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Soils and vegetation of Santa Barbara Island, Channel Islands National Park, CA

The multifaceted development of an erosion surface on Santa Barbara Island, Channel Islands National Park, California, has led to this study of the relationship between soils and vegetation. A dry Mediterranean climate and past attempts at farming and introductions of alien species have led to vegetative degradation accompanied by both gully and surface erosion. Soil and vegetation analyses show t
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W. L. Halvorson, D.B. Fenn, W.R. Allardice

Geographic distribution, Ambystoma maculatum

No abstract available.
Authors
J.E. Lovich, W.D. Fisher

Science and management in U. S. National Parks

No abstract available.
Authors
G.E. Davis, W. L. Halvorson, W.H. Ehorn

Hibernacula and summer den sites of pine snakes (Pituophis melanoleucus) in the New Jersey pine barrens

We examined eight summer dens (used only in summer) and seven hibernacula (occupied both in winter and summer) of the snake Pituophis melanoleucus in the New Jersey Pine Barrens, comparing above ground characteristics of hibernacula and summer dens with characteristics at nearby random points. Temperatures at the soil surface and at 10 cm depth were significantly warmer, and there was less leaf co
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J. Burger, R.T. Zappalorti, M. Gochfeld, W.I. Boarman, M. Caffrey, V. Doig, S.D. Garber, B. Lauro, M. Mikovsky, C. Safina, Jorge Saliva

Penguin Swimming I. Hydrodynamics

No abstract available.
Authors
Clifford A. Hui

Status of dugongs in waters around Palau

No abstract available.
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G. B. Rathbun, R.L. Brownell, K. Ralls, J. Engbring

California sea otter translocation: A status report

No abstract available.
Authors
R.L. Brownell, G. B. Rathbun

Memory

No abstract available at this time
Authors
J. A. Howell