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Disharmonic drape folds in the highly attenuated Colo­ rado River extensional corridor, California and Arizona

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B.E. John, K. A. Howard

Island Night Lizard

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Robert L. Bezy, G. M. Fellers, W.J. Mautz

Cyanobacterial-lichen soil crusts of San Nicolas Island

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J. Belnap

Predators of the Whitetail

white-tailed deer have long been important prey for large predators. Before Europeans colonized North America, deer roaming the forested region east of the Great Plains and areas along the Gulf of Mexico were hunted by wolves and mountain lions, and by Native Americans for food and clothing materials. Today, wolves and mountain lions are largely gone from the white-tailed deer range of the easte
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Daniel B. Fagre

Evolution of instream flow habitat modelling

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C. B. Stalnaker

Reintroduction of the black-footed ferret (Mustela nigripes)

The black-footed ferret (Mustela nigripes) (Figure 27.1) is a small, secretive, nocturnal member of the family Mustelidae (Hall, 1981; Honacki, Kurman and Koeppl, 1982). Ferrets have an obligate dependence on the prairie dog (Cynomys spp.) community, utilizing the prairie dog for food and its burrows for shelter (Campbell et al., 1987).
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B. Miller, D. Biggins, L. Hanebury, A. Vargas

Effects of mesoscale vegetation distributions in mountainous terrain on local climate

Even a casual observer from an aircraft will note the varied landscape of mountainous terrain. These variations in land surface include the terrain features themselves as well as patchiness from different vegetation types, surface geology, urbanization, etc. There are two major questions related to climate system dynamics that need to be addressed concerning this landscape heterogeneity:(i) how wo
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R. A. Pielke, T. J. Lee, Timothy G.F. Kittel, T. N. Chase, J. M. Cram, Jill Baron

Graptemys ernsti, Escambia map turtle

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Jeffrey E. Lovich, C. J. McCoy

Restoration of woodland caribou to the Lake Superior region

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P. J. P. Gogan, J. F. Cochrane

Ecological impact assessment

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Authors
Joe Truett, Henry L. Short, Samuel C. Williamson
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Ecosystems Mission Area, National Wildlife Health Center, Office of Science Quality and Integrity

Vegetation sampling and measurement

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K. F. Higgins, J. L. Oldemeyer, K. J. Jenkins, G. K. Clambey, R. F. Harlow

Evaluation of causes of wildlife mortality

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Milton Friend, Louis N. Locke, Thomas J. Roffe