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Flight speeds of northern pintails during migration determined by satellite telemetry
Speed (km/hr) during flight is one of several factors determining the rate of migration (km/ day) and flight range of birds. We attached 26-g, back-mounted satellite-received radio tags (platform transmitting terminals; PTTs) to adult female Northern Pintails (Anas acuta) during (1) midwinter 2000–2003 in the northern Central Valley of California, (2) fall and winter 2002–2003 in the Playa Lakes R
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Michael R. Miller, John Y. Takekawa, Joseph P. Fleskes, Dennis L. Orthmeyer, Michael L. Casazza, David A. Haukos, William M. Perry
Spring migration of northern pintails from California's Central Valley wintering area tracked by satellite telemetry: Routes, timing, and destinations
We used satellite transmitters to track the 2000–2003 spring migrations of adult female Northern Pintails (Anas acuta L., 1758) from California's Central Valley, USA. PTT-tagged Pintails departed during late February to mid-March, and 77%–87% stopped first in the region of south-central Oregon, extreme northwestern Nevada, and northeastern California (SONEC). Subsequently, most Pintails used migra
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M. R. Miller, John Y. Takekawa, J. P. Fleskes, D.L. Orthmeyer, Michael L. Casazza, W.M. Perry
Surveys for desert torotises in the Jawbone-Butterbredt Area of Critical Environmental Concern, Eastern Kern County, California
No abstract available at this time
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K. Keith, K. Berry, J. Weigand
Behavior, ecology, and detection surveys of mammalian carnivores in the Presidio
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E. E. Boydston
Post-Cedar Fire Arroyo Toad (Bufo californicus) Monitoring Surveys at Cuyamaca Rancho State Park, 2004. Final Report
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M.B. Mendelsohn, M. C. Madden-Smith, Robert N. Fisher
Waterfowl distribution, movements, and habitat use relative to recent habitat changes in the Central Valley of California: A cooperative project to investigate impacts of the Central Valley Joint Venture and changing agricultural practices on the ecology
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J. P. Fleskes, J.L. Yee, Michael L. Casazza, M. R. Miller, John Y. Takekawa, D.L. Orthmeyer
Fire Effects on the Point Reyes Mountain Beaver (Aplodontia rufa phaea)
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Gary M. Fellers, David Pratt, Jennifer L. Griffin
Southwestern willow flycatcher breeding site and territory summary - 2003
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S.L. Durst, M. K. Sogge, A.B. Smith, S. O Williams, B.E. Kus, S.J. Sferra
Southwestern willow flycatcher breeding site and territory summary - 2004
No abstract available at this time
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S.L. Durst, M. K. Sogge, H.C. English, S. O Williams, B.E. Kus, S.J. Sferra
Mercury in birds of the San Francisco Bay-Delta: trophic pathways, bioaccumulation and ecotoxicological risk to avian reproduction
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S.E. Schwarzbach, T.H. Suchanek, G. H. Heinz, Joshua T. Ackerman, Collin A. Eagles-Smith, T.L. Adelsbach, John Y. Takekawa, A.K. Miles, D. J. Hoffman, S.E. Wainwright-De La Cruz, S.E. Spring, M.A. Ricca, T. Maurer
Are diseases increasing in the ocean?
Many factors (climate warming, pollution, harvesting, introduced species) can contribute to disease outbreaks in marine life. Concomitant increases in each of these makes it difficult to attribute recent changes in disease occurrence or severity to any one factor. For example, the increase in disease of Caribbean coral is postulated to be a result of climate change and introduction of terrestrial
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Kevin D. Lafferty, James W. Porter, Susan E. Ford