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The USGS Western Ecological Research Center (WERC) explores the changing ecosystems and landscapes of California, Nevada and beyond, providing sound science for the government and people of the United States and our international partners.

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Ben Young Landis
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Phone: (916) 278-9495
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May 22, 2013: USGS Study Confirms U.S. Amphibian Populations Declining at Precipitous Rates
May 15, 2013: USGS Western Ecological Research Center Biweekly Update May 1-15, 2013
Apr 30, 2013: Apr 16, 2013: USGS Western Ecological Research Center Biweekly Update April 16-30, 2013
Apr 16, 2013: USGS Western Ecological Research Center Biweekly Update April 1-15, 2013
Mar 31, 2013: USGS Western Ecological Research Center Biweekly Update March 16-31, 2013
Mar 15, 2013: USGS Western Ecological Research Center Biweekly Update March 1-15, 2013
Mar 08, 2013: USGS Western Ecological Research Center Biweekly Update February 1-28, 2013
Jan 31, 2013: USGS Western Ecological Research Center Biweekly Update January 16-31, 2013
Jan 17, 2013: USGS Western Ecological Research Center Biweekly Update January 1-15, 2013
Dec 20, 2012: USGS Western Ecological Research Center Biweekly Update December 1-31, 2012
Nov 30, 2012: USGS Western Ecological Research Center Biweekly Update November 16-30, 2012
Nov 20, 2012: USGS Western Ecological Research Center Biweekly Update November 1-15, 2012
Oct 31, 2012: USGS Western Ecological Research Center Biweekly Update October 1-31, 2012
Oct 24, 2012: Malaria Transmission Peaks at Much Cooler Temperatures than Previously Predicted
Sep 30, 2012: USGS Western Ecological Research Center Biweekly Update September 16-30, 2012
Sep 28, 2012: White Shark Diets Vary with Age and Among Individuals
Sep 15, 2012: USGS Western Ecological Research Center Biweekly Update September 1-15, 2012
Aug 31, 2012: USGS Western Ecological Research Center Biweekly Update August 16-31, 2012
Aug 21, 2012: Recovery Slows for California’s Sea Otters, 2012 Survey Shows
Aug 15, 2012: USGS Western Ecological Research Center Biweekly Update August 1-15, 2012
Aug 06, 2012: USGS Science at the Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting
Jul 31, 2012: USGS Western Ecological Research Center Biweekly Update July 16-31, 2012
Jul 16, 2012: USGS Science at the Society for Conservation Biology
Jul 15, 2012: USGS Western Ecological Research Center Biweekly Update July 1-15, 2012
Jun 30, 2012: USGS Western Ecological Research Center Biweekly Update June 16-30, 2012
Jun 18, 2012: Housing Arrangement, Location Determine Structure Loss in Southern California Wildfires
Jun 15, 2012: USGS Western Ecological Research Center Biweekly Update June 1-15, 2012
May 31, 2012: USGS Western Ecological Research Center Biweekly Update May 16-31, 2012
May 30, 2012: Public Lecture: Restoring the Wild Heart of South San Francisco Bay
May 15, 2012: USGS Western Ecological Research Center Biweekly Update May 1-15, 2012
May 09, 2012: Earthquakes & Science Made Simpler at USGS Open House, May 19-20
Apr 30, 2012: USGS Western Ecological Research Center Biweekly Update Apr. 16-30, 2012
Apr 18, 2012: New ’Bumblebee’ Gecko Discovered in Papua New Guinea
Apr 15, 2012: USGS Western Ecological Research Center Biweekly Update Apr. 1-15, 2012
Apr 09, 2012: Mountain Lion Captured, Collared and Released in Griffith Park Area
Mar 31, 2012: USGS Western Ecological Research Center Biweekly Update Mar. 16-31, 2012
Mar 20, 2012: Public Lecture: Projected Climate Change Impacts in California
Mar 20, 2012: Another Vertebrate Species Reported Extinct from the Hawaiian Islands
Mar 15, 2012: USGS Western Ecological Research Center Biweekly Update Mar. 1-15, 2012
Feb 29, 2012: USGS Western Ecological Research Center Biweekly Update Feb. 16-29, 2012
Feb 27, 2012: Low Pathogenic Avian Influenza Transmitted During Summer in California Wetlands
Feb 27, 2012: Cradle of Flames: New Book Explains How Wildfires Shape Southern California and other ‘Mediterranean’ Ecosystems
Feb 24, 2012: Number of Dead California Sea Otters Recovered in 2011 a Record High
Feb 15, 2012: USGS Western Ecological Research Center Biweekly Update Feb. 1-15, 2012
Feb 03, 2012: Domestic Cats, and Wild Bobcats and Pumas, Living in Same Area Have Same Diseases
Jan 31, 2012: USGS Western Ecological Research Center Biweekly Update Jan. 16-31, 2012
Oct 25, 2011: Learn and Have Fun with USGS at the Bay Area Science Festival
Oct 25, 2011: Life and Death on Alcatraz: Free USGS Bird Lecture on Oct. 29 at Fort Mason
Sep 23, 2011: Weather Conditions Prevent California Sea Otter Annual Population Survey
Aug 09, 2011: Murre Seabird Chicks Hatch for the First Time in 100 Years on the Channel Islands
Aug 01, 2011: Biologists to Conduct Sea Otter Expedition from Forks, Wash.
Jul 26, 2011: Common Parasite Potentially Increases Risk of Brain Cancers
Jul 21, 2011: Parasites Help Revise Ecological Theory
Jun 28, 2011: Genetic Analysis Splits Desert Tortoise into Two Species
Jun 02, 2011: Federal Conservation Cooperative Is Newest Addition to Sacramento State Campus
May 16, 2011: Anchors Aweigh for Alaska Sea Otter Expedition Investigating Coastal Health
Mar 24, 2011: Wild Birds May Play a Role in the Spread of Bird Flu
Feb 15, 2011: Fire Suppression Hurts Carbon Storage of Dry Temperate Forests
Sep 20, 2010: Southern California urbanization isolates wildlife, promotes inbreeding
Sep 10, 2010: Sea otter deaths linked to toxin from freshwater bacteria
Aug 24, 2010: Rare Tadpoles Released for First Time into Wild Stream
Aug 03, 2010: California Sea Otter Numbers Drop Again
May 10, 2010: Biosecurity Plan for Palmyra Atoll
Mar 30, 2010: USGS Launches Multidisciplinary Investigation of Northeast Pacific Sea Otter Populations and Nearshore Ecosystems
Mar 15, 2010: Box Springs Field Station Relocated
Feb 21, 2010: A Miracle Washed Away (California Report), February 19-21, 2010
Feb 19, 2010: Endangered frogs face new threats (Living on Earth)
Jan 15, 2010: Famous Frogs That Escaped California Fire Threatened by Mudslides, Red Tape (On Earth Magazine).
Jan 15, 2010: New studies point to ‘carbon starvation’ as a cause for tree mortality (ClimateWire).
Jan 12, 2010: New Research Findings Can Improve Avian Flu Surveillance Programs (USGS news release).
Jan 10, 2010: Parasite Manipulators - A short documentary, featuring Dr. Kevin Lafferty, on trematode parasites that manipulate fish behavior.
Dec 20, 2009: Response to "Do dead trees tell tales?" - Johnson et al.'s critique of van Mantgem et al.'s "Widespread increase of tree mortality rates in the western United States"
Nov 11, 2009: Nisqally Delta Restoration Website
Oct 02, 2009: Toxic Snow Takes Toll on Tadpoles
Sep 23, 2009: From Ducks on Doppler to Climate Change: USGS at The Wildlife Society
Sep 02, 2009: Sea Otter Health, Pollution and Revealing Genes
Sep 02, 2009: 2009 Spring Survey Shows Drop in California Sea Otter Numbers
Aug 14, 2009: San Francisco Bay-Estuary Science: Day-Long Symposium at AAAS Meeting
Aug 04, 2009: Large Trees Declining in Yosemite
Aug 04, 2009: Endangered Frog Takes a Leap Forward
Aug 04, 2009: Guzzlers Satisfy Summer Thirst of Desert Bighorn Sheep
Aug 04, 2009: Horn-ucopia of Coast Horned Lizards
Jul 29, 2009: Large Trees Declining in Yosemite
Jul 24, 2009: Biologists Rediscover Endangered Frog Population
Jul 21, 2009: For Horned Lizard, Horns Alone Do Not Make the Species
Jul 02, 2009: Protecting Tortoises by Understanding Their Habitat
Jun 30, 2009: California Sea Otter Numbers Drop
Jun 10, 2009: Where There’s Fire, There’s … Global Warming?
May 21, 2009: New Tool Predicts Potential Desert Tortoise Habitat
May 13, 2009: Ecologists Question Effects of Climate Change on Infectious Diseases
May 12, 2009: Biologist Keith Miles Receives 2008 USGS Western Region Diversity Award in Supervisor Category
May 07, 2009: Small Lake Invader Tilts the Mercury Scales
Apr 10, 2009: Satellite-Tracked Birds from India Will Provide Clues on How Avian Influenza Spreads: International Team Conducts Research
Apr 10, 2009: USGS Scientist Recognized for Research Achievements in Parasitology
Mar 18, 2009: Food Choices and Location Influence California Sea Otter Exposure to Disease
Feb 13, 2009: Satellite-Tracked Birds from India Will Provide Clues on How Avian Influenza Spreads: International Team Conducts Research
Feb 04, 2009: Risky Behavior and Diet Diversity Can Make Sea Otters Sick
Feb 04, 2009: Doubled Over from the Heat: Tree Deaths in the West
Jan 22, 2009: Tree Deaths Have Doubled Across the Western U.S. -- Regional Warming May be the Cause
Jan 21, 2009: Food Choices and Location Influence California Sea Otter Exposure to Disease
Oct 03, 2008: Alaska’s Sea Otter Declines Affect Health of Kelp Forests and Diet of Eagles
Sep 18, 2008: Scientists Discover a New Pacific Iguana and More Clues to a Longtime Mystery
Jun 24, 2008: California Sea Otters: Population Recovery Continues at Slower Rate
Dec 03, 2007: Conference Will Address Integrating Riparian Habitat Conservation and Flood Management in California

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