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The elephant in the room: absentee landowner issues in conservation and land management, P. Petrzelka, Zhao Ma, and S. Malin

2012 2012

Climate Change, K. J. Anderson-Teixeira, F. A. Smith, and S.K. Morgan Ernest

CHaMP Crew Variability: Influence on Topographic Surfaces & Derived Metrics, S. G. Bangen and Joseph M. Wheaton

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Introduction, Establishment, and Spread: 50 Years of Invasion Ecology Since Elton, Karen H. Beard and A. Kulmatiski

The Two-Layer Hypothesis is Dead: Long Live the Two-Layer Hypothesis, Karen H. Beard, A. Kulmatiski, and M. Mazzacacallo

Founder Effects Haven't Quieted Them Down: The Coqui Frog Invasion in Hawaii. Insights From Invasions: Using Exotic Amphibians and Reptiles to Study Ecological and Evolutionary Processes, Karen H. Beard and E. M. O'Neill

Chapter 26: Caribbean Tree Frog (Eleutherodactylus coqui), Karen H. Beard and W. C. Pitt

Asotin Creek Intensively Monitored Watershed: Restoration Plan for North Fork Asotin, South Fork Asotin and Charlie Creeks, S. Bennett, Joseph M. Wheaton, and N. Bouwes

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A Study of the Spawning Ecology and Early Life History Survival of Bonneville Cutthroat Trout, Phaedra Budy, Sarah Wood, and Brett Roper

Diffusion-Based Analysis for Growth Media for Mars: Applying an Interactive Pore Space and Density Corrected Model, C.T. K.K. Deepagoda, P. Moldrup, M. P. Jensen, Scott B. Jones, L. Wollesen de Jonge, P. Schjonning, K. Scow, J. W. Hopmans, D. E. Rolston, K. Kawamoto, and T. Komatsu

Global Climate Change as Environmental Megacrisis, Joanna Endter-Wada and H. Ingram

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A modeling approach for assessing the effect of multiple alpine lakes in sequence on nutrient transport, Dave M. Epstein, Bethany T. Neilson, Keli J. Goodman, David K. Stevens, and Wayne A. Wurtsbaugh

Maximum rate of mammal evolution, A. R. Evans, D. Jones, A. G. Boyer, J. H. Brown, D. P. Costa, S.K. Morgan Ernest, E. M.G. Fitzgerald, M. Fortelius, J. L. Gittleman, M. J. Hamilton, L. E. Harding, K. Lintulaakso, S. K. Lyons, J. G. Okie, J. J. Saarinen, R. M. Sibly, F. A. Smith, P. R. Stephens, J. Theodor, and M. D. Uhen

Effects of Precipitation Pulses on Water Carbon Dioxide Fluxes in Two Semiarid Ecosystems: Measurement and Modeling, J. Fan, Scott B. Jones, L. Qi, Q. Wang, and M. Huang

Diet, fecundity and use of bromeliads by Phyllodytes luteolus (Amphibia, Anura, Hylidae) in Southeastern of Brazil, Rodrigo B. Ferreira, J. A. Schineider, and R. L. Teixeira

Weak Polygyny in California Sea Lions and the Potential for Alternative Mating Strategies, R. Flatz, M. González-Suárez, Julie K. Young, J. Beckmann, S. Breck, J. Fike, O. Rhodes, and K. Bristow

Copepod dominance contributes to phytoplankton nitrogen deficiency in lakes during periods of low precipitation, C. R. Johnson and Chris Luecke

Beyond Earth: Designing Root Zone Environments for Reduced Gravity Conditions, Scott B. Jones, D. Or, R. Heinse, and M. Tuller

Plant-Soil Feedbacks Provide an Additional Explanation for Diversity-Productivity Relationships, A. Kulmatiski, Karen H. Beard, and J. Heavilin

Predation of Hemidactylus mabouia, F. Lanschi and Rodrigo B. Ferreira

A modeling framework for integrated harvest and habitat management of North American waterfowl: case-study of northern pintail metapopulation dynamics, B. J. Mattsson, M. C. Runge, J. G. Devries, G. S. Boomer, J. M. Eadie, D. A. Haukos, J. P. Fleskes, David N. Koons, W. E. Thogmartin, and R. G. Clark

Barriers to and opportunities for effective cumulative impact assessment within state-level environmental review frameworks in the United States, Zhao Ma, D. R. Becker, and M. A. Kilgore

Factors associated with landowner involvement in forest conservation programs in the U.S.: implications for policy design and outreach, Zhao Ma, B. J. Butler, D. B. Kittredge, and P. Catanzaro

Challenging the traditional forestry extension model: insights from the Woods Forum program in Massachusetts, Zhao Ma, D. B. Kittredge, and P. Catanzaro

Electromagnetic Induction for Mapping Physical and Chemical Properties of Mine Tailings Deposits, Grey S. Nearing, Markus Tuller, Scott B. Jones, Robert Heinse, and Mercer S. Meding

Water-Energy Sector Vulnerability to Climate Warming in the Sierra Nevada: A Method to Consider Whether Dams Mitigate Climate Change Effects on Stream Temperatures, Sarah E. Null, S. T. Ligare, and J. H. Viers

Water-Energy Sector Vulnerability to Climate Warming in the Sierra Nevada: Water Year Classification in Non-Stationary Climates, Sarah E. Null and J. H. Viers

Diet of the Invasive Greenhouse Frog in Hawaii, C. A. Olson and Karen H. Beard

Detection Probability of Two Introduced Frogs in Hawaii: Implications for Assessing Non-Native Species Distributions, C. A. Olson, Karen H. Beard, D. N. Koons, and W. C. Pitt

Detection probabilities of two introduced frogs in Hawaii: implications for assessing non-native species distributions, C. A. Olson, K. H. Beard, David N. Koons, and W. C. Pitt

Biotic Acceptance in Introduced Amphibians and Reptiles in Europe and North America, S. A. Poessel, Karen H. Beard, C. M. Callahan, R. B. Ferreira, and E. T. Cologgi

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Grasses and browsers reinforce landscape heterogeneity by excluding trees from ecosystem hotspots, L. M. Porensky and Kari E. Veblen

Outcomes of conservation alliances with women’s community-based organizations in southern Mexico, Claudia Anne Radel

Animal life cycle models, J. Reniere and James A. Powell

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Lessons on the relationship between livestock husbandry and biodiversity from the Kenya Long-term Exclosure Experiment (KLEE), Corinna Riginos, Lauren M. Porensky, Kari E. Veblen, Wilfred O. Odadi, Ryan L. Sensenig, Duncan Kimuyu, Felicia Keesing, Marit L. Wilkerson, and Truman P. Young

Natural Capital, Ecosystem Services, and Soil Change: Why Soil Science Must Embrace an Ecosystems Approach, D. A. Robinson, N. Hockley, E. Dominati, I. Lebron, K. M. Scow, B. Reynolds, B. A. Emmett, A. M. Keith, L. W. de Jonge, P. Schjonning, P. Moldrup, Scott B. Jones, and M. Tuller

Imaging of Hill-Slope Soil Moisture Wetting Patterns in a Semi-Arid Oak Savanna Catchment Using Time-Lapse Electromagnetic Induction, David A. Robinson, Hiruy Abdu, Inma Lebron, and Scott B. Jones

Scaled Solutions to Coupled Soil-Water Flow and Solute Transport During the Redistribution Process, M. Sadeghi and Scott B. Jones

A Novel Analytical Solution to Steady-State Evaporation from Soil and Film Region Thickness, M. Sadeghi, N. Shokri, and Scott B. Jones

Patterns of Understory Growth During the First Three Years Followinng Prescribed Burn, Eugene W. Schupp

The Interplay Between Place-Based Research and Ecological Theory, Eugene W. Schupp

Final Report: Big River Protocol Development – A Prototype Warranty Project, M. L. Scott, D. L. Perkins, and Joseph M. Wheaton

Determining In-Situ Soil Freeze-Thaw Cycle Dynamics Using an Access Tube-Based Dielectric Sensor, Y. Sun, Q. Cheng, X. Xue, L. Fu, J. Chai, F. Meng, P. Schulze Lammers, and Scott B. Jones

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Savanna glade hotspots: plant community development and synergy with large herbivores, Kari E. Veblen

Interactive GIS Tool for Transforming Assumed Total Station Surveys to Real World Coordinates -‐ The CHaMP Transformation Tool, Joseph M. Wheaton, C. Garrard, C. Volk, and K. Whitehead

Rapid Clay Percentage Estimation for Proximal Sensing Using Hygroscopic Water Content, M. N. Wuddivira, D. A. Robinson, I. Lebron, L. Brechet, M. Atwell, S. De Caires, M. Oatham, Scott B. Jones, H. Abdu, and M. Tuller

Inverse Method for Simultaneous Determination of Soil Water Flux and Thermal Properties with a Penta-Needle Heat Pulse Probe, C. Yang, M. Sakai, G. J. Kluitenberg, and Scott B. Jones

Strong self-limitation promotes the persistence of rare species, G. M. Yenni, P. B. Adler, and S.K. Morgan Ernest

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Modeling Connectivity of Black Bears in a Desert Sky Island Archipelago, T. Atwood, Julie K. Young, J. Beckmann, S. Breck, J. Fike, O. Rhodes, and K. Bristow

Drivers of age-specific survival in a long-lived seabird: contributions of observed and hidden sources of heterogeneity, L. M. Aubry, E. Cam, David N. Koons, J. Y. Monnat, and S. Pavard

Pathways for positive cattle-wildlife interactions in semi-arid rangelands, D. J. Augustine, Kari E. Veblen, J. R. Goheen, C. Riginos, and T. P. Young

Hair of the Dog: Obtaining Samples From Coyotes and Wolves Noninvasively, D. E. Ausband, Julie K. Young, B. Fannin, M. S. Mitchell, J. L. Stenglein, and J. A. Shivik

Testing the assumptions of the nested subset pattern, Elita Baldridge and Rob Channell

Methodological Intercomparison of Topographic & Aerial Photographic Habitat Survey Techniques, S. Bangen, Joseph M. Wheaton, and K. D. DeMeurichy

Global Change at Local Scales: Examples From Invasions and Climate Change, Karen H. Beard

Invasive Species Management: The Coqui Frog Invasion in Hawaii: Impacts and Management, Karen H. Beard, R. T. Choi, H. Sin, and W. C. Pitt

Fewer Larger Precipitation Events Increase Infiltration and Root Growth But Not Aboveground Production of Trees or Grasses in a Subtropical Savanna, Karen H. Beard and A. Kulmatiski

Floodplain Width Adjustments in Response to Rapid Base Level Fall and Knickpoint Migration, Patrick Belmont

Kirk Bryan Field Trip: Holocene Landscape Evolution and Erosional Processes in the Le Sueur River, Central Minnesota, Patrick Belmont, K. Gran, C. E. Jennings, C. Wittkop, and S. S. Day

Improved Dielectric-and Electrical Conductivity-Anisotropy Measurements Using TDR in Unsaturated Mica, J. M. Blonquist, Jr.; D. A. Robinson; S. D. Humphries; and Scott B. Jones

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Cryptic Postzygotic Isolation in an Eruptive Species of Bark Beetle (Dendroctonus ponderosae), Ryan R. Bracewell, Michael E. Pfrender, Karen E. Mock, and Barbara J. Bentz

Predicting Fish Growth Potential and Identifying Potential Water Quality Issues: A Apatially Explicit Bioenergetics Approach, Phaedra Budy, M. E. Baker, and S. K. Dahle

Family forest owner trends in the northern United States, B. J. Butler and Zhao Ma

A Quantitative Genetics Approach to Model the Evolution of Insect Development, C. A. Cobbold and James A. Powell

Development of high-resolution pine density maps for landscape-level modeling of mountain pine beetle, B. Crabb, James A. Powell, and B. Bentz

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Climate Influences the Demography of Three Dominant Sagebrush Steppe Plants, Harmony Dalgleish, David Koons, Melvin Hooten, Corey Moffet, and Peter B. Adler

Bridge Creek IMW Topographic and Aerial Photography Surveys: 2010-‐2011 Deliverables, K. DeMeurichy, Joseph M. Wheaton, S. Welsh, and F. Consolati

Diet of Leptodactylus latrans from an urban area, southeastern Brazil, Rodrigo B. Ferreira, T. Silva-Soares, and H. R. Rangel

Human Disturbance Influences Reproductive Success and Growth Rate in California Sea Lions (Zalophus californianus), S. S. French, M. Gonzalez-Suarez, Julie K. Young, and L. R. Gerber

A Review of Geometrical and Interfacial Factors Determining the Effective Permittivity-Volumetric Water Content Relationships of Soil and Rocks, S. P. Friedman, D. A. Robinson, and Scott B. Jones

Revisiting Scaling Laws in River Basins: New Considerations Across Hillslope and Fluvial Regimes, C. Gangodagamage, Patrick Belmont, and E. Foufoula-Georgiou

Homogenization of large scale movement models in ecology, M. J. Garlick, James A. Powell, M. B. Hooten, and L. Macfarlane

Amoebae and pathogenic Legionella pneumophila in saline environments, R. J. Gast, D. M. Moran, M. R. Dennett, Wayne A. Wurtsbaugh, and L. Amaral-Zettler

Lakes as buffers of stream dissolved organic matter (DOM) variability: Temporal patterns of DOM characteristics in mountain stream-lake systems, K. J. Goodman, Michelle A. Baker, and Wayne A. Wurtsbaugh

Landscape Evolution in South-Central Minnesota and the Role of Geomorphic History on Modern Erosional Processes, K. B. Gran, Patrick Belmont, S. S. Day, N. Finnegan, C. Jennings, J. W. Lauer, and P. R. Wilcock

Time constraints in temperate-breeding species: influence of growing season length on reproductive strategies, K. E.B. Gurney, R. G. Clark, S. M. Slattery, N. V. Smith-Downey, J. Walker, S. E. Stephens, M. Petrula, R. M. Corcoran, K. H. Martin, K. A. DeGroot, R. W. Brook, A. D. Afton, K. Cutting, J. M. Warren, M. Fournier, and David N. Koons

Prepupal diapause and instar IV developmental rates of the spruce beetle, Dendroctonus rufipennis (Coleoptera: Curculionidae, Scolytinae), E. M. Hansen, B. J. Bentz, James A. Powell, D. R. Gray, and J. C. Vandygriff

The Potential of Passive Stream Restoration to Improve Ecosystem Health and Minimize the Impact of Fish Disease: A Short-Term Assessment, E. S. Hansen and Phaedra Budy

Exploring relations between arroyo cycles and canyon paleoflood records in Buckskin Wash, Utah: reconciling scientific paradigms, J. E. Harvey, J. L. Pedersen, and Tammy M. Rittenour

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Effects of prescribed fires on young valley oak trees at a research restoration site in the Central Valley of California, K. A. Holmes, Kari E. Veblen, T. P. Young, and A. M. Berry

Native and exotic plants sagebrush steppe produced by geomorphic processes versus land use, Nancy Huntly, R Bangert, and S E. Hanser

High Geologic Slip Rates since Early Pleistocene initiation of the San Jacinto and San Felipe Fault Zones in the San Andreas fault systems: Southern California, USA, S. U. Janecke, R. J. Dorsey, A. N. Steely, S. M. Kirby, A. Lutz, B. A. Housen, B. Belgarde, V. Langehein, D. Forand, and Tammy M. Rittenour

Resource Availability and Invasive Coqui Frog (Eleutherodactylus coqui) Density in Hawaii, E. A. Kalnicky, Karen H. Beard, and M. W. Brunson

Analysis of Historical Longitudinal Profiles of the Colorado River Downstream From Glen Canyon Dam, 1965-‐2009, N. Kilham, J. C. Schmidt, and Joseph M. Wheaton

Long-Term Plant Growth Legacies Overshadow Short-Term Plant Growth, A. Kulmatiski and Karen H. Beard

Testing Predictions of a Three-Species Plant-Soil Feedback Model, A. Kulmatiski and Karen H. Beard

Savanna Structure With Climate Change: Results from a Precipitation Manipulation Experiment, A. Kulmatiski, Karen H. Beard, and M. Mazzacavallo