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Carlton Rochester

   Biologist

Carlton Rochester
San Diego Field Station
4165 Spruance Road Suite 200
San Diego, CA 92101
Phone: (619) 225-6424
Fax: (619) 225-6436
Email: crochester@usgs.gov
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Journal_Article
2011 Brehme, C.S., D.R.Clark, C.J. Rochester, and R.N. Fisher. 2011. Wildfires alter rodent community structure across four vegetation types in southern California, USA. Fire Ecology 7(2): 81-98. doi: 10.4996/fireecology.0702081 [Journal_Article]
2011 Matsuda, T., G. Turschak, C.S. Brehme, C.J. Rochester, M.J. Mitrovich, and R.N. Fisher. 2011. Effects of large-scale wildfire on ground foraging ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in southern California. Environmental Entomology 40(2):204-216. doi: 10.1603/EN10061 [Journal_Article]
2010 Rochester, C.J., Brehme, C.S., Clark, D.R., Stokes, D., Hathaway, S.A., and Fisher, R.N. 2010. Reptile and amphibian responses to large-scale wildfires in Southern California. Journal of Herpetology 44(3):333-351 [Journal_Article]
2010 Franklin, J., K.E. Wejnert, , S.A. Hathaway,  C.J.Rochester,  and R.N. Fisher. 2009. Effect of species rarity on the accuracy of species distribution models for reptiles and amphibians in southern California. Diversity and Distributions 15: 167-177. [Journal_Article]
2009 Brehme, C. S., W. I. Boarman, S. A. Hathaway, A. Herring, L. Lyren, M. Mendelsohn, K. Pease, M. Rahn, C. Rochester, D. Stokes, G. Turschak, and R. N. Fisher. 2009. Spatial and temporal patterns across an ecological boundary: allochthonous effects of a young saltwater lake on a desert ecosystem. Journal of Arid Environments 73:811-820. [Journal_Article]
2008 Mark B. Mendelsohn, Cheryl S. Brehme, Carlton J. Rochester, Drew C. Stokes, Stacie A. Hathaway, and Robert N. Fisher. 2008. Responses in Bird Communities to Wildland Fires in Southern California. Fire Ecology Special Issue 4(2), pp.63-82 [Journal_Article]
Technical_Report
2010 Rochester, C.J., A.R. Backlin, D.C. Stokes, M.J. Mitrovich, C.S. Brehme, and R.N. Fisher. 2010. Bat communities of Rancho Jamul Ecological Reserve and Santa Ysabel Open Space Preserve before and after the 2003 wildfires. U.S. Geological Survey-Data Summary prepared for San Diego Association of Governments, 57 pp. [Technical_Report]
2008 Turschak, G. M., C. S. Brehme, S. L. Schuster, C. J. Rochester and R. N. Fisher. 2008. MCBCP Arroyo Toad Monitoring Results for 2006 with Multi-Year Trend Analysis. U.S. Geological Survey Data Summary prepared for Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton. 55 pp. [Technical_Report]
2006 Brehme, C.S., S.L. Schuster, C.J. Rochester, S.A. Hathaway and R.N. Fisher, 2006. MCBCP Arroyo Toad Monitoring Program: 3-Year Trend Analyses for 2003-2005. U.S. Geological Survey Data Summary prepared for Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton. 102pp. [Technical_Report]
2004 Hathaway, S., R. N. Fisher, C. Rochester, C. Haas, M. Mendlesohn, G. Turschak, D. Stokes, M. Madden-Smith, E. Ervin, K. Pease, and C. Brown. 2004. Baseline biodiversity for the Santa Ysabel Ranch Open Space Preserve. USGS Technical Report. Prepared for The Nature Conservancy and San Diego County Department of Parks and Recreation. [Technical_Report]
2003 Atkinson, A. J., R. N. Fisher, C. J. Rochester, and C. W. Brown. 2003. Sampling design optimization and establishment of baselines for herpetofauna arrays at the Point Loma Ecological Reserve. U. S. Geological Survey Western Ecological Research Center Technical Report prepared for Cabrillo National Monument, National Park Service. 39 pages. [Technical_Report]
2003 Atkinson, A. J., R. N. Fisher, C. J. Rochester, and C. W. Brown. 2003. Sampling design optimization and establishment of baselines for herpetofauna arrays at the Point Loma Ecological Reserve. U. S. Geological Survey Western Ecological Research Center Technical Report prepared for Cabrillo National Monument, National Park Service. 39 pages. (Julie Yee, Robert N. Fisher) [Technical_Report]
2002 Haas, C.D., Backlin, A.R., Rochester, C.J., and R.N. Fisher. 2002. Monitoring reptiles and amphibians at long-term biodiversity monitoring stations: the Puente-Chino Hills. Prepared for California State Parks and the Puente Hills Landfill Native Habitat Preservation Authority. 62 pp. [Technical_Report]
2002 Hathaway, S., J. O’Leary, R. N. Fisher, C. Rochester, C. S. Brehme, C. Hass, S. McMillan, M. Mendlesohn, D. Stokes, K. Pease, C. Brown, B. Yang, E. Ervin, M. Warburton, and M. Madden-Smith. 2002. Baseline biodiversity survey for the Ranch Jamul Ecological Reserve. USGS Technical Report. Prepared for California Department of Fish and Game. [Technical_Report]
2001 Rochester, C., Hathaway, S., Brown, C., Pease, K., Fisher, R.N., 2001. Herpetofaunal Monitoring in MSCP Region of San Diego. Prepared for City of San Diego. 91pp. [Technical_Report]
2001 Rochester, C, J Diffendorfer, RN Fisher. 2001. Natural History of the Rosy Boa (Charina trivirgata). Prepared for U.S. Geological Survey-Species at Risk Program. 71pp. [Technical_Report]
2000 Fisher, R.N., Rochester, C., 2000. Monitoring Reptile and Amphibians at Long-Term Biodiversity Monitoring Stations: Nature Reserve of Orange County. Prepared for the Nature Reserve of Orange County. [Technical_Report]
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2012 Rochester, C.J., R.N. Fisher, C.S. Brehme, D.R. Clark, D.C. Stokes, and S.A. Hathaway. 2012. Reptile and amphibian responses to large-scale wildfires in Southern California. Presented at: 2012 Southwest Wildfire Hydrology and Hazards Workshop, April 2 - 5, 2012, Biosphere2 - Oracle, AZ. [Poster]
2011 Clark, D.R., C.S. Brehme, C.J. Rochester and R.N. Fisher. 2011. Short-term responses of rodent communities to large-scale wildfires in southern California. Presented at Western Section of the Wildlife Society Conference February 8-11, 2011, Riverside, CA [Poster]
2011 Matsuda, T., G.M. Turschak, C.S. Brehme, C.J. Rochester, M.J. Mitrovich and R.N. Fisher. 2011. Monitoring endangered species within and across Military Lands: Application of occupancy monitoring for the arroyo toad and Stephens kangaroo rat on MCB, Camp Pendleton and U.S. Navy Remote Training Site Warner Springs. Presented at Western Section of the Wildlife Society Conference February 8-11, 2011, Riverside, CA [Poster]
2009 Matsuda, T., G. M. Turschak, C. S. Brehme, C. J. Rochester, D. Stokes, and R. N. Fisher. 2009. Effects of large-scale wildfire on ground foraging ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Southern California. Poster presented at the Wildlife Society Conference 16th Annual Conference. Sept 20-24, 2009 Monterey, CA. [Poster]
2009 Clark, D.R., Brehme, C.S., Rochester, C.J. and Fisher, R.N. 2009. Effects of large-scale wildfires on rodents in southern California. Poster presented at the Wildlife Society Conference 16th Annual Conference. Sept 20-24, 2009; Monterey, CA. [Poster]
Book_Chapter
2012 Rochester, C.J. and R.N. Fisher. 2012. Chapter 4. Planning and associated data: Handheld computers for digital data collection, in Reptile Biodiversity: standard methods for inventory and monitoring (McDiarmid, R.W., M.S. Foster, C. Guyer, J.W. Gibbons, and N. Chernoff, eds). University of California Press, Berkeley, CA. [Book_Chapter]
2012 Fisher, R.N. and C.J. Rochester. 2012. Chapter 9. Standard techniques for inventory and monitoring: Pitfall-trap surveys, in Reptile Biodiversity: standard methods for inventory and monitoring (McDiarmid, R.W., M.S. Foster, C. Guyer, J.W. Gibbons, and N. Chernoff, eds). University of California Press, Berkeley, CA. [Book_Chapter]
2012 Atkinson, A., C.J. Rochester, and R.N. Fisher. 2012. Chapter 4. Planning and associated data: Data quality assurance and quality control, in Reptile Biodiversity: standard methods for inventory and monitoring (McDiarmid, R.W., M.S. Foster, C. Guyer, J.W. Gibbons, and N. Chernoff, eds). University of California Press, Berkeley, CA. [Book_Chapter]
2008 Fisher, R.N, D. Stokes; C.J. Rochester, C.S. Brehme, S.A. Hathaway, and T.J. Case. 2008. Herpetological monitoring using a pitfall trapping design in southern California:  U.S. Geological Survey Techniques and Methods 2-A5, 44 p. [Book_Chapter]
Software_Application
2002 Rochester, C. 2002. "G" Sub-0. A Pendragon Forms 3.2/Microsoft Access data collection form for use on handheld computers using the Palm OS. This data form stores information regarding desert tortoise radio tracking survey efforts. [Software_Application]
2002 Rochester, C. 2002. "G" Sub-0 Animal. A Pendragon Forms 3.2/Microsoft Access data collection form for the use on handheld computers using the Palm OS. This data form stores information regarding the individual desert tortoises of a radio tracking project. [Software_Application]
2002 Rochester, C. 2002. Radio Tortoise. A Pendragon Forms 3.2/Microsoft Access data collection form for the use on handheld computers using the Palm OS. This data form serves as a reference look-up list of tortoises included in the radio tracking project. [Software_Application]
2002 Rochester, C. 2002. Transects. A Pendragon Forms 3.2/Microsoft Access data collection form for the use on handheld computers using the Palm OS. This data form stores information regarding line transect survey efforts directed at measuring desert tortoise populations. [Software_Application]
2002 Rochester, C. 2002. Climate. A Pendragon Forms 3.2/Microsoft Access data collection form for the use on handheld computers using the Palm OS. This data form stores information regarding weather conditions during a desert tortoise line transect survey. [Software_Application]
2002 Rochester, C. 2002. Corner Coordinates. A Pendragon Forms 3.2/Microsoft Access data collection form for the use on handheld computers using the Palm OS. This data form stores information regarding the corner points of a desert tortoise line transect survey. [Software_Application]
2002 Rochester, C. 2002. Observations. A Pendragon Forms 3.2/Microsoft Access data collection form for the use on handheld computers using the Palm OS. This data form stores information regarding the individual desert tortoises observed during a desert tortoise line transect survey. [Software_Application]
2002 Rochester, C. 2002. z-sites. A Pendragon Forms 3.2/Microsoft Access data collection form for the use on handheld computers using the Palm OS. This data form serves as a reference look-up list of pre-defined desert tortoise study sites. [Software_Application]
2001 Rochester, C. 2001. PDSite 1.0. A Pendragon Forms 3.1 data collection form for use on handheld computers using the Palm OS. This form stores information regarding predefined study sites which may be revisited multiple times. [Software_Application]
2001 Rochester, C. 2001. Weather 1.4. A Pendragon Forms 3.1 data collection form for use on handheld computers using the Palm OS. This form stores information regarding weather variables connected to a survey. [Software_Application]
2001 Rochester, C. 2001. Water 1.2. A Pendragon Forms 3.1 data collection form for use on handheld computers using the Palm OS. This form stores information regarding water and water chemistry at a study site. [Software_Application]
2001 Rochester, C. 2001. Site 3.0. A Pendragon Forms 3.1 data collection form for use on handheld computers using the Palm OS. This form stores information regarding the study site, including aquatic and terrestrial habitat variables. [Software_Application]
2001 Rochester, C. 2001. Animal 3.0. A Pendragon Forms 3.1 data collection form for use on handheld computers using the Palm OS. This form stores information regarding animal records. [Software_Application]
2001 Rochester, C. 2001. Control Form 2.0. A Pendragon Forms 3.1 data collection form for use on handheld computers using the Palm OS. This data form stores information regarding the survey effort. [Software_Application]


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