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Climate impacts to inland fishes: Shifting research topics over time
Dive characteristics of Common Loons wintering in the Gulf of Mexico and off the southern U.S. Atlantic coast
Gap analysis: A proposed methodology to describe and map historical and contemporary populations and habitats
Mid-contract management alters conservation reserve program vegetation in the central and western United States
Highly pathogenic avian influenza A(H5N1) virus clade 2.3.4.4b infections in wild terrestrial mammals, United States, 2022
Lactation performance in polar bears is associated with fasting time and energetic state
Visitor use and activities detected using trail cameras at forest restoration sites
Prediction of the probability of elevated nitrate concentrations at groundwater depths used for drinking-water supply in the Puget Sound basin, Washington, 2004–19
Changes in phosphorus and suspended solids loading in the Fox River, northeastern Wisconsin, 1989–2021
Cold-water corals of the world: Gulf of Mexico
Utilizing high-resolution genetic markers to track population-level exposure of migratory birds to renewable energy development
With new motivation to increase the proportion of energy demands met by zero-carbon sources, there is a greater focus on efforts to assess and mitigate the impacts of renewable energy development on sensitive ecosystems and wildlife, of which birds are of particular interest. One challenge for researchers, due in part to a lack of appropriate tools, has been estimating the effects from such develo