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Species account: Lepus californicus (Black-tailed jackrabbit)
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Erik A. Beever
Species account: Lepus townsendii (White-tailed jackrabbit)
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Erik A. Beever
Species account: Ochotona princeps (American pika)
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Erik A. Beever, Chittaranjan Ray, Andrew T. Smith
Species account: Sylvilagus nuttallii (Mountain cottontail)
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Erik A. Beever, Eveline A. Larrucea
Tectonic evolution
The middle Paleozoic through Present tectonic evolution of the Northern Cordillera is portrayed in a series of 15 Tectonic Model figures. These figures depict the successive stages of formation and accretion of orogenic collages along the western margin of the North American Plate (craton and craton margin) and adjacent marine areas. The orogenic collages are composed of terranes and overlap assem
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Warren J. Nokleberg, James W.H. Monger, David B. Stone, Thomas K. Bundtzen, David W. Scholl
The history of late holocene surface-faulting earthquakes on the central segments of the Wasatch fault zone, Utah
The Wasatch fault (WFZ)—Utah’s longest and most active normal fault—forms a prominent eastern boundary to the Basin and Range Province in northern Utah. To provide paleoseismic data for a Wasatch Front regional earthquake forecast, we synthesized paleoseismic data to define the timing and displacements of late Holocene surface-faulting earthquakes on the central five segments of the WFZ. Our analy
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Christopher DuRoss, Stephen Personius, Susan S Olig, Anthony J. Crone, Michael D. Hylland, William R. Lund, David P. Schwartz
The response of arid soil communities to climate change: Chapter 8
Arid and semiarid ecosystems cover approximately 40% of Earth’s terrestrial surface and are present on each of the planet’s continents [1]. Drylands are characterized by their aridity, but there is substantial geographic, edaphic, and climatic variability among these vast ecosystems, and these differences underscore substantial variation in dryland soil microbial communities, as well as in the fut
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Blaire Steven, Theresa Ann McHugh, Sasha C. Reed
Water quality and natural resources in the Green River Basin
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Brad D. Lee, Tanja N. Williamson, Angela S. Crain
Habitat and diet of equids
In this chapter, we present information from studies of equids and their
habitat use across various habitat types. We provide a synthesis of the scientific
literature on equid habitat selection, home range, and movements, water needs,
and diet.
Authors
Kathryn A. Schoenecker, Sarah R.B. King, Megan K. Nordquist, Nandintsetseg Dejid, Quing Cao
Fire and drought
Historical and presettlement relationships between drought and wildfire have been well documented in much of North America, with forest fire occurrence and area burned clearly increasing in response to drought. Drought interacts with other controls (forest productivity, topography, and fire weather) to affect fire intensity and severity. Fire regime characteristics (area, frequency, severity) are
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Jeremy S. Littell, David L. Peterson, Karin L. Riley, Yongquiang Q. Liu, Charles H. Luce
Participatory modeling and structured decision making
Structured decision making (SDM) provides a framework for making sound decisions even when faced with uncertainty, and is a transparent, defensible, and replicable method used to understand complex problems. A hallmark of SDM is the explicit incorporation of values and science, which often includes participation from multiple stakeholders, helping to garner trust and ultimately result in a decisio
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Kelly F. Robinson, Angela K. Fuller
Resource potential for commodities in addition to Uranium in sandstone-hosted deposits
Sandstone-hosted deposits mined primarily for their uranium content also have been a source of vanadium and modest amounts of copper. Processing of these ores has also recovered small amounts of molybdenum, rhenium, rare earth elements, scandium, and selenium. These deposits share a generally common origin, but variations in the source of metals, composition of ore-forming solutions, and geologic
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George N. Breit