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Berry, K. H., Abundance and Distribution of Selected Elements from Tortoise Habitats in the Mojave and Colorado Deserts (January 2007)

Berry, K. H., Population Attributes of Desert Tortoises at the National Training Center, Fort Irwin, California (January 2007)

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Brooks, M. L., Effects of Livestock Watering Sites on Alien and Native Plants in the Mojave Desert (January 2007)

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Crocker, Daniel E., Nathan Kofahl, Gary M. Fellers, Natalie B. Gates, and Dorian S. Houser. 2007. Water flux, energy expenditure and renal function in the Point Reyes mountain beaver, Aplodontia rufa phaea. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology. 80(6):635–642.

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DeFalco, L. A., G. C. J. Fernandez, and R. S. Nowak. 2007. Variation in the establishment of a non-native annual grass influences competitive interactions with Mojave Desert perennials. Biological Invasions 9:293-307.

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Fellers, Gary M. and Michael Osbourn. 2007. Distribution and Abundance of Fallow Deer Leks at Point Reyes National Seashore. California Fish and Game. 93 (3): 149-160.

Fellers, Gary M. and Patrick M. Kleeman. 2007. California Red-legged Frog (Rana draytonii) Movement and Habitat Use: Implications for Conservation. Journal of Herpetology. 41(2): 276-286.

Fellers, Gary M., David Bradford, David Pratt, and Leslie Long Wood. 2007. Demise of translocated populations of mountain yellow-legged frogs (Rana muscosa) in the Sierra Nevada Mountains of California. Herpetological Conservation and Biology. 2(1): 5-21.

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Fleskes, J.P., D. M. Mauser, and G. S. Yarris. 2007. Survival of female mallards molting on Klamath Basin National Wildlife Refuges: Project Update 2007. 2007 Adminstrative Report. U. S. Geological Survey, Western Ecological Research Center, Sacramento, California.

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Gary Fellers, California Red-Legged Frog Movement and Habitat Use (July 2007)

Gary Fellers, Comparative Toxicity of Chlorpyrifos, Diazinon, Malathion and Their Oxons to Amphibians (May 2007)

Hothem, R.L., and D.R. Bergen. 2007. Reproductive success of black-crowned night-herons and snowy egrets at Alcatraz Island, San Francisco Bay, California: 2006. Administrative Report prepared by U.S. Geological Survey for Golden Gate National Recreation Area, National Park Service, 24pp.

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Jan van Wagtendonk, Spatial Patterns of Large Natural Fires in Sierra Nevada Wilderness Areas (April 2007)

Jon Keeley, Human Influence on California Fire Regimes (July 2007)

Jon Keeley, The Role of Fuel Breaks in the Invasion of Nonnative Plants (April 2007)

Keeley, J. E., Fire Dynamics of Foothill Pine in the Southern Sierra Nevada (February 2007)

Keeley, J. E., Prescribed Fire Effects on Cheatgrass Persistence in a Sierra Nevada Ponderosa Pine Forest, (February 2007)

Keeley, J. E., Role of Burning Season on Understory Vegetation in a Mixed Conifer Forest (March 2007)

Keeley, J.E. 2007. Appropriate postfire management for the 2007 Griffith park Fire. Newsletter of the Los Angeles & San Gabriel Rivers Watershed Council 11(1):3-5.

Keeley, J.E. and T.W. McGinnis. 2007. Impact of prescribed fire and other factors on cheatgrass persistence in a Sierra Nevada ponderosa pine forest. International Journal of Wildland Fire 16:96-106.

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Kenwood, K.E. and B.E. Kus. 2007. Distribution, abundance and breeding activities of the southwestern willow flycatcher at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California. 2006 Annual Data Summary. Prepared for Assistant Chief of Staff, Environmental Security, Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton.

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Sparling, Donald W. and Gary M. Fellers. 2007. Comparative toxicity of chlorpyrifos, diazinon, malathion and their oxon derivatives to Rana boylii. Environmental Pollution. 147(2007): 535-539.

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Vandergast, A. G., D. Weissman, A. J. Bohonak and R. N. Fisher 2007. Phylogeography and landscape genetics of a southern California endemic Jerusalem cricket (Orthoptera: Stenopelmatidae: Stenopelmatus). Invited Talk. Pacific Branch Meeting of the Entomological Society of America. Portland, OR.

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Vandergast, A.G. 2007. Landscape characteristics shape population genetic structure in Jerusalem crickets (Orthoptera: Stenopelmatidae: Stenopelmatus sp.) Invited Talk. Annual Meeting of the Entomological Society of America. San Diego, CA.

Vandergast, A.G., Genetic Effects of Recent Habitat Fragmentation on the Mahogany Jerusalem Cricket (March 2007)

Welsh, Hartwell H., Jr, Gary M. Fellers, and Amy J. Lind. 2007. Amphibian Populations in the Terrestrial Environment: Is There Evidence of Declines of Terrestrial Forest Amphibians in Northwestern California? Journal of Herpetology. 49(3): 469-482.

Whitney, K. L., R. F. Hechinger, A. M. Kuris, and K. D. Lafferty. 2007. Endangered light-footed clapper rail affects parasite community structure in coastal wetlands. Ecological Applications 17:1694-1702.

Wood, D. A. 2007. Genetic and morphological diversity in the Western Shovel-nosed snake, with special emphasis on the conservation status of the Tucson Shovel-nosed snake. Oral Presentation. The Wildlife Society Meetings. Tucson, AZ.

Ackerman J., J.Y. Takekawa, C. Eagles-Smith, C. Marn, and T. Adelsbach. 2006. Survival of American avocet and black-necked stilt chicks in relation to mercury contamination in San Francisco Bay. Eighth International Conference on Mercury as a Global Pollutant, Madison, Wisconsin, August 6-11.

Ackerman, J. T., Central Valley Habitat Changes Affect Space Use by White-fronted Geese (September 2006)

Ackerman, J. T., Hunting Vulnerability of Dabbling Ducks to Spinning-wing Decoys Varies among Species and Locations (July 2006)

Ackerman, J. T., J. Y. Takekawa, C. Strong, N. Athearn, and A. Rex. 2006. California Gull distribution, abundance, and predation on waterbird eggs and chicks in South San Francisco Bay. Final Report, U. S. Geological Survey, Western Ecological Research Center, Davis and Vallejo, CA 61 pp.

Ackerman, J. T., Life History Predicts Risk-taking Behavior of Ducks (August 2006)

Ackerman, J., J. Y. Takekawa, D. L. Orthmeyer, J. P. Fleskes, J. L Yee, and K. L. Kruse. 2006. Spatial use by wintering greater white-fronted geese relative to a decade of habitat change in California's Central Valley. Journal of Wildlife Management 70(4):965-976.

Ackerman, JT, and CA Eagles-Smith. 2006. A collaborative project to study mercury levels in San Francisco Bay Waterbirds. Bay Bird Review, Winter: 4-5.

Ackerman, JT, CA Eagles-Smith, and TL Adelsbach. 2006. Mercury accumulation in Black-necked Stilt chicks in San Francisco Bay. Fish and Wildlife Service Environmental Contaminants Program National Meeting, Colorado Springs, Colorado, July 31-August 4.

Ackerman, JT, CA Eagles-Smith, and TL Adelsbach. 2006. Mercury accumulation in Black-necked Stilt chicks in San Francisco Bay. South Bay Science Symposium, San Jose State University, California, June 6.

Ackerman, JT, CA Eagles-Smith, and TL Adelsbach. 2006. Rapid accumulation of mercury in black-necked stilt chicks growing in San Francisco Bay. Eighth International Conference on Mercury as a Global Pollutant, Madison, Wisconsin, August 6-11.

Ackerman, JT, CA Eagles-Smith, JY Takekawa, and AK Miles. 2006. Mercury in birds of the San Francisco Bay-Delta: trophic pathways, bioaccumulation and ecotoxicological risk to avian reproduction. Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge, Newark, California, January 23. (talk)

Ackerman, JT, CA Eagles-Smith, TL Adelsbach, and JL Yee. 2006. Are growth rates of Forster's Tern chicks influenced by mercury in San Francisco Bay? Eighth International Conference on Mercury as a Global Pollutant, Madison, Wisconsin, August 6-11.

Ackerman, JT, CA Eagles-Smith, TL Adelsbach, and JL Yee. 2006. Mercury levels and growth rates of Forster's Tern chicks in San Francisco Bay. Fish and Wildlife Service Environmental Contaminants Program National Meeting, Colorado Springs, Colorado, July 31-August 4.

Ackerman, JT, CA Eagles-Smith, TL Adelsbach, and JL Yee. 2006. Mercury levels and growth rates of Forster's Tern chicks in San Francisco Bay. South Bay Science Symposium, San Jose State University, California, June 6.

Ackerman, JT, JM Eadie, and TG Moore. 2006. Does life history predict risk-taking behavior of wintering dabbling ducks? Condor 108: 530-546.

Ackerman, JT, JM Eadie, ML Szymanski, JH Caswell, MP Vrtiska, AH Raedeke, JM Checkett, AD Afton, TG Moore, FD Caswell, RA Walters, DD Humburg, and JL Yee. 2006. Effectiveness of spinning-wing decoys varies among dabbling duck species and locations. Fourth North American Dusk Symposium, Bismarck, North Dakota, August 23-26.

Ackerman, JT, JM Eadie, ML Szymanski, JH Caswell, MP Vrtiska, AH Raedeke, JM Checkett, AD Afton, TG Moore, FD Caswell, RA Walters, DD Humburg, and JL Yee. 2006. Effectiveness of spinning-wing decoys varies among dabbling duck species and locations. Journal of Wildlife Management 70(3):799-804.

Ackerman, JT, JM Eadie, SL Oldenburger, GS Yarris, DL Loughman, and MR McLandress. 2006. Age related reproductive success of mallards in California. Fourth North American Dusk Symposium, Bismarck, North Dakota, August 23-26.

Ackerman, JT, JY Takekawa, S Wainwright-De La Cruz, AK Miles, JR Lovvorn, JL Yee, and D Tsao-Melcer. 2006. Diet of San Francisco Bay diving ducks after invasion by the Asian clam. Fourth North American Dusk Symposium, Bismarck, North Dakota, August 23-26.

Ackerman, JT. 2006. Gull Predation on Shorebird and Tern Nests and Chicks in the South San Francisco Bay Salt Ponds. South Bay Science Symposium, San Jose State University, California, June 6.

Ackerman, JT. 2006. Hunting vulnerability of dabbling ducks to spinning-wing decoys varies among species and locations. July 2006. USGS Publication Brief for Resource Managers.

Adelsbach, TL, CA Eagles-Smith, JT Ackerman, and SE Schwarzbach. 2006. Terns as indicators of mercury and other priority pollutant exposure in San Francisco Bay. Eighth International Conference on Mercury as a Global Pollutant, Madison, Wisconsin, August 6-11.

Benjamin A. Waitman, Trent M. Draper, Todd C. Esque. 2006. The effects of sterile wheat (Triticale) seeding on a native plant community after wildfire in a pinyon pine-mountain mahogany woodland. 2005 annual report to the US Fish and Wildlife Service. 33pp.

Berry, K.H. 2006. The biology and conservation of threatened desert tortoises--what you need to know for recovery efforts. National Wildlife Rehabilitators Association Symposium. March 10, 2006. Costa Mesa, CA.

Berry, K.H. 2006. The desert tortoise: Food preferences and availability in planning for recovery. California Native Plant Society, Palm Springs, CA.

Berry, K.H. 2006. Protocols for evaluating desert tortoises for rehabilitation: A Model for other chelonians. California Council for Wildlife Rehabilitators. Aug. 26, 2006. The Living Desert Zoo and Gardens, Palm Desert, CA.

Berry, K.H., A.S. Demmon, R. Woodard, and R.M. Evans. 2006. Urban effects on adjacent populations of wild desert tortoises: dogs and disease. Paper and abstract presented at the 2006 Annual Conference of the Western Section of The Wildlife Society. Feb. 8-10, Sacramento, CA.

Berry, K.H., J. Mack, R.W. Murphy, and W. Quillman. 2006. Preface. Introduction to the special issue on the changing Mojave Desert. Journal of Arid Environments 67:5-10 (Special Supplement).

Berry, K.H., M.B. Brown, R. Woodard, and L. Wendland. 2006. The health status of resident desert tortoises (Gopherus agassizii) in the Fort Irwin Translocation Project Area, San Bernardino County, California. 31rst Annual Meeting and Symposium of the Desert Tortoise Council. Feb. 17-20, 2006. Tucson, AZ.

Berry, K.H., T.Y. Bailey, and K.M. Anderson. 2006. Attributes of desert tortoise populations at the National Training Center, Central Mojave Desert, California, USA. Journal of Arid Environments 67:165-191 (Special Supplement).

Bluso, JB, M Colwell, JY Takekawa, and JT Ackerman. 2006. Space Use of Foraging Forster's terns (Sterna forsteri) in South San Francisco Bay, California. The Wildlife Society, Western Section, Sacramento, California, February 8-10. (talk)

Bluso, JD, JT Ackerman, JY Takekawa, and JL Yee. 2006. Using morphological measurements to sex Forster’s terns. Waterbirds, 29(4): 511-516.

Bluso, JD, MA Colwell, JY Takekawa, and JT Ackerman. 2006. Space use of foraging Forster's terns in South San Francisco Bay, California. South Bay Science Symposium, San Jose State University, California, June 6.

Boydston, E. E., Kapheim, K. M. & Holekamp, K. E. 2006. Patterns of den occupation by the spotted hyaena (Crocuta crocuta). African Journal of Ecology 44: 77-86.

Boydston, E. E., Lyren, L. M., Fisher, R. N., Turschak, G., Tracey, J., Smith, T. V., & Crooks, K. R. 2006. Space utilization patterns of bobcats (Lynx rufus) in the Santa Ana Mountains in southern California. Society for Conservation Biology 20th Annual Meeting. San Jose, California.

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.

Brooks, M. L., Using Fire for Invasive Plant Control in Wildlands (August 2006)

Brooks, M.L. 2006. Effects of fire on plant communities. P.p. 29-32 In: J.M. DiTomaso and D.W. Johnson (eds.). The Use of Fire as a Tool for Controlling Invasive Plants. California Invasive Plant Council, Cal-IPC Publication 2006-01. Berkeley, CA. 56 pp.

Brooks, M.L. 2006. Introduction. P.p. 1 In: J.M. DiTomaso and D.W. Johnson (eds.). The Use of Fire as a Tool for Controlling Invasive Plants. California Invasive Plant Council, Cal-IPC Publication 2006-01. Berkeley, CA.

Brooks, M.L., and K.H. Berry. 2006. Dominance and environmental correlates of alien annual plants in the Mojave Desert, USA. Journal of Arid Environments 67:100-124 (Special Supplement).

Brooks, M.L., J.R. Matchett, and K.H. Berry. 2006. Effects of livestock watering sites on alien and native plants in the Mojave Desert, USA. Journal of Arid Environments 67:125-147. (Special Supplement)

Brooks, M.L., JR. Matchett, and C. Deuser. 2006. Technical support for Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge BAER activities on the Longstreet Fire of 2004. Technical report prepared for the US Fish and Wildlife Service, Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge, 10 pp.

Brown, M.B., K.H. Berry, C. Melendez Torres, M.A. Hasskamp, L. Wendland, D. Demcovitz, M. Francisco Villa Andrade, C. Schwalbe, and F.R. Mendez de la Cruz. 2006. Health status of wild and captive desert tortoises from the Hermosillo and Alamos areas of Mexico. 31rst Annual Meeting and Symposium of the Desert Tortoise Council. Feb. 17-20, 2006. Tucson, AZ.

C .Richard Tracy, K.E. Nussear, T.C. Esque, K. Dean-Bradley, C.R. Tracy, L.A. DeFalco, K.T. Castle, L.C. Zimmerman, R.E. Espinoza, A.M. Barber. 2006. The Importance of Physiological Ecology in Conservation Biology. Integrative and Comparative Biology 2006;doi : 10. 1093/icb/icl054.

Casazza, M. L., Band-tailed Pigeon Population Indices and Mineral Site Use (June 2006)

Chaffee, M.A., and K.H. Berry. 2006. Abundance and distribution of selected elements in soils, stream sediments, and selected forage plants from desert tortoise habitats in the Mojave and Colorado deserts, USA. Journal of Arid Environments 67 (Special Supplement):35-87.

Currens, C. R., M. A. Madej and H. Ambrose. 2006. Level 1 Baseline Water Qaulity Report for the Klamath Network: Lava Beds National Monument, Lassen Volcanic National Park and Oregon Caves National Monument - 2005. Report for the National Park Service Klamath Netwrok Inventory and Monitoring Program. U.S. Geological Survey Western Ecological Research Center Redwood Field Station, Arcata, CA. 25 p. plus appendices.

Currens, C. R., M. A. Madej and H. Ambrose. 2006. Level 1 Baseline Water Quality Report for the Klamath Network: Lava Beds National Monument, Lassen Volcanic National Park and Oregon Caves National Monument - 2005. U.S. Geological Survey, Western Ecological Research Center, Arcata, CA 95521. 26 pp plus appendices.

DeFalco, L. A. 2006. Revegetation of Desert Tortoise Habitat: Creosotebush Shrublands. Paper presented at the 31st Annual Desert Tortoise Council Symposium. February 17-20, Tucson, Arizona

Demers, SA, M Colwell, JY Takekawa, and JT Ackerman. 2006. Space use and habitat selection of American avocets (Recurvirostra americana) in the South San Francisco Bay, California. Shorebird Science in the Western Hemisphere, Boulder, Colorado, February 22-March 2. (poster)

Demers, SA, M Colwell, JY Takekawa, and JT Ackerman. 2006. Space use and habitat selection of American avocets (Recurvirostra americana) in the South San Francisco Bay, California. South Bay Science Symposium, San Jose State University, California, June 6.

Demers, SA, M Colwell, JY Takekawa, and JT Ackerman. 2006. Space use and habitat selection of American avocets (Recurvirostra americana) in the South San Francisco Bay, California. The Wildlife Society, Western Section, Sacramento, California, February 8-10. (poster)

DiTomaso, J.M., ML Brooks, EB Allen, R Minnich, PM Rice, and GB. Kyser. 2006. Control of invasive weeds with prescribed burning. Weed Technology 20:535-548.

Eagles-Smith, C., J. Ackerman, S. Wainwright-De La Cruz, T. Adelsbach, J.Y. Takekawa, and A.K. Miles. 2006. Mercury concentrations vary among waterbird foraging guilds and locations in San Francisco Bay. Eighth International Conference on Mercury as a Global Pollutant, Madison, Wisconsin, August 6-11.

Eagles-Smith, CA, JT Ackerman, and TL Adelsbach. 2006. Mercury concentrations in prebreeding and breeding Forster's Terns. Fish and Wildlife Service Environmental Contaminants Program National Meeting, Colorado Springs, Colorado, July 31-August 4.

Eagles-Smith, CA, JT Ackerman, and TL Adelsbach. 2006. Mercury concentrations in prebreeding and breeding Forster's Terns. South Bay Science Symposium, San Jose State University, California, June 6. (poster)

Eagles-Smith, CA, JT Ackerman, and TL Adelsbach. 2006. Mercury correlations among 6 tissues in 4 species of waterbirds vary by season and taxa. Eighth International Conference on Mercury as a Global Pollutant, Madison, Wisconsin, August 6-11.

Eagles-Smith, CA, JT Ackerman, and TL Adelsbach. 2006. Mercury dynamics in waterbirds: influence of reproductive status and sex. Eighth International Conference on Mercury as a Global Pollutant, Madison, Wisconsin, August 6-11.

Eagles-Smith, CA, JT Ackerman, S Wainwright-De La Cruz, TL Adelsbach, JY Takekawa, and AK Miles. 2006. Mercury concentrations differ among five species of waterbirds in San Francisco Bay. Fish and Wildlife Service Environmental Contaminants Program National Meeting, Colorado Springs, Colorado, July 31-August 4.

Eagles-Smith, CA, JT Ackerman, S Wainwright-De La Cruz, TL Adelsbach, JY Takekawa, and AK Miles. 2006. Mercury concentrations differ among five species of waterbirds in San Francisco Bay. South Bay Science Symposium, San Jose State University, California, June 6.

Eagles-Smith, CA, JT Ackerman, TL Adelsbach, JY Takekawa, and CM Marn. 2006. Mercury concentrations in chicks versus adult avocet and stilts: spatially explicit bioaccumulation inferred via radio telemetry. Eighth International Conference on Mercury as a Global Pollutant, Madison, Wisconsin, August 6-11.

Edwards, T., R. Murphy, K.H. Berry, and A. McLuckie. 2006. Molecular support for the established recovery units in the Mojave population of desert tortoises (Gopherus agassizii). 31st Annual Meeting and Symposium of the Desert Tortoise Council. Feb. 17-20, 2006. Tucson, AZ.

Edwards, T., R. Murphy, K.H. Berry, and C. Jones. 2006. A closer look at the hybridization zone between Mojave and Sonoran desert tortoises in western Arizona. 31st Annual Meeting and Symposium of the Desert Tortoise Council. Feb. 17-20, 2006. Tucson, AZ.

Ervin, E.L., Kisner, D.A. & R.N. Fisher. 2006. Bufo californicus Mortality. Herpetological Review 37(2):199.

Fellers, Gary M. and Michael Osbourn. 2006. Distribution and abundance of fallow deer leks at Point Reyes National Seashore, California. U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2006-5149, 19 Pp.

Fellers, Gary M. and Patrick M. Kleeman. 2006. California Red-legged Frog Surveys in the Lower Pine Gulch Watershed Marin County, CA. Report for the National Park Service. 13 Pp.

Fellers, Gary M. and Patrick M. Kleeman. 2006. Diurnal Versus Nocturnal Surveys for California Red-legged Frogs. Journal of Wildlife Management. 70(6): 1805–1808.

Fellers, Gary M., Donald W. Sparling, Deborah F. Cowman. 2006. Decline of Sierra Nevada Amphibians: What we know, what we need to know. SETAC Globe: Learned Discourse May-June: 24-25.

Fellers, Gary M., Jennifer Dhundale, and Kia Ruiz. 2006. Thamnophis atratus Predation. Herpetological Review. 37(2): 235-236.

Ferrenberg, S.M., D.W. Schwilk, E.E. Knapp, E. Groth, and J.E. Keeley. 2006. Fire decreases arthropod abundance but increases diversity: early and late season prescribed fire effects in a Sierra Nevada mixed-conifer forest. Fire Ecology 2:79-102.

Fisher, R., A. Backlin, C. Brehme, D. Clark, S. Hathaway, C. Hitchcock, T. Matsuda, M. Mendelsohn, C. Rochester, S. Schuster, D. Stokes, G. Turschak, and A. Vandergast. 2006. Differential animal responses to the 2002-2003 wildfires in southern California. Third International Fire Management Congress, November 13-17, San Diego, California.

G.D. Wylie, and R.L. Hothem. 2006. Metals and trace elements in Giant Garter Snakes (Thamnophis gigas) from the Sacramento Valley, California. Poster for The Wildlife Society, 13th Annual Conference, Anchorage, Alaska, September 23-27, 2006.

Grace, J.B., and J.E. Keeley. 2006. A structural equation model analysis of postfire plant diversity in California shrublands. Ecological Applications 16:503-514.

Haukos, D.A., M.R. Miller, D.L. Orthmeyer, J.Y. Takekawa, J.P. Fleskes, M.L. Casazza, W.M. Perry, and J.A. Moon. 2006. Spring Migration of Northern Pintails from Texas and New Mexico, USA. Waterbirds 29:127-136.

Hothem, R.L., J.J. Crayon, and M.A. Law. 2006. Effects of contaminants on reproductive success of aquatic birds nesting at Edwards Air Force Base, California. Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 51:711-719.

Hothem, R.L., J.T. May, and C.N. Alpers. 2006. Biosentinels of methylmercury exposure in areas affected by abandoned gold and mercury mines: Why not the ubiquitous water strider? Mercury 2006 Eighth International Conference on Mercury as a Global Pollutant, Madison, WI, August 6-11, 2006.

Hudson, P.J., Dobson A.P. & Lafferty K.D. (2006). Parasites and ecological systems: is a healthy system one with many parasites? Trends in Ecology Evolution, 21, 381-385.

J.T. May, R.L. Hothem, L.R. Brown, J.N. Moore, J.K. Gibson, J.R. Rytuba, and C.N. Alpers. 2006. Comparison of mercury bioaccumulation in adjacent watersheds influenced by historical mining in the Klamath-Trinity Mountains, California. Mercury 2006 Eighth International Conference on Mercury as a Global Pollutant, Madison, WI, August 6-11, 2006.

Keeley, J. E., Factors Determining Species Diversity in Postfire California Chaparral and Sage Scrub (April 2006)

Keeley, J. E., Fire Management Impacts on Invasive Plants (April 2006)

Keeley, J. E., Forest Heterogeneity and Prescribed Burning (March 2006)

Keeley, J. E., Fuel Modification Impacts on Nonnative Plant Invasion (April 2006)

Keeley, J. E., Postfire Plant Demography and Functional Types (May 2006)

Keeley, J. E., Simulating the Effects of Frequent Fire on Southern California Shrublands (November 2006)

Keeley, J. E., Wildfire Management on a Human-Dominated Landscape (November 2006)

Keeley, J.E. 2006. Evolution of plant adaptations, pp. 112-113. In N.G. Sugiharia J.W. van Wagtendonk, K.E. Shaffer, J. Fites-Kaufman, and A.E. Thoede (eds), Fire in California’s Ecosystems. University of California Press.

Keeley, J.E. 2006. Fire management impacts on invasive plant species in the western United States. Conservation Biology 20:375-384.

Keeley, J.E. 2006. Fire severity and plant age in postfire resprouting of woody plants in sage scrub and chaparral. Madroño 53:373-379.

Keeley, J.E. 2006. Relative role of fuels vs weather in fire regimes of coastal California chaparral. 2002 Fire Conference, Managing Fire and Fuels in the Remaining Wildlands and Open Spaces of the Southwestern United States. USDA Forest Service. In press.

Keeley, J.E. 2006. South coast bioregion, pp. 350-390. In N.G. Sugihari, J.W. van Wangtendonk, K.E. Shaffer, J. Fites-Kaufman, and A.E. Thoede (eds), Fire in California’s Ecosystems. University of California Press.

Keeley, J.E. and C.J. Fotheringham. 2006. Wildfire management on a human dominated landscape: California chaparral wildfires, pp. 69-75. In G. Wuerthner, Editor, Wildfire ---A Century of Failed Forest Policy. Island Press, Covelo, CA.

Keeley, J.E. and F.W. Davis. 2006. Chaparral. In M.G. Barbour (ed), Terrestrial vegetation of California. University of California Press, Los Angeles. In press.

Keeley, J.E., C.D. Allen, J. Betancourt, G.W. Chong, C.J. Fotheringham, and H.D. Safford. 2006. A 21st century perspective on postfire seeding. Journal of Forestry 104(1):1-2.

Keeley, J.E., C.J. Fotheringham, and M. Baer-Keeley. 2006. Demographic patterns of postfire regeneration in mediterranean-climate shrublands of California. Ecological Monographs 76:235-255.

Keifer, M. B., J. W. van Wagtendonk, and M. Buhler. 2006. Long-term surface fuel accumulation in burned and unburned mixed-conifer forests of the central and southern Sierra Nevada, CA (USA). Fire Ecology 2: 53-72.

Knapp, E.E. and J.E. Keeley. 2006. Heterogeneity in fire severity within early season and late season prescribed burns in a mixed conifer forest. International Journal of Wildland Fire 15:1-9.

Kus, B. E., Factors Influencing the Incidence of Cowbird Parasitism of Least Bell's Vireos (August 2006)

Kus, B.E. 2006. Factors influencing the incidence of cowbird parasitism of least Bell’s vireos. USGS Publication Brief for Resource Managers.

Kus, B.E. and J.F. Falcone. 2006. Neotropical migratory bird monitoring study at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California. 2004 Annual Report. Prepared for Assistant Chief of Staff, Environmental Security, Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton.

Kus, B.E. and K.E. Kenwood. 2006. Distribution, abundance, and breeding activities of the southwestern willow flycatcher at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California. 2005 Annual Report. Prepared for Assistant Chief of Staff, Environmental Security, Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton.

Kus, B.E., J. Guzis, and M. Wellik. 2006. Pilgrim Creek Restoration Project: Bird community and vegetation structure. 2004 Annual Report. Prepared for the State of California Department of Transportation, District 11.

Kus, B.E., J.F. Falcone, and H.Howitt. 2006. Riparian and upland bird communities at Lower Topanga Canyon, Topanga State Park, California. 2004 Annual Report. Prepared for California State Parks, Southern Service Center.

Lafferty, K. D. 2006. Can the common brain parasite, Toxoplasma gondii, influence human culture? Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, B. 273.

Lafferty, K. D., A. P. Dobson, and A. M. Kuris. 2006. Parasites dominate food web links. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 103:11211-11216.

Lafferty, K. D., Goodman, D. & Sandoval, C. P. 2006. Restoration of breeding by snowy plovers following protection from disturbance. Biodiversity and Conservation 15, 2217-2230.

Lafferty, K. D., R. F. Hechinger, J. C. Shaw, K. L. Whitney, and A. M. Kuris. 2006. Food webs and parasites in a salt marsh ecosystem. Pages 119-134 in S. Collinge and C. Ray, editors. Disease ecology: community structure and pathogen dynamics. Oxford University Press, Oxford.

Lyren L., G. Turschak, E. Ambat, C. Haas, J. Tracey, E. Boydston, S. Hathaway, R. Fisher, and K. Crooks. 2006. Carnivore activity and movement in a Southern California protected area, the North/Central Irvine Ranch. U.S. Geological Survey Technical Report. 115 pp.

M.S. Bank, J.B. Crocker, J.L. Wachtl, P. Kleeman, C. Currens, G. Fellers, J. May, R. Hothem, J.P. Wise, Sr., and M.A. Madej. 2006. Mercury Bioaccumulation in Pacific Giant Salamander Larvae from Lotic Ecosystems in the Pacific Northwestern United States. Mercury 2006 Eighth International Conference on Mercury as a Global Pollutant, Madison, WI, August 6-11, 2006.

Madej, M. A., Assessing Possible Thermal Rearing Restrictions for Juvenile Coho Salmon in Redwood Creek, California (June 2006)

Madej, M. A., C. Currens, V. Ozaki, J. Yee and D. G. Anderson. 2006. Assessing possible thermal rearing restrictions for juvenile coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) through thermal infrared imaging and in-stream monitoring, Redwood Creek, California. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 63:1384-1396.

Madej, M. A., E. A. Eschenbach, C. Diaz, R. Teasley, and K. Baker. 2006. Optimization strategies for sediment reduction practices on roads in steep, forested terrain. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms. Vol. 31 p. 1643-1656.

Madej, M. A., H. Ambrose, C. Currens, and S. Hadden. 2006. Assessing changes in stream health following watershed restoration: A 30-year perspective, Redwood Creek basin, Humboldt county, California. Final report for California Department of Fish and Game Contract #P0310528. 208 p.

Madej, M. A., Optimization Strategies for Sediment Reduction Practices on Roads in Steep, Forested Terrain (November 2006)

McEachern, K. 2006. Rare plant reseaerch in the northern Channel Islands. Invited lecture, Sea-to-Shore lecture series, Channel ISlands National Marine Snactuary and Channel Islands National Park, Ventura, CA.

McEachern, K. 2006. Rare plants of Santa Cruz Island. Invited lecture. USFWS Ventura Field Office Occasional Lecture Series. Ventura, CA.

McEachern, Kathryn, Bruce Pavlik, Jon Rebman, Rob Sutter. 2006. San Diego Multiple Species Conservation Program (MSCP)Rare Plant Monitoring Review and Revision. USGS Technical Report. Sacramento, California. 98 pps.

Mead, J.I., T.W. McGinnis, and J.E. Keeley. 2006. A mid-Holocene fauna from Bear Den Cave, Sequoia National Park, California. Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences 105:43-58.

Melcer-Tsao, D., J.Y. Takekawa, A.K. Miles, and I. Woo. 2006. Home range, habitat use, and mercury concentrations of California Black Rails (Laterallus jamaicensis coturniculus) along the Petaluma River, California. The Wildlife Society Western Section Conference, Sacramento, California, February 9.

Mendelsohn, M. B., Diversity of Terrestrial Avifauna in Response to Distance from the Shoreline of the Salton Sea (December 2006)

Merriam, K.E., J.E. Keeley, and J.L. Beyers. 2006. Fuel breaks affect nonnative species abundance in California plant communities. Ecological Applications 16:515-527.

Millar, C. I., H. F. Diaz, D. R. Cayan, M. D. Dettinger, D. B. Fagre, L. J. Graumlich, G. Greenwood, M. K. Hughes, D. L. Peterson, F. L. Powell, K. T. Redmond, N. L. Stephenson, T. W. Swetnam, and C. Woodhouse. 2006. Mapping New Terrain: Climate Change and America's West. Report of the Consortium for Integrated Climate Research in Western Mountains (CIRMOUNT). Misc. Pub., PSW-MISC-77, Albany, CA, Pacific Southwest Research Station, USDA Forest Service. 29 pages.

Miller, M. R., Spring Migration of Northern Pintails Assessed with Satellite Telemetry (September 2006)

Miller, M.R., and J.McA. Eadie. 2006. The allometric relationship between resting metabolic rate and body mass in wild waterfowl (Anatidae) and an application to estimation of winter habitat requirements. Condor 108:166-177.

Min-Yi Hsu, Yeong-Choy Kam, and Gary M. Fellers. 2006. Temporal Organization of an Anuran Acoustic Community in a Taiwanese Subtropical Forest. Journal of Zoology. 269(3): 331-339.

Moss, R., S. Blumenshine and J. Fleskes. 2006. Aquatic insects and waste agricultural seeds in post-harvest flooded agricultural fields in the southern San Joaquin Valley, California. Final Report. Fresno State University and U.S. Geological Survey, Dixon, California. 30 pp.

Murphy, R., C. Melendez Torres, K.H. Berry, T. Edwards, F.R. Mendez de la Cruz, and M. Francisco Villa Andrade. 2006. The genetic relationships and taxonomic identity of the desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) from the Sinaloan thorn scrub of Mexico. 31st Annual Meeting and Symposium of the Desert Tortoise Council. Feb. 17-20, 2006. Tucson, AZ.

Oldenburger, SL, MR O'Farrell, JM Eadie, JT Ackerman, GS Yarris, and MP Herzog. 2006. A demographic model for mallards in California: using sensitivity analyses to inform management. Fourth North American Dusk Symposium, Bismarck, North Dakota, August 23-26.

Overton, C. T., R. A. Schmitz, and M. L. Casazza. 2006. Linking landscape characteristics to mineral site use by band-tailed pigeons in Western Oregon: Coarse-filter conservation with fine-filter tuning. Natrual Areas Journal 26(1):38-46.

Pausas, J.G., J.E. Keeley, and M. Verdu. 2006. Inferring differential evolutionary processes of plant persistence traits in Northern Hemisphere Mediterranean fire-prone ecosystems. Journal of Ecology 94:31-39.

R. Klinger, E. C. Underwood, and P. E. Moore. 2006. The role of environmental gradients in non-native plant invasion into burnt areas of Yosemite National Park, California. Diversity and Distributions 12: 139–156.

R.L. Hothem, J.T. May, M.R. Jennings, and J.J. Crayon. 2006. Amphibians: Bioindicators of mercury accumulation in areas of Northern California affected by historical mercury and gold mining. Poster for The Wildlife Society,13th Annual Conference, Anchorage, Alaska, September 23-27, 2006.

Rourke, J.W. and B.E. Kus. 2006. Distribution and breeding activities of the least Bell’s vireo and southwestern willow flycatcher at the San Luis Rey River, San Diego County, California. 2005 Annual Report. Prepared for the State of California Department of Transportation, District 11.

Rourke, J.W. and B.E. Kus. 2006. Distribution, abundance, and breeding activities of the Least Bell's Vireo at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California. 2005 Annual Report. Prepared for Assistant Chief of Staff, Environmental Security, Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton.

Sacks, B. N., Ernest, H. B., & Boydston, E. E. 2006. San Francisco’s Golden Gate: a bridge between historically distinct coyote (Canis latrans) populations? Western North American Naturalist 66: 263-264.

Schwarzbach, S. E., California Clapper Rail Reproductive Success (March 2006)

Schwarzbach, SE, JT Ackerman, CA Eagles-Smith, JY Takekawa, AK Miles, SE Wainwright-De La Cruz, TL Adelsbach, and TH Suchanek. 2006. Mercury legacy to aquatic birds in the San Francisco Estuary: declines from 19th century levels remain insufficient to eliminate mercury risks to some bird species. Eighth International Conference on Mercury as a Global Pollutant, Madison, Wisconsin, August 6-11. (talk)

Schwarzbach, Steven E., Joy D. Albertson, Carmen M. Thomas. 2006. Effects of predation, flooding, and contamination on reproductive success of California Clapper Rails (Rallus longirostris obsoletus) in San Francisco Bay. Auk 123:45-60.

Schwilk, D. W., Tree Mortality After Early and Late Season Burning (September 2006)

Schwilk, D.W. and J.E. Keeley. 2006. The role of fire refugia in the distribution of Pinus sabiniana (Pinaceae) in the southern Sierra Nevada. Madroño 53:364-372.

Schwilk, D.W., E.E. Knapp, S.M. Ferrenberg, J.E. Keeley, and A.C. Caprio. 2006. Tree mortality from fire and bark beetles following early and late season prescribed fires in a Sierra Nevada mixed-conifer forest. Forest Ecology and Mangement 232:36-75.

Sharp, B.L. and B.E. Kus. 2006. Factors influencing the incidence of parasitism of Least Bell's Vireos. Journal of Wildlife Management 70(3):682-690.

Smith, K. E., Sax, D. E. & Lafferty, K. D. 2006 Evidence for the role of infectious disease in species extinction and endangerment. Conservation Biology 20, 1349-1357.

Stephenson, N., D. Peterson, D. Fagre, C. Allen, D. McKenzie, J. Baron, and K. O’Brian. 2006. Response of western mountain ecosystems to climatic variability and change: the Western Mountain Initiative. Park Science 24(1):24-29.

Stokes, D. C., and R. N. Fisher. 2006. Monitoring Bat Roosts in Mines at the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, San Bernardino County, California, 2005. U. S. Geological Survey final report prepared for Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs Division, Twentynine Palms MCAGCC, United States Marine Corps. Twentynine Palms, CA. 37 pp.

Sugihara, N. G., J. W. van Wagtendonk, and J. Fites-Kaufman. 2006. Fire as an ecological process. Pages 58-74 in: Sugihara, N. G., J. W. van Wagtendonk, J. Fites-Kaufman, K. E. Shaffer, and A. E. Thode (eds.). Fire in California’s ecosystems. University of California Press, Berkeley. 578 p.

Sugihara, N. G., J. W. van Wagtendonk, J. Fites-Kaufman, K. E. Shaffer, and A. E. Thode (eds.). 2006. Fire in California’s ecosystems. University of California Press, Berkeley. 576 p.

Sugihara, N. G., J. W. van Wagtendonk, J. Fites-Kaufman, K. E. Shaffer, and A. E. Thode. 2006. The future of fire in California ecosystems. Pages 538-543 in: Sugihara, N. G., J. W. van Wagtendonk, J. Fites-Kaufman, K. E. Shaffer, and A. E. Thode (eds.). Fire in California’s ecosystems. University of California Press, Berkeley. 578 p

Syphard, A.D., J. Franklin, and J.E. Keeley. 2006. Simulating the effects of frequent fire on southern California coastal shrublands. Ecological Applications 16:1744-1756.

T.M. Draper, R. Zack, S. Medill and T.C. Esque. 2006. Quantitative Description of Spring-fed Riparian Vegetation and Surrounding Upland Vegetation in the Spring Mountains, Clark and Nye Counties, Nevada. A final report submitted to the University of Nevada, Reno. 141 pp.

Takekawa, JY, JT Ackerman, CA Eagles-Smith, S Wainwright-De La Cruz, TL Adelsbach, AK Miles, G Heinz, D Hoffman, S Schwarzbach, T Suchanek, T Maurer, C Strong, and N Warnock. 2006. Mercury in birds of the San Francisco Bay-Delta: trophic pathways, bioaccumulation and ecotoxicological risk to avian reproduction. South Bay Science Symposium, San Jose State University, California, June 6.

van Mantgem, P. J., Forest Seedlings and Climate (April 2006)

van Mantgem, P. J., N.L. Stephenson, and J.E. Keeley. 2006. Forest reproduction along a climatic gradient in the Sierra Nevada, California. Forest Ecology and Management 225:391-399.

van Mantgem, P.J., N.L. Stephenson, and J.E. Keeley. 2006. Variability of forest reproduction across elevation in the Sierra Nevada. Forest Ecology and Management 225:391-399.

van Riper, C., and J. W. van Wagtendonk. 2006. Home range characteristics of great gray owls in Yosemite National Park. Journal of Raptor Research 40 (2): 130-141.

van Wagtendonk, J. W. 2006. Fire ecology of the Sierra Nevada: forests born to burn. Pages 63-67 in: Wuerthner, G. (ed.). Wildfire: a century of failed forest policy. Foundation for Deep Ecology, San Francisco, CA, USA. 322 p

van Wagtendonk, J. W. 2006. Fire ecology of the Sierra Nevada: forests born to burn. Pages 63-67 in: Wuerthner, G. (ed.). Wildfire: a century of failed forest policy. Foundation for Deep Ecology, San Francisco, CA, USA. 322 p.

van Wagtendonk, J. W. Fire as a physical process. 2006. Pages 38-57 in: Sugihara, N. G., J. W. van Wagtendonk, J. Fites-Kaufman, K. E. Shaffer, and A. E. Thode (eds.). Fire in California’s ecosystems. University of California Press, Berkeley. 578 p.

van Wagtendonk, J. W., J. Fites-Kaufman. 2006. Sierra Nevada bioregion. Pages 264-294 in: Sugihara, N. G., J. W. van Wagtendonk, J. Fites-Kaufman, K. E. Shaffer, and A. E. Thode (eds.). Fire in California’s ecosystems. University of California Press, Berkeley. 578 p.

Vandergast, A. G., E. Lewallen, J. Deas Jr, A. J. Bohonak and R. N. Fisher. 2006. Multi-taxa assessment of the genetic impacts of fragmentation and urbanization in southern California: Jerusalem crickets (Orthoptera Stenopemelmatidae). Oral Presentation. The Society for Conservation Biology Annual Meeting. San Jose, CA.

Wainwright-De La Cruz, SE, CA Eagles-Smith, TL Adelsbach, JT Ackerman, GH Heinz, SE Schwarzbach, TH Suchanek, JY Takekawa, AK Miles, DJ Hoffman, and TC Maurer. 2006. Mercury in birds of the San Francisco Bay-Delta: trophic pathways, bioaccumulation and ecotoxicological risk to avian reproduction. San Francisco Estuary Institute Third Annual San Francisco Bay Mercury Coordination Meeting, Oakland, California, February 22. (talk)

Wood, D. A., Vandergast, A. G., and R. N. Fisher (2006) Assessment of genetic diversity in the Western Shovel-nosed snake (Chionactis occipitalis), with special emphasis on the subspecific status of the Tucson Shovel-nosed snake (C. o. klauberi). Prepared for Arizona Game and Fish Department. U.S. Geological Survey, San Diego Field Station.

Wood, D. A., Vandergast, A. G., and R. N. Fisher. 2006. Assessment of genetic diversity in the Western Shovel-nosed snake (Chionactis occipitalis), with special emphasis on the subspecific status of the Tucson Shovel-nosed snake (C. o. klauberi). Prepared for Arizona Game and Fish Department. U.S. Geological Survey, San Diego Field Station.

2005 Rattner, B.A., K.M. Eisenreich, M.A. McKernan, B.K. Ackerson, R.L. Hothem, and T.W. Custer. Contaminant exposure, data, and monitoring priorities for terrestrial vertebrates at National Parks and Wildlife Refuges. "People, Places, and Parks: Preservation for Future Generations" The 2005 George Wright Society Biennial Conference on Parks, Protected Areas, and Cultural Sites, Philadelphia, PA, March 14-18, 2005.

2005 Alpers, C.N., M.P. Hunerlach, M. Marvin-DiPasquale, J.T. May, R.L. Hothem, M.K. Saiki, A.R. Stewart, J.S. Kuwabara, H.E. Taylor, and D.P. Krabbenhoft. 2005. Mercury contamination, methylation, and bioaccumulation associated with historical gold mining, Sierra Nevada, California. 2005 joint meeting of the Geological Association of Canada, the Mineralogical Association of Canada, the Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists, and the Canadian Society of Soil Sciences, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, May 15-18, 2005.

2005 Lawler, D.A., C.N. Alpers, M.P. Hunerlach, J.T. May, R.L. Hothem, R.D. Humphreys, and G.J. Reller. 2005. Mercury contamination of water, sediment, and biota by historical placer gold mining in the upper American River Watershed. American River Watershed Conference, Sacramento, CA, April 21-23, 2005.

Ackerman, J. T., Effects of Radio Transmitters on the Reproductive Performance of Cassin’s Auklets (March 2005)

Ackerman, JT, and JY Takekawa. 2005. Impacts of gulls: predation on shorebird and tern nests and chicks. South Bay Salt Pond Restoration Project, Bird Workshop 3: Invasive and Nuisance Species, Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge, California, November 18.

Ackerman, JT, CM Marn, and JY Takekawa. 2005. Life and death on a salt pond: avocets and stilts survive amidst mercury pollution and invasive gulls. Tideline, Winter 2005, Vol. 25, No. 4: 1-3.

Ackerman, JT, JY Takekawa, and C Marn. 2005. Survival of American avocet and black-necked stilt chicks in the South San Francisco Bay: variable risks of gull predation. The 7th Biennial State of the Estuary Conference, Oakland, California, October 4-6.

Ackerman, JT, JY Takekawa, DL Orthmeyer, JP Fleskes, JL Yee, and KL Kruse. 2005. Response of greater white-fronted geese to the Central Valley Joint Venture: changes in wintering ecology over a decade. 11th North American Arctic Goose Conference and Workshop, Reno, Nevada, January 5–8.

Ackerman, JT, JY Takekawa, JP Fleskes, and DL Orthmeyer. 2005. Decade of change: a tracking study shows how white-fronted geese responded to recent habitat changes in the Central Valley. California Waterfowl, April/May 2005: 16–17 & 58.

Ackerman, JT, JY Takekawa, JP Fleskes, and DL Orthmeyer. 2005. White-fronted geese respond well to Joint Venture's habitat improvements. Valley Ventures, Spring 2005: 10-13.

Ackerman, JT, JY Takekawa, KL Kruse, DL Orthmeyer, JL Yee, CR Ely, DH Ward, KS Bollinger, and DM Mulcahy. 2005. Heart rates of tule greater white-fronted geese in response to human disturbance using radio telemetry. 11th North American Arctic Goose Conference and Workshop, Reno, Nevada, January 5–8.

Ackerman, JT, TL Adelsbach, and CA Eagles-Smith. 2005. Growth rates of Forster's tern chicks at four nesting colonies in the San Francisco Bay. The 7th Biennial State of the Estuary Conference, Oakland, California, October 4-6.

Ackerman, JT, TL Adelsbach, CA Eagles-Smith, and JL Yee. 2005. Mercury influence on growth rates of Forster's tern chicks in San Francisco Bay. CALFED review panel and California Bay-Delta Authority, Sacramento, California, November 29-December 1.

Ackerman, JT. 2005. Effects of radio transmitters on the reproductive performance of Cassin’s auklets. March 2005. USGS Publication Brief for Resource Managers.

Alpers, C.N., M.P. Hunerlach, J.T. May, and R.L. Hothem. 2005. Mercury Contamination from Historical Gold Mining in California, Fact Sheet 2005-3014 Version 1.1.

Alpers, C.N., M.P. Hunerlach, J.T. May, R.L. Hothem, H.E. Taylor, R.C. Antweiler, J.F. DeWild, and D.A. Lawler. 2005. Geochemical Characterization of Water, Sediment, and Biota Affected by Mercury Contamination and Acidic Drainage from Historical Gold Mining, Greenhorn Creek, Nevada County, California, 1999-2001, USGS SIR 2004-5251.

Berry, K.H., A. Demmon, and T. Bailey. 2005. Protocols for drawing blood from the brachial plexus of desert tortoises: Instructions for ordering equipment and culture media; summary of how to draw blood and information on how to contract for laboratory analysis and ship laboratory samples. Appendix on New Technique for Conducting Nasal Lavages by L. Wendland. Technical Report. U.S. Geological Survey, Moreno Valley, California. 14 pp.

Berry, K.H., and A. Demmon. 2005. Clinic and field training for desert tortoise health assessments at the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, California. May 22-28, 2004. Final Report for the Marine Air Ground Task Force Training Command at Twentynine Palms, CA. U.S. Geological Survey,Moreno Valley, California. 42 pp.

Berry, K.H., K. anderson, T. Bailey, A. Demmon, and R. Woodard. 2005. A progress report on male social behavior: Dominance hierarchies, aggression, and courtship. 30th Annual Meeting and Symposium, Desert Tortoise Council. Tucson, Arizona. Feb. 18-21, 2005.

Berry, K.H., K. Anderson, T. Bailey, A. Demmon, R. Woodard, and M. Massar. 2005. Management implications of desert tortoise social behavior. The Wildlife Society, Western Section. Jan. 19-21, 2005. Sacramento, California.

Berry, K.H., K. Keith, T. Bailey, and J. Weigand. 2005. A comparison of two types of desert tortoise surveys in low density populations. 30th Annual Meeting and Symposium, Desert Tortoise Council. Tucson, Arizona. Feb. 18-21, 2005.

Berry, K.H., L.D. Wendland, A. Demmon, and M.B. Brown. 2005. A comparison of lymph and plasma sample results from ELISA tests for Mycoplasma agassizii in desert tortoises. 30th Annual Meeting and Symposium, Desert Tortoise Council. Tucson, Arizona. Feb. 18-21, 2005.

Blackmer, AL, RA Mauck, JT Ackerman, CE Huntington, GA Nevitt, and JB Williams. 2005. Exploring individual quality: basal metabolic rate and reproductive performance in Leach's storm-petrels. Behavioral Ecology 16: 906-913.

Bluso, JB, M Colwell, JY Takekawa, and JT Ackerman. 2005. Foraging areas of Forster's terns at three colony sites in San Francisco Bay. CALFED review panel and California Bay-Delta Authority, Sacramento, California, November 29-December 1.

Bluso, JB, M Colwell, JY Takekawa, and JT Ackerman. 2005. Space use of foraging Forster's terns (Sterna forsteri) in South San Francisco Bay, California. The 7th Biennial State of the Estuary Conference, Oakland, California, October 4-6.

Bond, W.J. and J.E. Keeley. 2005. Fire as global ‘herbivore’: The ecology and evolution of flammable ecosystems. Trends in Ecology and Evolution. 20:387-394.

Boydston, E. E. 2005. Behavior, ecology, and detection surveys of mammalian carnivores in the Presidio. Final Report. U. S. Geological Survey, Sacramento, CA. 80 pp.

Boydston, E. E., Kapheim, K. M., Van Horn, R. C., Smale, L. & Holekamp, K. E. 2005. Sexually dimorphic patterns of space use throughout ontogeny in the spotted hyaena (Crocuta crocuta). Journal of Zoology 267: 271-281.

Brehme, C., Burnham, K., Kelt, D., Olsen, A., Montgomery, S., Hathaway, S., and R. Fisher. 2005. Stephens’ Kangaroo Rat (Dipodomys stephensi) Monitoring Protocol for MCB Camp Pendleton. Prepared for AC/S Environmental Security, Marine Corps Base, Camp Pendleton. 50 pp.

Carroll, S.L., Ervin, E.L. & R.N. Fisher. 2005. Overwintering Larva: Taricha torosa torosa (Coast Range Newt). Herpetological Review 36(3):297.

Casazza, Michael L., J.L. Yee, M. R. Miller, D.L. Orthmeyer, D. R. Yparraguirre, R. L. Jarvis, and C. T. Overton. 2005. Evaluation of current population indices for band-tailed pigeons. Wildlife Society Bulletin 33(2):606-615.

Casazza, Michael L., J.L. Yee, M. R. Miller, D.L. Orthmeyer, D. R. Yparraguirre, R. L. Jarvis, and C. T. Overton. 2005. Evaluation of current population indices for band-tailed pigeons. Wildlife Society Bulletin 33(2):606-615.

Compton, S. L., A. R. Backlin, C. J. Hitchcock, R. N. Fisher and S. A. Hathaway. 2005. Data summary for the 2005 mountain yellow-legged frog (Rana muscosa) surveys conducted in the Angeles National Forest. U. S. Geological Survey data summary prepared for the Angeles National Forest, Arcadia, CA. 11 pp.

Compton, S. L., A. R. Backlin, C. J. Hitchcock, R. N. Fisher and S. A. Hathaway. 2005. Data summary for the 2005 mountain yellow-legged frog (Rana muscosa) surveys conducted in the San Bernardino National Forest. U. S. Geological Survey data summary prepared for the San Bernardino National Forest, San Bernardino, CA. 14 pp.

Custer, C.M., T.W. Custer, S. Gerould, C.J. Henny, R.L. Hothem, J.R. Longcore, M.J. Melancon, M.A. Mora-Zacarias. 2005. Swallow research in the USGS Contaminant Biology Program. White Paper Report prepared for the USGS Contaminant Biology Program, 14 pp.

Davidson, Carlos and Gary M. Fellers. 2005. Bufo canorus Camp 1916, Yosemite Toad. Pp. 400-401. In: Michael Lannoo (Ed.), Amphibian Declines: The Conservation Status of United States Species. Volume 2: Species Accounts. University of California Press, Berkeley, California. xxi+1094 Pp.

DeFalco, L., J. Kane, M. Nicklas and T. Esque. 2005. Assessment of Seed Banks Associated with Disturbances at Fort Irwin National Training Center, California. Final report delivered to Deparment of Army, Integrated Training Area Management, September 22, 2005. 23 pp.

Demers, SA, M Colwell, JY Takekawa, and JT Ackerman. 2005. Foraging patterns of American avocets in San Francisco Bay. CALFED review panel and California Bay-Delta Authority, Sacramento, California, November 29-December 1.

Demers, SA, M Colwell, JY Takekawa, and JT Ackerman. 2005. Space use of breeding female American avocets in the San Francisco Bay Estuary. The 7th Biennial State of the Estuary Conference, Oakland, California, October 4-6.

Demmon, A., and K.H. Berry. 2005. Evaluating trauma in live desert tortoises: Wild vs. domestic canids. A progress report. 30th Annual Meeting and Symposium, Desert Tortoise Council. Tucson, Arizona. Feb. 18-21, 2005.

Donlan, C.J., H.W. Greene, J. Berger, C.E. Bock, J.H. Bock, D.A. Burney, J.A. Estes et al. 2005. Rewilding North America. Nature 436: 1-2.

Durst, S. L., M. K. Sogge, A. B. Smith, S. O. Williams III, B. E. Kus, and S. J. Sferra. 2005. Southwestern willow flycatcher breeding site and territory summary - 2003. USGS Southwest Biological Science Center, Colorado Plateau Research Station report to the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation.

Durst, S. L., M. K. Sogge, H. C. English, S. O. Williams III, B. E. Kus, and S. J. Sferra. 2005. Southwestern willow flycatcher breeding site and territory summary - 2004. USGS Southwest Biological Science Center, Colorado Plateau Research Station report to the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation.

Eagles-Smith, CA, JT Ackerman, and TL Adelsbach. 2005. Mercury dynamics in Forster's terns: influence of reproductive status and sex. CALFED review panel and California Bay-Delta Authority, Sacramento, California, November 29-December 1.

Eagles-Smith, CA, JT Ackerman, S De la Cruz, TL Adelsbach, JY Takekawa, AK Miles, and R Keister. 2005. Mercury concentrations vary among waterbird foraging guilds and locations in San Francisco Bay. CALFED review panel and California Bay-Delta Authority, Sacramento, California, November 29-December 1

Eagles-Smith, CA, TL Adelsbach, JT Ackerman, SE Schwarzbach, TH Suchanek, GH Heinz, JY Takekawa, AK Miles, SE Wainwright-De La Cruz, JD Henderson, SE Spring, L Bowen, JD Bluso, SA Demers, M Ricca, C Marn, C Strong, N Warnock, M Wilson, and T Maurer. 2005. Mercury in birds of the San Francisco Bay-Delta: trophic pathways, bioaccumulation and ecotoxicological risk to avian reproduction. The 7th Biennial State of the Estuary Conference, Oakland, California, October 4-6.

Esque, T. C., K. E. Nussear, and P. A. Medica. 2005. Desert Tortoise Translocation Plan for Fort Irwin's Land Expansion Program at the U. S. Army National Training Center (NTC) & Fort Irwin. Prepared for U. S. Army National Training Center, Directorate of Wublic Works. 129 pp.

Esque, T. C., Saguaros Under Siege: Invasive Species and Fire (January 2005)

Estes, J.A., D.R. Lindberg, and C. Wray. 2005. Evolution of large body size in abalones (Haliotis): patterns and implications. Paleobiology 31(4): 591-606.

Fellers, G. M., Fire Effects on the Point Reyes Mountain Beaver (February 2005)

Fellers, Gary M and Shawn R. Kuchta. 2005. California giant salamander, Dicamptodon ensatus Eschscholtz. Pp. 50-53. In: Laurence L. C. Jones, William P. Leonard, and Deanna H. Olson (eds.). Amphibians of the Pacific Northwest. xxii+227.

Fellers, Gary M. 2005. Rana boylii Baird 1854, Foothill Yellow-legged Frog. Pp. 534-536. In: Michael Lannoo (Ed.), Amphibian Declines: The Conservation Status of United States Species. Volume 2: Species Accounts. University of California Press, Berkeley, California. xxi+1094 Pp.

Fellers, Gary M. 2005. Rana draytonii Baird and Girard 1852, California Red-legged Frog. Pp. 552-554. In: Michael Lannoo (Ed.), Amphibian Declines: The Conservation Status of United States Species. Volume 2: Species Accounts. University of California Press, Berkeley, California. xxi+1094 Pp.

Fellers, Gary M. 2005. Bufo exsul Myers, 1942, Black Toad. Pp. 406-408. In: Michael Lannoo (Ed.), Amphibian Declines: The Conservation Status of United States Species. Volume 2: Species Accounts. University of California Press, Berkeley, California. xxi+1094 Pp.

Fellers, Gary M. 2005. California red-legged frog, Rana draytonii Baird and Girard. Pp. 198-201. In: Laurence L. C. Jones, William P. Leonard, and Deanna H. Olson (eds.). Amphibians of the Pacific Northwest. xxii+227.

Fellers, Gary M. 2005. Pacific treefrog, Pseudacris regilla Baird and Girard. Pp. 174-177. In: Laurence L. C. Jones, William P. Leonard, and Deanna H. Olson (eds.). Amphibians of the Pacific Northwest. xxii+227.

Fellers, Gary M., David Pratt, and Jennifer L. Griffin. 2005. Fire Effects on the Point Reyes Mountain Beaver (Aplodontia rufa phaea). Pp. 13-19. Vision Fire: Lessons Learned from the October 1995 Fire. US Dept. Interior, National Park Service, Point Reyes National Seashore, Point Reyes, CA. 98 Pp.

Fisher, R. N., African Clawed Frog in Southern California (April 2005)

Fleskes, J. P., D. S. Gilmer, and R. L. Jarvis. 2005. Pintail distribution and selection of marsh types at Mendota Wildlife Area during fall and winter. California Fish and Game 91(4): 270-285.

Fleskes, J. P., W. M. Perry, K. L. Petrik, R. Spell, and F. Reid. 2005. Change in area of winter-flooded and dry rice in the northern Central Valley of California determined by satellite imagery. California Fish and Game 91(3): 207-215.

Fleskes, J.P., J.L. Yee, M.L. Casazza, M.R. Miller, J.Y. Takekawa, and D.L. Orthmeyer. 2005. Waterfowl distribution, movements, and habitat use relative to recent habitat changes in the Central Valley of California: A cooperative project to investigate impacts of the Central Valley Joint Venture and changing agricultural practices on the ecology of wintering waterfowl. Final Report. U.S. Geological Survey-Western Ecological Research Center, Dixon Field Station, Dixon, California.

Fotheringham, C.J. and J.E. Keeley. 2005. NO news is no new news. Seed Science Research 15:367-371.

Gerber L.R., Lafferty K.D., McCallum H.I., Sabo J.L. & Dobson A.P. (2005) Exposing extinction risk analysis to pathogens: is disease just another form of density dependence? Ecological Applications, 15, 1402-1414

Goddard, J. H. R., M. E. Torchin, A. M. Kuris, and K. D. Lafferty. 2005. Host specificity of Sacculina carcini, a potential biological control agent of the introduced European green crab Carcinus maenas in California. Biological Invasions 7:895-912.

Hansen, Robert W., David B. Wake, and Gary M. Fellers. 2005. Batrachoseps pacificus (Cope, 1865), Channel Islands Slender Salamander. Pp. 685 -686. In: Michael Lannoo (Ed.), Amphibian Declines: The Conservation Status of United States Species. Volume 2: Species Accounts. University of California Press, Berkeley, California. xxi+1094 Pp.

Hechinger, R.F., K. D. Lafferty, 2005. Host diversity begets parasite diversity: bird final hosts and trematodes in snail intermediate hosts. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, B. 272, 1059-1066.

Hitchcock, C. J., A. R. Backlin, R. N. Fisher and S. A. Hathaway. 2005. Data Summary for the 2005 California red-legged frog (Rana aurora draytonii) surveys conducted in the Angeles National Forest. U. S. Geological Survey data summary prepared for the Angeles National Forest, Arcadia, CA. 10 pp.

Hitchcock, C. J., A. R. Backlin, S. L. Compton, R. N. Fisher and S. A. Hathaway. 2005. Data summary for the 2005 arroyo toad (Bufo californicus) surveys conducted in the San Bernardino National Forest. U. S. Geological Survey data summary prepared for the San Bernardino National Forest, San Bernardino, CA. 18 pp.

Hsu, Min-Yi, Yeong-Choy Kam, and Gary M. Fellers. 2005. Effectiveness of amphibian monitoring techniques in a Taiwanese subtropical forest. Herpetological Journal. 15 (2): 73-79.

Huspeni, T. C., R. F. Hechinger, and K. D. Lafferty. 2005. Trematode parasites as estuarine indicators: opportunities, applications and comparisons with conventional community approaches, Pages 297-314 in S. A. Bortone, ed. Estuarine Indicators. Boca Raton, CRC Press.

Jacobson, E., B. Stacy, K.H. Berry, L.M. Huzella, V.F. Kalasinsky, M.L. Fleetweeod, and M.G. Mense. 2005. Oxalosis in wild desert tortoises. 30th Annual Meeting and Symposium, Desert Tortoise Council. Tucson, Arizona. Feb. 18-21, 2005.

Jennings, M.R., and R.L. Hothem. 2005. Clemmys marmorata (Pacific Pond Turtle) diet. Herpetological Review 36:56.

Jennings, M.R., J.J. Crayon, and R.L. Hothem. 2005. Bufo boreas halophilus (California toad) and Rana catesbeiana (bullfrog)-amplexus. Herpetological Review 36:53.

Johnson, Catherine S., Steven E. Schwarzbach, John D. Henderson, Barry W. Wilson, Ronald S. Tjeerdema. 2005. Influence of Water Temperature on Acetylcholinesterase Activity in the Pacific Tree Frog (Hyla Regilla). Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. Volume 24. Number 8. pp 2074-2077

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Keeley, J. E., A Different Perspective on Global Fire (June 2005)

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Keeley, J. E., Plot Shape Effects on Plant Species Diversity Measurements (May 2005)

Keeley, J. E., San Francisco East Bay Fire History, Landscape Changes (September 2005)

Keeley, J.E. 2005. Chaparral fuel modification: what do we know --- and need to know? Fire Management Today 65(4):11-12.

Keeley, J.E. 2005. Fire as a threat to biodiversity in fire-type shrublands, pp. 97-106. Proceedings of the Conference, Planning for Biodiversity: Bringing Research and Management Together. USDA Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station, General Technical Report PSW-GTR-195.

Keeley, J.E. 2005. Fire history of the San Francisco East Bay region and implications for landscape patterns. International Journal of Wildland Fire 14:285-296.

Keeley, J.E. 2005. Fire management impacts on invasive species at the wildland/urban Interface in California. Pages 71-75 in C. Priosko, editor. Proceedings California Invasive Plant Council Symposium, Volume 8. California Invasive Plant Council, Berkeley, California, USA.

Keeley, J.E. and C.J. Fotheringham. 2005. Plot shape effects on plant species diversity measurements. Journal of Vegetation Science 16:249-256.

Keeley, J.E. and P.H. Rundel. 2005. Fire and the Miocene expansion of C4 grasslands. Ecology Letters 8:683-690.

Keeley, J.E., A.H. Pfaff, and H.D. Safford. 2005. Fire suppression impacts on postfire recovery of Sierra Nevada chaparral shrublands. International Journal of Wildland Fire 14:255-265.

Keeley, J.E., C.J. Fotheringham, and M. Baer-Keeley. 2005. Determinants of postfire recovery and succession in mediterranean-climate shrublands of California. Ecological Applications 15:1515-1534.

Keeley, J.E., C.J. Fotheringham, and M.Baer-Keeley. 2005. Factors affecting plant diversity during postfire recovery and succession of mediterranean-climate shrublands in California, USA. Diversity and Distributions 11:535-537.

Keeley, J.E., M. Baer-Keeley, and C.J. Fotheringham. 2005. Alien plant dynamics following fire in mediterranean-climate California shrublands. Ecological Applications 15:2109-2125.

Keeley, J.E., T. McGinnis and K.A. Bollens. 2005. Seed germination of Sierra Nevada postfire chaparral species. Madroño 52:175-181.

Keith, K., K. Berry, and J. Weigand. 2005. Surveys for desert torotises in the Jawbone-Butterbredt Area of Critical Environmental Concern, Eastern Kern County, California. Report from the U.S. Geological Survey, Moreno Valley, California, to the U.S. Bureau of Land Management, Sacramento, California. 51 pp.

Keith, K.D., K.H. Berry, and J.F. Weigand. 2005. Monitoring human impacts and management effectiveness: The Jawbone-Butterbredt Area of Critical Environmental Concern. 30th Annual Meeting and Symposium, Desert Tortoise Council, Tucson, Arizona. Feb.18-21, 2005.

Knapp, E.E., J.E. Keeley, E.A. Ballenger, and T.J. Brennan. 2005. Fuel reduction and woody debris dynamics with early season and late season prescribed fire in a Sierra Nevada mixed conifer forest. Forest Ecology and Management 208:383-397.

Kuris, A. M., K. D. Lafferty, and M. E. Torchin. 2005. Biological control of the European green crab, Carcinus maenas: natural enemy evaluation and analysis of host specificity. Pages 102-115 in M. S. Hoddle, editor. Second International Symposium on Biological Control of Arthropods. Forest Health Technology Enterprise Team, University of California, Riverside.

Kus, B., E., Endangered Passerine Response to Cowbird Control (November 2005)

Kus, B.E. 2005. Endangered bird monitoring at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton. Threatened, Endangered, and At-risk Species on DoD and Adjacent Lands Technical Symposium and Workshop, 7-9 June 2005, Baltimore, MD. Sponsored by DoD Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program (SERDP) and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC).

Kus, B.E. 2005. Endangered passerine response to cowbird control. USGS Western Ecological Research Center Publication Brief for Resource Managers.

Kus, B.E. 2005. Space, time and cowbirds: What happens to Least Bell's Vireos when a long-term trapping program ends? Presentation in the Symposium "Avian Conservation in Western Riparian Landscapes", 123rd Stated Meeting of the American Ornithologists' Union, 23-27 August 2005, Santa Barbara, CA.

Kus, B.E. and J. Beyers. 2005. Planning for Biodiversity: Bringing Research and Management Together. Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-GTR-195. Albany, CA: Pacific Southwest Research Station, Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture; 274 p.

Kus, B.E. and K.E. Kenwood. 2005. Distribution, abundance, and breeding activities of the southwestern willow flycatcher at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California. 2003 Annual Report. Prepared for Assistant Chief of Staff, Environmental Security, Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton.

Kus, B.E. and M.J. Whitfield. 2005. Parasitism, productivity, and population growth: response of Least Bell's Vireos (Vireo bellii pusillus) and Southwestern Willow Flycatchers (Empidonax traillii extimus) to cowbird (Molothrus spp.) control. Ornithological Monographs 57:16-27.

Lafferty, K. D. (2005) Look what the cat dragged in: do parasites contribute to human cultural diversity? Behavioral Processes 68: 279-282.

Lafferty, K. D. and A. M. Kuris (2005) Parasitism and environmental disturbances. Parasitism and ecosystems (eds F. Thomas, J. F. Guégan and F. Renaud), 113-123. Oxford, Oxford.

Lafferty, K. D. and E. J. Dunham, 2005. Trematodes in snails near raccoon latrines suggest a final host role for this mammal in California Salt Marshes, Journal of Parasitology 91:474-476

Lafferty, K. D., Examining Trends in Ocean Disease (February 2005)

Lafferty, K. D., Hechinger, R. F., Lorda, J. & Soler, L. 2005. Trematodes associated with mangrove habitat in Puerto Rican salt marshes. Journal of Parasitology 91: 697-699.

Lafferty, K. D., K. F. Smith, M. E. Torchin, A. P. Dobson, and A. M. Kuris. 2005. The role of infectious disease in natural communities: what introduced species tell us. in D. F. Sax, J. J. Stachowicz, and S. D. Gaines, editors. Species Invasions: Insights into Ecology, Evolution, and Biogeography. Sinauer, Sunderland, Mass.

Louda, S.M, T.A. Rand, A.E. Arnett, A.S. McClay, A.K. McEAchern. 2005. Evaluation of ecological risk to populations of a threatened plant from an invasive biocontrol insect. Ecological Applications 15(1). pp. 234-249

Madden-Smith, M. C., E. L. Ervin, K. P. Meyer, S. A. Hathaway, and R. N. Fisher. 2005. Distribution and Status of the Arroyo Toad (Bufo californicus) and Western Pond Turtle (Emys marmorata) in the San Diego MSCP and Surrounding Areas. U. S. Geological Survey final report prepared for County of San Diego and California Department of Fish and Game. San Diego, CA. 183 pp.

May, J, L. Brown, R. Hothem, J. Moore, and J.Gibson. 2005. French fire contaminants assessment: preliminary report, September 2005. Administrative Report prepared for the Whiskeytown National Recreation Area, 31 pp.

May, J.T., Hothem, R.L., and Alpers, C.N., 2005, Mercury concentrations in fishes from select water bodies in Trinity County, California: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2005-1321.

McKernan, M.A., B.A. Rattner, B.K. Ackerson, K.M. Eisenreich, N.H. Golden, A.M. Meckstroth, R.L. Hothem, and T.W. Custer. 2005. Retrospective ecotoxicological data and information needs for terrestrial vertebrates residing in the Great Lakes and coastal habitats of the United States. Poster for Session 23, Wildlife Toxicology, The Wildlife Society 12th Annual Conference, September 25-29, 2005, Madison, WI.

Mendelsohn, M.B. 2005. Occurrence of the Greater Roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus) in fragmented southern California habitat patches. M.S. thesis. San Diego State University, San Diego, California. 81 pp.

Mendelsohn, M.B., M.C. Madden-Smith, and R.N. Fisher. 2005. Post-Cedar Fire Arroyo Toad (Bufo californicus) Monitoring Surveys at Cuyamaca Rancho State Park, 2004. Final Report. U.S. Geological Survey, Western Ecological Research Center, Sacramento, CA. Prepared for California State Parks. 42 pp.

Miller, M. R. and J. P. Fleskes. 2005. Klamath basin called "critical" for pintail that depart Grasslands. Grassland Today 15(3): 3.

Miller, M. R., J. Y. Takekawa, J. P. Fleskes, D. L. Orthmeyer, M. L. Casazza, and W. M. Perry. 2005. Spring migration of northern pintails from California's Central Valley wintering area tracked by satellite telemetry: routes, timing, and destinations. Canadian Journal of Zoology 83(10): 1314-1332.

Miller, M. R., J. Y. Takekawa, J. P. Fleskes, D. L. Orthmeyer, M. L. Casazza, D. A. Haukos, and W. M. Perry. 2005. Flight speeds of northern pintails during migration determined by satellite telemetry. Wilson Bulletin 117(4): 364-374.

Moore, P. E., Predicting Patterns of Non-native Plant Invasions (February 2005)

Moore, P.E., A.E.L. Colwell, C.L. Coulter. 2005. Special Status Vascular Plant Surveys and Habitat Modeling in Yosemite National Park. Unpublished report submitted to the National Park Service under Intra-agency Agreement F8800-02-0011/0001. 54 p.

Murphy, R.W., K.H. Berry, T. Edwards, D. Riedle, and D.J. Morafka. 2005. Progress in defining the desert tortoise, Gopherus agassizii. 30th Annual Meeting and Symposium, Desert Tortoise Council Symposium. Tucson, Arizona. February 18-21, 2005.

Muths, Erin, Robin E. Jung, Larissa L. Bailey, Michael J. Adams, P. Stephen Corn, C. Kenneth Dodd Jr., Gary M. Fellers, Walter J. Sadinski, Cecil R. Schwalbe, Susan C. Walls, Robert N. Fisher, Alisa L. Gallant, William A. Battaglin, and David E. Green. 2005. The U.S. Department of Interior's Amphibian Research and Monitoring Initiative (ARMI): A Successful Start to a National Program. Applied Herpetology. 2(4): 355-436.

Overton, C. T., R. A. Schmitz, and M. L. Casazza. 2005. Post-precipitation bias in band-tailed pigeon surveys conducted at mineral sites. Wildlife Society Bulletin. 33(3):1047-1054.

Rattner, B.A., K.M. Eisenreich, N.H. Golden, M.A. McKernan, R.L. Hothem, and T.W. Custer. 2005. Retrospective ecotoxicological data and current information needs for terrestrial vertebrates residing in coastal habitat of the United States. Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 48:1-9.

Rechel, J. L., S. H. Peterson, D. A. Roberts, and J. W. van Wagtendonk. 2005. Predicting seasonal fuel moisture in the western United States using endmember fractions at multiple spatial and spectral resolutions. Pages 245-248 in: De la Riva, J., Pérez-Cabello, F., and Chuvieco, E. (eds) Proceedings of the 5th International Workshop on Remote Sensing and GIS Applications to Forest Fire Management: Fire Effects Assessment. Universidad de Zaragoza, Spain. 290 p.

Ricca, MA, AK Miles, and RG Anthony. 2005. Effect of lipid extraction on analyses of stable carbon and nitrogen isotopes in different tissues and species. 12th Annual Conference of The Wildlife Society. Madison, WI, September 25-29.

Riley, S.P.D., Busteed, G.T., Kats, L.B., Vandergon, T.L., Lee, L.F.S., Dagit, R.G., Kerby, J.L., Fisher, R.N. & R.M. Sauvajot. 2005. Effects of urbanization on the distribution and abundance of amphibians and invasive species in southern California streams. Conservation Biology 19:1894-1907.

Riley, S.P.D., Busteed, G.T., Kats, L.B., Vandergon, T.L., Lee, L.F.S., Dagit, R.G., Kerby, J.L., Fisher, R.N. & R.M. Sauvajot. 2005. Effects of urbanization on the distribution and abundance of amphibians and invasive species in southern California streams. Conservation Biology 19:1894-1907.

Roberts, D. A., S. Peterson, P.E. Dennison, J. Rechel, and J.W. van Wagtendonk. 2005. Fine spatial, spectral and temporal characterization of wildfire fuels through the integrated analysis of imaging spectrometry and coarser resolution broad band data Pages 85-90 in: De la Riva, J., Pérez-Cabello, F., and Chuvieco, E. (eds) Proceedings of the 5th International Workshop on Remote Sensing and GIS Applications to Forest Fire Management: Fire Effects Assessment. Universidad de Zaragoza, Spain. 290 p.

Rourke, J., B. Kus, and D. Deutschman. An evaluation of fluctuating asymmetry as a tool in identifying imperiled bird populations. Annual Meeting of the Cooper Ornithological Society, 14-19 June, 2005, Arcata, California.

Schwarzbach, SE, TH Suchanek, GH Heinz, JT Ackerman, CA Eagles-Smith, TL Adelsbach, JY Takekawa, AK Miles, DJ Hoffman, SE Wainwright-De La Cruz, SE Spring, MA Ricca, and TC Maurer. 2005. Mercury in birds of the San Francisco Bay-Delta: trophic pathways, bioaccumulation and ecotoxicological risk to avian reproduction. 2005 Annual Report, U. S. Geological Survey, Western Ecological Research Center, and U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Sacramento Fish and Wildlife Office, 17pp.

Schwarzbach, SE, TH Suchanek, GH Heinz, JT Ackerman, CA Eagles-Smith, TL Adelsbach, JY Takekawa, AK Miles, DJ Hoffman, SE Wainwright-De La Cruz, SE Spring, MA Ricca, and TC Maurer. 2005. Mercury in birds of the San Francisco Bay-Delta: trophic pathways, bioaccumulation and ecotoxicological risk to avian reproduction. CALFED review panel and California Bay-Delta Authority, Sacramento, California, November 29-December 1.

Schwarzbach, Steven E., Mark Stephenson, Tamiko Ruhlen, Sue Abbott, Gary W. Page, Dawn Adams. 2005. Elevated mercury concentrations in failed eggs of the Snowy Plovers at Point Reyes National Seashore. Baseline 50:1444-1447.

Schwemm, CA, JT Ackerman, PL Martin, and W Perry. 2005. Nest occupancy and hatching success of Xantus’s murrelets (Synthliboramphus hypoleucus) breeding on Santa Barbara Island, California during a twenty-year period. Pages 385–394 in D. K. Garcelon and C. A. Schwemm (eds.), Proceedings of the Sixth California Islands Symposium, National Park Service Technical Publication CHIS-05-01, Institute for Wildlife Studies, Arcata, California.

Seltzer, M.D., and K. H. Berry. 2005. Laser ablation ICP-MS profiling and semiquantitative determination of trace element concentrations in desert tortoise shells: documenting the uptake of elemental toxicants. Science of the Total Environment 339:253-265.

Sharp, B.L., B.L. Peterson, and B.E. Kus. 2005. Puncture-ejection of own egg by Least Bell's Vireo and potential implications for anti-parasitism defense. Western Birds 36:64-66.

Shaw, J., Aguirre-Macedo, L. & Lafferty, K. D. 2005. An efficient strategy to estimate intensity and prevalence: sampling metacercariae in fishes. Journal of Parasitology 91: 515-521.

Soule, M.E., J.A. Estes, B. Miller, and D.L. Honnold. 2005. Strongly interacting species: conservation policy, management, and ethics. Bioscience 55(2): 168-176.

Stephenson, N. L. 2005. The National Park Service Mission in an era of rapid global changes: a dinosaur that must evolve or die? Abstracts, the George Wright Society Biennial Conference on Parks, Protected Areas, and Cultural Sites, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. p. 111.

Stephenson, N. L., and P. J. van Mantgem. 2005. Forest turnover rates follow global and regional patterns of productivity. Ecology Letters 8: 524-531.

Stephenson, N. L., Forest Turnover Rates and Forest Productivity Vary in Parallel (May 2005)

Stokes, D. C., C. S. Brehme, S. A. Hathaway, and R. N. Fisher. 2005. Bat inventory of the Multiple Species Conservation Program Area in San Diego County, California, 2002-2004. Open File Report prepared for the county of San Diego and California Department of Fish and Game, San Diego, CA. 97pp.

Takekawa, J.Y., A.K. Miles, D.H. Schoellhamer, B. Jaffe, N.D. Athearn, S.E. Spring, G.G. Shellenbarger, M.K. Saiki, F. Mejia, and M.A. Lionberger. 2005. South Bay Salt Ponds Restoration Project Short-term Data Needs, 2003-2005. Unpubl. Final Rep., U.S. Geological Survey, Vallejo, CA. 270pp.

Takekawa, J.Y., A.K. Miles, N.D. Athearn, S.E. Spring, M.K. Saiki, F. Mejia, I. Woo, and K.S. Goodenough. 2005. Habitat Restoration Monitoring for the Napa-Sonoma Marsh Restoration Project, 2005. Unpubl. Prog. Rep.,U.S. Geological Survey, Vallejo, CA. 78pp.

Takekawa, JY, JL Yee, and JT Ackerman. 2005. Estimating identification error for similar subspecies: distinguishing tule greater white-fronted geese in the Pacific flyway. 11th North American Arctic Goose Conference and Workshop, Reno, Nevada, January 5–8.

Torchin, M. E., Huspeni, T. C., Hechinger, R. F. & Lafferty, K. D. 2005. The introduced ribbed mussel (Geukensia demissa) in Estero de Punta Banda, Mexico: interactions with the native cord grass, Spartina foliosa. Biological Invasions 7, 607-614.

van Mantgem, P. J. 2005. Fungi, fire and the fate of sugar pine in the southern Sierra Nevada. California Pest Council Annual Meeting, Woodland, CA.

van Mantgem, P. J. November 16, 2005. Fungi, fire and the fate of sugar pine in the southern Sierra Nevada. California Pest Council Annual Meeting, Woodland, CA.

van Mantgem, P. J., and N.L. Stephenson. 2005. The accuracy of matrix population model projections for coniferous trees in the Sierra Nevada. Journal of Ecology 93: 737-747.

van Mantgem, P. J., Does Coring Contribute to Tree Mortality? (March 2005)

van Mantgem, P. J., Tree Populations, Present and Future (August 2005)

van Mantgem, P.J. and N.L. Stephenson. December 7, 2005. Forest changes following first and second entry burns: Twenty-one years of monitoring at Tharps Creek, Sequoia National Park, California. USGS Wildland Fire Science Workshop. Tucson, AZ.

van Mantgem, P.J., and N.L. Stephenson. 2005. Forest changes following first and second entry burns: Twenty-one years of monitoring at Tharps Creek, Sequoia National Park, California. USGS Wildland Fire Science Workshop. Tucson, AZ.

van Wagtendonk, J. W. 2005. Fire ecology of the Sierra Nevada. In: Wuerthner, G. (ed.). Fire - Restoring Fire to the Land - Fire Ecology and Forest Health. Foundation for Deep Ecology. (in press)

van Wagtendonk, J. W., and D. N. Cole. 2005. Historical development of simulation models of recreation use. Pages 3-9 in: Cole, D. N. (ed.). Computer simulation modeling of recreation use: current status, case studies, and future directions. USDA Forest Service General Technical Report RMS-GTR-143. 75 p.

Vandergast, A. G. and D. Weissman. 2005. Evolution of acoustic behavior and diversification within the Jerusalem crickets (Orthoptera Stenopelmatidae). Orthopterist’s Society Meeting, Canmore CA. Poster Presentation.

Vredenburg, Vance, Gary M. Fellers, and Carlos Davidson. 2005. Rana muscosa Camp 1917, Mountain Yellow-legged Frog. Pp. 563-566. In: Michael Lannoo (Ed.), Amphibian Declines: The Conservation Status of United States Species. Volume 2: Species Accounts. University of California Press, Berkeley, California. xxi+1094 Pp.

Wijayratne, U. C., L. A. DeFalco, and S. J. Scoles. 2005. Effects of anthropogenic dust deposition on Lane Mountain milkvetch (Astragalus jaegerianus). Report delivered to USFWS (Ventura Fish and Wildlife Office, Ventura, California) for research activities performed under Permit TE-022630-1. 10 pp.

Wood, J.K., G.R. Geupel, L. Lina, S.L. Small, B. Kus, D. Woolington, K. Griggs, T. Griggs, and T. Sperber. 2005. Least Bell's vireo breeding in a San Joaquin Valley riparian restoration site: first confirmed record since 1919. Symposium on Avian conservation in western riparian ecosystems, Annual Meeting of the American Ornithologists' Union, 23-27 August 2005, Santa Barbara, California.

Ackerman, J. T., Cardiac Response of Free-living Tule Greater White-fronted Geese to Human Disturbance (October 2004)

Ackerman, JT, AL Blackmer, and JM Eadie. 2004. Is predation on waterfowl nests density dependent? Tests at three spatial scales. Oikos 107(1): 128-140.

Ackerman, JT, J Adams, JY Takekawa, HR Carter, DL Whitworth, SH Newman, RT Golightly, and DL Orthmeyer. 2004. Effects of radio transmitters on the reproductive performance of Cassin’s auklets. Wildlife Society Bulletin 32(4): 1229-1241.

Ackerman, JT, J Adams, JY Takekawa, HR Carter, DL Whitworth, SH Newman, RT Golightly, and DL Orthmeyer. 2004. Radio transmitter effects on breeding Cassin’s auklets at the California Channel Islands. Pacific Seabird Group, 31st Annual Meeting, La Paz, Mexico, January 21–25.

Ackerman, JT, J Adams, JY Takekawa, HR Carter, DL Whitworth, SH Newman, RT Golightly, and DL Orthmeyer. 2004. Radio transmitter effects on Cassin’s Auklets breeding on the California Channel Islands. Pages 279–303 in Tak