Publications
Below is a list of WERC's peer-reviewed publications. If you are searching for a specific publication and cannot find it in this list, please contact werc_web@usgs.gov
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Elk-effects vegetation monitoring program for Tomales Point Elk Range, Point Reyes National Seashore, California
The monitoring program for elk effects on Tomales Point vegetation is designed to provide information on how tule elk grazing affects plant communities and rare species. The basic objective of the program is to show whether the elk are driving the vegetation into an unacceptable state by their grazing. The expectation is that as elk numbers increase, grazing pressure will increase too, resulting i
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Kathryn McEachern, Marcia Semenoff-Irving, Pamela van der Leeden
Amphibians and reptiles of the Sierra de Alamos
No abstract available at this time
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C. R. Schwalbe, C.H. Lowe
Role of fire in regeneration from seed
The effects of fire on seed germination and plant regeneration are discussed. Among the topics considered are the triggering of opening of serotinous fruits or cones by fire, the breaking of dormancy in seeds in the soil seed bank, the effects of smoke on germination, and the role of fire in initiating seedling recruitment by opening gaps in closed vegetation.
Authors
Jon E. Keeley, C. J. Fotheringham
Conservation of freshwater turtles
No abstract available.
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V.J. Burke, J.E. Lovich, J.W. Gibbons
Group travel in social carnivores
No abstract available.
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K.E. Holekamp, E. E. Boydston, L. Smale