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Brazos Field Research Station

The BFRS works cooperatively with team members from CERC and with faculty and graduate students of Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences at Texas A&M University in research areas represented by the branch structure of the CERC including toxicology, ecology, biochemistry and physiology, environmental chemistry, ecogeography, and information More...

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Nonnative Grass Invasions and Fire in the Sonoran Desert

This issues overview and its resources deal with the spread of nonnative grasses in the Sonoran desert of Arizona has increased the risk of devastating fires by ignited fuel. The saguaro cactuses and desert tortoises have suffered catastrophic population losses as a result of these fires fueled by nonnative grasses. Read more about nonnative More...

  • Burned saguaros and yuccas, 1995 Rio Fire in the Phoenix area

Giant Garter Snake Habitat Ecosystem Initiative

Radio transmitters, passively induce transponder (PIT) tags, visual surveys, and other methods and techniques are being evaluated to determine the habitat use and life history characteristics of the giant garter snake (Thamnophis gigas), a species endemic to Central Valley wetlands and federally listed as threatened.

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