Publications
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Ten years of change in seed banks of the chaparral shrubs, Arctostaphylos glauca and A. glandulosa
In 1 decade, more than 107 seeds/ha were dispersed by two species of Arctostaphylos in a stand of chaparral. At the end of this decade no significant change in the size of the soil seed bank was detected for either species. Previous studies suggest that predation by ground-dwelling rodents limits the accumulation of seeds in the soil.
Authors
Jon E. Keeley
Faces from the past: Frederic Morton Chamberlain (1867-1921), pioneer fishery biologist of the American West
The life of Frederic Morton Chamberlain (1867–1921) was marked by his many contributions to fishery science. As an assistant with the old U.S. Bureau of Fisheries, he pioneered life history studies of salmon in California and Alaska, and assisted in the collection of hundreds of thousands of natural history specimens from the Pacific Ocean as resident naturalist on the U.S.S. Albatross. He was inn
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M.R. Jennings
Status of the western painted turtle (Chrysemys picta bellii) in Arizona
No abstract available.
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M.R. Jennings
Distribution and stability of grasslands in the Los Angeles Basin
No abstract available.
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D.O. Fruedenberger, B.E. Fish, J. E. Keeley
Residence times of channel-stored sediment in Redwood Creek, northwestern California
No abstract available at this time
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Mary Ann Madej
Follow that bird!
No abstract available at this time
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M. R. Miller, John Y. Takekawa, J. P. Fleskes
The concept of prey refugia helps explain vegetation dynamics on the California Channel Islands
No abstract available.
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W. L. Halvorson
[Book review] A field guide to western reptiles and amphibians (Second Edition, Revised), by Robert C. Stebbins and Roger Tory Peterson
Review of: A Field Guide to Western Reptiles and Amphibians (Peterson Field Guides, No. 16). Robert C. Stebbins and Roger Tory Peterson. Houghton Mifflin; 2nd Revised edition (June 10, 1985). 448 pages. ISBN: 978-0395382530.
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M.R. Jennings
[Book review] The Peccaries, by Lyle K. Sowls
Review of: The Peccaries. By Lyle K. Sowls. University of Arizona Press (September 1984). 240 pages. ISBN-10: 0816508224, ISBN-13: 978-0816508228.
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N. J. Scott
Power and speed of swimming dolphins
The belief that dolphins have an extraordinary ability to generate propulsive power or can modify the water flow over their bodies to the low-resistance laminar flow is pervasive in the perception of the animals by the public and by some of the biology communities. I analyzed measured swimming speeds for dolphins of the Stenella-Delphinus morphology. A conservative hydrodynamics model equivalent t
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Clifford A. Hui
Foraging strategies of Glaucous-winged Gulls in rocky intertidal communities
No abstract available.
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David B. Irons, Robert G. Anthony, James A. Estes
Demographic structure of chaparral under extended fire-free conditions
No abstract available.
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J. E. Keeley, A. Brooks, T. Bird, S. Cory, H. Parker, E. Usinger