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Pacific Southwest Research Station
800 Buchanan Street
West Annex Building
Albany, CA 94710-0011
(510) 559-6300
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Research Topics
Wildlife & Fish
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Major Research Initiatives:
![[Photo]: Toad](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20080922044433im_/http://www.fs.fed.us/psw/topics/wildlife/images/belt.jpg)
Herpetology:
Includes the studies of the autecology and
community structure of forest and riparian-associated herpetofauna in redwood
and Douglas-fir/hardwood forests, investigations of the application of reptiles
and amphibians as indicators for monitoring the status of ecosystems, and
the investigations of the possible mechanisms contributing to declines in
amphibians.
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![[Photo]: Marbled Murrelet chick](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20080922044433im_/http://www.fs.fed.us/psw/topics/wildlife/images/MAMU_Chick.jpg)
Bird Monitoring: Bird monitoring
research in our laboratory has been an ongoing effort since wildlife research
began here in 1982. In the last 25+ years, approximately two million censuses,
captures, and field evaluations of birds and their habitats have been conducted
on Marbled Murrelets and landbirds.
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Carnivore Survey:
The integrity of an ecosystem may be measured
by the health of its vertebrate carnivore populations. Carnivores influence
the structure and reflect the vigor of trophic levels on which they depend,
and are sensitive to the abundance and behavior of the human populations
with which they coexist.
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Invasive Species - Research by PSW scientists demonstrates that introduced trout and other species have caused major changes in abundance and distribution of native amphibians, zooplankton, and benthic invertebrates, changes likely to result in federal endangered species listings. Scientists are looking at the impacts of introduced fishes on invertebrates, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and bats.
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Research is being conducted by:
Timber Management/Wildlife Habitat Interactions
(RWU-4251)
Sierra Nevada Research Center
(RWU-4202)
Cumulative Effects of Forest Mgmt on Hillslope
Processes, Fishery Resources, and Downstream Environments
(RWU-4351)
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