Publications
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Interspecific interactions in trematode communities
This chapter reviews the behavioural ecology of trematodes, focusing on intramolluscular stages. Interspecific competitive interactions, their frequency, dominance hierarchies and resolutions are discussed. Strategies employed by larval trematode species to adapt to a hostile, competitive environment, how these adaptations shape larval trematode communities, and how altered trematode communities c
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Kevin D. Lafferty
Grasses, mallows, desert vine, and more: Diet of the desert tortoise in Arizona and Sonora
No abstract available.
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T. R. Van Devender, 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
Alien annual plants and their relationships to fire and biotic change in Sonoran Desertscrub
No abstract available.
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T. C. Esque, C. R. Schwalbe
Fire ecology of the Sonoran desert tortoise
No abstract available.
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Todd C. Esque, Alberto Burquez Montijo, Cecil R. Schwalbe, Thomas R. Van Devender, Pamela J. Anning, Michelle J. Nijhuis
September-March survival of female northern pintails radiotagged in San Joaquin Valley, California
To improve understanding of pintail ecology, we radiotagged 191 hatch-year (HY) and 228 after-hatch-year (AHY) female northern pintails (Anas acuta) in the San Joaquin Valley (SJV), and studied their survival throughout central California, USA, during September-March, 1991-1994. We used adjusted Akaike Information Criterion (AICc) values to contrast known-fate models and examine variation in survi
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Joseph P. Fleskes, D.M. Jarzen, David S. Gilmer
Kelp forest ecosystems: Biodiversity, stability, resilience and future
Kelp forests are phyletically diverse, structurally complex and highly productive components of coldwater rocky marine coastlines. This paper reviews the conditions in which kelp forests develop globally and where, why and at what rate they become deforested. The ecology and long archaeological history of kelp forests are examined through case studies from southern California, the Aleutian Islands
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Robert S. Steneck, Michael H. Graham, Bruce J. Bourque, Debbie Corbett, Jon M. Erlandson, James A. Estes, M. J. Tegner
Fire and invasives in mediterranean-climate ecosystems of California
No abstract available.
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J. E. Keeley
Elk-Effects Vegetation Monitoring Program for Tomales Point Elk Range, Point Reyes National Seashore, California
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K. McEachern, M. Semenoff-Irving, P. van der Leeden
Topography and flooding of coastal ecosystems on the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, Alaska: Implications for sea level rise
We measured surface elevations, stage of annual peak flooding, and sedimentation along 10 toposequences across coastal ecosystems on the Yukon-Kuskokwim (Y-K) Delta in western Alaska during 1994-1998 to assess some of the physical processes affecting ecosystem distribution. An ecotype was assigned to each of 566 points, and differences in elevations among 24 ecotypes were analyzed within individua
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Torre Jorgenson, Craig R. Ely