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Phil Medica

   Biologist

Phil Medica
Las Vegas Field Station
160 N Stephanie
Henderson, NV 89074
Phone: (702) 564-4573
Fax: (702) 564-4600
Email: pmedica@usgs.gov 		Phillip Medica
Bio
RESEARCH INTERESTS
  • Desert Ecology
  • Ecology of Desert Mammals
  • Ecology of Reptiles and Amphibians
  • Herpetology
  • Monitoring methodology
  • Natural history
  • Physiology of Desert Vertebrates
  • Population biology
  • Population Biology of Reptiles
  • Species inventory
  • Telemetry (radio and/or satellite)
  • Terrestrial mammal ecology
  • Threatened and endangered species
  • Zoology

EDUCATION
  • M.S., Biology, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM 1966
  • B.S., Wildlife Management, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM 1964

PROFESSIONAL AND HONORARY SOCIETIES AND SCIENCE ADVISORY COMMITTEES
  • American Society of Ichthyologists & Herpetologists
  • Arizona-Nevada Academy of Science
  • Chelonian Research Society
  • Desert Tortoise Council
  • Ecological Society of America
  • Herpetologists' League
  • International Union for the Conservation of Nature
  • North American Naturalist
  • Society for the Study of Amphibians & Reptiles
  • Southwestern Association of Naturalists
  • The Wildlife Society

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
  • Biologist, USGS, Western Ecological Research Center, Las Vegas Field Station, Las Vegas, NV, April 2004-Present
  • Desert Tortoise Coordinator, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Southern Nevada Field Office, Las Vegas, NV, Aug 2000-Apr 2004
  • Wildlife Biologist, USGS Western Ecological Research Center, Las Vegas Field Station, Las Vegas, NV, Nov 1998-Aug 2000
  • Station Leader, USGS Western Ecological Research Center, Las Vegas Field Station, Las Vegas, NV, Jun 1997-Oct 1999
  • Research Wildlife Biologist, USGS, Western Ecological Science Center, Las Vegas, NV, Nov 1993-Oct 1998
  • Station Leader, National Biological Service (Survey) Midcontinental Ecological Sci. Center, Las Vegas, NV, Oct 1993-Jun 1997
  • Ecologist, Bureau of Land Management, Las Vegas District Office, Las Vegas, NV, Apr 1992-Oct 1993
  • Senior Ecologist, Reynolds Electrical & Engineering Co., Inc., Mercury, NV, Mar 1987-Apr 1992
  • Research Associate, Museum of Natural History, University of Nevada Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV, May 1987-Present
  • Research Associate, Division of Herpetology, Museum of Natural History of L.A. County, Los Angeles, CA, Sep 1984-Present
  • Treasurer, Herpetologists League, Jul 1975-Sep 1979
  • Field Research Coordinator, Univ. of Calif., Lab. of Nuclear Medicine & Radiation Biology, Nevada Test Site, Jan 1975-Sep 1981
  • Field Research Coordinator, Univ. of Calif., Lab. of Nuclear Medicine & Radiation Biology, Nevada Test Site, Jan 1971-Dec 1972
  • Assistant Field Research Coordinator, Univ. of California, Laboratory of Nuclear Medicine & Radiation Biology, Nevada Test Site, Jan 1973-Dec 1974
  • Staff Research Associate, Univ. of California, Laboratory of Nuclear Medicine & Radiation Biology, Nevada Test Site, Feb 1967-Sep 1981

All Products
Journal_Article
2013 Vandergast, AG, RD Inman, KR Barr, KE Nussear, TC Esque, SA Hathaway, DA Wood, PA Medica, JW Breinholt, CL Stephen, AD Gottscho, SB Marks, WB Jennings, RN Fisher. 2013. Evolutionary hotspots in the Mojave Desert. Diversity 5(2): 293-319. doi: 10.3390/d5020293 [Journal_Article]
2012 Drake, KK, PA Medica, TC Esque, KE Nussear. 2012. Gopherus agassizii(Agassiz’s Desert Tortoise) scute dysecdysis/scute sloughing. Herpetological Review 43: 473-474. [Journal_Article]
2012 Medica, P.A., K.E. Nussear, T.C. Esque, M. Saethre. 2012. Growth and Longevity of Semi-wild Desert Tortoises at the Nevada Test Site, NV. Journal of Herpetology 46:213-220. [Journal_Article]
2012 Medica, PA, KE Nussear, TC Esque, MB Saethre. 2012. Long-term growth of desert tortoises (Gopherus agassizii) in a southern Nevada population. Journal of Herpetology 46(2): 213:220. doi: 10.1670/11-327 [Journal_Article]
2012 Nussear,K. E., C. R.Tracy, P. A. Medica, D. S. Wilson, R. W. Marlow, and P. S. Corn.2012. Translocation as a conservation tool for desert tortoises:Survivorship, Reproduction, and Movements. The Journal of Wildlife Management DOI:10.1002/jwmg.390. [Journal_Article]
2012 K. K. Drake, K. E. Nussear, T. C. Esque, A. M. Barber, K. M. Vittum, P. A. Medica, C. R. Tracy and K. W. Hunter Jr. 2012. Does Translocation Influence Physiological Stress in the Desert Tortoise? Animal Conservation DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-1795.2012.00549.x [Journal_Article]
2010 Esque, Todd C., Ken E. Nussear, K. Kristina Drake, Andrew D. Walde, Kristin H. Berry, Roy C. Averill-Murray, A. Peter Woodman, William I. Boarman, Phil A. Medica, Jeremy Mack, and Jill S. Heaton. 2010. Effects of subsidized predators, resource variability, and human population density on desert tortoise populations in the Mojave Desert, USA.  Endangered Species Research 12:167-177. [Journal_Article]
2009 Medica, P.A. and P. Greger. 2009. Gopherus agassizii (Desert Tortoise). Predation/Mountain Lion. Natural History Note. Herpetological Review. 40(1):75-77. [Journal_Article]
2009 Medica, P.A. 2009. Crotalus scutulatus scutulatus (Mojave Rattlesnake). Defensive Behavior/Saltation and Head Hiding. Natural History Notes. Herpetological Review. 40(1): 95-97. [Journal_Article]
2008 Heaton, J. S., K. E. Nussear, T. C. Esque, R. D. Inman, F. M. Davenport, T. E. Leuteritz, P. A. Medica, N. W. Strout, P. A. Burgess and L. Benvenuti. 2008. Spatially explicit decision support for selecting translocation areas for desert tortoises. Biodiversity and Conservation.; doi: 10.1007/s10531-007-9282-3 [Journal_Article]
2008 Nussear, K. E., T. C. Esque, J. S. Heaton, M. E. Cablk, K. K. Drake, C. Valentin, J. L. Yee, and P. A. Medica. 2008. Are wildlife detector dogs or people better at finding Desert Tortoises (Gopherus agassizii)? Herpetological Conservation 3:103:115. [Journal_Article]
2008 Curtin,A.J., G.R.Zug, P.A.Medica, J.R.Spotila. 2008. Assessing age in the desert tortoise Gopherus agassizii: testing skeletochronology with individuals of known age. Endangered Species Research 5:21-27 [Journal_Article]
2008 Heaton J. S., M. E. Cablk, K. E. Nussear, T. C. Esque, P. A. Medica, J. C. Sagebiel, and S. Francis. 2008. Comparison of effects of humans versus wildlife-detector dogs. Southwestern Naturalist 53(4):472-479. [Journal_Article]
2007 Field, K.J., C.R. Tracy, P.A. Medica, R.W. Marlow, P.S. Corn. 2007. Return to the wild: Translocation as a tool in conservation of the Desert Tortoise (Gopherus agassizii ) Biological Conservation. 136(2007):232-245. [Journal_Article]
2007 Medica, P.A. and S.E. Eckert. 2007. Gopherus agassizii (Desert Tortoise). FOOD/MECHANICAL INJURY. Natural History Notes. Herpetological Review 38(4):446-448. [Journal_Article]
2001 Theodorakis, C.W., J.W. Bickham, T. Lamb, P.A. Medica and T.B.Lyne. 2001. Integration of genotoxicicity and population genetic analyses in kangaroo rats (Dipodomys merriami) exposed to radionuclide contamination at the Nevada Test Site, USA. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 20(2):317-326 [Journal_Article]
2001 Anderson, D.R., K.P. Burnham, B.C. Lubow, L. Thomas, P.S. Corn, P.A. Medica and R.W. Marlow. 2001. Field trials of line transect methods applied to estimation of desert tortoise abundance. J, Wildlife Management. 65(3):583-597. [Journal_Article]
1999 Lovich, J. E., P. Medica, H. Avery, K. Meyer, G. Bowser, and A. Brown. 1999. Studies of reproductive output of the desert tortoise at Joshua Tree National Park, the Mojave National Preserve, and comparative sites. Park Science 19(1):22-24. [Journal_Article]
1993 Saethre, M.B. and P.A. Medica. 1993. Geographic Distribution: Hemidactylus turcicus. Herpetological Rev. 24(4):154-155. [Journal_Article]
1991 Delaney, D.E., P.A. Medica, and D.B. Hardenbrook. 1991. Geographic distribution: Diadophis punctatus regalis. Herpetological Rev. 22(1):26. [Journal_Article]
1990 Anspaugh, L.R., S.C. Black, C.F. Costa, D.R. Elle, E.H. Essington, R.O. Gilbert, D.A. Gonzalez, R.B. Hunter, R.D. McArthur, P.A. Medica, T.P. O'Farrell, S.E. Patton, E. M. Romney, J.H. Shinn, and C.B. Thompson. 1990. Radiation-related monitoring and environmental research at the Nevada Test Site. In: R.H. Gray (ed.) Twenty-eighth Hanford Symposium on Health and the Environment. Pages 159-167. Richland, Washington. [Journal_Article]
1990 Medica, P.A. 1990. Noteworthy mammal distribution records for the Nevada Test Site. Great Basin Nat. 50(1)83-84. [Journal_Article]
1990 Medica, P.A., O.L. Haworth, and M.S. Kelly. 1990. Geographic distribution: Eumeces gilberti rubricaudatus. Herpetological Rev. 21(2):40. [Journal_Article]
1987 Turner, F.B., P.A. Medica and R.B. Bury. 1987. Age-size relationships of desert tortoises (Gopherus agassizii) in southern Nevada. Copeia. 1987. (4):974-979. [Journal_Article]
1987 Smith, D.D., P.A. Medica, and S.R. Sanborn. 1987. Ecological comparison of sympatraic populations of sand lizards (Cophosaurus texanus and Callisaurus draconoides). Great Basin Nat. 47(2):175-185. [Journal_Article]
1986 Nagy, K.A. and P.A. Medica. 1986. Physiological ecology of desert tortoises in southern Nevada. Herpetologica. 42(1):73-92. [Journal_Article]
1986 Medica, P.A., C.L. Lyons, and F.B. Turner. 1986. "Tapping": A technique for capturing tortoises. Herpetological Rev. 17(1):15-16. [Journal_Article]
1985 Nagy, K.A. and P.A. Medica. 1985. Altered energy metabolism in an irradiated population of lizards at the Nevada Test Site. Radiation Res. 103(1):98-104. [Journal_Article]
1984 Turner, F.B., P.A. Medica, and C.L. Lyons. 1984. Reproduction and survival of the desert tortoise (Scaptochelys agassizii) in Ivanpah Valley, California. Copeia. 1984. (4):811-820. [Journal_Article]
1984 Medica, P.A. and F.B. Turner. 1984. Natural longevity of lizards in southern Nevada. Herpetological Rev. 15(2):34-35 [Journal_Article]
1982 Turner, F.B., P.A. Medica. K.W. Bridges, and R.I. Jennrich. 1982. A population model of the lizard Uta stansburiana, in southern Nevada. Ecological Monographs. 52(3):243-259. [Journal_Article]
1982 Turner, F.B. and P.A. Medica. 1982. The distribution and abundance of the flat-tailed horned lizard (Phrynosoma mcallii). Copeia. 1982 (4):815-823. [Journal_Article]
1982 Turner, F.B., P.A. Medica, R.I. Jennrich, and B.G. Maza. 1982. Frequencies of broken tails among Uta stansburiana in southern Nevada and a test of the predation hypothesis. Copeia. 1982. (4):835-840. [Journal_Article]
1981 Davis, J. and P.A. Medica. 1981. Geographic distribution: Rhinocheilus lecontei. Herpetological Rev. 12(2):66. [Journal_Article]
1980 Medica, P.A., R.B. Bury, and R. Luckenbach. 1980. Drinking and construction of water catchments by the desert tortoise, Gopherus agassizii, in the Mojave Desert. Herpetologica. 36(4):301-304. [Journal_Article]
1980 Medica, P.A. 1980. Locality records of Rhinocheilus lecontei in the United States and Mexico. Herpetological Rev. 11(2):42. [Journal_Article]
1978 Pearson, A.K., P. Licht, K.A. Nagy, and P.A. Medica. 1978. Endocrine function and reproductive impairment in an irradiated population of the lizard Uta stansburiana. Radiation Res. 76:610-623. [Journal_Article]
1977 Turner, F.B. and P.A. Medica. 1977. Sterility among female lizards (Uta stansburiana) exposed to continuous gamma irradiation. Radiation Res. 70:154-163. [Journal_Article]
1977 Nagy, K.A. and P.A. Medica. 1977. Seasonal water and energy relations of free-living desert tortoises in Nevada: A Preliminary Report. Proc. Desert Tortoise Council Symposium: 152-157. [Journal_Article]
1976 Medica, P.A. and F.B. Turner. 1976. Reproduction by Uta stansburiana in southern Nevada. J. Herpetology. 10(2):123-128. [Journal_Article]
1976 Turner, F.B., P.A. Medica, and B.W. Kowalewsky. 1976. Energy utilization by a desert lizard (Uta stansburiana). U.S. International Biological Program, Desert Biome Monograph No. 1., 57pp. [Journal_Article]
1976 Medica, P.A. and R.G. Arndt. 1976. Opportunistic feeding in Sceloporus horridus from Jalisco, Mexico. Great Basin Nat. 36(2):108-110. [Journal_Article]
1976 Vollmer, A.T., B.G. Maza, P.A. Medica, F.B. Turner, and S.A. Bamberg. 1976. The impact of off-road vehicles on a desert ecosystem. Environmental Management. 1(2):115-129. [Journal_Article]
1975 Medica, P.A. 1975. Rhinocheilus generic, and Rhinocheilus lecontei species accounts. Catalog of American Amphibians and Reptiles. 175.1-175.4. [Journal_Article]
1975 Medica, P.A. and R.G. Arndt. 1975. Additional records of reptiles from Jalisco, Mexico. Great Basin Nat. 35(3):317-318. [Journal_Article]
1975 Medica, P.A., R.B. Bury, and F.B. Turner. 1975. Growth of the desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizi) in Nevada. Copeia. 1975(4):639-643. [Journal_Article]
1974 Mullen, R.K. and P.A. Medica. 1974. Internal dosimetry in small vertebrates resident in a fallout field. Trans. Amer. Nuclear Soc. (Abstract) 18:391. [Journal_Article]
1974 Medica, P.A. and B.G. Maza. 1974. Geographic distribution: Masticophis bilineatus. Herpetological Rev. 5(3):70. [Journal_Article]
1974 Medica, P.A. and L.J. Vitt. 1974. Geographic distribution: Eumeces gilberti arizonensis. Herpetological Rev. 5(3):69-70. [Journal_Article]
1973 Medica, P.A., F.B. Turner, and D.D. Smith. 1973. Effects of radiation on a fenced population of horned lizards (Phrynosoma platyrhinos) in southern Nevada. J. Herpetology 7:79-85. [Journal_Article]
1973 Turner, F.B., P. Licht, J.D. Thrasher, P.A. Medica, and J.R. Lannom, Jr. 1973. Radiation-induced sterility in natural populations of lizards (Crotaphytus wislizenii and Cnemidophorus tigris). Proc. 3rd Natl. Radioecology Symposium. pp. 1131-1143. [Journal_Article]
1973 Medica, P.A., F.B. Turner, and D.D. Smith. 1973. Hormonal induction of color change in female leopard lizards (Crotaphytus wislizenii). Copeia. 1973 (4):658-661. [Journal_Article]
1973 Smith, D.D. and P.A. Medica. 1973. Geographic distribution: Thamnophis cyrtopsis. Hiss News - Jour. 1(5):153. [Journal_Article]
1971 Medica, P.A., G.A. Hoddenbach, and J.R. Lannom, Jr. 1971. Lizard sampling techniques. Rock Valley Misc. Publs. No. 1, 55pp. [Journal_Article]
1970 Turner, F.B., G.A. Hoddenbach, P.A. Medica, and J.R. Lannom. 1970. The demography of the lizard, Uta stansburiana Baird and Girard, in southern Nevada. J. Animal Ecol. 39:505-519. [Journal_Article]
1969 Turner, F.B., P.A. Medica, J.R. Lannom, Jr., and G.A. Hoddenbach. 1969. A demographic analysis of continuously irradiated and nonirradiated populations of the lizard, Uta stansburiana. Radiation Res. 38:349-356. [Journal_Article]
1969 Turner, F.B., J.R. Lannom, Jr., P.A. Medica, and G.A. Hoddenbach. 1969. Density and composition of fenced populations of leopard lizards (Crotaphytus wislizenii) in southern Nevada. Herpetologica. 25:247-257. [Journal_Article]
1969 Turner, F.B., P.A. Medica, J.R. Lannom, Jr., and G.A. Hoddenbach. 1969. A demographic analysis of fenced populations of the whiptail lizard, Cnemidophorus tigris, in southern Nevada. Southwestern Nat. 14:189-202. [Journal_Article]
1967 Medica, P.A. 1967. Food habits, habitat preference, reproduction and diurnal activity in four sympatric species of whiptail lizards (Cnemidophorus) in south central New Mexico. Bull. S. Calif. Acad. Sci. 66:251-276. [Journal_Article]
1967 Taylor, H.L., J.M. Walker, and P.A. Medica. 1967. Males of three normally parthenogenetic species of teiid lizards (Genus Cnemidophorus). Copeia 1967 (4):737-743. [Journal_Article]
1966 Taylor, H.L. and P.A. Medica. 1966. Natural hybridization of the bisexual teiid lizard Cnemidophorus inornatus and the unisexual Cnemidophorus perplexus in southern New Mexico. Univ. Colorado Studies, Series in Biology. No. 22:1-9. [Journal_Article]
1966 Dixon, J.R. and P.A. Medica. 1966. Summer food of four species of lizards from the vicinity of White Sands, New Mexico. Los Angeles County Museum Cont. Sci. No.121:1-6. [Journal_Article]
1965 Dixon, J.R. and P.A. Medica. 1965. Noteworthy records of reptiles from New Mexico. Herpetologica. 21:72-75. [Journal_Article]
1965 Medica, P.A. 1965. Altitude record for Gerrhonotus kingi. Herpetologica. 21:147-148. [Journal_Article]
1962 Medica, P.A. 1962. The Texas lyre snake, Trimorphodon vilkinsoni, in New Mexico. Herpetologica. 18:65. [Journal_Article]
Technical_Report
2007 Nussear, K. E., R. D. Inman, T. C. Esque, P. A. Medica and M. A Walden. 2008. Sloan Canyon: Reptiles on the Urban Edge: 2007 Final Report to BLM. [Technical_Report]
2003 Goodwin, K.A., T.C. Esque, P.A. Medica, M.B. Saethre, R.W. Marlow, and C.R. Tracy. 2003. Variation in reproduction of the desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) in the Mojave Desert of southern Nevada in relation to body size, primary production and climate. Submitted to the University of Navada, Reno under contract for Clark County Multi-Species Habitat Conservation Plan. 22pp. [Technical_Report]
1994 Medica, P.A., M.B. Saethre, R.B. Hunter, and J.D. Drumm. 1994. Trends in reptiles populations on the Nevada Test Site. In Hunter, R.B. (compiled by). Status of the flora and fauna on the Nevada Test Site, 1989-1991. Reynolds Elect. & Eng. Co., Inc. Report DOE/NV/11432-57. pp 1-49. [Technical_Report]
1994 Medica, P.A. 1994. Study of an off-highway vehicle race in Eldorado Valley "Twilight 200" March 27, 1993. Bureau of Land Management Draft Report. 29pp [Technical_Report]
1994 Medica, P.A. 1994. The effects of an ATV/Motorcycle OHV race upon course widening. SNARE, Nelson Hills ATV/Motorcycle race, December 5, 1993. National Biological Survey Draft Report to Bureau of Land Management. 18pp + 3 Appendices. (Dated Sept. 12, 1994) [Technical_Report]
1992 Hunter, R.B. and P.A. Medica. 1992. Extent of land disturbance on the Nevada Test Site. In Hunter (ed.). Status of the flora and fauna on the Nevada Test Site. Reynolds Elect. & Eng. Co., Inc. Report DOE/NV/10630-29. pp 3-7. [Technical_Report]
1992 Medica, P.A. 1992. Status of Reptiles in 1988. In Hunter (ed.) Status of the flora and fauna on the Nevada Test Site, 1988. Reynolds Elect. & Eng. Co., Inc. Report DOE/NV/10630-29. pp 59-95. [Technical_Report]
1992 Saethre, M.B. and P.A. Medica. 1992. Status of small mammals on the NTS in 1988. In Hunter (ed.). Status of the flora and fauna on the Nevada Test Site, 1988. Reynolds Elect. & Eng. Co., Inc. Report DOE/NV/10630-29. pp 97-160. [Technical_Report]
1992 Medica, P.A. 1992. Desert tortoise population trends in Nevada 1990-1992. Bureau of Land Management Report 9pp. [Technical_Report]
1991 Hunter, R.B., M.B. Saethre, P.A. Medica, P.D. Greger and E.M. Romney. 1991. Biological studies in the impact zone of the liquefied gaseous fuels spill test facility in Frenchman Flat, Nevada. Reynolds Elect. & Eng. Co., Inc. DOE/NV/10630-15. 42 pp. [Technical_Report]
1991 Medica, P.A. 1991. Lizard Study Procedures. Reynolds Electrical and Engineering Co., Inc. Detailed Procedure. AABAF.D.05.00. Rev. 1. 22pp. [Technical_Report]
1991 Medica, P.A. 1991. Tortoise Detailed Procedure. Reynolds Electrical and Engineering Co., Inc. Detailed Procedure. AABAF.D.04.00. Rev. 1. 18pp. [Technical_Report]
1991 Medica, P.A. and M.B. Saethre. 1991. Small Mammal Detailed Procedure. Reynolds Electrical and Engineering Co., Inc. Detailed Procedure. AABAF.06.00. Rev. 1. 14pp. [Technical_Report]
1989 Hunter, R.B. and P.A. Medica. 1989. Status of the flora and fauna on the Nevada Test Site in 1987. Reynolds Elect. & Eng. Co., Inc. DOE/NV/10630-2. 103pp. [Technical_Report]
1981 Medica, P.A., T.P. O'Farrell, and E. Collins. 1981. Survey of Yucca Mountain, Forty-Mile Canyon, and Jackass Flats in Nye County, Nevada, for desert tortoise, Gopherus agassizii. 1183-2438:1-10. [Technical_Report]
1981 Turner, F.B., P.A. Medica, and C.L. Lyons. 1981. A comparison of populations of desert tortoises, Gopherus agassizii, in grazed and ungrazed areas in Ivanpah Valley, California. Proc. International Herpetological Congress, Oxford, England. Abstract:20-21. [Technical_Report]
1981 Medica, P.A., C.L. Lyons, and F.B. Turner. 1981. A comparison of populations of desert tortoises, Gopherus agassizii in grazed and ungrazed areas in Ivanpah Valley, California. Bureau of Land Management. Final Report. 60pp. [Technical_Report]
1980 Turner, F.B., P.A. Medica, and C.L. Lyons. 1980. A comparison of populations of the desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) in grazed and ungrazed areas in Ivanpah Valley, California. Bureau of Land Management Report. 66pp. [Technical_Report]
1978 Turner, F.B., P.A. Medica, and H.O. Hill. 1978. The status of the flat-tailed horned lizard, (Phrynosoma mcallii), at nine sites in Imperial and Riverside counties, California. Bureau of Land Management Final Report on Contract YA-512-CT-58. [Technical_Report]
1975 Turner, F.B., E.M. Romney, R.F. Logan, F.D. Leavitt, T.L. Ackerman, G.V. Alexander, B.G. Maza, P.A. Medica, and A.T. Vollmer. 1975. Preliminary analyses of soils and vegetation in the vicinity of the Mohave Generating Station in southern Nevada. UCLA Report No. 12-990, 102pp. [Technical_Report]
1975 Medica, P.A. and F.B. Turner. 1975. Studies of reptiles in Rock Valley. In F.B. Turner (ed.) Rock Valley Validation Site Report. U.S. International Biological Program, Desert Biome Research Memo., RM 75-2:46-48. [Technical_Report]
1974 Turner, F.B., P.A. Medica, and D.D. Smith. 1974. Reproduction and survivorship of the lizard, Uta stansburiana, and the effects of winter rainfall, density and predation on these processes. U.S. International Biological Program, Desert Biome Research Memo. RM 74-26: 117-128. [Technical_Report]
1974 Medica, P.A. and D.D. Smith. 1974. Studies of reptiles in Rock Valley. In F.B. Turner and J.F. McBrayer (eds.) Rock Valley Validation Site Report. U.S. International Biological Program, Desert Biome Research Memo., RM 74:49-51. [Technical_Report]
1973 Turner, F.B., P.A. Medica, and D.D. Smith. 1973. Reproduction and survivorship of the lizard, Uta stansburiana, and the effects of winter rainfall, density and predation on these processes. U.S. International Biological Program, Desert Biome Research Memorandum RM 73-26:2.3.2.9.-1 - 2.3.2.9. - 19. [Technical_Report]
1973 Turner, F.B., P.A. Medica, and D.D. Smith. 1973. Studies of reptiles in Rock Valley. In F.B. Turner (Coordinator) Rock Valley Validation Site Report. U.S. International Biological Program, Desert Biome Research Memo. 73-2:2.2.2.2. -168 -2.2.2.2. -173. [Technical_Report]
Publication_BriefPresentation
2004 Esque, T.C., S. VanderWall, C.R. Schwalbe, P.A. Medica, and R.H. Webb. 2004. Effects of fire on small animals and the potential for animals to facilitate restoration in hot desert environments. Northwest Science Association Symposium. Session on: Fire and Hazardous Fuel Reduction. Ellensburg, WA. [Presentation]
2003 Goodwin, K.A., M.B. Saethre, T.C. Esque*, P.A. Medica, R. Marlow, C.R. Tracy. 2003. Reproduction of the Desert Tortoise in Clark County, Nevada. Presented at the 28th Annual Symposium of the Desert Tortoise Council. Las Vegas, Nevada. [Presentation]
2003 Saethre*, M.B., K. Goodwin, T.C. Esque, P.A. Medica, R. Marlow, C.R. Tracy. 2003. Determining the Carrying Capacity of Desert Tortoises. Presented at the 28th Annual Symposium of the Desert Tortoise Council. Las Vegas, Nevada. [Presentation]
Abstract
2002 Webb, R. H., T. C. Esque, K. A. Thomas, D. F. Haines, M. B. Murov, L. A. DeFalco and P. A. Medica. 2002. Long-term changes in perennial vegetation in permanent plots of the northern Mojave Desert. Paper presented at the 87th Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America, Tucson, Arizona. [Abstract]
2002 Medica, P. A., T. C. Esque, D. F. Haines, L. A. DeFalco and R. H. Webb. 2002. Long-term response of nocturnal rodents to wildfire in the Mojave and Great Basin Desert ecotone. Paper presented at the 87th Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America, Tucson, Arizona. [Abstract]
2000 Esque, T.C., L. A. DeFalco, P. A. Medica, M. L. Brooks and R. H. Webb. 2000. Predicted changes in Mojave fire frequency related to invasive annual grasses. Effects of a Hotter and Drier Climate, a USGS Workshop. Tuscon, AZ. [Abstract]
Fact_SheetPoster
2003 Goodwin*, K.A., M.B. Saethre, T.C. Esque, P.A. Medica, R. Marlow, C.R. Tracy. 2003. Determining the Carrying Capacity of Desert Tortoises In A Stochastic Environment. Presented at the 28th Annual Symposium of the Desert Tortoise Council. Las Vegas, Nevada. [Poster]
2003 DeFalco, L. A., S. J. Scoles, R. B. Hunter, T. C. Esque, D. F. Haines, P. A. Medica and R. H. Webb. 2003. Does dominance of the invasive annual grass Bromus madritensis ssp. rubens impact native annual plant communities? An investigation using long-term data from the Nevada Test Site, southern Nevada. Poster presented at the Desert Managers Group and Society for Ecological Restoration, Arid Lands Habitat Restoration Conference, Palm Springs, California. [Poster]
2003 Esque, T. C., P.A. Medica, S.B. VanderWall, R.H. Webb, D.F. Haines, L.A. DeFalco, and C. R. Tracy. 2003. The role of small animals, invasive plants and fire in Mojave Desert seed bank dynamics and vegetation recovery. Poster presented at the Desert Managers Group and Society for Ecological Restoration, Arid Lands Habitat Restoration Conference, Palm Springs, California. [Poster]
2003 Medica, P. A., T. C. Esque, D. F. Haines, L. A. DeFalco,and R. H. Webb. 2003. Long-term responses of nocturnal rodents to wildfires in the Mojave and Great Basin Desert ecotone. Poster presented at the Desert Managers Group and Society for Ecological Restoration, Arid Lands Habitat Restoration Conference, Palm Springs, California. [Poster]
2003 Webb, R. H., T. C. Esque, K. A. Thomas, D. F. Haines, M. B. Murov, L. A. DeFalco, and P. A. Medica. 2003. Changes in undisturbed perennial vegetation in the northern Mojave Desert. Poster presented at the Desert Managers Group and Society for Ecological Restoration, Arid Lands Habitat Restoration Conference, Palm Springs, California. [Poster]
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2009 Webb, R.H., DeFalco, L.A., Esque, T.C., and Medica, P.A. 2009. A review of selected long-term ecological studies of the Mojave Desert. pp. 429-456. In: Webb, R.H., Fenstermaker, L.F., Heaton, J.S., Hughson, D.L., McDonald, E.V., and Miller D.M. (editors). The Mojave Desert: Ecosystem Processes and Sustainability: Reno. University of Nevada Press. [Book_Chapter]
1995 Berry, K. H., and P. Medica. 1995. Desert tortoises in the Mojave and Colorado deserts. Pages 135-137 in E. L. LaRoe, G. S. Farris, and C. E. Puckett (eds.), Our Living Resources: A report to the nation on the distribution, abundance, and health of U. S. plants, animals, and ecosystems. USDI, National Biological Service, Washington, D.C. 530 p. [Book_Chapter]
1994 Bury, R.B., T.C. Esque, L.A. DeFalco, and P.A. Medica. 1994. Distribution, habitat use and protection of desert tortoise in the Eastern Mojave Desert. In, pp. 57-72, R.B. Bury, and D.J. Germano (eds.), Biology of North American Tortoises. U.S. Department of Interior National Biological Survey, Fish and Wildlife Research 13. [Book_Chapter]
1994 Germano, D.J., R.B. Bury, T.C. Esque, T.H. Fritts, P.A. Medica. 1994. Range and habitats of the desert tortoise. In, pp. 73-84, R.B. Bury, and D.J. Germano (eds.), Biology of North American Tortoises. U.S. Department of Interior National Biological Survey, Fish and Wildlife Research 13. [Book_Chapter]
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