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Full-Text Articles in Natural Resources and Conservation
Assessment Of Irrigation Physics In A Land Surface Modeling Framework Using Non-Traditional And Human-Practice Datasets, Paticia M. Lawston, Joseph A. Santanello Jr., Trenton E. Franz, Matthew Rodell
Assessment Of Irrigation Physics In A Land Surface Modeling Framework Using Non-Traditional And Human-Practice Datasets, Paticia M. Lawston, Joseph A. Santanello Jr., Trenton E. Franz, Matthew Rodell
School of Natural Resources: Faculty Publications
Irrigation increases soil moisture, which in turn controls water and energy fluxes from the land surface to the planetary boundary layer and determines plant stress and productivity. Therefore, developing a realistic representation of irrigation is critical to understanding land–atmosphere interactions in agricultural areas. Irrigation parameterizations are becoming more common in land surface models and are growing in sophistication, but there is difficulty in assessing the realism of these schemes, due to limited observations (e.g., soil moisture, evapotranspiration) and scant reporting of irrigation timing and quantity. This study uses the Noah land surface model run at high resolution within NASA’s Land …
Unusual Aerobic Performance At High Temperatures In Juvenile Chinook Salmon, Oncorhynchus Tshawytscha, Jamilynn B. Poletto, Dennis E. Cocherell, Sarah E. Baird, Trinh X. Nguyen, Valentina Cabrera-Stagno, Anthony P. Farrell, Nann A. Fangue
Unusual Aerobic Performance At High Temperatures In Juvenile Chinook Salmon, Oncorhynchus Tshawytscha, Jamilynn B. Poletto, Dennis E. Cocherell, Sarah E. Baird, Trinh X. Nguyen, Valentina Cabrera-Stagno, Anthony P. Farrell, Nann A. Fangue
School of Natural Resources: Faculty Publications
Understanding how the current warming trends affect fish populations is crucial for effective conservation and management. To help define suitable thermal habitat for juvenile Chinook salmon, the thermal performance of juvenile Chinook salmon acclimated to either 15 or 19°C was tested across a range of environmentally relevant acute temperature changes (from 12 to 26°C). Swim tunnel respirometers were used to measure routine oxygen uptake as a measure of routine metabolic rate (RMR) and oxygen uptake when swimming maximally as a measure of maximal metabolic rate (MMR) at each test temperature. We estimated absolute aerobic scope (AAS = MMR − RMR), …
Nest Site Selection And Nest Survival Of Greater Prairie-Chickens Near A Wind Energy Facility, Jocelyn Olney Harrison, Mary B. Brown, Larkin A. Powell, Walter H. Schacht, Jennifer A. Smith
Nest Site Selection And Nest Survival Of Greater Prairie-Chickens Near A Wind Energy Facility, Jocelyn Olney Harrison, Mary B. Brown, Larkin A. Powell, Walter H. Schacht, Jennifer A. Smith
School of Natural Resources: Faculty Publications
Rapid development of wind energy facilities in the Great Plains of North America has raised concerns regarding their potential negative impact on the nesting ecology of Greater Prairie-Chickens (Tympanuchus cupido pinnatus). We investigated the effects of a pre-existing, 36-turbine wind energy facility on nest site selection and nest survival of Greater Prairie-Chickens in the unfragmented grasslands of the Nebraska Sandhills, USA. In 2013 and 2014, we monitored 91 nests along a 24-km disturbance gradient leading away from the wind energy facility. We found little evidence of an effect of the wind energy facility on Greater Prairie-Chicken nest site …
Defining Ecological Drought For The Twenty-First Century, Shelley D. Crausbay, Aaron R. Ramirez, Shawn L. Carter, Molly S. Cross, Kimberly R. Hall, Deborah J. Bathke, Julio L. Betancourt, Steve Colt, Amanda E. Cravens, Melinda S. Dalton, Jason B. Dunham, Lauren E. Hay, Michael J. Hayes, Jamie Mcevoy, Chad A. Mcnutt, Max A. Moritz, Keith H. Nislow, Nejem Raheem, Todd Sanford
Defining Ecological Drought For The Twenty-First Century, Shelley D. Crausbay, Aaron R. Ramirez, Shawn L. Carter, Molly S. Cross, Kimberly R. Hall, Deborah J. Bathke, Julio L. Betancourt, Steve Colt, Amanda E. Cravens, Melinda S. Dalton, Jason B. Dunham, Lauren E. Hay, Michael J. Hayes, Jamie Mcevoy, Chad A. Mcnutt, Max A. Moritz, Keith H. Nislow, Nejem Raheem, Todd Sanford
School of Natural Resources: Faculty Publications
THE RISING RISK OF DROUGHT. Droughts of the twenty-first century are characterized by hotter temperatures, longer duration, and greater spatial extent, and are increasingly exacerbated by human demands for water. This situation increases the vulnerability of ecosystems to drought, including a rise in drought-driven tree mortality globally (Allen et al. 2015) and anticipated ecosystem transformations from one state to another—for example, forest to a shrubland (Jiang et al. 2013). When a drought drives changes within ecosystems, there can be a ripple effect through human communities that depend on those ecosystems for critical goods and services (Millar and Stephenson 2015). For …
Book Review: Ecology And Conservation Of Lesser Prairie-Chickens, Edited By David A. Haukos And Clint W. Boal. 2016., Larkin Powell
Book Review: Ecology And Conservation Of Lesser Prairie-Chickens, Edited By David A. Haukos And Clint W. Boal. 2016., Larkin Powell
School of Natural Resources: Faculty Publications
Scholars, conservationists, policymakers, and students will find critical information and a detailed case study on an avian species of conservation concern in this edited volume. Haukos and Boal have gathered work by 29 contributing authors in a well-designed set of 18 chapters that showcases current information about the Lesser Prairie-Chicken (Tympanuchus pallidicinctus). The book is timely in covering this species, which has found itself in the throes of the court system recently, having been designated with federal protection as a threatened species in 2014, only to have the courts vacate the listing rule in 2015, just as this volume went …
Modeling With A Conceptual Representation: Is It Necessary? Does It Work?, Rebecca C. Jordan, Steven Gray, Amanda E. Sorensen, Samantha Pasewark, Suparna Sinha, Cindy E. Hmelo-Silver
Modeling With A Conceptual Representation: Is It Necessary? Does It Work?, Rebecca C. Jordan, Steven Gray, Amanda E. Sorensen, Samantha Pasewark, Suparna Sinha, Cindy E. Hmelo-Silver
School of Natural Resources: Faculty Publications
In response to recent educational imperatives in the United States, modeling and systems thinking have been identified as being critical for science learning. In this paper, we investigate models in the classroom from two important perspectives: (1) from the teacher perspective to understand how teachers perceive models and use models in the classroom and (2) from the students perspective to understand how student use model-based reasoning to represent their understanding in a classroom setting. Qualitative data collected from 19 teachers who attended a professional development workshop in the northeastern United States indicate that while teachers see the value in teaching …
Reframing Communication About Zika And Mosquitoes To Increase Disease Prevention Behavior, Amanda E. Sorensen, Rebecca C. Jordan, Shannon Ladeau
Reframing Communication About Zika And Mosquitoes To Increase Disease Prevention Behavior, Amanda E. Sorensen, Rebecca C. Jordan, Shannon Ladeau
School of Natural Resources: Faculty Publications
Emergence of invasive vector species and the diseases they carry present a clear danger to the public as well as a challenge for scientists and experts to control effectively. Given the urgent need to address this phenomenon, we suggest that desired public action toward these invasive vectors can be motivated through intentional framing in science communication. In this paper, we sought to evaluate the effect of framing about ZIKV (Zika virus) on reported willingness to comply with mosquito prevention action. Post framing intervention, we found a significant increase (N = 26, p < 0.001) in individuals willing to take preventative action against mosquitoes. By methodically investigating best communication practices, this study and others can help practitioners mobilize communities to address large-scale ecological problems. Additionally, the principles outlined here may be transferrable to other communication efforts about ecological issues outside of ZIKV and mosquitoes.
Ecology And Conservation Of Lesser Prairie-Chickens, Larkin A. Powell
Ecology And Conservation Of Lesser Prairie-Chickens, Larkin A. Powell
School of Natural Resources: Faculty Publications
Scholars, conservationists, policymakers, and students will find critical information and a detailed case study on an avian species of conservation concern in this edited volume. Haukos and Boal have gathered work by 29 contributing authors in a well-designed set of 18 chapters that showcases current information about the Lesser Prairie-Chicken (Tympanuchus pallidicinctus). The book is timely in covering this species, which has found itself in the throes of the court system recently, having been designated with federal protection as a threatened species in 2014, only to have the courts vacate the listing rule in 2015, just as this …
Culturally Induced Range Infilling Of Eastern Redcedar: A Problem In Ecology, An Ecological Problem, Or Both?, Aubrey Streit Krug, Daniel R. Uden, Craig R. Allen, Dirac L. Twidwell Jr
Culturally Induced Range Infilling Of Eastern Redcedar: A Problem In Ecology, An Ecological Problem, Or Both?, Aubrey Streit Krug, Daniel R. Uden, Craig R. Allen, Dirac L. Twidwell Jr
School of Natural Resources: Faculty Publications
The philosopher John Passmore distinguished between (1) “problems in ecology,” or what we might call problems in scientific understanding of ecological change, and (2) “ecological problems,” or what we might call problems faced by societies due to ecological change. The spread of eastern redcedar (Juniperus virginiana) and conversion of the central and southern Great Plains of North America to juniper woodland might be categorized as a problem in ecology, an ecological problem, or both. Here, we integrate and apply two interdisciplinary approaches to problem-solving—social-ecological systems thinking and ecocriticism—to understand the role of human culture in recognizing, driving, and …
Modeling With A Conceptual Representation: Is It Necessary? Does It Work?, Rebecca C. Jordan, Steven Gray, Amanda E. Sorensen, Samantha Pasewark, Suparna Sinha, Cindy E. Hmelo-Silver
Modeling With A Conceptual Representation: Is It Necessary? Does It Work?, Rebecca C. Jordan, Steven Gray, Amanda E. Sorensen, Samantha Pasewark, Suparna Sinha, Cindy E. Hmelo-Silver
School of Natural Resources: Faculty Publications
In response to recent educational imperatives in the United States, modeling and systems thinking have been identified as being critical for science learning. In this paper, we investigate models in the classroom from two important perspectives: (1) from the teacher perspective to understand how teachers perceive models and use models in the classroom and (2) from the students perspective to understand how student use model-based reasoning to represent their understanding in a classroom setting. Qualitative data collected from 19 teachers who attended a professional development workshop in the northeastern United States indicate that while teachers see the value in teaching …
Mesoscale Modeling Of The Meteorological Impacts Of Irrigation During The 2012 Central Plains Drought, Clint Aegerter, Jun Wang, Cui Ge, Suat Irmak, Robert Oglesby, Brian D. Wardlow, Haishun Yang, Jingshen You, Martha Shulski
Mesoscale Modeling Of The Meteorological Impacts Of Irrigation During The 2012 Central Plains Drought, Clint Aegerter, Jun Wang, Cui Ge, Suat Irmak, Robert Oglesby, Brian D. Wardlow, Haishun Yang, Jingshen You, Martha Shulski
School of Natural Resources: Faculty Publications
In the summer of 2012, the central plains of the United States experienced one of its most severe droughts on record. This study examines the meteorological impacts of irrigation during this drought through observations and model simulations using the Community Land Model coupled to the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) Model. A simple parameterization of irrigation processes is added into the WRF Model. In addition to keeping soil moisture in irrigated areas at a minimum of 50% of soil moisture hold capacity, this irrigation scheme has the following new features: 1) accurate representation of the spatial distribution of irrigation area …
A Quantitative Framework For Assessing Ecological Resilience, Didier L. Baho, Craig R. Allen, Ahjond Garmestani, Hannah Fried-Petersen, Sophia E. Renes, Lance Gunderson, David G. Angeler
A Quantitative Framework For Assessing Ecological Resilience, Didier L. Baho, Craig R. Allen, Ahjond Garmestani, Hannah Fried-Petersen, Sophia E. Renes, Lance Gunderson, David G. Angeler
School of Natural Resources: Faculty Publications
Quantitative approaches to measure and assess resilience are needed to bridge gaps between science, policy, and management. In this paper, we suggest a quantitative framework for assessing ecological resilience. Ecological resilience as an emergent ecosystem phenomenon can be decomposed into complementary attributes (scales, adaptive capacity, thresholds, and alternative regimes) that embrace the complexity inherent to ecosystems. Quantifying these attributes simultaneously provides opportunities to move from the assessment of specific resilience within an ecosystem toward a broader measurement of its general resilience. We provide a framework that is based on reiterative testing and recalibration of hypotheses that assess complementary attributes of …
Location Matters: Evaluating Greater Prairie-Chicken (Tympanuchus Cupido) Boom Chorus Propagation, Edward J. Raynor, Cara E. Whalen, Mary Bomberger Brown, Larkin A. Powell
Location Matters: Evaluating Greater Prairie-Chicken (Tympanuchus Cupido) Boom Chorus Propagation, Edward J. Raynor, Cara E. Whalen, Mary Bomberger Brown, Larkin A. Powell
School of Natural Resources: Faculty Publications
Anthropogenic disturbances can affect species of conservation concern by influencing their behavior. Of special concern is the possibility that noise from anthropogenic structures in grassland habitats, such as wind turbines and roads, may affect the propagation of the low-frequency boom chorus of lekking male Greater Prairie-Chickens (Tympanuchus cupido). We used sound pressure levels from acoustic recordings taken at 10 leks in the Nebraska Sandhills, USA during 2013 and 2014 in a SPreAD-GIS sound propagation model to make spatial projections of the boom chorus under a variety of conditions including landscape composition, conspecific attendance, and weather. We then used sets of …
A Calibration-Free, Robust Estimation Of Monthly Land Surface Evapotranspiration Rates For Continental-Scale Hydrology, Jozsef Szilagyi
A Calibration-Free, Robust Estimation Of Monthly Land Surface Evapotranspiration Rates For Continental-Scale Hydrology, Jozsef Szilagyi
School of Natural Resources: Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
A Framework For Pollination Systems Thinking And Conservation, Doug Golick, Jenny Dauer, Louise Lynch, Erin Ingram
A Framework For Pollination Systems Thinking And Conservation, Doug Golick, Jenny Dauer, Louise Lynch, Erin Ingram
School of Natural Resources: Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
Can An Immersion Exhibit Inspire Connection To Nature And Environmentally Responsible Behavior?, Lisa Pennisi, N. Qwynne Lackey, Stephen M. Holland
Can An Immersion Exhibit Inspire Connection To Nature And Environmentally Responsible Behavior?, Lisa Pennisi, N. Qwynne Lackey, Stephen M. Holland
School of Natural Resources: Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
Northern Bobwhite Nest Site Selection In Field Borders, Danielle J. Berger, Jessica N. Piispanen, Tim F. Ginnett, Jason D. Riddle
Northern Bobwhite Nest Site Selection In Field Borders, Danielle J. Berger, Jessica N. Piispanen, Tim F. Ginnett, Jason D. Riddle
School of Natural Resources: Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
The Impact Of Water Quality In Narragansett Bay On Housing Prices, Tingting Liu, James J. Opaluch, Emi Uchida
The Impact Of Water Quality In Narragansett Bay On Housing Prices, Tingting Liu, James J. Opaluch, Emi Uchida
School of Natural Resources: Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
The Differential Structure Of An Orbifold, Jordan Watts
The Differential Structure Of An Orbifold, Jordan Watts
School of Natural Resources: Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
Tame Circle Actions, Susan Tolman, Jordan Watts
Tame Circle Actions, Susan Tolman, Jordan Watts
School of Natural Resources: Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
The 5e Learning Cycle: What's The Story?, Kelsey Lipsitz, Dante Cisterna, Deborah Hanuscin
The 5e Learning Cycle: What's The Story?, Kelsey Lipsitz, Dante Cisterna, Deborah Hanuscin
School of Natural Resources: Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
Undergraduate Students Scientifically-Informed Decision-Making About Socio-Hydrological Issues, Jaime L. Sabel, Tina Vo, Ashley Alred, Jenny M. Dauer, Cory Forbes
Undergraduate Students Scientifically-Informed Decision-Making About Socio-Hydrological Issues, Jaime L. Sabel, Tina Vo, Ashley Alred, Jenny M. Dauer, Cory Forbes
School of Natural Resources: Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
Measuring Farmer Conservation Behaviors: Challenges And Best Practices, Kristin Floress, Adam Reimer, Aaron Thompson, Mark Burbach, Cody Knutson, Linda Prokopy, Marc Ribaudo, Jessica Ulrich-Schad
Measuring Farmer Conservation Behaviors: Challenges And Best Practices, Kristin Floress, Adam Reimer, Aaron Thompson, Mark Burbach, Cody Knutson, Linda Prokopy, Marc Ribaudo, Jessica Ulrich-Schad
School of Natural Resources: Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
Multi-Scale Habitat Selection By Cow Moose (Alces Alces) At Calving Sites In Central Ontario, A.A.D. Mclaren, J. F. Benson, B.R. Patterson
Multi-Scale Habitat Selection By Cow Moose (Alces Alces) At Calving Sites In Central Ontario, A.A.D. Mclaren, J. F. Benson, B.R. Patterson
School of Natural Resources: Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
Feasibility Analysis Of Using Inverse Modeling For Estimating Field-Scale Evapotranspiration In Maize And Soybean Fields From Soil Water Content Monitoring Networks, Foad Foolad, Trenton E. Franz, Tiejun Wang, Justin Gibson, Ayse Kilic, Richard Allen, Andrew Suyker
Feasibility Analysis Of Using Inverse Modeling For Estimating Field-Scale Evapotranspiration In Maize And Soybean Fields From Soil Water Content Monitoring Networks, Foad Foolad, Trenton E. Franz, Tiejun Wang, Justin Gibson, Ayse Kilic, Richard Allen, Andrew Suyker
School of Natural Resources: Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
Foliar Reflectance And Biochemistry, 5 Data Sets, A. Solovchenko, A. Gitelson, O. Chivkunova, M. Merzlyak
Foliar Reflectance And Biochemistry, 5 Data Sets, A. Solovchenko, A. Gitelson, O. Chivkunova, M. Merzlyak
School of Natural Resources: Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
Hiring Leaders: Inference And Disagreement About The Best Person For The Job, Konstantinos Giannakas, Murray Fulton, Tala Awada
Hiring Leaders: Inference And Disagreement About The Best Person For The Job, Konstantinos Giannakas, Murray Fulton, Tala Awada
School of Natural Resources: Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
Detecting Spatial Regimes In Ecosystems, Shana M. Sundstrom, Tarsha Eason, R. John Nelson, David G. Angeler, Chris Barichievy, Ahjond S. Garmestani, Nicholas A.J. Graham, Dean Granholm, Lance Gunderson, Melinda Knutson, Kirsty L. Nash, Trisha L. Spanbauer, Craig A. Stow, Craig R. Allen
Detecting Spatial Regimes In Ecosystems, Shana M. Sundstrom, Tarsha Eason, R. John Nelson, David G. Angeler, Chris Barichievy, Ahjond S. Garmestani, Nicholas A.J. Graham, Dean Granholm, Lance Gunderson, Melinda Knutson, Kirsty L. Nash, Trisha L. Spanbauer, Craig A. Stow, Craig R. Allen
School of Natural Resources: Faculty Publications
Research on early warning indicators has generally focused on assessing temporal transitions with limited application of these methods to detecting spatial regimes. Traditional spatial boundary detection procedures that result in ecoregion maps are typically based on ecological potential (i.e. potential vegetation), and often fail to account for ongoing changes due to stressors such as land use change and climate change and their effects on plant and animal communities. We use Fisher information, an information theory-based method, on both terrestrial and aquatic animal data (U.S. Breeding Bird Survey and marine zooplankton) to identify ecological boundaries, and compare our results to traditional …
Effects Of Climate Change And Anthropogenic Modification On A Disturbance-Dependent Species In A Large Riverine System, Sara L. Zeigler, Daniel H. Catlin, Mary Bomberger Brown, James D. Fraser, Lauren R. Dinan, Kelsi L. Hunt, Joel G. Jorgensen, Sarah M. Karpanty
Effects Of Climate Change And Anthropogenic Modification On A Disturbance-Dependent Species In A Large Riverine System, Sara L. Zeigler, Daniel H. Catlin, Mary Bomberger Brown, James D. Fraser, Lauren R. Dinan, Kelsi L. Hunt, Joel G. Jorgensen, Sarah M. Karpanty
School of Natural Resources: Faculty Publications
Humans have altered nearly every natural disturbance regime on the planet through climate and land-use change, and in many instances, these processes may have interacting effects. For example, projected shifts in temperature and precipitation will likely influence disturbance regimes already affected by anthropogenic fire suppression or river impoundments. Understanding how disturbance-dependent species respond to complex and interacting environmental changes is important for conservation efforts. Using field-based demographic and movement rates, we conducted a metapopulation viability analysis for piping plovers (Charadrius melodus), a threatened disturbance-dependent species, along the Missouri and Platte rivers in the Great Plains of North America. …
Plant Uptake And Stream Chemistry Set Global Bounds On Nitrogen Gas Emissions From Humid Tropical Forests, E.N.J. Brookshire, S. Gerber, W. Greene, R.A. Jones, Steven A. Thomas
Plant Uptake And Stream Chemistry Set Global Bounds On Nitrogen Gas Emissions From Humid Tropical Forests, E.N.J. Brookshire, S. Gerber, W. Greene, R.A. Jones, Steven A. Thomas
School of Natural Resources: Faculty Publications
Denitrification and hydrologic leaching are the two major pathways by which nitrogen is lost from the terrestrial biosphere. Humid tropical forests are thought to dominate denitrification from unmanaged lands globally, but there is large uncertainty about the range and key drivers of total N gas emissions across the biome. We combined pantropical measures of small watershed stream chemistry with ecosystem modeling to determine total nitrogen gas losses and associated uncertainty across humid tropical forests. Our calculations reveal that denitrification in soils and along hydrologic flowpaths contributes on average >45% of total watershed N losses. However, when denitrification occurs exclusively in …