Publications
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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.
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J.E. Lovich, W.D. Fisher
Predation by ermine and long-tailed weasels on duck eggs
No abstract available.
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J. P. Fleskes
Science and management in U. S. National Parks
No abstract available.
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G.E. Davis, W. L. Halvorson, W.H. Ehorn
A double survey estimate for sighting probability of sea otters in California
No abstract available.
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J. A. Estes, R.J. Jameson
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
Origin of the population of Rana aurora draytonii on Santa Cruz Island, California
No abstract available.
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M.R. Jennings
Status of dugongs in waters around Palau
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G. B. Rathbun, R.L. Brownell, K. Ralls, J. Engbring
California sea otter translocation: A status report
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R.L. Brownell, G. B. Rathbun