.

Keeley, J.E. 1988. Bibliographies on Chaparral and the Fire Ecology of Other Mediterranean Systems. Second Edition. California Water Resources Center, Report No. 69, University of California, Davis. 328 p.

Keeley, J.E. 1988. Photosynthesis in quillworts, or why are some aquatic plants similar to cactus? Plants Today 1:127-132.

Keeley, J.E. 1988. Population variation in root-grafting and a hypothesis. Oikos 52:364-366.

Keeley, J.E. and S.C. Keeley. 1988. Chaparral, pp. 165-207. In M.G. Barbour and W.D. Billings (eds), North American terrestrial vegetation. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, U.K.

Keeley, J.E. and S.C. Keeley. 1988. Temporal and spatial variation in fruit production by chaparral shrubs, pp. 457-463. In F. di Castri, Ch. Floret, S. Rambal, and J. Roy (eds), Time-Scales and Water Stress. I.U.B.S., Paris.

Konrad, P.M., and D.S. Gilmer. 1988. Incidence of blackphase plumage in ferruginous hawks nesting in central North Dakota. Journal of Raptor Research 22:92-93.

Kus, B.E. 1988. Age-related differences in anti-predator behavior of wintering shorebirds. Biology Colloquium Series, University of Nevada-Reno.

Kus, B.E. and G. Collier. 1988. The status and management of the least Bell's vireo at the Sweetwater River, San Diego County, California, 1987. Prepared for the California Department of Transportation, District 11. 33 pp.

Kus, B.E., K.L. Miner. 1988. Use of non-riparian habitats by least Bell's vireos,(Vireo bellii pusillus). California Riparian Systems Conference. Davis, California.

Longshore, K. M. and C. L. Douglas. 1988. Vegetational recovery following burro removal in Death Valley National Monument. CPSU/UNLV 035/04. 39pp.

Longshore, K.M. and C.L. Douglas. 1988. Foraging ecology of Mountain sheep in the Mojave Desert: search patterns. George Wright Society Fifth Triennial Conference on Research in the National Parks and Equivalent Reserves, Tucson, Arizona. 14-18 November.

Lovich, J.E. 1988. Aggressive basking behavior in eastern painted turtles (Chrysemys picta picta). Herpetologica 44:197-202.

Lovich, J.E. 1988. Geographic variation in the seasonal activity cycle of spotted turtles, Clemmys guttata. J. Herpetol. 22:482-485.

Lovich, J.E. and W.D. Fisher. 1988. Geographic distribution, Ambystoma maculatum. Herpetol. Rev. 19:17.

Lovich, J.E., and T.R. Jaworski. 1988. Annotated checklist of amphibians and reptiles reported from Cedar Bog, Ohio. Ohio J. Sci. 88:139-143.

McEachern, K. 1988. A simulation model of coal mining effects on cottonwood tree Growth in the Powder River Basin of Wyoming. Technical report to Antelope Coal Company, Douglas, Wyoming; University of Wisconsin - Madison.

McEachern, K. 1988. The role of natural disturbance in structuring dune communities.

Miller, M.R., J. Takekawa, J. Fleskes, and D. Orthmeyer. 1988. U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service continues pintail and white-fronted goose telemetry studies in California. Page 50 in California Waterfowl, Fall 1988.

Ohlendorf, H. M., R. L. Hothem, and T. W. Aldrich. 1988. Bioaccumulation of selenium by snakes and frogs in the San Joaquin Valley, California. Copeia 1988:704.710.

Ozaki, V. L. 1988. Conditions for cold pool formation on Redwood Creek, California. Third Biennial Conference of Research in California's National Parks. U.C. Davis, California. (Madej)

Ozaki, V. L. 1988. Geomorphic and hydrologic conditions for cold pool formation on Redwood Creek, California. Redwood National Park Technical Report 24. National Park Service, Redwood National Park, Arcata, California. 57 pp. (Madej)

Ramotnik, C.A., and N.J. Scott, Jr. 1988 [1989]. Habitat requirements of New Mexico's endangered salamanders. Pp. 54-63 in R.C. Szaro, K.E. Severson, and D.R. Patton (technical coordinators) Management of Amphibians, Reptiles, and Small Mammals in North America. USDA Forest Service, General Technical Report RM-166.

Rathbun, G.B. 1988. Fixed-wing airplane versus helicopter surveys of manatees (Trichechus manatus). Marine Mamm. Sci. 4(1):71-75.

Rathbun, G.B. and R. Fons. 1988. Russelspringer. Pp. 520-531 in B. Grzimek (ed.). Grzimeks Enzyklopadie Saugetiere. Kindler Verlag, Munchen, W. Germany. (In German: "Elephant-shrew", Grzimek's Mammal encyclopedia).

Rathbun, G.B., R.L. Brownell, Jr., K. Ralls, and J. Engbring. 1988. Status of dugongs in waters around Palau. Marine Mamm. Sci. 4(3):265-270.

Riedman, M., and J.A. Estes. 1988. A review of the history, distribution, and foraging ecology of sea otters. Pp. 4-21 in G.R. VanBlaricom and J.A. Estes (eds.). The community ecology of sea otters. Ecological Studies Vol. 65. Springer Verlag, New York.

Riedman, M., and J.A. Estes. 1988. Predation on sea birds by sea otters. Can. J. Zool. 66: 1396-1402.

Russell, William, and K. V. Thimann. 1988. The second messenger in apical dominance controlled by auxin. Plant Growth Substances. Springer-Verlag.

Salwasser, H., C. Schonewald-Cox, and R. Baker. 1988. A protocol for institutional coordination in wildlife conservation. pp. 159-174. In M. E. Soulé (ed.), Viable Populations. Cambridge Press, Cambridge, 189p.

Sanderson, R.A. and J.E. Lovich. 1988. Graptemys barbouri. Cat. Amer. Amphib. Rept. 421.1-421.2.

Schonewald-Cox, C. 1988. Boundaries in the protection of nature reserves. BioScience 38(7):480-486.

Schonewald-Cox, C. 1988. Invited book review of Audubon Wildlife Report, 1987. Conservation Biology 2(4):406-407.

Schonewald-Cox, C. , R. J. Baker and J. W. Bayless. 1988. Applying the population/area model for planning of large mammal translocations. pp. 52-63. L. Nielsen and R. D. Brown (eds.) In Translocation of Wild Animals. Wisconsin Humane Society and Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute. WI, 333p.

Schwalbe, C.R., and P.C. Rosen. 1988. Preliminary report on effect of bullfrogs on wetland herpetofaunas in southeastern Arizona. Pages 166-173 in R.C. Szaro, K.E. Severson, and D.R. Patton (tech. coords.), Management of amphibians, reptiles, and small mammals in North America, Proceedings of the symposium, July 19-21, 1988, Flagstaff, Arizona. USDA Forest Service General Tech. Report RM-166. 458 p.

Scott, N.J., Jr. 1988. Waterfowl and endangered species of the Marismas Nacionales, Sinaloa and Nayarit, Mexico. Pp. 30-31 in G.H. Dalrymple, W.F. Loftus, and F.S. Bernardino, Jr. (eds.) Wildlife in the Everglades and Latin American Wetlands / Abstracts of the Proceedings of the First Everglades National Park Symposium, Miami. Florida International University, the State University of Florida at Miami, and Everglades National Park publishers.

Sonnevil, R. A. 1988. Landslide research in Redwood National Park. Third Biennial Conference of Research in California's National Parks. U.C. Davis, California. (Madej)

Stendell, R.C., D.S. Gilmer, N.A. Coon, and D.M. Swineford. 1988. Organochlorine and mercury residues in Swainson's and ferruginous hawk eggs collected in North and South Dakota, 1974-79. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 10:37-41.

Stephenson, N. L. 1988. Classification and description of the montane and subalpine forest and woodland communities of Sequoia National Park. Final contract report to the Sequoia Natural History Association. 43 pages.

Stephenson, N. L. 1988. Climatic control of vegetation distribution: the role of the water balance with examples from North America and Sequoia National Park, California. Ph.D. dissertation, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY. 295 p.

Stephenson, N. L. 1988. How to build a sequoia grove. George Wright Society Fifth Triennial Conference on Research in the National Parks and Equivalent Reserves, p. 32.

Stephenson, N. L. 1988. Why do coniferous and deciduous forests grow where they do? Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America 69:308.

VanBlaricom, G.R., and J.A. Estes (eds.). 1988. The community ecology of sea otters. Ecological Studies Vol. 65. Springer Verlag, New York.

Avery, H.W. 1987. Temperature and dietary protein affect the growth and energetics of the turtle Pseudemys scripta. American Zoologist 27:123A.

Barnum, D.A., J.T. Flinders, and J.S. Green. 1987. Behavioral modification of reproduction in coyotes. Pages 10-29 in J.S. Green, ed. Protecting livestock from coyotes. A synopsis of research of the Agricultural Research Service. Natl. Tech. Inf. Serv. PB 88 133590/AS. 105 pp. and Materials. Philadelphia, PA.

Bodkin, J. L., G. R. VanBlaricom, and R. J. Jameson. 1987. Mortalities of kelp-forest fishes associated with large oceanic waves off central California, 1982-1983. Environmental Biology of Fishes 18(1):73-76.

Clark, R. and W. L. Halvorson. 1987. Recovery of the Santa Barbara Island Live-Forever. Fremontia 14(4): 3-6.

Clark, Ronilee A. and Gary M. Fellers. 1987. Rare Plants at Point Reyes National Seashore. Fremontia 15(1): 13-16.

Collins, Paul W., Charles Drost, Gary M. Fellers. 1987 Flammulated Owls (Otus flammeolus) on Santa Barbara Island: First Records for the California Channel Islands. Western Birds 17(1): 21-31.

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Danielsen, K. C., W. L. Halvorson, and T. W. Thomas. 1987. Long-term monitoring of valley oak habitats in the Santa Monica Mountains, CA. P. 18 In: Proc. of the Annual Meeting, Southern California Academy Sci.

Davis, G. E. and W. L. Halvorson. 1987. Natural Science Research Plan, Santa Rosa Unit, Channel Islands National Park, California. Report to the Superintendent, Channel Islands National Park.

Douglas, C. L. and H. D. Hiatt, 1987. Food habits of feral burros in Death Valley, California. CPSU/UNLV 25 pp.

Douglas, C. L. and H. D. Hiatt. 1987. Why do bighorn lambs die in the Lake Mead National Recreation Area? pp. 17-31. In Proc. of the Conf. on Sci. in the Nat'I .Parks, Wildlife Management and Habitats. George Wright Society.

Ellstrand, N.C., J.M. Lee, J.E. Keeley, and S.C. Keeley. 1987. Ecological isolation and introgression: Biochemical confirmation of introgression in an Arctostaphylos (Ericaceae) population. Acta Oecologica 8:299-308.

Estes, J.A., and C. Harrold. 1987. Spatial and temporal variation in kelp forest community structure at San Nicolas Island. 4th Biennial Mugu Lagoon/San Nicolas Island Ecological Research Symposium, U.S. Navy, Pt. Mugu, California.

Estes, J.A., and D.R. Lindberg. 1987. Some aspects of limpet ecology in rocky intertidal communities at San Nicolas Island. 4th Biennial Mugu Lagoon/San Nicolas Island Ecological Research Symposium, U.S. Navy, Pt. Mugu, California.

Fellers, Gary M. and Brian W. Arnold. 1987. A Checklist of Amphibians, Reptiles and Mammals of Pinnacles National Monument. Southwest Parks and Monuments Assoc. 6 pp.

Fleskes, J.P. and E.E. Klaas. 1987. Evaluation of waterfowl recruitment at Union Slough National Wildlife Refuge, Iowa. Page 32 in Symposium on the Ecology and Management of Breeding Waterfowl. Aug. 18-22, 1987. Winnipeg, Manitoba.

Fritts, T.H., N.J. Scott, Jr., and J.A. Savidge. 1987. Activity of the arboreal brown tree snake (Boiga irregularis) as determined by electrical outages. Snake 19:51-58.

Fruedenberger, D.O., B.E. Fish, and J.E. Keeley. 1987. Distribution and stability of grasslands in the Los Angeles Basin. Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences 86:13-26.

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Halvorson, W. L. 1987. The concept of prey refugia helps explain vegetation dynamics on the California Channel Islands. Bull. Ecol. Soc. Amer.68(3): 318.

Halvorson, W. L. and D. P. Morris. 1987. Management of archaeological sites on San Miguel Island, including a proposal for further testing of dune stabilization techniques. Report to the Superintendent, Channel Islands National Park.

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Hui, Clifford A. 1987. Power and speed of swimming dolphins. Journal of Mammalogy 68:126-132.

Jennings, M. R. 1987. A biography of Dr. Charles Elisha Boyle, with notes on his 19th century natural history collection from California. Wasmann Journal of Biology, 45(1-2):59-68.

Jennings, M. R. 1987. Annotated check list of the amphibians and reptiles of California (second, revised edition). Southwestern Herpetologists Society, Special Publication (3):1-48.

Jennings, M. R. 1987. Faces from the past: Frederic Morton Chamberlain (1867-1921), pioneer fishery biologist of the American West. Fisheries; A Bulletin of the American Fisheries Society, 12(6):22-29.

Jennings, M. R. 1987. Impact of the curio trade for San Diego horned lizards (Phrynosoma coronatum blainvillii) in the Los Angeles Basin, California: 1885-1930. Journal of Herpetology, 21(4):354-356.

Jennings, M. R. 1987. Life history notes: Rana catesbeiana (bullfrog). Feeding. Herpetological Review, 18(2):33.

Jennings, M. R. 1987. Review of Robert C. Stebbins' "A Field Guide To Western Reptiles And Amphibians (Second Edition, Revised)". California Fish and Game, 73(1):62.

Jennings, M. R. 1987. Status of the western painted turtle (Chrysemys picta bellii) in Arizona. Journal of the Arizona Academy of Science, 22(2):129-133.

Keeley, J.E. 1987. Fruit production patterns in the chaparral shrub Ceanothus crassifolius. Madroño 34:273-282.

Keeley, J.E. 1987. Role of fire in the seed germination of woody taxa in California chaparral. Ecology 68:434-443.

Keeley, J.E. 1987. Ten years of change in seed banks of the chaparral shrubs, Arctostaphylos glauca and A. glandulosa. American Midland Naturalist 117:446-448.

Keeley, J.E. 1987. The adaptive radiation of photosynthetic modes in the genus Isoetes (Isoetaceae), pp. 113-128. In R.M.M. Crawford (ed), Plant Life in Aquatic and Amphibious Habitats. Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford.

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Kelsey, H.M. and M.A. Madej. 1987. Modelling gravel bar mobility and sediment transport as an absorbing Markov process. Transactions of the American Geophysical Union. Vol. 68, No. 44. November 1987. p. 1298.

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Kus, B.E. and K.L. Miner. 1987. Foraging behavior of the least Bell's vireo: use of riparian and non-riparian habitats. Preliminary study. Prepared for Home Capital Corporation.

Lindberg, D.R., K.I. Warheit, and J.A. Estes. 1987. Seasonal predation and prey preference by oystercatchers on limpets at San Nicolas Island, California, USA. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 39:105-113.

Lovich, J.E. 1987. Mountain nightingales: the story of wolves in western Pennsylvania. Mountain J. 5:3-7.

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McAllister, C.T., N.J. Scott, Jr., and B.E. Smith. 1987. Geographic distribution: Cnemidophorus gularis gularis. Herpetological Review 18:20.

Miles, A.K. 1987. Turf assemblage of a Macrocystis kelp forest: experiments on competition and herbivory. Doctor of Philosophy dissertation, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon. 136pp.

Miller, M. R., J. Y. Takekawa, and J. P. Fleskes. 1987. Follow that bird! California Waterfowl 13(2):5.

Miller, M.R. 1987. Fall and winter foods of northern pintails in the Sacramento Valley, California. J. Wildl. Manage. 51(2):403-412.

Miller, M.R. 1987. How much rice is in those fields? Calif. Waterfowl Association Newsletter 12(2):20.

Miller, M.R. 1987. Rice available to waterfowl after harvest in the Sacramento Valley is estimated. U.S. Fish and Wildl. Serv. Research Information Bull. No. 87-113.

Miller, M.R., J.Beam, and D.P. Connelly. 1987. Dabbling duck harvest dynamics in the Central Valley, California - implications for recruitment. Pages 553-569, in M.W. Weller, ed. Waterfowl in Winter: symposium and workshop, Galveston, Texas. 624pp.

Montalbano III, R., D.H. Johnson, M.R. Miller, and D.H. Rusch. 1987. Hunting vulnerability and mortality. Pages 575-579, in M.W. Weller, ed. Waterfowl in Winter: symposium and workshop, Galveston, Texas. 624pp.

Montygierd-Loyba, T.M. and J.E. Keeley. 1987. Demographic structure of Ceanothus megacarpus chaparral in the long absence of fire. Ecology 68:211-213.

Ohlendorf, H. M., R. L. Hothem, T. W. Aldrich, and A. J. Krynitsky. 1987. Selenium contamination of the Grasslands, a major California waterfowl area. Science of the Total Environment 66:169.183.

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Pearcy, R.W., O. Bjorkman, M.M. Caldwell, J.E. Keeley, R.K. Monson, and B.R. Strain. 1987. Carbon gain by plants in natural environments. Bioscience 37:21-29.

Potter, S., V. Ozaki, D. Best, and D. Hagans. 1987. Data Release: Redwood Creek channel cross section changes, 1985-1986. Redwood National Park Technical Report 22. National Park Service Redwood National Park. Arcata, California. 17 pp. (Madej)

Rathbun, G. B. 1987. Seekuhe. Pp. 521-528 in B. Grzimek (ed.). Grzimeks Enzyklopadie Saugetiere. Kindler Verlag, Munchen, W. Germany. (In German: "Seacow", Grzimek's Mammal Encyclopedia).

Rathbun, G. B., J. P. Reid, and Tas'an. 1987. Design and construction of a tethered, floating radio-tag assembly for dugongs. Nat'l. Tech. Info. Serv. No. PB87-161352AS, Springfield, VA. 36 pp.

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Schonewald-Cox, C. 1987. The Role of the National Park Service in Protecting Biological Diversity. Results of the Director's [scientific] Task Force on the NPS Role in Protecting Biological Diversity, Sept. 1986, Report to the Director, 75 pp. (Project leader)

Schonewald-Cox, C. M. 1987. The Boundary Approach: A geographic analysis of design and conservation of nature reserves. Park Science. 7(3):8-9.

Scott, J.M., C.B. Kepler, P.A. Stine, H. Little, and K. Taketa. 1987. Protecting endangered forest birds in Hawaii: the development of a conservation strategy. Pg 348-363. Transactions of the 52nd North American Wildlife & Natural Resources Conference.

Scott, N.J., Jr. 1987. Book review--The peccaries by Lyle K. Sowls. Wildlife Review 205:546.

Shor, W., R. DeLong, C. Faust, A. Fish, S. Hames, J. Howell and A. Hull. 1987. Diurnal raptor migration at the Golden Gate. Western Raptor Migration Symposium. Raptor Research Foundation Conference. Boise, ID. October, 1987.

Smith, D.D., P.A. Medica, and S.R. Sanborn. 1987. Ecological comparison of sympatraic populations of sand lizards (Cophosaurus texanus and Callisaurus draconoides). Great Basin Nat. 47(2):175-185.

Stamps, J., A. Clark, B. Kus, and P. Arrowood. 1987. The effects of parent and offspring gender on food allocation in Budgerigars. Behaviour 101:177-199.

Stephenson, N. L. 1987. Use of tree aggregations in forest ecology and management. Environmental Management 11:1-5.

Takekawa, J. Y. 1987. Energetics of canvasbacks staging on an upper Mississippi River pool during fall migration. Ph.D. Dissertation. Iowa State University. Ames. 189pp.

Turner, F.B., P.A. Medica and R.B. Bury. 1987. Age-size relationships of desert tortoises (Gopherus agassizii) in southern Nevada. Copeia. 1987. (4):974-979.

van Wagtendonk, J. W., and C. A. Sydoriak. 1987. Fuel accumulation rates after prescribed fires in Yosemite National Park. Proc. 9th Conf. Fire and Forest Meteorology. 9:101-105.

Weaver, W.E., D.K. Hagans, and M.A. Madej. 1987. Managing forest roads to control cumulative erosion and sedimentation effects. In: Proceedings of the California watershed management conference. November 18-20, 1986. West Sacramento, California. Report 11. Wildland Resources Center, University of California. Berkeley, California. pp. 119-130.

Wylie, G.D. 1987. Decomposition and nutrient dynamics of litter of Quercus palustris and Nelumbo lutea in a wetland complex of southeast Missouri. Arch Hydrobiol. 111: 95-106.

Wylie, G.D. and J.R. Jones. 1987. Diel and seasonal changes of dissolved oxygen an pH in relation to community metabolism of a shallow reservoir in southeast Missouri. J. Freshwater Ecol. 4(1): 115-125.

Baker, R. and Schonewald-Cox. 1986. Management strategies for improving population viability. pp. 73-87. In B. A. Wilcox, P. F. Brussard, and B. G. Marcot (eds.), The Management of Viable Populations: Theory, Applications, and Case Studies. Unpub. Syllabus used by Center for Conservation Biology, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA.

Berry, K. H. 1986. Desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) relocation: implications of social behavior and movements. Herpetologica 42:113-125.

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Berry, K. H., and F. B. Turner. 1986. Spring activities and habits of juvenile desert tortoises, Gopherus agassizii, in California. Copeia 1986 (4):1010-1012.

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Bodkin, J. L. and R. J. Jameson. 1986. Sea otter mortality as indicated by beach-cast carcasses, along the coast of central California. Abstract. Sixty-sixth Annual Meeting of the American Society of Mammalogists, 15-19 June 1986, Madison, Wisconsin. Abstract No. 275.

Cena, K., J.R. Spotila and H.W. Avery. 1986. Thermal comfort of the elderly is affected by clothing, activity and psychological adjustment. Transactions of the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air-conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE). 96(2a):329-342.

Clark, R. and W. L. Halvorson. 1986. 1986 Rare Plant Study Findings. A Report to the California State Dept. of Fish and Game, Endangered Plant Species Program and the Superintendent, Channel Islands National Park.

Clark, Ronilee A. and Gary M. Fellers. 1986. Rare Plants of Point Reyes National Seashore. CPSU/UCD Technical Report #22, University of California, Davis, vii + 117 pp.

Clarke, M.R., E.L. Zucker, and N.J. Scott, Jr. 1986. Population trends of the mantled howler monkey groups of La Pacifica, Guanacaste, Costa Rica. American Journal of Primatology 11:79-88.

Danielsen, K. C. and W. L. Halvorson. 1986. Long-term Monitoring of Valley Oak Habitats in the Santa Monica Mountains. Report to the Superintendent, Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area.

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Douglas, C.L. and D.M. Leslie. 1986. Influence of weather and density on lamb survival of desert mountain sheep. J. Wildlife Mgmt. 50: 153-156.

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Halvorson, W. L. 1985. Grassland Dynamics, Some Current Thoughts on Manipulation. Report to the Superintendent, Channel Islands National Park.

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Jennings, M. R., and M. P. Hayes. 1985. Pre-1900 overharvest of California red-legged frogs (Rana aurora draytonii), the inducement for bullfrog (Rana catesbeiana) introduction. Herpetologica, 41(1):94-103.

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Keeley, J.E. and A. Meyers. 1985. Effect of heat on seed germination in southwestern Yucca species. Southwestern Naturalist 30:303-304.

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Lovich, J.E. 1985. The spotted turtles of Cedar Bog: a population in decline. 49 pp. Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Division of Natural Areas and Preserves.

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Nagy, K.A. and P.A. Medica. 1985. Altered energy metabolism in an irradiated population of lizards at the Nevada Test Site. Radiation Res. 103(1):98-104.

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Jennings, M. R. 1984. Predation on Sonoran whiptails, Cnemidophorus sonorae (Teiidae), by the great-tailed grackle, Quiscalus mexicanus (Icteridae). Southwestern Naturalist, 29(4):514.

Jennings, M. R., and M. P. Hayes. 1984. The frogs of Tulare. Outdoor California, 45(6):17-19.

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Keeley, J.E., C.B. Osmond, and J.A. Raven. 1984. Stylites, a vascular land plant without stomata absorbs CO2 via its roots. Nature 310:694-695.

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Lovich, J.E. 1984. The status of the spotted turtle at Cedar Bog. 32 pp. Ohio Historical Society.

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Madej, M.A. 1984. Sediment storage in Redwood Creek, northwestern California. Abstract. Transactions of the American Geophysical Union. Vol. 65., No. 16. p. 216.

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Warshall, P., and M. Jennings. 1984. Potential uses of water hyacinths in the Tucson area--an addendum for the Pima County Wastewater Management Department. Office of Arid Lands Studies, College of Agriculture, The University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona. ix+76 pp.

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Keeley, J.E. 1983. Report of diurnal acid metabolism in two aquatic Australian species of Isoetes. Australian Journal of Ecology 8:203-204.

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Mehlhop, P., and N.J. Scott, Jr. 1983. Temporal patterns of seed use and availability in a guild of desert ants. Ecological Entomology 8:69-85.

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Jameson, R. J., K. W. Kenyon, A. M. Johnson, and H. W. Wight. 1982. History and status of translocated sea otter populations in North America. Wildlife Society Bulletin 10:100-107.

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Jennings, M. R., and G. L. Hendrickson. 1982. Parasites of chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) and coho salmon (O. kisutch) from the Mad River and vicinity, Humboldt County, California. Proceedings of the Helminthological Society of Washington, 49(2):279-284.

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Takekawa, J. Y. 1982. The potential for biological control management of forest insects with avian predators. Unpubl. Master's Thesis. University of Idaho. Moscow. 88pp.

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Timm, D.E., M.L. Wege, and D.S. Gilmer. 1982. Current status and management challenges for tule white-fronted geese. Transactions of the North American Wildlife and Natural Resources Conference 47:543-463.

Turner, F.B. and P.A. Medica. 1982. The distribution and abundance of the flat-tailed horned lizard (Phrynosoma mcallii). Copeia. 1982 (4):815-823.

Turner, F.B., P.A. Medica, R.I. Jennrich, and B.G. Maza. 1982. Frequencies of broken tails among Uta stansburiana in southern Nevada and a test of the predation hypothesis. Copeia. 1982. (4):835-840.

Turner, F.B., P.A. Medica. K.W. Bridges, and R.I. Jennrich. 1982. A population model of the lizard Uta stansburiana, in southern Nevada. Ecological Monographs. 52(3):243-259.

van Wagtendonk, J. W., L. Bancroft, G. Ferry, R. French, J.T. Hance, J. Hickman, W. L. McCleese, R. Mutch, F. Zontek, and D. Butts. 1982. Prescribed fire monitoring and evaluation guide. Nat'l. Wildfire Coord. Group. 16 p.

VanBlaricom, G. R. and R. J. Jameson. 1982. Lumber spill in Central California waters: implications for oil spills and sea otters. Science 215:1503-1505.

Wehausen, J. D. and C. L. Douglas. 1982. Bighorn sheep in Lava Beds National Monument: Future Reintroduction potential. 6 pp. Admin. #4.

Wilson, L. L. and C. L. Douglas. 1982. Revised procedures for capturing and reestablishing desert bighorn. Desert Bighorn Council Trans., pp. 1-7.

Wylie, G.D., J.R. Jones, and B.T. Johnson. 1982. Evaluation of the river die-away biodegradation test. J. Water Pollut. Contr. Fed. 54: 1231-1236.

Blake, J. G., C. L. Douglas, and L. F. Thompson. 1981. Spatial variation in transferrin allele frequencies among herds of feral donkeys in Death Valley National Monument, California. J. Mammalogy 62: 58-63.

Coghlan, M. and M.A. Madej. 1981. Main channel response to increased sediment supply, upper Redwood Creek, California. Transactions of the American Geological Union. Abstracts. Vol. 62, No. 45. p. 858.

Collins, J.P., C. Young and J.A. Howell and W.I. Minckley. 1981. Elimination of a Gila topminnow (Poeciliopsis occidentalis, Poeciliidae.) population and other impacts of flooding in a Sonoran desert stream Southwestern Naturalist 26:415-423.

Cowardin, L.M., D.S. Gilmer, and L.M. Mechlin. 1981. Characteristics of central North Dakota wetlands determined from sample aerial photographs and ground study. Wildlife Society Bulletin 9:280-288.

Davis, J. and P.A. Medica. 1981. Geographic distribution: Rhinocheilus lecontei. Herpetological Rev. 12(2):66.

DeHaven, R. W. and R. L. Hothem. 1981. Estimating bird damage from damage incidence in wine grape vineyards. American Journal of Enology and Viticulture 32:1.4.

DeMaster, D.P., J.B. Faro, J.A. Estes, S.J. Taggart, and C. Zabel. 1981. Drug immobilization of walrus (Odobenus rosmarus). Can. J. Fish .Aq. Sci. 38: 365-367.

Douglas, C. L. and D. M. Leslie. 1981. Two kinds of small Indian dogs from Black Mesa, Arizona. Journal of the Arizona Academy of Science 16:88-90.

Douglas, C. L. and K. J. Kingsley. 1981. Bighorn habitat evaluation and management guidelines for the Grapevine Mountains, Death Valley National Monument. CPSU/UNLV 023/01. 39 pp.

Douglas, C.L. 1981. Burro impact on bighorn habitat. Pacific Park Science. Vol. 1 (3):15-16.

Estes, J.A. 1981. Carnivorous mammals: the case of the sea otter. in P.A. Jewell and S. Holt (eds.). The Management of Locally Abundant Wild Mammals, Academic Press, New York.

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Fellers, Gary M. 1981. Historical evaluation and management recommendations for beavers at Lassen Volcanic National Park. CPSU/UCD Technical Report #3 (Institute of Ecology, University of California at Davis) iv + 27 pp.

Fellers, Gary M. 1981. Island Night Lizards. Park Science 1(3): 14.

Fellers, Joan H. and Gary M. Fellers. 1981. The status and distribution of ants in the Crater District of Haleakala National Park. CPSU/UH Technical Report #40 (Department of Botany, University of Hawaii) iv + 14 pp.

Fisher, L.E., J. Hartman, J.A. Howell and D. Busch. 1981. A survey for wintering and migrating bald eagles and critical habitat in the Lower Missouri Region, Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, and Wyoming. USDI. LMR. Denver, CO. 161 pp.

Gilmer, D.S., L.M. Cowardin, R.L. Duval, L.M. Mechlin, C.W. Shaiffer and V.B. Kuechle. 1981. Procedures for the use of aircraft in wildlife biotelemetry studies. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Resource Publication 140. 19 pp.

Hornor, N., J.A. Howell, and K. Wong. 1981. Environmental Assessment: Activities Proposed by the San Francisco Clean Water Program at Ocean Beach, Golden Gate National Recreation Area. USDI. NPS. Golden Gate NRA. San Francisco, CA,. 51 pp.

Hothem, R. L., D. F. Mott, R. W. DeHaven, and J. L. Guarino. 1981. Mesurol as a bird repellent on wine grapes in Oregon and California. American Journal of Enology and Viticulture 32:150.154.

Hui, Clifford A. 1981. Seawater consumption and water flux in the common dolphin Delphinus delphis. Physiological Zoology 54:430-440.

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Jennings, M. R. 1981. Parasites of chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) and coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) from the Mad River and vicinity, Humboldt County, California. Unpublished M.S. Thesis, Humboldt State University, Arcata, California. x+90 p.

Keeley, J.E. 1981. Diurnal acid metabolism in vernal pool Isoetes (Isoetaceae). Madroño 28:167-171.

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Keeley, J.E. and S.C. Keeley. 1981. Post-fire regeneration of southern California chaparral. American Journal of Botany 68:524-530.

Keeley, J.E., B. Morton, B. Babcock, P. Castillo, B. Fish, E. Jerauld, B. Johnson, L. Landre, H. Lum, C. Miller, A. Parker, and G. Van Steenwyk. 1981. Dark CO2-fixation and diurnal malic acid fluctuations in the submerged-aquatic Isoetes storkii. Oecologia 48:332-333.

Keeley, S.C., J.E. Keeley, S.M. Hutchinson, and A.W. Johnson. 1981. Post-fire succession of the herbaceous flora in southern California chaparral. Ecology 62:1608-1621.

Kelsey, H.M., M.A. Madej, J. Pitlick, M. Coghlan, D. Best, R. Belding and P. Stroud. 1981. Sediment sources and sediment transport in the Redwood Creek basin: A Progress Report. Redwood National Park Technical Report Number 3. National Park Service, Redwood National Park. Arcata, California. 114 pp.

Kelsey, H.M., M.A. Madej, J. Pitlick, P. Stroud and M. Coghlan. 1981. Major sediment sources and limits to the effectiveness of erosion control techniques in the highly erosive watersheds of north coastal California. In: Proceedings of a Symposium on Erosion and Sediment Transport in Pacific Rim Steeplands. January 25-31, 1981. Christchurch, New Zealand. IAHS-AISH Publication Number 132. International Association of Hydrological Sciences. Washington, D.C. pp. 493-510.

Koske, R. E. and W. L. Halvorson. 1981. Ecological studies of vesicular arbuscular mycorrhizae in a barrier sand dune. Canadian Jour. Botany 59: 1413-1422.

Leslie, D. M. Jr. and C. L. Douglas. 1981. Status of population modeling of the River Mountain herd. Desert Bighorn Council Transactions 69.

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Madej, M.A. 1981. Impacts and management of steepland erosion: A review. Journal of Hydrology Vol. 20, No. 1, p. 108-111.

Madej, M.A. and H.M. Kelsey. 1981. Sediment routing in stream channels: its implications for watershed rehabilitation. pp. 17-25 in Proceedings, Symposium on Watershed Rehabilitation in Redwood National Park and Other Coastal Areas. R. N. Coats, Ed. Center for Natural Resource Studies of the John Muir Institute. Berkeley, California. 360 pp.

McEachern, K. 1981. Antelope Creek alluvial valley floor assessment. NERCO, Inc., Technical Services Division Technical Report, Portland, Oregon.

McEachern, K. 1981. Dave Johnston Mine reclamation report. NERCO, Inc., Technical Services Division Technical Report, Portland, Oregon.

Medica, P.A., C.L. Lyons, and F.B. Turner. 1981. A comparison of populations of desert tortoises, Gopherus agassizii in grazed and ungrazed areas in Ivanpah Valley, California. Bureau of Land Management. Final Report. 60pp.

Medica, P.A., T.P. O'Farrell, and E. Collins. 1981. Survey of Yucca Mountain, Forty-Mile Canyon, and Jackass Flats in Nye County, Nevada, for desert tortoise, Gopherus agassizii. 1183-2438:1-10.

Pitlick, J. 1981. Organic debris in tributary stream channels of the Redwood Creek basin. Proceedings, Symposium on Watershed Rehabilitation in Redwood National Park and Other Coastal Areas. August 24-28, 1981. Arcata, California. Center for Natural Resource Studies of the John Muir Institute. Berkeley, California. pp.177-190. (Madej)

Powell, J. A., D. W. Belitsky, and G. B. Rathbun. 1981. Status of the West Indian manatee (Trichechus manatus) in Puerto Rico. J. Mamm. 62(3):642-646.

Rathbun, G. B. 1981. Ecology of the golden-rumped elephant-shrew (Rhynchocyon chrysopygus) of Kenya. National Geographic Society Research Reports 12:573-578.

Rathbun, G. B. and K. Redford. 1981. Pedal scent-marking in the rufous elephant-shrew, Elephantulus rufescens. J. Mamm. 62(3):635-637.

Rathbun, G. B., P. Beaman, and E. Maliniak. 1981. Capture, husbandry, and breeding of rufous elephant-shrews. International Zoo Yearbook 21:176-184.

Turner, F.B., P.A. Medica, and C.L. Lyons. 1981. A comparison of populations of desert tortoises, Gopherus agassizii, in grazed and ungrazed areas in Ivanpah Valley, California. Proc. International Herpetological Congress, Oxford, England. Abstract:20-21.

van Wagtendonk, J. W. 1981. The effect of use limits on backcountry visitation trends in Yosemite National Park. Leisure Sci. 4(3):311-323.

Weaver, W. and M. A. Madej. 1981. Erosion control techniques used in Redwood National Park, northern California, 1978-1979. p. 640-645 in Proceedings of a Symposium on Erosion and Sediment Transport in Pacific Rim Steeplands,, Christchurch, New Zealand. International Association of Hydrological Sciences Publication Number 132. Washington, D.C.

Wylie, G.D., and J.R. Jones. 1981. Minimum requirements for sampling benthic algal biomass in streams. Trans. Missouri. Acad. Sci. 15: 39-42.

Allen, G. H., J. Hedgepeth, J. Pandozzi, and M. Jennings. 1980. Rearing Pacific salmon in saltwater ponds fertilized with domestic wastewater; data report -- June 1979-May 1980. Wastewater Aquaculture Project, Fisheries Department, Humboldt State University, Arcata, California. iii+75 pp.

Barnum. D.A. 1980. Investigations of coyote reproductive behavior. Ph.D. dissertation, Brigham Young University

Berry, K. H. 1980. A review of the effects of off-road vehicles on birds and other vertebrates. Pp. 451-467 in R. DeGraff and N. Tilghman (eds.), Management of Western Forests and Grasslands for Nongame Birds: Workshop Proceedings. USDA Forest Service Gen. Tech. Rept. INT-86.

Bury, R. Bruce, C. Kenneth Dodd and Gary M. Fellers. 1980. Conservation of the amphibia of the United States: A review. USFWS Resource Publication 134. Washington, D.C. 34 pp.

Bury, R.B., H.W. Campbell, and N.J. Scott, Jr. 1980. Role and importance of nongame wildlife. Transactions of the North American Wildlife and Natural Resources Conference 45:197-207.

Douglas, C. L. 1980. Studies of bighorn-burro interaction in Death Valley: progress toward the objectives. CPSU/UNLV 006/19. 15pp.

Estes, J.A. 1980. Enhydra lutris. Mammalian Species No. 137, pp. 108, 3 Figs.

Ferguson, E. L. and D.S. Gilmer. 1980 . Small-format cameras and fine-grain film used for waterfowl population studies. Journal of Wildlife Management 44:691-694.

Gatz, T., G.Brucker, W. Otto, S. Rothe, and D.L. Orthmeyer 1980. Wildlife use of irrigation canal rights-of-way in the prairie pothole region of North Dakota. Use of rights of way by wildlife proceedings.

Gilmer, D.S., E.A. Work, Jr., J.E. Colwell, and D.L. Rebel. 1980. Enumeration of prairie wetlands with Landsat and aircraft data. Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing 46:631-634.

Hui, Clifford A. 1980. Variability of dentin deposits in Tursiops truncatus. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 37:712-716.

Jameson, R. J. and B. Csuiti. 1980. Selected vertebrate endangered species of the sea coast of the United States - southern sea otter. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Office of Biological Services, 8 pp.

Kauper, D., N. Stephenson, and T. Warner. 1980. The effect of past management actions on the composition and structure of vegetation in the Grant Tree portion of Grant Grove, Kings Canyon National Park, California. Report to National Park Service, Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks. 95 pages.

Keeley, J.E. 1980. Endomycorrhizae influence growth of blackgum seedlings in flooded soils. American Journal of Botany 67:6-9.

Kus, B.E. 1980. The adaptive significance of flocking among wintering shorebirds. M.S. Thesis. University of California, Davis. 57 pp.

Leslie, D. M. and C. L. Douglas. 1980. Human disturbance at water sources of desert bighorn sheep. Wildlife Society Bulletin 8(4): 284-290.

Leslie, D. M., Jr. and C.L. Douglas. 1980. Human disturbance at water sources of desert bighorn sheep. CPSU/UNLV 010/1 2.

Madej, M.A., H.M. Kelsey and W.E. Weaver. 1980. An evaluation of 1978 rehabilitation sites and erosion control techniques in Redwood National Park. Redwood National Park Technical Report Number 1. National Park Service, Redwood National Park. Arcata, California. 113 pp.

Medica, P.A. 1980. Locality records of Rhinocheilus lecontei in the United States and Mexico. Herpetological Rev. 11(2):42.

Medica, P.A., R.B. Bury, and R. Luckenbach. 1980. Drinking and construction of water catchments by the desert tortoise, Gopherus agassizii, in the Mojave Desert. Herpetologica. 36(4):301-304.

Rathbun, G. B. and M. Gache. 1980. Ecological survey of the night monkey, Aotus trivirgatus, in Formosa Province, Argentina. Primates 21(2):211-219.

Skorupa, J. P., R. L. Hothem, and R. W. DeHaven. 1980. Foods of breeding tricolored blackbirds in agricultural areas of Merced County, California. Condor 82:465.467.

Springer, P.F., and D.S. Gilmer. 1980. Waterfowl research program of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in California. Proc. Great Basin Waterfowl Habitat Symposium. Shasta-Cascade Chapter of the Wildlife Society. 3 pp

Turner, F.B., P.A. Medica, and C.L. Lyons. 1980. A comparison of populations of the desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) in grazed and ungrazed areas in Ivanpah Valley, California. Bureau of Land Management Report. 66pp.

van Wagtendonk, J. W. 1980. Visitation trends in the Yosemite backcountry. Proc. 2nd. Conf Sci. Res. in the Nat'l. Parks. USDI, Nat'l. Park Serv. Trans. and Proc. Series 6:62-76.

van Wagtendonk, J. W. 1980. Visitor use patterns in Yosemite National Park. Journal of Travel Research 19(2):12-17.

van Wagtendonk, J. W., and J. M. Benedict. 1980. Travel time variation on backcountry trails. Journal of Leisure Research 12(2):99-106.

van Wagtendonk, J. W., and J. M. Benedict. 1980. Wilderness permit compliance and validity. J. Forestry 78(1):399-401.

Barnum, D.A., J.S. Green, J.T. Flinders, and N.L. Gates. 1979. Nutritional levels and growth rates of hand-reared coyote pups. J. Mammal. 60:820-823.

Brownell, R.R., Schonewald, C., and R.R. Reeves. 1979. Preliminary Report on World Catches of Marine Mammals, 1966-1975. U. S. Marine Mammal Commission, Washington, DC, Department of Commerce, NTIS. PB-290-173, 363 p.

Collins, J.P., C. Young and J.A. Howell. 1979. The effect of flash flooding on a low desert stream in Arizona. Proceed. Arizona Academy of Sciences, Tempe, AZ.

DeHaven, R. W. and R. L. Hothem. 1979. Procedures for visually estimating bird damage to grapes. Pages 198-204 in J. R. Beck (ed.), Vertebrate Pest Control and Management Materials, Special Technical Publication 680, American Society for Testing and Materials, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Douglas, C. L. 1979. Applied Ecology (review). Ecology 60(2): 442-443.

Douglas, C. L. and C. Norment. 1979. Ecological studies of feral burros in Death Valley. Proc. First Conf. on Sci. Research in the National Parks, Vol. I: 373-383.

Douglas, C. L. and L. D. White. 1979. Movements of desert bighorn sheep in the Stubbe Spring area, Joshua Tree National Monument. Desert Bighorn Council Trans. pp.71-77.

Douglas, C. L. and L. White. 1979. Movements of desert bighorn sheep in the Stubbe Spring area, Joshua Tree National Monument. CPSU/UNLV 002/14. 27pp.

Estes, J.A. 1979. Exploitation of marine mammals: r-selection of K-strategists? Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada 36:1209-1217.

Fellers, Gary M. 1979. Aggression, territoriality, and mating behavior in North American treefrogs. Animal Behaviour 27: 107-119.

Ferguson, E.L., D.S. Gilmer, D.H. Johnson, N. Lyman, and D.S. Benning. 1979. Experimental survey of sandhill cranes in Nebraska. Second International Crane Foundation Workshop, Rockport, Texas, Dec. 1978.

Fisher, L., C. Solomon, J. Howell, and D. Busch. 1979. Threatened and endangered species program 1979-1980. USBR. LMR. Denver, CO. 39 pp.

Gilmer, D.S., J.E. Colwell, and E.A. Work. 1979. Use of LANDSAT for evaluation or waterfowl habitat in the prairie pothole region. Pp. 197-203 in Pecora IV Symposium on Application of Remote Sensing to Wildlife Management. Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Oct. 1978.

Green, J.S., D.A. Barnum, N.L. Gates, and J.T. Flinders. 1979. Coyote laparotomy: in vivo determination of reproductive success. Theriogenology 11:291-296.

Helm, R. C., and C. Schonewald-Cox. 1986. Yellow-bellied marmots and vehicle damage in Mineral King, Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks, California. CPSU/UC Technical Report No. 23. 52 p.

Howell, J.A. 1979. Black-footed Ferret Survey, a preliminary report. USBR. LMR. Denver, CO. 14 pp.

Howell, J.A. and L.E. Fisher. 1979. Peregrine falcon survey on Bureau of Reclamation lands, Lower Missouri Region. USBR. LMR. Denver, CO. 11 pp.

Howell, J.A., A. Reeve, and C. Eben. 1979. Passerine survey Wind Energy Project, Wyoming. USBR. LMR. Denver, CO 19 pp.

Hui, Clifford A. 1979. Correlates of maturity in the common dolphin, Delphinus delphis. Fishery Bulletin, U.S. 77:295-300.

Hui, Clifford A. 1979. Undersea topography and distribution of dolphins of the genus Delphinus in the southern California bight. Journal of Mammalogy 60:521-527.

Jameson, R. J. and A. M. Johnson. 1979. Evidence of annual reproduction among sea otters. Proc. of 3rd Conference on the Biol. Marine Mammals, 7-11 Oct., Seattle, WA (Abstract).

Keeley, J.E. 1979. Population differentiation along a flood frequency gradient: physiological adaptations to flooding in Nyssa sylvatica. Ecological Monographs 49:89-108.

Keeley, J.E. and E.H. Franz. 1979. Alcoholic fermentation in swamp and upland populations of Nyssa sylvatica. Temporal changes in adaptive strategy. American Naturalist 113:587-592.

Keeley, J.E. and S.C. Keeley. 1979. Noteworthy collections Aponogeton distachyus, Stanleya pinnata. Madroño 26:188-189.

Keeley, J.E. and S.C. Keeley. 1979. Noteworthy collections--Aponogeton distachyus, Stanleya pinnata. Madroño 26:188-189.

Kelsey, H.M., W.E. Weaver and M.A. Madej. 1979. Geology, geomorphic processes, land use and watershed rehabilitation in Redwood National Park and vicinity, lower Redwood Creek basin. Guidebook for Geological Society of America Field Trip, April 12-14, 1979. A Field Trip to Observe Natural and Management- Related Erosion in Franciscan Terrain of Northern California. pp. XIII-1 to XIII-18.

Leslie, D. M. and C. L. Douglas. 1979. Desert bighorn sheep of the River Mountains, Nevada. Wildlife Monograph No.66: 1-56.

Leslie, D. M. and C. L. Douglas. 1979. Movements of desert bighorn in the River Mountains of Lake Mead National Recreation Area. Proc. First Conf. on Sci. Research in the National Parks, Vol. I: 373-383.

Leslie, D. M., Jr. and C. L. Douglas. 1979. Desert bighorn sheep of the River Mountains, Nevada. CPSU/UNLV 010/11.

McCleese, W. L., L. Bancroft, G. Ferry, R. French, J.T. Hance, J. Hickman, R. Mutch, J. W. van Wagtendonk, and F. Zontek. 1979. Prescribed fire job qualification guide. Nat'l. Wildfire Coord. Group. 8 p.

McEachern, K. 1979. Population biology of plains cottonwood (Populus sargentii) in northeast Colorado. Undergraduate honor's thesis, University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, Colorado.

Rathbun, G. B. 1979. Rhynchocyon chrysopygus. American Society of Mammalogists, Mammalian Species No. 117:1-4.

Rathbun, G. B. 1979. The social structure and ecology of elephant-shrews. Z. Tierpsychol. Suppl. 20:1-75.

Stephenson, N. L. 1979. Quantitative variation and the ecological role of vulpinic acid and atranorin in the lichen Letharia vulpina. Abstracts, Southern California Academy of Sciences Annual Meeting, p. 13.

Stephenson, N. L., and P. W. Rundel. 1979. Quantitative variation and the ecological role of vulpinic acid and atranorin in the thallus of Letharia vulpina. Biochemical Systematics and Ecology 7:263-267.

van Wagtendonk, J. W. 1979. A conceptual backcountry carrying capacity model. Proc. 1st. Conf. Sci. Res. in the Nat'l. Parks. USDI, Nat'l. Park Serv. Trans. and Proc. Series 5:1033-1038.

van Wagtendonk, J. W. 1979. Use of a wilderness simulator for management decisions. Proc. 1st. Conf. Sci. Res. in the Nat'l. Parks. Trans. and Proc. Series 5:1039-1040.

VanBlaricom, G. R. and R. J. Jameson. Sea otter-canopy kelp relationships in central California: an historical review and a model. Sea otter workshop, Santa Barbara, California, 23 August 1979. P. 12. (Abstract).

Weaver, W. E., H. M. Kelsey, M. A. Madej, D. Hagans and G. Bundros. 1979. Minimizing Concentrated Runoff, Surface Erosion, and Mass Slope Movement in Redwood National Park by Removing Former Logging Haul Roads. Abstracts with Programs. Geological Society of America. Vol. 11, No. 3.

Weaver, W.E., H.M. Kelsey and M.A. Madej. 1979. General History of Redwood National Park: Guidebook for Geological Society of America Field Trip, April 12-14, 1979. A Field Trip to Observe Natural and Management-Related Erosion in Franciscan Terrain of Northern California. pp. IX-1 to IX-3.

Wylie, G.D. 1979. An evaluation of the river die-away biodegradation test. M.S. Thesis. University of Missouri, Columbia. 78 pp.

Zabadal, T. J. and R. L. Hothem. 1979. Mesurol--it's for the birds. Wines and Vines 60(11):38,40.41.

Berry, K. H. 1978. Livestock grazing and the desert tortoise. Trans. North American Wildlife and Natural Resources Conference. 43:505-519.

Berry, K. H. 1978. Tortoises for tomorrow. The Nature Conservancy News 29(6):18-22.

Blake, J. G. and C. L. Douglas. 1978. Albumin polymorphism in the feral asses of Death Valley National Monument, California. American Philosophical Society 9:9-12.

Blake, J. G. and C. L. Douglas. 1978. Albumin polymorphism in the feral donkey of Death Valley National Monument, California. CPSU/UNLV 008/06.

Britton, P. L. and G. B. Rathbun. 1978. Two migratory thrushes and the African pitta in coastal Kenya. Scopus 2(1):11-17.

Cardiff, E. A., S. W. Cardiff, and K. H. Berry. 1978. Forty-first breeding bird census. No. 147. Tamarisk-desert riparian. American Birds 32:105-106.

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Estes, J.A. 1976. Reliability of aerial surveys to assess population abundance of marine mammals. Scientific Consultation on Marine Mammals, ACMRR, RAO, Bergen, Norway, 31 August - 9 September 1976. Abstract published.

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Keeley, J.E. 1973. Cytisus monspessulanus L., established in southern California. Madroño 22:30.

Medica, P.A., F.B. Turner, and D.D. Smith. 1973. Effects of radiation on a fenced population of horned lizards (Phrynosoma platyrhinos) in southern Nevada. J. Herpetology 7:79-85.

Medica, P.A., F.B. Turner, and D.D. Smith. 1973. Hormonal induction of color change in female leopard lizards (Crotaphytus wislizenii). Copeia. 1973 (4):658-661.

Rathbun, G. B. 1973. Meet the golden-rumped elephant-shrew. National Geographic Magazine 145(5):3.

Rathbun, G. B. 1973. Territoriality in the golden-rumped elephant-shrew. East African Wildlife Journal 11(3 & 4):405.

Rathbun, G. B. 1973. The golden-rumped elephant-shrew. African Wildlife Leadership Foundation News 8(3):3-7.

Smith, D.D. and P.A. Medica. 1973. Geographic distribution: Thamnophis cyrtopsis. Hiss News - Jour. 1(5):153.

Turner, F.B., P. Licht, J.D. Thrasher, P.A. Medica, and J.R. Lannom, Jr. 1973. Radiation-induced sterility in natural populations of lizards (Crotaphytus wislizenii and Cnemidophorus tigris). Proc. 3rd Natl. Radioecology Symposium. pp. 1131-1143.

Turner, F.B., P.A. Medica, and D.D. Smith. 1973. Reproduction and survivorship of the lizard, Uta stansburiana, and the effects of winter rainfall, density and predation on these processes. U.S. International Biological Program, Desert Biome Research Memorandum RM 73-26:2.3.2.9.-1 - 2.3.2.9. - 19.

Turner, F.B., P.A. Medica, and D.D. Smith. 1973. Studies of reptiles in Rock Valley. In F.B. Turner (Coordinator) Rock Valley Validation Site Report. U.S. International Biological Program, Desert Biome Research Memo. 73-2:2.2.2.2. -168 -2.2.2.2. -173.

Work, E.A., Jr., D.S. Gilmer, and A.T. Klett. 1973. Preliminary evaluation of ERTS-1 for determining numbers and distribution of prairie ponds and lakes: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Symposium on Significant Results Obtained from the Earth Resources Technology 16 Satellite-1, 2nd, New Carrollton, MD., Mar. 1973, Proc., v.1, sec. A, p. 801-808.

Zedler, P.H. and J.E. Keeley. 1973. A second location for Nolina interrata Gentry (Agavaceae). Madroño 22:214.

Douglas, C. L. 1972. Analysis of faunal remains from Black Mesa: 1968-1970 excavations. App. III, pp. 225-238 In Archaelogical investigations on Black Mesa: 1969-1970 seasons. G. Gumerman et al., Prescott College Press

Douglas, C.L. 1972. Center for Man and Environment, Prescott College. pp.72-75 In Environmental Education: Academia's Response. J. L. Aldrich and E. J. Kormondy Eds., Publ. 35. The Commission on Undergraduate Education in the Biological Sciences.

Douglas, C.L. and R. R. Johnson. 1972. Highways and their impacts on wildlife in the pinyon-juniper-oak woodland and grassland in north-central Arizona Highway Dept. Research Reports, pp. i-iv+ 1-144 (monograph).

Halvorson, W. L. 1972. Environmental influence on the pattern of plant communities along the north rim of Grand Canyon. Amer. Midland Natur. 87: 222-235.

Hothem, R. L. 1972. A review of the life history of the southern flying squirrel, Glaucomys volans, and a late winter study of a population in southeastern Ohio. M.S. Thesis. Ohio State University, Columbus.

van Wagtendonk, J. W. 1972. Fire and fuel relationships in mixed conifer ecosystems of Yosemite National Park. Unpub. Ph.D. dissertation, Univ. Calif., Berkeley. 163 p.

Buss, I.O., and J.A. Estes. 1971. Functional significance of ear pinnae movements in the African elephant. J. Mammal. 52: 21-27.

Douglas, C. L. 1971. Review of: Fish, amphibian and reptile remains from archaeological sites, Part 1: Southeastern and southwestern United States. By Stanley J. Olsen, Papers of the Peabody Museum Archaeol 8 Ethnol., 56(2).

Douglas, C.L. 1971. Review of: The kinds of mankind: An introduction to race and racism. Klass, M. and H. Hellman. J. B. Lippincott Co., Phil. Amer. Biology Teacher.

Douglas, C.L. and L. White, 1971. The effects of highways on wildlife, Part II. Terrestrial vertebrates, pp. 1-16. Arizona State Highway Dept., Phoenix.

Gilmer, D.S., V.B. Kuechle, and I.J. Ball. 1971. A device for monitoring radio-marked animals. Journal of Wildlife Management 35:829-832.

Medica, P.A., G.A. Hoddenbach, and J.R. Lannom, Jr. 1971. Lizard sampling techniques. Rock Valley Misc. Publs. No. 1, 55pp.

Halvorson, W. L. 1970. Topographic influence on the pattern of plant communities, phenology, and water relations of a desert ecosystem. Ph.D. Dissertation, Arizona State University, Tempe. 152 pp.

McDiarmid, R.W., and N.J. Scott, Jr. 1970. Geographic variation and systematic status of Mexican lyre snakes of the Trimorphodon tau group (Colubridae). Los Angeles County Museum Contributions in Science 179:1-43.

Turner, F.B., G.A. Hoddenbach, P.A. Medica, and J.R. Lannom. 1970. The demography of the lizard, Uta stansburiana Baird and Girard, in southern Nevada. J. Animal Ecol. 39:505-519.

Word, J.H. and C. L. Douglas. 1970. Excavations at Baker Cave, Val Verde County, Texas. Texas Memorial Museum, Bull. 16:1-151 (monograph).

Bury, R. Bruce, Gary M. Fellers and Steven B. Ruth. 1969. First records of Plethodon dunni in California and new distributional data on Ascaphus truei, Rhyacotriton olympicus, and Hydromantes shastae. J. Herpetology 3(3-4): 159-161.

Douglas, C. L. 1969. Catfish spines from archeological sites in Texas, Texas Archeology

Douglas, C.L. 1969. Analysis of hairs in Lovelock Cave corprolites, Part I., pp. 1-8. In Archaeological and palebiological investigations in Lovelock Cave, Nevada, by Lewis Napton. The Kroeber Anthro. Soc. Papers, Spec. Pub. 2(6) 1-98.

Douglas, C.L. 1969. Comparative ecology of pinyon mice and deer mice in Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado. Univ. of Kansas Publ. Mus. Nat. Hist. 18:421-504 (monograph).

Douglas, C.L. 1969. Ecology of pocket gophers of Mesa Verde, Colorado. pp. 147-175. In Contributions in Mammalogy: A volume honoring Professor E. Raymond Hall. Univ. Kansas Mis. Nat. Hist. Misc. Publ. 51.

Erdman, J., C.L. Douglas, and J. W. Marr. 1969. Environment of Mesa Verde, Colorado. Archeological Research Series No. 7-8, National Park Service, Washington, pp.1-72 (book).

Turner, F.B., J.R. Lannom, Jr., P.A. Medica, and G.A. Hoddenbach. 1969. Density and composition of fenced populations of leopard lizards (Crotaphytus wislizenii) in southern Nevada. Herpetologica. 25:247-257.

Turner, F.B., P.A. Medica, J.R. Lannom, Jr., and G.A. Hoddenbach. 1969. A demographic analysis of continuously irradiated and nonirradiated populations of the lizard, Uta stansburiana. Radiation Res. 38:349-356.

Turner, F.B., P.A. Medica, J.R. Lannom, Jr., and G.A. Hoddenbach. 1969. A demographic analysis of fenced populations of the whiptail lizard, Cnemidophorus tigris, in southern Nevada. Southwestern Nat. 14:189-202.

Berry, K. H. 1968. Some field observations on the desert spiny lizard, Sceloporus magister Hallowell. M. A. Thesis. University of California at Los Angeles.

Halvorson, W. L. 1968. Environmental influence on the pattern of plant communities along the North Rim of the Grand Canyon. Jour. Ariz. Acad. Sci. (Suppl) 5: 15

Rossmann, D., and N.J. Scott, Jr. 1968. Identity of Helicops wettsteini (Serpentes: Colubridae). Herpetologica 24(3):262-263.

Berry, K. H. 1967. Wildflowers. Pp. 87-106 in Amer. Assoc. Univ. Women, China Lake Branch (eds.), Indian Wells Valley Handbook. 4th edition.

Douglas, C.L. 1967. Development of terminal buds in pinyon pine and Douglas-fir trees. Pearce Sellard Series, No. 8:1-19. Texas Memorial Museum.

Douglas, C.L. 1967. New records of mammals from Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado. Jour. Mammalogy, 48: 322-323.

Halvorson, W. L. 1967. Environmental influence on the pattern of plant communities along the north rim of the Grand Canyon. M.S. Thesis, University of Illinois, Urbana. 47 pp.

Medica, P.A. 1967. Food habits, habitat preference, reproduction and diurnal activity in four sympatric species of whiptail lizards (Cnemidophorus) in south central New Mexico. Bull. S. Calif. Acad. Sci. 66:251-276.

Scott, N.J., Jr. 1967. The colubrid snake, Tropidodipsas annulifera, with reference to the status of Geatractus, Exelencophis, Chersodromus annulatus and Tropidodipsas malacodryas. Copeia 1967(2):280-287.

Taylor, H.L., J.M. Walker, and P.A. Medica. 1967. Males of three normally parthenogenetic species of teiid lizards (Genus Cnemidophorus). Copeia 1967 (4):737-743.

Villa, J., and N.J. Scott, Jr. 1967. Enyaliosaurus in Nicaragua. Copeia 1967(2):474-476.

Dixon, J.R. and P.A. Medica. 1966. Summer food of four species of lizards from the vicinity of White Sands, New Mexico. Los Angeles County Museum Cont. Sci. No.121:1-6.

Douglas, C. L. 1966. Disaster area No. 16357605. The Mustang Vol. 8 (8): 105. Texas Memorial Museum (popular article on predator control).

Douglas, C.L. 1966. Amphibians and reptiles of Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado. Univ. Kansas Publ. Mus. Nat. Hist., 15: 711-744.(monograph).

Douglas, C.L. 1966. The Leaf. The Mustang. Vol. 8(7): 8. Texas Memorial Museum (poem).

Taylor, H.L. and P.A. Medica. 1966. Natural hybridization of the bisexual teiid lizard Cnemidophorus inornatus and the unisexual Cnemidophorus perplexus in southern New Mexico. Univ. Colorado Studies, Series in Biology. No. 22:1-9.

Dixon, J.R. and P.A. Medica. 1965. Noteworthy records of reptiles from New Mexico. Herpetologica. 21:72-75.

Douglas, C.L. 1965. Biological techniques in archaeology. American Antiquity, 31 (Pt. 2): 193-201.

Halvorson, W. L. 1965. An introductory investigation of the toxicity of Larrea tridentata. Saguaroland Bulletin 19(6/7/8): 68-70, 76-78, 88-89.

Medica, P.A. 1965. Altitude record for Gerrhonotus kingi. Herpetologica. 21:147-148.

Nielsen, A. T., D. W. Moore, G. M. Muha, and K. Highberg [Berry]. 1964. 1,1' diacetyl-1,1'-dihydro-4,4' bipyridine and the yellow and colorless modifications of 1,1'-diacetyl-1,1',4,4'-tetrahydro-4,4' bipyridine. Journal of Organic Chemistry 29:2175-2179.

Douglas, C. L. 1963. Apache pocket mouse found in Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado. Southwestern Naturalist, 8:173.

Douglas, C.L. 1963. Population analyses, variation and behavior of Anguispira alternata. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science, 66:186-194.

Douglas, C.L. 1963. Residual premolar roots in pocket mice. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science, 66: 513-515.

Rathbun, G. B. 1963. Common mammals, birds, reptiles, and shrubs of Huddart Park. San Mateo County (Calif.) Department of Parks and Recreation. 12 pp.

Rathbun, G. B. 1963. Common plants and animals of Memorial Park. San Mateo County (Calif.) Department of Parks and Recreation. 19 pp.

Medica, P.A. 1962. The Texas lyre snake, Trimorphodon vilkinsoni, in New Mexico. Herpetologica. 18:65.

Nielsen, A. T., D. W. Moore, K. Highberg [Berry]. 1961. The base catalyzed self-condensation of alpha, beta-unsaturated ketones. Journal of Organic Chemistry 16:3691-3696.

Hui, Clifford A. Lead distribution throughout soil, flora and an invertebrate at a wetland skeet range. The Wildlife Society Annual Conference, Burlington, VT. Sept 6-10, 2003. page 150.

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