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Engineering A Future For Amphibians Under Climate Change, Luke P. Shoo, Deanna H. Olson, Sarah K. Mcmenamin, Kris A. Murray, Monique Van Sluys, Maureen A. Donnelly, Danial Stratford, Juhani Terhivuo, Andres Merino-Viteri, Sarah M. Herbert, Phillip J. Bishop, Paul Stephen Corn, Liz Dovey, Richard A. Griffiths, Katrin Lowe, Michael Mahony, Hamish Mccallum, Jonathan D. Shuker, Clay Simpkins, Lee F. Skerrat, Stephen E. Williams, Jean-Marc Hero

United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service / University of Nebraska-Lincoln: Faculty Publications

1. Altered global climates in the 21st century pose serious threats for biological systems and practical actions are needed to mount a response for species at risk.

2. We identify management actions from across the world and from diverse disciplines that are applicable to minimizing loss of amphibian biodiversity under climate change. Actions were grouped under three thematic areas of intervention: (i) installation of microclimate and microhabitat refuges; (ii) enhancement and restoration of breeding sites; and (iii) manipulation of hydroperiod or water levels at breeding sites.

3. Synthesis and applications. There are currently few meaningful management actions that will …

A Habitat Overlap Analysis Derived From Maxent For Tamarisk And The South-Western Willow Flycatcher, Patricia York, Paul Evangelista, Sunil Kumar, James Graham, Curtis Flather, Thomas Stohlgren

United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service / University of Nebraska-Lincoln: Faculty Publications

Biologic control of the introduced and invasive, woody plant tamarisk (Tamarix spp, saltcedar) in south-western states is controversial because it affects habitat of the federally endangered South-western Willow Flycatcher (Empidonax traillii extimus). These songbirds sometimes nest in tamarisk where floodplain-level invasion replaces native habitats. Biologic control, with the saltcedar leaf beetle (Diorhabda elongate), began along the Virgin River, Utah, in 2006, enhancing the need for comprehensive understanding of the tamarisk-flycatcher relationship. We used maximum entropy (Maxent) modeling to separately quantify the current extent of dense tamarisk habitat (>50% cover) and the potential extent of …

Carrying Capacity For Species Richness As A Context For Conservation: A Case Study Of North American Breeding Birds, Andrew J. Hansen, Linda Bowers Phillips, Curtis H. Flather, Jim Robinson-Cox

United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service / University of Nebraska-Lincoln: Faculty Publications

Aim To demonstrate that the concept of carrying capacity for species richness (S_K) is highly relevant to the conservation of biodiversity, and to estimate the spatial pattern of S_K for native landbirds as a basis for conservation planning.

Location North America.

Methods We evaluated the leading hypotheses on biophysical factors affecting species richness for Breeding Bird Survey routes from areas with little influence of human activities.We then derived a best model based on information theory, and used this model to extrapolate SK across North America based on the biophysical predictor variables. The predictor variables included the …

Evaluation Of The Modis Lai Product Using Independent Lidar-Derived Lai: A Case Study In Mixed Conifer Forest, Jennifer L.R. Jensen, Karen S. Humes, Andrew T. Hudak, Lee A. Vierling, Eric Delmelle

United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service / University of Nebraska-Lincoln: Faculty Publications

This study presents an alternative assessment of the MODIS LAI product for a 58,000 ha evergreen needleleaf forest located in the western Rocky Mountain range in northern Idaho by using lidar data to model (R²=0.86, RMSE=0.76) and map LAI at higher resolution across a large number of MODIS pixels in their entirety. Moderate resolution (30 m) lidar-based LAI estimates were aggregated to the resolution of the 1-km MODIS LAI product and compared to temporally-coincident MODIS retrievals. Differences in the MODIS and lidar-derived values of LAI were grouped and analyzed by several different factors, including MODIS retrieval algorithm, sun/sensor …

Smokejumper Obituary: Steiner, Robert Carl (Boise 1971), National Smokejumper Association

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Smokejumper Obituary: Brooks, Monte (Mccall 1948), National Smokejumper Association

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Smokejumper Obituary: Nielsen, Bernard B. (Mccall 1947), National Smokejumper Association

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Smokejumper Obituary: Yaggy, William B. (Missoula 1941), National Smokejumper Association

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Smokejumper Obituary: Williams, Gary Lee (Redding 1975), National Smokejumper Association

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Smokejumper Obituary: Vangundy, Steve (Redding 1998), National Smokejumper Association

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Smokejumper Obituary: Vance, Paul S. (Missoula 1946), National Smokejumper Association

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Smokejumper Obituary: Sullivan, Marshall Felix (Missoula 1958), National Smokejumper Association

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Smokejumper Obituary: Samsel, Gaylord Kirk (Missoula 1960), National Smokejumper Association

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Smokejumper Obituary: Smith, Kenneth Roy (Idaho City 1955), National Smokejumper Association

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Smokejumper Obituary: Mellin, David R. (Redmond 1966), National Smokejumper Association

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Smokejumper Obituary: Smith, Craig Eugene (Missoula 1957), National Smokejumper Association

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Smokejumper Obituary: Westergard, William H. (Mccall 1951), National Smokejumper Association

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Smokejumper Obituary: Sulinski, Paul Edward (North Cascades 1959), National Smokejumper Association

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Smokejumper Obituary: Peltier, Richard "Dick" (Missoula 1946), National Smokejumper Association

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Smokejumper Obituary: Ruska, Mitchell (Mccall 1963), National Smokejumper Association

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