WERC Presentations at the Twenty-eighth Annual Meeting of the Desert Tortoise Council
21 February 2003 -- Oral Presentations
A Regional Study of Hibernation of Desert Tortoises: Hibernation Temperatures, Timing, and Site Characteristics by Todd C. Esque at 10:20 a.m. in the Virginia City Room, in Session 1: Research on Ecology of Desert Tortoises in Nevada.
Reproduction of the Desert Tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) in Clark County, Nevada by Kimberly A. Goodwin at 10:50 a.m. in the Virginia City Room, in Session 1: Research on Ecology of Desert Tortoises in Nevada.
Determining the Carrying Capacity of Desert Tortoises by Mary B. Saethre at 1:45 p.m. in the Virginia City Room, in Session 2: Nevada-based Research and Monitoring: Distance Sampling, Carrying Capacity, and Translocation Experiments.
22 February 2003 -- Oral Presentations
Declining Trends in Desert Tortoise Populations at Long-term Study Plots in California between 1979 and 2002: Multiple Causes by Kristin H. Berry at 8:35 a.m. in the Virginia City Room, in Session 6: Status and Trends in Desert Tortoise Populations, Factors Affecting Habitats, and Predators.
Current Status and Management of Alien Plants and Fire in Desert Tortoise Habitat by Matthew L. Books at 8:55 a.m. in the Virginia City Room, in Session 6: Status and Trends in Desert Tortoise Populations, Factors Affecting Habitats, and Predators.
Plant Community Structure Associated with Livestock Watering Sites in the Central Mojave Desert by John R. Matchett at 9:10 a.m. in the Virginia City Room, in Session 6: Status and Trends in Desert Tortoise Populations, Factors Affecting Habitats, and Predators.
The Ecology of a Subsidized Predator in the Mojave Desert: Common Raven by William I. Boarman at 9:25 a.m. in the Virginia City Room, in Session 6: Status and Trends in Desert Tortoise Populations, Factors Affecting Habitats, and Predators.
24 February 2003 -- Oral Presentations
Health Assessments of Captive and Wild Desert Tortoises at 26 Sites in the Mojave and Colorado Deserts, California, in 2002 by Kristin H. Berry at 9:30 a.m. in the Virginia City Room, in Session 14: Health and Disease in Desert Tortoises.
Preliminary Findings from the November 14-17, 2002, Workshop in Desert Tortoise Health and Disease by Kristin H. Berry at 11:25 a.m. in the Virginia City Room, in Session 14: Health and Disease in Desert Tortoises.
21-24 February 2003 -- Poster Presentations
Effects of Fenced Habitat Protection on Annual and Perennial Plants in the Western Mojave Desert by M. Brooks in the Carson City/Searchlight Rooms.
Recent Fire History in the Mojave Desert, 1980-2001 by M. Brooks in the Carson City/Searchlight Rooms.
Potential Effects of Atmospheric Nitrogen Deposition on the Dominance of Alien Annual Plants in the Mojave Desert by M. Brooks in the Carson City/Searchlight Rooms.
Fire Hazard Mapping at the Mojave National Preserve by M. Brooks in the Carson City/Searchlight Rooms.
Can Removal of Alien Annual Grasses Significantly Benefit Native Annual Plants? by M. Brooks in the Carson City/Searchlight Rooms.
Fire Temperatures and Their Effects on Annual Plants in Creosotebush Scrub by M. Brooks in the Carson City/Searchlight Rooms.
The Desert Tortoise Density Experiment: Does Carrying Capacity Exist for a Species Living in a Stochastic Desert Environment? by Kimberley A. Goodwin in the Carson City/Searchlight Rooms.
Can Removal of Alien Annual Grasses Significantly Benefit Native Annual Plants? by M. Brooks in the Carson City/Searchlight Rooms.
