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  1. Ervin, E. L. In press. California Treefrog, Pseudacris cadaverina. In: Lannoo, M.J. (Ed.), Status and Conservation of US Amphibians. Volume 2: Species Accounts. University of California Press, Berkeley, California. [Book Chapter]
  2. Simons, D., J. Stephenson, D. Stokes, K. Miner, P. Brown, and L. Underwood. (in press). Distribution and habitat associations of bat species in the mountains of Southern California. Journal of Southwestern Naturalist. [Popular Publication]
  3. Kus, B.E. and P.P. Beck. An approach for monitoring bird communities to assess development of restored riparian habitat. USGS Publication Brief for Resource Managers. [Publication Brief]
  4. Kus, B.E. Determining nest predators of the Least Bell's Vireo. USGS Publication Brief for Resource Managers. [Publication Brief]
  5. Wood, D. A., J. M. Meik, A. T. Holycross, R. N. Fisher, and A. G. Vandergast. In Press. Molecular and phenotypic diversity in the Western Shovel-nosed snake, with emphasis on the status of the Tucson Shovel-nosed snake (Chionactis occipitalis klauberi). C [Journal Article]
  6. Perry, G., B. W. Buchanan, R. N. Fisher, M. Salmon, and S. E. Wise. In press. Effects of artificial night lighting on reptiles and amphibians in urban environments. Book Chapter in Urban Herpetology [Book Chapter]
  7. Biotic and Abiotic Controls of Argentine Ant Invasion Success at Local and Landscape Scales (January 2008) [Publication Brief]
  8. Wood, D. A., T. W. Reeder, and R. N. Fisher. 2008. Novel patterns of historical isolation, dispersal, and secondary contact across Baja California in the Rosy Boa (Lichanura trivirgata). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 46:484-502. [Journal Article]
  9. Vandergast, A. G. and D. Weissman 2008. Multiple origins of Channel Island Jerusalem crickets. Oral Presentation. 7th California Islands Symposium. Oxnard. CA. [Presentation]
  10. Kus, B.E., B.L. Peterson, and D.H. Deutschman. 2008. A multiscale analysis of nest predation on Least Bell's Vireos (Vireo bellii pusillus). Auk 125(2):277-284. [Journal Article]
  11. Vandergast, A. G., S. A. Hathaway, R. N. Fisher, J. Boys, and A. J. Bohonak. 2008. Are hotspots of evolutionary potential adequately protected in southern California? Biological Conservation 141:1648-1664. [Journal Article]
  12. Vandergast, A. G., E. A. Lewallen, J. Deas, A. J. Bohonak, D. B. Weissman, and R. N. Fisher. 2008. Loss of genetic connectivity and diversity in urban microreserves in a southern California endemic Jerusalem cricket (Orthoptera: Stenopelmatidae: Stenopelm [Journal Article]
  13. Unraveling the Morphological and Genetic Diversity in the Western Shovel-nosed Snake (August 2008), Dustin Wood [Publication Brief]
  14. Mendelsohn, M.B., Boarman, W.I., Fisher, R.N. & S.A. Hathaway. 2007. Diversity of terrestrial avifauna in response to distance from the shoreline of the Salton Sea. Journal of Arid Environments 68:574�7 [Journal Article]
  15. Vandergast, A.G., Genetic Effects of Recent Habitat Fragmentation on the Mahogany Jerusalem Cricket (March 2007) [Publication Brief]
  16. Vandergast, A. G., J. Bohonak Andrew, D. B. Weissman, and R. N. Fisher. 2007. Understanding the genetic effects of recent habitat fragmentation in the context of evolutionary history: phylogeography and landscape genetics of a southern California endemic [Journal Article]
  17. Szykman M., Van Horn, R. C., Engh, A. L., Boydston, E. E., & Holekamp, K. E. 2007. Courtship and mating in free-living spotted hyenas. Behaviour 144: 815-846. [Journal Article]
  18. Bohonak, A.J., J. Boys, S. A. Hathaway, R. N. Fisher and A. G. Vandergast. 2007. Comparative phylogeography in southern California: evolutionary processes and current reserve design. Poster Presentation. Evolutionary Change in Human Altered Environments: [Poster]
  19. 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. [Presentation]
  20. 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 Ento [Presentation]
  21. 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. [Presentation]
  22. Rourke, J. W. and B. E. Kus. 2007. Distribution, abundance and breeding activities of the Least Bell's Vireo at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California. 2006 Annual Data Summary. Prepared for Assistant Chief of Staff, Environmental Security, Mari [Technical Report]
  23. 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 Sec [Technical Report]
  24. Franklin, S. P., J. L. Troyer, J. A. Terwee, L. M. Lyren, W. M. Boyce, S. P. D. Riley, M. E. Roelke, K. R. Crooks, and S. W. VandeWoude. 2007. Frequent Transmission of Immunodeficiency Viruses among Bobcats and Pumas. Journal of Virology 10961-10969. [Journal Article]
  25. Franklin, S. P., J. L. Troyer, J. A. TerWee, L. M. Lyren, R. W. Kays, S. P. D. Riley, W. M. Boyce, K. R. Crooks, and S. VandeWoude. 2007. Variability in assays used for detection of lentiviral infection in bobcats (Lynx rufus), pumas (Puma concolor), an [Journal Article]
  26. Menke, S. B., R. N. Fisher, W. Jetz, and D. A. Holway. 2007. Biotic and abiotic controls of Argentine ant invasion success at local and landscape scales. Ecology 88:3164�73. [Journal Article]
  27. Diffendorfer, J.E., Fleming, G.M., Duggan, J.M., Chapman, R.E., Rahn, M.E., Mitrovich, M.J., and R.N. Fisher. 2007. Developing terrestrial, multi-taxon indices of biological integrity: An example from coastal sage scrub. Biological Conservation 140:130-1 [Journal Article]
  28. Ervin, Edward L. and Robert N. Fisher. 2007. Thamnophis hammondii foraging behavior. Herpetological Review. 38:345-346. [Journal Article]
  29. Sacks, B. N., Ernest, H. B., & Boydston, E. E. 2006. San Francisco抯 Golden Gate: a bridge between historically distinct coyote (Canis latrans) populations? Western North American Naturalist 66: 263-264. [Journal Article]
  30. 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 Environm [Technical Report]
  31. 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. [Technical Report]
  32. 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 Corp [Technical Report]
  33. 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 [Technical Report]
  34. 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. [Technical Report]
  35. 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. [Technical Report]
  36. Rourke, J.W. and B.E. Kus. 2006. Distribution and breeding activities of the least Bell抯 vireo and southwestern willow flycatcher at the San Luis Rey River, San Diego County, California. 2005 Annual Report. Prepared for the State of California Depart [Technical Report]
  37. 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. [Journal Article]
  38. Kus, B.E. 2006. Factors influencing the incidence of cowbird parasitism of least Bell抯 vireos. USGS Publication Brief for Resource Managers. [Publication Brief]
  39. 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 [Presentation with Abstract]
  40. 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 [Technical Report]
  41. 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. [Journal Article]
  42. Ervin, E.L., Kisner, D.A. & R.N. Fisher. 2006. Bufo californicus Mortality. Herpetological Review 37(2):199. [Journal Article]
  43. 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. [Presentation with Abstract]
  44. 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. [Other]
  45. Mendelsohn, M. B., Diversity of Terrestrial Avifauna in Response to Distance from the Shoreline of the Salton Sea (December 2006) [Publication Brief]
  46. Kus, B. E., Factors Influencing the Incidence of Cowbird Parasitism of Least Bell's Vireos (August 2006) [Publication Brief]
  47. 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 [Technical Report]
  48. 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 Presentati [Presentation]
  49. 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. P [Technical Report]
  50. 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. [Journal Article]
  51. 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. [Technical Report]
  52. 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. [Journal Article]
  53. 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 [Abstract]
  54. 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 Environmenta [Abstract]
  55. 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.< [Journal Article]
  56. Kus, B.E. 2005. Endangered passerine response to cowbird control. USGS Western Ecological Research Center Publication Brief for Resource Managers. [Publication Brief]
  57. 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. [Presentation with Abstract]
  58. 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 [Technical Report]
  59. 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 [Technical Report]
  60. 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 conser [Presentation with Abstract]
  61. 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 [Technical Report]
  62. 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 Pen [Technical Report]
  63. 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 [Technical Report]
  64. 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 [Technical Report]
  65. 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 [Technical Report]
  66. 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 pr [Technical Report]
  67. 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 [Technical Report]
  68. 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. [Proceedings]
  69. 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. 2 [Journal Article]
  70. 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. [Thesis/Dissertation]
  71. 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 strea [Journal Article]
  72. Carroll, S.L., Ervin, E.L. & R.N. Fisher. 2005. Overwintering Larva: Taricha torosa torosa (Coast Range Newt). Herpetological Review 36(3):297. [Journal Article]
  73. 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 Departmen [Other]
  74. Kus, B., E., Endangered Passerine Response to Cowbird Control (November 2005) [Publication Brief]
  75. Fisher, R. N., African Clawed Frog in Southern California (April 2005) [Publication Brief]
  76. Vandergast, A. G. and D. Weissman. 2005. Evolution of acoustic behavior and diversification within the Jerusalem crickets (Orthoptera Stenopelmatidae). Orthopterist抯 Society Meeting, Canmore CA. Poster Presentation. [Poster]
  77. Peterson, B.L., B.E. Kus, and D. H. Deutschman. 2004. Determining nest predators of the Least Bell's Vireo through point counts, tracking stations, and video photography. Jour. Field Ornith. 75:89-95. [Journal Article]
  78. Boydston, E. E. 2003-2004. In the Headlands: Tracking wily coyote. ParkNews, 8(2):3. Golden Gate National Recreation Area, National Park Service. [Popular Publication]
  79. Chamblin, H. D., P. B. Wood, and J. W. Edwards. 2004. Allegheny woodrat (Neotoma magister) use of rock drainage channels on reclaimed mines in southern West Virginia. American Midland Naturalist 151: 346-354. [Journal Article]
  80. Chamblin, H. D., and W. I. Boarman. 2004. Ecology of common ravens at the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, California: Annual progress report covering research conducted between December 9, 2002 and December 13, 2003, United States [Technical Report]
  81. Chamblin, H. D., and W. I. Boarman. 2004. Common raven ecology at the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center (MCAGCC). Presentation at the 29th Annual Meeting and Symposium of the Desert Tortoise Council, February 22, 2004, Las Vegas, Nevada. [Presentation with Abstract]
  82. Warburton, M.L., R.N. Fisher and S.A. Hathaway. 2004. 2000-2002 Anza-Borrego Desert State Park Amphibian Survey. Prepared for California State Parks. 39pp. [Technical Report]
  83. Chamblin, H.D. and Boarman, W.I. 2004. Roosting Behavior of Common Ravens at the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center (MCAGCC), Twentynine Palms, CA. Presentation at The 2004 Desert Symposium, April 23, 2004, Desert Studies Center, Zzyzx, California. [Presentation with Abstract]
  84. Sharp, B. L. and B. E. Kus. 2004. Sunrise nest attendance and aggression by Least Bell's Vireos fail to deter cowbird parasitism. Wilson Bulletin 116(1):17-22 [Journal Article]
  85. Kisner, D. A. (B. Kus, chair). 2004. The impact of giant reed (Arundo donax) on the southern California riparian bird community. Master's Thesis, San Diego State University. [Thesis/Dissertation]
  86. Madden-Smith, M.C., A. J. Atkinson, R. N. Fisher, W. R. Danskin and G. O. Mendez. 2004. Assessing the Risk of Loveland Dam Operations to the Arroyo Toad (Bufo californicus) in the Sweetwater River Channel, San Diego County, California. 58 pp. [Technical Report]
  87. Kristan, W. B., III., W. I. Boarman, and J. Crayon. 2004. Diet composition of common ravens across the urban-wildland interface of the West Mojave Desert. Wildlife Society Bulletin 32: 244-253. [Journal Article]
  88. Webb, W. C., W. I. Boarman, and J. T. Rotenberry. 2004. Common raven juvenile survival in a human-augmented landscape. Condor 106: 517-528. [Journal Article]
  89. Chamblin, H. D., and W. I. Boarman. 2004. Common raven roosting behavior at the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center (MCAGCC), in the Mojave Desert, California. Poster presented at Ravens Today: A Worldwide Symposium on the Raven (Corvus corax), Biologic [Poster]
  90. Kus, B.E. 2004. Response to extreme drought of a southern California riparian bird community. Presentation at the Annual Meeting of the Cooper Ornithological Society, 5-9 May, 2004, La Crosse, Wisconsin. [Presentation with Abstract]
  91. Rourke, J., B. Kus, and M. Whitfield. 2004. Distribution and abundance of the southwestern willow flycatcher at selected southern California sites in 2001. Prepared for the California Department of Fish and Game, Wildlife Management Division, Sacrament [Technical Report]
  92. Kus, B.E., B. Peterson, and M. Wellik. 2004. Pilgrim Creek restoration project: bird community and vegetation structure. 2003 Annual Report. Prepared for the State of California Department of Transportation, District 11, San Diego, California. [Technical Report]
  93. Atkinson, A. J., P. C. Trenham, R. N. Fisher, S. A. Hathaway, B. S. Johnson, S. G. Torres, and Y. C. Moore. 2004. Designing monitoring programs in an adaptive management context for regional multiple species conservation plans. U.S. Geological Survey Tech [Technical Report]
  94. Stokes, D. C. and R. N. Fisher. 2004. Bat inventory of the Descanso district of the Cleveland National Forest, San Diego County, California. US Geological Survey technical report prepared for the US Forest Service. 58 pp. [Technical Report]
  95. Boydston, E. E. and C. A. Lopez Gonzalez. 2005. Sexual differentiation in the distribution potential of northern jaguars (Panthera onca). In: Connecting mountain islands and desert seas: biodiversity and management of the Madrean Archipelago II. [Proceedings]
  96. Mendelsohn, M.B. and R.N. Fisher. 2004. Post-Cedar Fire Arroyo Toad Monitoring Surveys at CRSP. Presentation from 16-17 October 2004 symposium 揟he Cedar Fire and Cuyamaca Rancho State Park One Year Later: Recovery Expectations and Realities,� presented b [Presentation with Abstract]
  97. Paxton, E., A. Tudor, B. Kus, M. Whitfield, and M. Sogge. 2004. Effects of the 2002 record-breaking drought on the southwestern willow flycatcher. Annual Meeting of the Cooper Ornithological Society, 5-9 May, 2004, La Crosse, Wisconsin. [Presentation with Abstract]
  98. Rourke, J. W. (B. Kus, chair). 2004. An evaluation of fluctuating asymmetry as a tool in indentifying imperiled bird populations. Master's Thesis, San Diego State University. [Thesis/Dissertation]
  99. Kus, B.E. 2004. Sunrise Nest Attendance and Aggression by Least Bell抯 Vireos Fail to Deter Cowbird Parasitism. USGS Publication Brief for Resource Managers. [Publication Brief]
  100. Hitchcock, C. J., A. R. Backlin, and R. N. Fisher. 2004. Monitoring arroyo toads (Bufo californicus) in the San Bernardino National Forest, 2004. US Geological Survey final report. 20pp. [Technical Report]
  101. Kus, B. E., Sunrise Nest Attendance and Aggression by Least Bell抯 Vireos Fail to Deter Cowbird Parasitism (October 2004) [Publication Brief]
  102. Vandergast, A. G. and R. G. Gillespie. 2004. Effects of natural forest fragmentation on a Hawaiian spider community. Environmental Entomology 33:1296-1305. [Journal Article]
  103. Vandergast, A. G., R. G. Gillespie, and G. K. Roderick. 2004. Influence of volcanic activity on the population genetic structure of Hawaiian Tetragnatha spiders: fragmentation, rapid population growth and the potential for accelerated evolution. Molecular [Journal Article]
  104. Vandergast, A. G., R. G. Gillespie and G. K. Roderick. 2004. Lava flow versus gene flow: habitat fragmentation and diversification in Hawaiian Tetragnatha Spiders. Oral Presentation. 16th International Congress of Arachnology. Gent, Belgium. [Presentation]
  105. Backlin, A. R., S. L. Compton, Z. B. Kahancza, and R. N. Fisher. 2004. Baseline biodiversity survey for Santa Catalina Island: Herpetofauna and ants with remarks on small mammals and others. U.S. Geological Survey final report submitted to Catalina Is [Technical Report]
  106. Boydston, E. E., K. M. Kapheim, M. Szykman, and K. E. Holekamp. 2003. Individual variation in space use by female spotted hyenas. Journal of Mammalogy 84: 1006-1018. [Journal Article]
  107. Kus, B.E. and P.P. Beck. 2003. An approach for monitoring bird communities to assess development of restored riparian habitat. In: P.M. Faber (ed.) pages 396-406. California Riparian Systems: Process and Floodplain Management, Ecology, and Restoration. 2 [Proceedings]
  108. Kus, B.E., P.P. Beck, and J.M. Wells. 2003. Southwestern willow flycatcher populations in southern California: distribution, abundance, and potential for conservation. Studies in Avian Biology 26:12-21. [Journal Article]
  109. Rothstein, S.I., B.E. Kus, M.J. Whitfield, and S.J. Sferra. 2003. Recommendations for cowbird management in recovery efforts for the southwestern willow flycatcher. Studies in Avian Biology 26:157-167. [Journal Article]
  110. Sogge, M.K., S.J. Sferra, T. McCarthey, S.O. Williams, and B.E. Kus. 2003. Distribution and characteristics of Southwestern Willow Flycatcher breeding sites and territories. Studies in Avian Biology 26:5-11. [Journal Article]
  111. Szykman, M., A. L. Engh, R. C. Van Horn, E. E. Boydston, K. T. Scribner, and K. E. Holekamp. 2003. Rare male aggression directed toward females in a female-dominated society: baiting behavior in the spotted hyena. Aggressive Behavior 29: 457-474. [Journal Article]
  112. Kristan, W. B., III, and W. I. Boarman. 2003. Spatial pattern of risk of common raven predation on desert tortoises. Ecology 84: 2432-2443. [Journal Article]
  113. Peterson, B. L., B. E. Kus, and M. J. Wellik. 2003. Surveys for the Least Bell's Vireo and Southwestern Willow Flycatcher at the San Luis Rey River. 2002 Annual Summary. Prepared for the California Department of Transportation, District 11. [Technical Report]
  114. Boarman, William I. 2003. Managing a subsidized predator population: reducing common raven predation on desert tortoises. Environmental Management 32: 205-217 [Journal Article]
  115. Kus, B.E. 2003. Restoring habitat for endangered birds. Invited presentation at Arid Southwest Lands Habitat Restoration Conference (hosted by the Desert Managers Group). March 3-7, Palm Springs, CA. [Abstract]
  116. Kus, B.E. 2003. Reviewing the boundaries of professional conduct: a research biologist's perspective. Invited presentation in symposium on "Reviewing the Boundaries of Professional Conduct", annual meeting of The Wildlife Society, Western Section, Feb. 2 [Abstract]
  117. Kus, B.E.and K. Kenwood. 2003. Use of exotic species for nest placement by southwestern willow flycatchers. Presentation at the annual meeting of The Wildlife Society, Western Section, Feb. 27-Mar. 1, Irvine, CA. [Abstract]
  118. Rourke, J., Kerry Kenwood, and Barbara Kus. 2003. Biological Reporting Database. Access-based software (CD) to manage electronic submittal of endangered bird survey and monitoring data into centralized databases, and generate summary reports to state an [Software Application]
  119. Kus, B.E. and D. A. Kisner. 2003. Neotropical migratory bird monitoring study at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California. 2002 Annual Report. Prepared for Assistant Chief of Staff, Environmental Security, Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton. [Technical Report]
  120. Takekawa, J. Y., M. A. Bias, I. Woo, S. A. Demers, and E. E. Boydston. 2003. Small mammal survey at Big Lagoon, Muir Beach, Marin County, CA. Unpubl. Progr. Rep., U. S. Geological Survey, Vallejo, CA. 25pp. [Technical Report]
  121. Atkinson, A. J., B. S. Yang, R. N. Fisher, E. Ervin, T. J. Case, N. Scott, H. B. Shaffer. 2003. MCB Camp Pendleton Arroyo Toad Monitoring Protocol: 1. Summary of results from a workshop on August 27, 2002; 2. Monitoring protocol and targeted studies. Tec [Technical Report]
  122. Brehme, C.S. (R. Fisher, co-chair). 2003. Responses of small terrestrial vertebrates to roads in a coastal sage scrub ecosystem. Master's Thesis, San Diego State University. [Thesis/Dissertation]
  123. Boydston, E. E., Kapheim, K. M., Watts, H. E., Szykman, M. & Holekamp, K. E. 2003. Altered behavior in spotted hyenas associated with increased human activity. Animal Conservation 6:207-219. [Journal Article]
  124. Stokes, D.C., C.S. Brehme, R.N. Fisher. 2003. Bat inventory of the Point Loma Peninsula Including the Cabrillo National Monument. USGS Technical Report prepared for the Cabrillo National Monument, National Park Service, 31 pp. [Technical Report]
  125. Stokes, D.C., C.S. Brehme, R.N. Fisher. 2003. Bat inventory of the San Diego County Multiple Species Conservation Program Area. USGS Technical Report prepared for the County of San Diego and the California Department of Fish and Game, 17 pp. [Technical Report]
  126. Sogge, M.K., B.E. Kus, S.J. Sferra, and M.J. Whitfield (eds). 2003. Ecology and Conservation of the Willow Flycatcher. Studies in Avian Biology 26. 210 pp. [Proceedings]
  127. 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 Te [Technical Report]
  128. Kisner, D.A. and B.E. Kus. 2003. The effect of Arundo donax on sensitive riparian bird species in southern California. Invited presentation at Invasive Plants in Natural and Managed Systems, 7th International Conference on the Ecology and Management of [Presentation with Abstract]
  129. Kus,B., D. Evans, B. Langan, and M.B. Mulrooney. 2003. Status and distribution of the least Bell's vireo and southwestern willow flycatcher at the Cleveland National Forest in 2002. Prepared for the USDA Forest Service, Cleveland National Forest, San D [Technical Report]
  130. Kus, B.E. and K.E. Kenwood. 2003. Distribution, abundance, and breeding activities of the southwestern willow flycatcher at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California. 2002 Annual Report. Prepared for Assistant Chief of Staff, Environmental Security, M [Technical Report]
  131. Kus, B.E., D.A. Kisner, and M.B. Mulrooney. 2003. Riparian and upland bird communities at Lower Topanga Canyon, Topanga State Park, California. Prepared for California State Parks, Southern Service Center, San Diego, California. [Technical Report]
  132. Kus, B.E. Does cowbird parasitism reduce survival to breeding age in Least Bell抯 Vireos? 75th Annual Meeting of the Cooper Ornithological Society, 30 April-3 May, 2003, Flagstaff, Arizona. [Presentation with Abstract]
  133. Kisner, D., B.E. Kus, and J.E. Diffendorfer. Impact of giant reed (Arundo donax) on the southern California riparian bird community. 75th Annual Meeting of the Cooper Ornithological, 30 April-3 May 2003, Flagstaff, Arizona. [Presentation with Abstract]
  134. Kus, B.E. and M. Whitfield. Managing cowbird parasitism in endangered hosts: management success or co-dependency? Symposium on 揈cology and evolution of host-parasite interactions and cowbird management,121st Annual Meeting of the American Ornithologists [Presentation with Abstract]
  135. Rothstein, S.I. and B.E. Kus. Finding solutions for threatened and endangered hosts and is that all there is to cowbird research? Symposium on 揈cology and evolution of host-parasite interactions and cowbird management,121st Annual Meeting of the America [Presentation with Abstract]
  136. Sogge, M., P. Dockens, S. Williams III, B. Kus and S. Sferra 2003. Southwestern willow flycatcher breeding site and territory summary - 2002. Prepared for the Southwestern Willow Flycatcher Recovery Team, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Region 2, Albuquer [Technical Report]
  137. 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 Te [Technical Report]
  138. Allison, L. J., C. E. Paradizick, J. W. Rourke, and T. D. McCarthey. 2003. A characterization of vegetation in nesting and non-nesting plots for Southwestern Willow Flycatchers in central Arizona. Studies in Avian Biology 26: 81-90. [Abstract]
  139. Mora, M. A., J. W. Rourke, S. J. Sferra and K. King. 2003. Environmental contaminants in surrogate birds and insects inhabitating Southwestern Willow Flycatcher habitat in Arizona. Studies in Avian Biology 26: 168-176. [Abstract]
  140. Vandergast, A. G. and G. K. Roderick. 2003. Mermithid parasitism of Hawaiian Tetragnatha spiders in a fragmented landscape. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology 84:128-136. [Journal Article]
  141. Vandergast, A. G. and R. N. Fisher 2003. Phylogeography of the mahogany Jerusalem cricket. Oral Presentation. California Population and Evolutionary Genetics Meeting. Irvine, CA [Presentation]
  142. Vandergast, A. G., D. Weissman, M. Caterino and R. N. Fisher 2003. Phylogeography of the mahogany Jerusalem cricket in Southern California. Oral Presentation. The Society for the Study of Evolution. Chico, CA. [Presentation]
  143. Lovich, J. and Meyer, K. 2002. The western pond turtle (Clemmys marmorata) in the Mojave River, California, USA: highly adapted survivor or tenuous relict? Journal of Zoology, London 256:537-545. [Journal Article]
  144. Boarman, W. I. and S. J. Coe. 2002. An evaluation of the distribution and abundance of Common Ravens at Joshua Tree National Monument. Bull. Southern California Acad. Sci. 101: 86-102. [Journal Article]
  145. 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 [Technical Report]
  146. Fisher, R.N., Suarez, A.V. and T.J. Case. 2002. Spatial patterns in the abundance of the coastal horned lizard. Conservation Biology 16:205-215. [Journal Article]
  147. Fellers, G. M., R. N. Fisher and C. R. Schwalbe. 2002. Status of Amphibians in California and Arizona. USGS WERC Fact Sheet. [Fact Sheet]
  148. 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]
  149. 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 proje [Software Application]
  150. 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]
  151. 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 tortois [Software Application]
  152. 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]
  153. 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 su [Software Application]
  154. 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 torto [Software Application]
  155. 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]
  156. Warburton, M., Kuperman, B., Matey, V., Fisher, R.N., 2002. Parasite Analysis of Native and Non-native Fish in the Angeles National Forest. 2001 Final Report. Prepared for the U.S. Forest Service, Angeles National Forest. [Technical Report]
  157. Warburton, M, Fisher, R.N., 2002. The Status and Distribution of Unarmored Threespine Stickleback in the Angeles National Forest. 2001 Final Report. Prepared of the U.S. Forest Service, Angeles National Forest. [Technical Report]
  158. Backlin, A., Haas, C., Fisher, R.N., 2002. Angeles and San Bernardino National Forest, Mountain Yellow-Legged Frog (Rana muscosa) Surveys, 2001. Prepared for Angeles National Forest, San Bernardino National Forest. [Technical Report]
  159. Atkinson, A. J., C. M. Marn, B. Fong. 2002. Terrestrial and Amphibious Monitoring Plan for the CALFED Bay-Delta Program. Technical Report prepared for the CALFED Bay-Delta Program. 432 pp. [Technical Report]
  160. Brown, C., Fisher, R.N., 2002. Survey results for the Arroyo Toad (Bufo californicus) in the San Bernardino National Forest, 2001. Prepared for U.S. Department of Agriculture, U.S. Forest Service. 53pp. [Technical Report]
  161. Brown, C., Fisher, R.N., 2002. Inventory and Management Needs Study of Point Loma Herpetofauna (Reptiles and Amphibians) With Comments on Mammals and Invertebrates, 2001. Prepared for National Park Service, Cabrillo National Monument. 33pp. [Technical Report]
  162. Ervin, E.L., Warburton, M., Fisher, R.N., 2002. Cattle Ponds: Are we overlooking an existing resource for the conservation of native aquatic breeding amphibian species?. Joint Meeting of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists. July 3-8, 2002, Kansas City, Miss [Abstract]
  163. Lovich, R.E., Fisher, R.N., 2002. Camp Pendleton's Herpetofauna: Tracking the success of monitoring practices in a vanishing landscape. Joint Meeting of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists. July 3-8, 2002, Kansas City, Missouri. [Abstract]
  164. Mullin, S.J., Imbert, H., Ervin, E.L., Fisher, R.N., 2002. Predatory Responses of a Native Semi-aquatic Snake to the Introduced anuran Xenopus laevis. Joint Meeting of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists. July 3-8, 2002, Kansas City, Missouri. [Abstract]
  165. Toure, T.A., Fisher, R.N., 2002. Long-term monitoring in Fragmented habitats in coastal Southern California. Joint Meeting of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists. July 3-8, 2002, Kansas City, Missouri. [Abstract]
  166. Hirsch, R., Hathaway, S., and Fisher, R.N. 2002. Herpetofauna and Small Mammal Surveys on the Marine Corps Air Gound Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, CA. March 1999-October 2001. 21pp. [Technical Report]
  167. Boarman, W. I. 2002. Reducing predation by common ravens on desert tortoises in the Mojave and Colorado Deserts. U.S. Geological Survey, Western Ecological Research Center, Sacramento, CA. [Technical Report]
  168. Boarman, W. I. 2002. Threats to desert tortoise populations: a critical review of the literature. U.S. Geological Survey, Western Ecological Research Center, Sacramento, CA. [Technical Report]
  169. Boarman, W.I. 2002. Desert Tortoise (Gopherus agassizii). In: Boarman, W.I. and K. Beaman, editors. The sensitive plant and animal species of the Western Mojave Desert. U. S. Geological Survey, Western Ecological Research Center, Sacramento, CA. [Technical Report]
  170. Backlin, A., Fisher, R., and C. Haas. 2002. Metropolitan Water District Inland Feeder Project: Mountain Yellow-legged Frog (Rana muscosa) and California Red-legged Frog (Rana aurora) surveys. Prepared for San Bernardino National Forest. [Technical Report]
  171. Kus, B.E. 2002. Fitness consequences of nest desertion in an endangered host, the least Bell's vireo. Condor 104(4):795-802. [Journal Article]
  172. Peterson, B.L., B.E. Kus, and D. Deutschman. 2002. Multi-scale analysis of nest predation risk of the least Bell's vireo. 3rd North American Ornithological Conference, 24-28 September 2002, New Orleans, LA. [Abstract]
  173. Kus, B.E., B.L. Peterson, K. Ferree, and M. Wellik. 2002. Pilgrim Creek restoration project: bird community and vegetation structure. 2001 Annual Report. Prepared for the California Department of Transportation, District 11. [Technical Report]
  174. Sogge, M., S. Sferra, T. McCarthey, S. Williams III, and B. Kus. 2002. Southwestern willow flycatcher breeding site and territory summary - 2001. Prepared for the Southwestern Willow Flycatcher Recovery Team, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Region 2, Alb [Technical Report]
  175. Kus, B.E. and B.L. Sharp. 2002. Neotropical migratory bird monitoring study at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California. 2001 Annual Report. Prepared for AC/S Environmental Security, Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California. [Technical Report]
  176. Nebel, S., D.B. Lank, P.D. O'Hara, G. Fern醤dez, B. Haase, F. Delgado, F.A. Estela, L.J. Evans Ogden, B. Harrington, B.E. Kus, J.E. Lyons, F. Mercier, B. Ortego, J.Y. Takekawa, N. Warnock & S.E. Warnock. 2002. Western Sandpipers (Calidris mauri) during th [Journal Article]
  177. Sharp, B. L. (B. Kus, Chair). 2002. Factors influencing the incidence of brood parasitism by brown-headed cowbirds (Molothrus ater) of least Bell's vireos (Vireo bellii pusillus). Master's Thesis, San Diego State University. [Thesis/Dissertation]
  178. Peterson, B. L. (B. Kus, Chair). 2002. A multi-scale approach to nest predation of the least Bell's vireo (Vireo bellii pusillus). Master's Thesis, San Diego State University. [Thesis/Dissertation]
  179. Brown, C., R.N. Fisher, and S.A. Hathaway. 2002. Multitaxa Survey at Rancho Jamul 2001-2002. [Database Spatial]
  180. Toure, T. A. and G. A. Middendorf. 2002. Colonization of herpetofauna to a created wetland. Bulletin of the Maryland Herpetological Society 38(4):99-117. [Journal Article]
  181. Mittermeier, C. G., W. R. Konstant, R. E. Lovich, and J. E. Lovich. 2002. The Mojave Desert. In, pp.351-356, Wilderness: Earth's Last Wild Places. Mittermeier, R, C. G. Mittermeier, P. Robles Gil, G. Fonseca, T. Brooks, J. Pilgrim, and W. R. Konstant (ed [Book Chapter]
  182. Kus, B.E. and K. Ferree. 2002. Distribution, abundance, and breeding activities of the Southwestern Willow Flycatcher at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California. 2001 Annual Report. Prepared for Assistant Chief of Staff, Environmental Security, M [Technical Report]
  183. Juha Laakkonen, Robert N. Fisher and Ted J. Case. 2002. Factors influencing the variation in capture rates of shrews in southern California, USA [Journal Article]
  184. Stokes, D.C., R.N. Fisher. 2002. Bat inventory of Descanso district of Cleveland National Forest. USGS Technical report prepared for the United States Forest Service, 3 pp. [Technical Report]
  185. Chamblin, H. D. 2002. Small mammal communities on a reclaimed mountaintop mine/valley fill landscape in southern West Virginia. Thesis, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia. [Thesis/Dissertation]
  186. Kus, B.E. and B. Peterson. 2002. Pilgrim Creek restoration project: bird community and vegetation structure. Prepared for the State of California Department of Transportation, District 11, San Diego, California. [Technical Report]
  187. Kus, B.E. Analyzing guild structure of riparian birds to track development of restored habitats. Invited presentation in symposium on 揜estoration of Wildlife and their Habitats�, annual meeting of The Wildlife Society, 24-28 September 2002, Bismarck, No [Presentation with Abstract]
  188. Ver Hoef, J.M., Cressie, N., Fisher, R.N. & T.J. Case. 2001. Spatial linear models in ecology. In: Spatial Uncertainty in Ecology. Hunsaker, C., M. Goodchild, M. Friedl and T. Case (Eds.). 440 pgs. Springer-Verlag, New York. [Book Chapter]
  189. Case, T.J. & R.N. Fisher. 2001. Coastal Sage Scrub Case Study. In: Spatial Uncertainty in Ecology. Hunsaker, C., M. Goodchild, M. Friedl and T. Case (Eds.). 440 pgs. Springer-Verlag, New York. [Book Chapter]
  190. Weckerly, Floyd F., Mark A. Ricca and Katherin P. Meyer. 2001. Sexual segregation in Roosevelt Elk: Cropping rates and aggression in mixed sex groups. Journal of Mammology, 82(3):825-835 [Journal Article]
  191. Lovich, R.E. 2001. Phylogeography of the night lizard, Xantusia henshawi, in southern California: Evolution across fault zones. Herpetologica 57:470-487. [Journal Article]
  192. Lyren, L. M. 2001. Movement Patterns of Coyotes and Bobcats Relative to Roads and Underpasses in the Chino Hills Area of Southern California. M.S. thesis. California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. 127p. [Thesis/Dissertation]
  193. Boarman, W. I. and W. Webb. 2001. Raven juvenile survival in the western Mojave Desert. Annual meeting of Society for Conservation Biology, Hilo Hawaii, August 2001. [Abstract]
  194. Backlin, A., R. Hirsch, C. Brown, R. N. Fisher. 2001. Current Status of Mountain Yellow-Legged Frogs (Rana muscosa) in Southern California. Society for Conservation Biology, July 29-August 1 2001, Hilo, Hawaii. [Abstract]
  195. Backlin, A., R. Hirsch, C. Brown, R.N. Fisher, 2001. Angeles and San Bernardino National Forest mountain yellow-legged frog (Rana muscosa) surveys, 2000. Final report submitted to the Angeles National Forest, Supervisor抯 Office, Arcadia, California. [Technical Report]
  196. Toure, T. A. 2001. Monitoring program for amphibians and reptiles in the Nature Reserve of Orange County. Summary Report 2001. [Technical Report]
  197. Toure, T. A. and R. N. Fisher 2001. Vertebrate abundance and diversity in fragmented habitats of coastal southern California. 15th Annual Meeting Society for Conservation Biology. July 29- August 1, 2001, Hilo, Hawaii. [Abstract]
  198. Toure, T. A. 2001. A report on the population status and conservation of Rosy boa (Charina trivirgata): A two-year study in Anza Borrego State Park and Joshua Tree National Monument, 19 pp. [Technical Report]
  199. Webb, William (W.Boarman, committee). 2001. Common raven (Corvus corax) juvenile survival and movements in a human augmented landscape. M.S. thesis. University of California, Riverside. [Thesis/Dissertation]
  200. Kristan, William K. (W.Boarman, committee) 2001. Spatial ecology of animals in a human-dominated environment. Ph.D. dissert. University of California, Riverside. [Thesis/Dissertation]
  201. Toure', T. 2001. Vertebrate abundance and diversity in fragmented habitats of coastal southern California. Presented at 15th Annual Meeting, Society for Conservation Biology 2001. [Abstract]
  202. Atkinson, A. J., C. M. Marn, B. Fong. 2001. Terrestrial and Amphibious Monitoring Plan for the CALFED Bay-Delta Program Workshop Summaries for Summer 2000: 1) Habitats of estuarine tidal and diked wetlands of the Delta, Suisun Marsh and North San Francisc [Technical Report]
  203. Ervin, E. L., A. E. Anderson, T. L. Cass, R. E. Murcia. 2001. Elevation Record: Spea hammondii. Herpetological Review 32(1): 36. [Journal Article]
  204. Ervin, E. L., N. J. Scott, and R. N. Fisher. 2001. California Red-legged Frog (Rana aurora draytonii), Reconnaissance / Habitat Suitability Analysis in San Gabriel Canyon (West, North, and East Forks) Angeles National Forest, California: Year 2000. Report [Technical Report]
  205. Ervin, E. L., N. J. Scott, S. A. Hathaway, R. N. Fisher. 2001. Initial Report on the Monitoring of a California Red-legged Frog (Rana aurora draytonii) Population in San Francisquito Canyon. Angeles National Forest, California: Year 2000. Report to Depart [Technical Report]
  206. Ervin, E. L., R. N. Fisher 2001. Prey: Thamnophis hammondii (Two-striped Garter Snake). Herpetological Review 32(4): 265-266. [Journal Article]
  207. Kus, B.E., P.P. Beck, B. Peterson. 2001. Pilgrim Creek restoration project: bird community and vegetation structure. 2000 Annual report. Prepared for the California Department of Transportation, District 11. [Technical Report]
  208. Kus, B.E., P.P. Beck. 2001. Neotropical migratory bird monitoring study at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California. Sixth Annual Progress Report, 2000. Prepared for the AC/S Environmental Security, Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California. [Technical Report]
  209. Wells. J.M., B.E. Kus. 2001. Least Bell's Vireo Surveys and Nest Monitoring at Anza Borrego Desert State Park in 2000. Prepared for California State Parks, Colorado Desert District. [Technical Report]
  210. Kus, B.E., P.P. Beck. 2001. Neotropical Migratory Bird Monitoring Study at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California. Case Springs Station, 1995-1999. Final Report prepared for AC/S Environmental Security, Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California. [Technical Report]
  211. Kus, B.E., P.P. Beck. 2001. An approach for monitoring bird communities to assess development of restored riparian habitat. Riparian Habitat and Floodplains Conference. The Wildlife Society, Western Section and the California Riparian Habitat Joint Ventur [Abstract]
  212. Kus, B.E. 2001. Status of sensitive riparian birds in southern California. Riparian Habitat and Floodplains Conference. The Wildlife Society, Western Section and the California Riparian Habitat Joint Venture. Sacramento, California. [Abstract]
  213. Peterson, B.L., B.E Kus, D.H. Deutschman. 2001. Determining nest predators of the least Bell's vireo through point counts, tracking stations and videophotography. Cooper Ornithological Society. Albuquerque, New Mexico. [Abstract]
  214. Kus, B.E. 2001. Just desert: is desertion of parasitized nests an effective stategy for maximizing productivity in the endangered least Bell's vireo? American Ornithologists' Union, Seattle, Washington. [Abstract]
  215. Kus, B.E. 2001. Protecting California's endangered birds: the road to recovery. Bioforum on California's Endangered Species and Biodiversity Hotspots. California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco, California. [Abstract]
  216. Lovich, J and K. Meyer. 2001. Pleistocene Park: Ice Age Relict Turtle Survives in California Desert. In People, Land, and Water (DOI Newspaper). September/October Issue. Page 13. [Popular Publication]
  217. Laakkonen, J., Fisher, R.N., and T.J. Case. 2001. Effects of different land cover, habitat fragmentation, and ant colonies on the distribution and abundance of shrews in southern California. Journal of Animal Ecology 70:776-788. [Journal Article]
  218. Laakkonen, J., Fisher, R.N. & T.J. Case. 2001. Pneumocystis carinii in wild small mammals from California. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 37:408-412. [Journal Article]
  219. Kuperman, B.I., V.E. Matey, R.N. Fisher and M.L. Warburton. 2001. Bothriocephalus Acheilognathi Infection of Fish in Southern California. American Society of Parasitologists, 76th Annual Meeting, June 29-July 3 2001, Albuquerque, New Mexico. [Abstract]
  220. Warburton, M.L, R.N. Fisher, B.I. Kuperman, V.E. Matey and E.E. Ervin. 2001. The Silent Invasion: Parasites of Exotic Aquatic Species in Southern California. 131st Annual American Fisheries Society Meeting, August 21st-August 23rd 2001, Phoenix, Arizona [Abstract]
  221. Warburton, M.L., R.N. Fisher and C.C. Swift. 2001. Dramatic Effects of Rainfall on Fish Species in the Santa Margarita River. 15th Annual Meeting, Society for Conservation Biology, July 29-August 1 2001, Hilo, Hawaii. [Abstract]
  222. 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]
  223. 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]
  224. 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]
  225. 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]
  226. 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]
  227. 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]
  228. Stokes, D. 2001. Bats of Mission Trails Park. In Mission Trails Regional Park News: a publication of Mission Trails Regional Park Foundation, Inc. Vol. 12, no. 2. 8 pp. [Newsletter]
  229. Stokes, D., D. Griffin, S. Baldwin. 2001. Final Report: Monitoring and surveys for bats at the benchmark 19 mine, Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twenty-nine Palms, California. Prepared for Tierra Data Systems. 19 pp. [Technical Report]
  230. Luke, C., R.Fisher, S. Hathaway, K. Crooks. 2001. Using data to plan wildlife habitat corridors in southern California. Society for Conservation Biology Conference. [Abstract]
  231. McEachern, K., M. Semenoff-Irving and A. Atkinson. 2001. Control/exclosure monitoring of tule elk effects on Tomales Point vegetation, Point Reyes National Seashore, 1998-1999. Technical report, USGS-BRD, Channel Islands Field Station, 1901 Spinnaker Dr., [Technical Report]
  232. Boydston, E. E., Morelli, T. L. & Holekamp, K. E. 2001. Sex differences in territorial behavior exhibited by the spotted hyena (Hyaenidae, Crocuta crocuta). Ethology, 107: 369-385 [Journal Article]
  233. Boydston, E. E. 2001. Socio-ecological determinants of space utilization in the spotted hyena, Crocuta crocuta. PhD Dissertation. East Lansing: Michigan State University. [Thesis/Dissertation]
  234. Toure, T. A. and R. N. Fisher, 2002. Long-term monitoring in fragmented habitats in coastal southern California. 82nd Annual Meeting American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists. [Abstract]
  235. Brown, C., Fisher, R.N., 2001. Herpetofaunal Inventory and Monitoring at Silverwood Lake State Recreation Area. Prepared for the California Department of Parks and Recreation. 42pp. [Technical Report]
  236. Pease, K.H., Fisher, R.N., 2001. Report on Pitfall Trapping of Ants at the Biospecies Sites in the Nature Reserve of Orange County, California. Prepared for the Nature Reserve of Orange County and The Irvine Co. Open Space Reserve. 15pp. [Technical Report]
  237. 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]
  238. Rochester, C., J. Diffendorfer, and R.N. Fisher. 2001. Natural History of the Rosy Boa (Charina trivirgata). Prepared for U.S. Geological Survey-Species at Risk. 71pp. [Technical Report]
  239. Brown, C., Lyren, L., Fisher, R.N., 2001. Summary of Arroyo Toad Surveys in the Angeles and San Bernardino National Forests. Prepared for the Angeles National Forest, San Bernardino National Forest. [Technical Report]
  240. Brown, C.W., Fisher, R.N., Case, T.J., 2001. Impacts of Fragmentation of a Coastal Dune/Marsh Complex on Terrestrial Vertebrates. Society for Conservation Biology. Hilo, Hawaii, July 29-August 1, 2001. [Abstract]
  241. Ervin, E.L., Fisher, R.N., Crooks, K.R., 2001. Roads and Toads: Amphibian Mortality in Relation to Rainfall, Roadway Surface Moisture, and Traffic Volume. Society for Conservation Biology. Hilo, Hawaii. July 29-August 1, 2001. [Abstract]
  242. Fisher, R.N., Kuperman, B., Matey, V., Ervin, E.L., Warburton, M., 2001. The Silent Invasion: Parasites of Exotic Aquatic Species in Southern California. Society for Conservation Biology. Hilo, Hawaii. July 29-August 1, 2001 [Abstract]
  243. Lovich, R.E., Fisher, R.N., Ervin, E.L., 2001. Macroinvertebrate Community Composition of Arundo Donax in a Southern California Riparian Habitat. Society for Conservation Biology. Hilo, Hawaii. July 29- August 1, 2001. [Abstract]
  244. Pease, K., Fisher, R.N., Hearst, M., Lowe, S., 2001. Assessment of the Impact of Urbanization and Exotic Ants on Native Ant Diversity in Orange County, California. Society for Conservation Biology. Hilo, Hawaii. July 29-August 1, 2001. [Abstract]
  245. Suarez, A., Fisher, R.N., Case, T.J., 2001. Bottom-Up Effects on Persistence in a Fragmented Landscape: Argentine Ants and Coastal Horned Lizards. Society for Conservation Biology. Hilo, Hawaii. July 29-August 1, 2001. [Abstract]
  246. Warburton, M., Swift, C., Fisher, R.N., 2001. Dramatic Effects of Rainfall on Species Distributions in the Santa Margarita River. Society for Conservation Biology. July 29- August 1, 2001, Hilo, Hawaii. [Abstract]
  247. Sharp, B.L. and B.E. Kus. 2001. Video documentation of natural brood-parasitism events. Cooper Ornithological Society. Albuquerque, New Mexico. [Presentation with Abstract]
  248. Vandergast, A. G., R. G. Gillespie and G. K. Roderick. 2001. The genetic impacts of habitat fragmentation: lessons from Hawaiian kipuka. Oral Presentation. The Society for Conservation Biology. Hilo, HI [Presentation]
  249. Fisher, R.N. and T.J. Case. 2000. Distribution of the herpetofauna of southern California with reference to elevation effects. Pages 137-143 in Keeley, J.E., M. Baer-Keeley, and C.J. Fotheringham (eds). 2nd Interface between ecology and land development i [Book Chapter]
  250. Boarman, W. I. and S. J. Coe. 2000. An evaluation of the distribution and abundance of common ravens in and around Joshua Tree National Park. Report to National Park Service, Twentynine Palms, CA. [Technical Report]
  251. Fisher, R.N. and T.J. Case. 2000. A field guide to the reptiles and amphibians of coastal southern California. Website: http://www.werc.usgs.gov/fieldguide/ [Web Page]
  252. Meyer, K. P., Lovich, J. E. and C. Bjurlin. 2000. Nesting Ecology of Desert Tortoises at the Western Extent of Their Range in the Colorado Desert: A Comparative Site to Fort Irwin. 19pp. [Technical Report]
  253. Omland, K. E., C. L. Tarr, W. I. Boarman, J. M. Marzluff, and R. C. Fleischer. 2000. Cryptic genetic variation and paraphyly in ravens. Proc. Royal Society of London B 267:2475-2482. [Journal Article]
  254. Toure, T. A. 2000. Herpetofauna of a constructed wetland and adjacent forest. 80th Annual Meeting American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists. [Abstract]
  255. Toure, T. A. 2000. Reptiles and Amphibians of the Sands Road Wetland Sanctuary. 80th Annual Meeting American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists. [Poster]
  256. Toure, T. A. 2000. A constructed wetland and its ability to sustain amphibian and reptile populations. 21st Annual Meeting Society of Wetland Scientists. [Abstract]
  257. CALFED Bay-Delta Program. 2000. Comprehensive Monitoring, Assessment and Research Program. Final Programmatic EIS/EIR Technical Appendix. [Technical Report]
  258. Atkinson, A.J., C.M. Marn, and P.A. Stine. 2000. Development of a Baseline Monitoring Plan for CALFED's Ecosystem Restoration Program: Terrestrial and Amphibious Monitoring Recommendations. CALFED Science Conference, Sacramento, CA, Oct. 3-5, 2000. [Poster]
  259. Ervin, E, L., R. N. Fisher, K. Madden. 2000. Predation: Hyla cadaverina. Herpetological Review 31(4): 234. [Journal Article]
  260. Brown, C., E. Ervin, and L. Lyren. 2000. Arroyo Toad, Bufo californicus 2000 USGS/USFS Survey Data. [CD]. Angeles, Cleveland, and San Bernardino National Forests, California: Year 2000. Report to Department of Agriculture, Forest Service. [Technical Report]
  261. Kus, B.E. 2000. Distribution, Abundance, and Breeding Activities of the Southwestern Willow Flycatcher at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California in 2000. Prepared for AC/S Environmental Security, Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California. [Technical Report]
  262. Kus, B.E., P.P. Beck, B. Peterson. 2000. Pilgrim Creek Restoration Project: Bird Community and Vegetation Structure. 1999 Annual report. Prepared for the California Department of Transportation, District 11 [Technical Report]
  263. Kus, B.E., P.P. Beck. 2000. Neotropical Migratory Bird Monitoring Study at Marine Corps Base Pendleton, California. Fifth Annual Progress Report, 1999. Prepared for AC/S Environmental Security, Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California. [Technical Report]
  264. Kus, B.E., S.I. Rothstein, D.C. Hahn. 2000. Beyond crisis management: a comprehensive plan for cowbird control in the U.S. The Wildlife Society, Western Section. Riverside, California. [Abstract]
  265. Kus, B.E. 2000. Bird use of restored riparian habitat. Western Ecological Research Center. Sacramento, California. [Abstract]
  266. Kus, B.E. 2000. Status of sensitive riparian birds in southern California. Symposium: Planning for Biodiversity: Bringing Research and Management Together. USGS Western Ecological Research Center and USDA Forest Service. Pomona, California [Abstract]
  267. Kus, B.E. 2000. Integrating monitoring into adaptive management: challenges, limitations, and an agenda for the future. Symposium: Planning for Biodiversity: Bringing Research and Management Together. USGS Western Ecological Research Center and USDA Fore [Abstract]
  268. Kus, B.E., P.P. Beck, J.M. Wells. 2000. Southwestern willow flycatcher populations in southern California: distribution, abundance,and potential for conservation. Ecology and Conservation of the Willow Flycatcher Conference. USGS, USFWS. U.S. forest Servi [Abstract]
  269. Kus, B.E., P.P. Beck, J.M. Wells. 2000. Southwestern willow flycatcher populations in southern California: distribution, abundance,and potential for conservation. Ecology and Conservation of the Willow Flycatcher Conference. USGS, USFWS. U.S. Forest Servi [Abstract]
  270. Rothstein, S.I., B.E. Kus, M.J. Whitfield, and S.J. Sferra. 2000. Cowbird parasitism of the southwestern willow flycatcher, with recommendations for management. Ecology and Conservation of the Willow Flycatcher Conference. USGS, USFWS. U.S. Forest Servic [Abstract]
  271. Sogge, M.K., S.J. Sferra, T. McCarthey, S.O. Williams III, and B.E. Kus. 2000. Rangewide status and distribution of the southwestern willow flycatcher. Ecology and Conservation of the Willow Flycatcher Conference. USGS, USFWS, U.S. Forest Service, BOR. T [Abstract]
  272. Sferra, S., B.E. Kus, T. McCarthey, M.K. Sogge, S.O. Williams III. 2000. Rangewide distribution of southwestern willow flycatchers in tamarisk. Ecology and Conservation of the Willow Flycatcher Conference. USGS, USFWS, U.S. Forest Service, BOR. Tempe, Ari [Abstract]
  273. Meyer, Kathie, Curtis Bjurlin and Jeffrey Lovich. 2000. Hatching Success of Desert Tortoise Nests in the Colorado Desert. (Presented at the Wildlife Society Meeting, Sacramento, CA). [Poster]
  274. Fisher, R.N. & T.J. Case. 2000. Final Report on Herpetofauna Monitoring in the Tijuana Estuary. Final Report to USFWS NAFTA Research Program. [Technical Report]
  275. Fisher, R.N. & T.J. Case. 2000. Southern California Herpetofauna Research and Monitoring: 1995-1999 Data Summation Report. Submitted to U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and California Department of Fish and Game (on Hardcopy (200 pp.) and CD). [Technical Report]
  276. Fisher, R.N. 2000. Reptile and Amphiban survey on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California. Prepared for AC/S Environmental Security, Resource Management Division, MCB Camp Pendleton. [Technical Report]
  277. Fisher, R.N. & K. Crooks. 2000. Design and implementation of a wildlife monitoring program for the Tenaja Corridor. Annual Report to the Nature Conservancy. [Technical Report]
  278. Warburton, M.L., C.C. Swift, & R.N. Fisher. 2000. Status and Distribution of Fishes in the Santa Margarita River Drainage. Final Report to the Nature Conservancy. 27 pp. [Technical Report]
  279. Weber, S. & R.N. Fisher. 2000. Inventory and Manage Point Loma Herpetofauna (Reptiles and Amphibians); and secondarily, Shrews, and Macroinvertebrates. Annual Report to Canon, USA and National Park Foundation. [Technical Report]
  280. Warburton, M.L. and R.N. Fisher. 2000. Anza-Borrego Desert State Park Amphibian Survey. Prepared for California State Parks. 21pp. [Technical Report]
  281. Miner, K., D. Stokes. 2000. Status, conservation issues, and research needs of bats in the South coast ecoregion. Presented at the USGS/USDA biodiversity conference in Pomona, California. [Abstract]
  282. Miner, K., D. Stokes, C. Dooley, M. Henshaw, R. Le Duc, and G. O'Corry-Crowe. 2000. Bats and mines survey of Bureau of Land Management lands in San Diego County, with special emphasis on the protection of important roost sites. Unpublished report prepared [Technical Report]
  283. Hathaway, S.A. 2000. An Exploratory Analysis of the Biogeographic Distribution of Herpetofauna (Reptiles and Amphibians) And Environmental Variation in San Diego County Using Museum Records and Survey Data. Master's Thesis, San Diego State University 81 [Thesis/Dissertation]
  284. Boydston, E. E. and K. E. Holekamp. 2000. Applications of Geographic Information System (GIS) technology to hyena conservation. I.U.C.N. Hyaena Specialist Group Newsletter 7:24-27. [Journal Article]
  285. Holekamp, K. E., Boydston, E. E., and L. Smale. 2000. Group travel in social carnivores. In: On the Move: How and Why Animals Travel in Groups. S. Boinski and P. Garber (Eds.). Univ. of Chicago Press, Chicago, pp. 587-627. [Book Chapter]
  286. Pease, K., Fisher, R.N., 2000. Report on Pitfall Trapping of Ants at the Biospecies Sites in the Nature Reserve of Orange County, California. Prepared for Nature Reserve of Orange County and The Irvine Co. Open Space Reserve. 14pgs. [Technical Report]
  287. 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]
  288. Brown, C., Ervin, E., Lyren, L. and R.N. Fisher, 2000. Arroyo Toad, Bufo Californicus 2000. USGS/USFS Survey Data. [Database Nonspatial]
  289. Boarman, W. I. and S. Coe. 2000. Finding value in pre-existing datasets. Conservation Biology in Practice 1:32-34. [Journal Article]
  290. Lovich, J. E., P. Medica, H. Avery, K. Meyer, G. Bowser, and A. Brown. 1999. Studies of reproductive output of the desert tortoise at Joshua Tree National Park, the Mojave National Preserve, and comparative sites. Park Science 19(1):22-24. [Journal Article]
  291. Meyer, K. P. and J. E. Lovich. 1999. The influence of El Nino/Southern Oscillation conditions on activity area and movements of female desert tortoises. First presented at the Mojave Desert Science Symposium, Las Vegas. [Poster]
  292. Shipley, F.S., D.A. Barnum, G.F. Black, W.I. Boarman, W.G. Duffy, M.J. Mac, D.M Miller, T.E. Rocke, R.A. Schroeder, and R.G. Thiery. 1999. Science support for restoration of the Salton Sea. Recommendations of the USGS Tiger Team to the Salton Sea Scien [Technical Report]
  293. Kus, B.E. 1999. Impacts of brown-headed cowbird parasitism on productivity of the endangered least Bell's vireo. Studies in Avian Biology 18:160-166. [Journal Article]
  294. Kus, B.E., P. Beck, and J. Wells. 1999. Pilgrim Creek restoration project: bird community and vegetation structure. 1998 annual report. Prepared for the California Department of Transportation, District 11. 34 pp. [Technical Report]
  295. Fisher, R. and B. Kus. 1999. Research support for urban-wildland planning in Southern California (poster). [Poster]
  296. Knight, R. L., R. J. Camp, W. I. Boarman, and H. A. L. Knight. 1999. Predatory bird populations in the East Mojave Desert, California. Great Basin Naturalist 59:331-338 [Journal Article]
  297. Boarman, W. I. and B. Heinrich. 1999. Common Raven. In A. Poole and F. Gill, (eds.), The Birds of North America, No. 476. The Birds of North America, Inc., Philadelphia, PA. [Book Chapter]
  298. Stine, P.A. and A. Atkinson. 1999. Development of a Comprehensive Monitoring, Assessment, and Research Program for the CALFED Bay-Delta Program. USGS/BRD Status and Trends Program Review, Tucson, Arizona. [Poster]
  299. Griffin, P.C., Case, T.J., and R.N. Fisher. 1999. Radio telemetry study of Bufo californicus, arroyo toad movement patterns and habitat preferences. Contract Report for the California Department of Transportation Southern Biology Pool. 66 pp. [Technical Report]
  300. Lovich, J. E. and K. P. Meyer. 1999. Aspects of the Ecology of the Western pond turtle in the Mojave River. First presented at the Wildlife Society Meetings, Riverside, California. [Poster]
  301. McDiarmid, R. W., J. C. Campbell, and T. A. Tour�. 1999. Snake Species of the World Catalogue. A Geographical and Taxonomic Reference. Volume 1. The Herpetologist' League. Washington, DC. 511 pp. [Book]
  302. Toure, T. A. 1999. Herpetofauna of a constructed wetland and adjacent forest. Howard University, Washington DC. 20 tbs., 7 figs., 63 pp. [Also catalogued at the Smithsonian, U.S Natural History Musuem, Washington, DC.] [Thesis/Dissertation]
  303. CALFED Bay-Delta Program. 1999. Organic Carbon Drinking Water Quality Workshop Proceedings. August 26-27, 1999. Lawrence Smith, Andrea Atkinson, Carolyn Marn, editors. Final draft. 84 pp. [Proceedings]
  304. Kus, B.E., P.P. Beck, J.M. Wells. 1999. Pilgrim Creek Restoration Project: Bird Community and Vegetation Structure. 1998 Annual Report. Prepared for the California Department of Transportation, District 11. [Technical Report]
  305. Kus, B.E., P.P. Beck, J.M. Wells. 1999. Status and breeding activities of the southwestern willow flycatcher at the Cleveland National Forest in 1999. Prepared for the U.S. Forest Service, Cleveland National Forest. [Technical Report]
  306. Meyer, K. P. and J. E. Lovich. 1999. The Impact of El Ni駉/Southern Oscillation Conditions on Activity Areas and Movements of Adult Female Desert Tortoises. Mojave Desert Quaternary Research Symposium. April 1999, San Bernardino, California. [Abstract]
  307. Griffin, P.C., Case, T.J., & R.N. Fisher. 1999. Radio telemetry study of Bufo californicus, arroyo toad movement patterns and habitat preferences. Contract Report for the California Department of Transportation Southern Biology Pool. 66 pp. [Technical Report]
  308. Fisher, R. and B. Kus. 1999. Research support for urban-wildland planning in Southern California. Poster and Powerpoint Presentation developed for David Hayes, Deputy Secretary of the Interior. [Presentation]
  309. Stokes, D., K. Alberts, D. Hunsaker II. 1999. Final Report: Habitat use and relative density of bats at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, California. 190 pp. [Technical Report]
  310. Stine, P., J. Franklin, K. Thomas, T. Keeler-Wolf, D. Shaari, K. Lewis, and S. Hathaway. 1999. Mojave Vegetation Mapping Program. ESRI User's Conference. [Abstract]
  311. Holekamp, K. E., Boydston, E. E., Szykman, S., Graham, I., Nutt, K., Birch, S., Piskiel, A., and M. Singh. 1999. Vocal recognition in the spotted hyaena and its possible implications regarding the evolution of intelligence. Animal Behaviour 58:383-395. [Journal Article]
  312. Holekamp, K. E., Szykman, M., Boydston, E. E. & Smale, L. 1999. Association of seasonal reproductive patterns with changing food availability in an equatorial carnivore, the spotted hyaena (Crocuta crocuta). Journal of Reproduction and Fertility, [Journal Article]
  313. Fisher, R.N., Swift, C.C., 1999. Second year of surveying for fishes on the Santa Margarita River, San Diego and Riverside counties, California: September-December, 1998. Prepared for The Nature Conservancy. [Technical Report]
  314. Kus, B.E. 1998. Use of restored riparian habitat by the endangered least Bell's vireo. Restoration Ecology 6(1):1-9. [Journal Article]
  315. Kus, B.E. 1998. Recovery plan for the least Bell's vireo and its riparian habitat. (Draft). Prepared for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Carlsbad Field Office. [Technical Report]
  316. Kus, B.E. and P.P. Beck. 1998. Distribution and abundance of the least Bell's vireo (Vireo bellii pusillus) and the southwestern willow flycatcher (Empidonax traillii extimus) at selected southern California sites in 1997. Prepared for the California De [Technical Report]
  317. Kus, B.E. and P.P. Beck. 1998. Neotropical migratory bird monitoring study at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California. Fourth annual progress report, 1998. Prepared for the U.S. Marine Corps, Environmental and Natural Resources Office, Camp Pendl [Technical Report]
  318. Boarman, W. I., M. L. Beigel, Glenn C. Goodlett, and M. Sazaki. 1998. A passive integrated transponder system for tracking animal movements. Wildlife Society Bulletin 26:886-891. [Journal Article]
  319. Boarman, W. I., Goodlett, T., G. C. Goodlett. 1998. Review of radio transmitter attachment techniques for chelonian research and recommendations for improvement. Herpet. Rev. 29:26-33. [Journal Article]
  320. Ota, H., Fisher, R.N., Ineich, I., Case, T.J. and G.R. Zug. 1998. A new Lepidodactylus (Squamata:Gekkonidae) from Vanuatu. Herpetologica 54:325-332. [Journal Article]
  321. Shaffer, H.B., Fisher, R.N., and C. Davidson. 1998. The role of natural history collections in documenting species declines. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 13:27-30. [Journal Article]
  322. Atkinson, Andrea J. 1998. Competition for Nitrogen between Rice (Oryza sativa) and Early and Late Watergrass (Echinochloa oryzoides and Echinochloa phyllopogon). Ph.D. Dissertation. University of California, Davis, California. 360 pp. [Thesis/Dissertation]
  323. Kus, B.E. 1998. Current research on riparian birds. Western Ecological Research Center. Sacramento, California. [Abstract]
  324. Kus, B.E. 1998. Protecting southern California's riparian bird communities: progress of the last decade, and direction for the future. The Wildlife Society, Western Section. Sacramento, California. [Abstract]
  325. Kus, B.E. 1998. Restoring habitat for native birds. Symposium and Workshop on Restoring Natural Function Within a Modified Riverine Environment: the Lower Colorado River. U.S. Dept. of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation. Las Vegas, Nevada. [Abstract]
  326. Fisher, R.N., Swift, C.C., 1998. Preliminary Survey of the Fish of the Santa Margarita River Watershed, San Diego and Riverside Counties, California. Prepared for The Nature Conservancy. [Technical Report]
  327. Boydston, E. E. 1998. El Ni駉 and hyenas. Esidai News -- Wildlife Conservation Education Newspaper by the Friends of Conservation 9: 6-7. [Newsletter]
  328. W.I. Boarman, M. Sazaki, and W. B. Jennings. 1997. The effect of roads, barrier fences, and culverts on desert tortoise populations in California, USA. Proc. International Conf. on Conservation, Restoration, and Management of Tortoises and Turtles. Pp. [Proceedings]
  329. Boarman, W.I.. 1997 Predation on turtles and tortoises by a "subsidized predator." In J. Van Abbema (ed.), Proceedings: Conservation, Restoration, and Management of Tortoises and Turtles-An International Conference, pp. 103-104. New York Turtle and To [Proceedings]
  330. Kus, B.E. and P.P. Beck. 1997. Neotropical migratory bird monitoring study at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California. Third annual progress report, 1997. Prepared for the U.S. Marine Corps, Environmental and Natural Resources Office, Camp Pendle [Technical Report]
  331. Kus, B.E. 1997. Pilgrim Creek habitat mitigation project: assessment of vegetation structure. Prepared for the California Department of Transportation, District 11. 7 pp. [Technical Report]
  332. Powell, A.N., B.E. Kus, and P.P. Beck. 1997. Monitoring avian populations on Naval Air Station Miramar. (Draft) Prepared for Dept. of the Navy, Southwest Division. 35 pp. [Technical Report]
  333. Fisher, R.N. 1997. Dispersal and evolution of the Pacific Basin gekkonid lizards Gehyra oceanica and Gehyra mutilata. Evolution 51:906-921. [Journal Article]
  334. Fisher, R.N. and T.J. Case. 1997. Survey of reptiles and amphibians at risk in southern California forests. Contract report to the Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture. [Technical Report]
  335. Fisher, R.N. and T.J. Case. 1997. Autecology of coastal sage scrub herpetofauna on reserve lands: Southwestern Riverside County. Contract report to Metropolitan Water District. [Technical Report]
  336. Fisher, R.N. and T.J. Case. 1997. Torrey pines state reserve reptile and amphibian corridor and autecology study. Contract report to Torrey Pines State Reserve, State Parks Department, California. [Technical Report]
  337. Fisher, R.N. and T.J. Case. 1997. A field guide to the reptiles and amphibians of coastal southern California. Lazer Touch, San Mateo, California. 46 pp. [Book]
  338. Fisher, R.N. 1997. Kermit says the sky is falling, or amphibians as sentinels of change. Review of "Ecology and conservation of amphibians" by Trevor Beebee. 1996. Conservation Biology Series 7. Chapman and Hall, New York. Ecology 78:1288-1289. [Book Review]
  339. McDiarmid, R. W., J. S. Savage, and T. A. Tour�. 1997. The proper name of the tropical tree boa (Hortulanus corallus). J. Herpetology 30(3):320-326. [Journal Article]
  340. Kus, B.E. 1997. Recovery of the endangered least Bell's vireo: where are we, and where should we go? The Wildlife Society, Western Section. San Diego, California. [Abstract]
  341. Kus, B.E., A.N. Powell. 1997. Techniques for monitoring populations of riparian birds: do point counts really count? Cooper Ornithological Society. Hilo, Hawaii. [Abstract]
  342. Kus, B.E., A.N. Powell. 1997. Assessing bird population trends in riparian landscape: the effects of spatial variability. Cooper Ornithological Society. Hilo, Hawaii. [Abstract]
  343. Kus, B.E. 1997. Impacts of brown-headed cowbird parasitism on productivity of the endangered least Bell's vireo. Symposium on Research and Management of the Brown-headed Cowbird in Western and Eastern Landscapes. Sacramento, California. [Abstract]
  344. Meyer, K. P.; J. E. Lovich; G. Bowser. 1997. Joshua Tree Tortoises. Presented at The Earthwatch Institute抯 Festival of Science and Culture, Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts. [Poster]
  345. Allen, E., Scott, T., Sanders, A., Boyd, S. & R.N. Fisher. 1997. Report on the Conservation Value of the Vail Lake Region. Prepared for the Riverside County Board of Supervisors. [Technical Report]
  346. Fisher, R.N. 1997. Environmental: Snakes and Lizards. Instructional Video for San Diego Gas and Electric (now Sempra Energy), 1hr. 48 min. [Video]
  347. Hathaway, S. A. and M. A. Simovich. 1997. Some factors affecting the distribution and co-occurrence of two southern Californian anostracans: Branchinecta sandiegonensis and Streptocephalus woottoni. Journal of Crustacean Biology 16: 669-677. [Journal Article]
  348. Simovich, M. A. and S. A. Hathaway. 1997. Reproductive bet-hedging in ephemeral wetlands anostracans. Journal of Crustacean Biology 16: 38-44. [Journal Article]
  349. Wells, M., S. Hathaway, and M. Simovich. 1997. Branchiopod cyst resistance to fire. Hydrobiologia 359: 199-202. [Journal Article]
  350. Davies, C. P., M. A. Simovich, and S. A. Hathaway. 1997. Population genetic structure of a California endemic Branchiopod, Branchinecta sandiegonensis. Hydrobiologia 359: 149-158. [Abstract]
  351. Hathaway, S. A. 1997. Limitations in herpetofauna distribution data for San Diego County, California. ESRI User's Conference. [Abstract]
  352. Boarman, W.I. and M. Sazaki. 1996. Highway mortality in desert tortoises and small vertebrates: success of barrier fences and culverts. Pp. 169-173 in: G. J. Evink, P. Garrett, D. Zeigler, and J. Berry, Trends in addressing transportation related wil [Proceedings]
  353. Lovich, J. E. and R. E. Lovich. 1996. Decline of native brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) populations along the upper West Branch of the Susquehanna River: canaries outside the coal mine. Journal of the Pennsylvania Academy of Science 70(2):55-60. [Journal Article]
  354. Kus, B.E. 1996. Neotropical migratory bird monitoring study at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California. Second annual progress report, 1996. Prepared for the U.S. Marine Corps, Environmental and Natural Resources Office, Camp Pendleton, CA. 27 pp [Technical Report]
  355. Kus, B.E. 1996. Status of the least Bell's vireo and southwestern willow flycatcher at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, 1995. Prepared for the Environmental and Natural Resources Office, Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton. 19 pp. [Technical Report]
  356. Kus, B.E. 1996. Breeding status of the least Bell's vireo in the Tijuana River Valley, California, 1996. Prepared for the International Boundary and Water Commission. 47 pp. [Technical Report]
  357. Powell, A.N. and B.E. Kus. 1996. Monitoring neotropical migrant birds on Naval Air Station Miramar. Preliminary Report. Prepared for Dept. of the Navy, Southwest Division. 11 pp. [Technical Report]
  358. Zedler , J. and B. Kus. 1996. Methods of enhancing ecosystem development: Artificial wetlands to augment use by estuarine birds. In: Zedler, J.B., Principal Author. 1996. Tidal Wetland Restoration: A Scientific Perspective and Southern California Focus. [Book Chapter]
  359. Fisher, R.N. and H.B. Shaffer. 1996. The decline of amphibians in California's Great Central Valley. Conservation Biology 10:1387-1397. [Journal Article]
  360. Bruna, E.M., Fisher, R.N., and T.J. Case. 1996. Morphological and genetic evolution appear decoupled in Pacific skinks (Squamata: Scincidae: Emoia). Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B-Biological Sciences 263:681-688. [Journal Article]
  361. Bruna, E.M., Fisher, R.N., and T.J. Case. 1996. New evidence of habitat segregation between two cryptic species of Pacific skinks (Emoia cyanura and E. impar). Copeia 1996:998-1005. [Journal Article]
  362. Irschick, D.J., Austin, C.C., Petren, K., Fisher, R.N., Losos, J.B., and O. Ellers. 1996. A comparative analysis of clinging ability among pad-bearing lizards. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 59:21-35. [Journal Article]
  363. Case, T.J. and R.N. Fisher. 1996. Final report on coastal sage scrub amphibian and reptile autecology study. Contract report to the California Department of Fish and Game (Contract number: 4188ES). [Technical Report]
  364. Toure, T. A. 1996. Snake species of the world: a taxonomic and geographical reference. 76th Annual Meeting American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists. [Poster]
  365. Stokes, D. 1996. Evening beings. In Bayfront By-line: a publication of the Bayfront Conservancy Trust and Chula Vista Nature Center. Vol. IX, no. 12. 8 pp. [Newsletter]
  366. Hathaway, S. A., D. P. Sheehan, and M. A. Simovich. 1996. Vulnerability of branchiopod cysts to crushing. Journal of Crustacean Biology 16: 448-452. [Journal Article]
  367. Boarman William I., Richard J. Camp, Mark Hagan, and Wanda Deal. 1996. Raven abundance at anthropogenic resources in the western Mojave Desert, California. Report to Edwards Air Force Base. 21 pp. [Technical Report]
  368. Sazaki, M., W.I. Boarman, G. Goodlett, and T. Okamoto. 1995. Risk associated with long-distance movements by desert tortoises. Proc. 1994 Desert Tort. Council Symp. 1995:33-48. [Proceedings]
  369. Boarman, W.I. 1995. Effectiveness of Fences and Culverts for Protecting Desert Tortoises along California State Highway 58: 1991-1994. Rept. to Calif. Energy Commission. 52 pp. [Technical Report]
  370. Kus, B.E. 1995. Neotropical migratory bird monitoring study at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California. First progress report, 1995. Prepared for the U.S. Marine Corps, Environmental and Natural Resources Office, Camp Pendleton, CA. 18 pp. [Technical Report]
  371. Kus, B.E. 1995. Long-term ecological trend monitoring at Marine Corps Base, Camp Pendleton: Bird community study, 1994. Prepared for the Environmental and Natural Resources Office, Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton. 33 pp. [Technical Report]
  372. Kus, B.E. 1995. Breeding status of the least Bell's vireo in the Tijuana River Valley, California, 1995. Prepared for the International Boundary and Water Commission. 39 pp. [Technical Report]
  373. Kus, B.E. 1995. Distribution and breeding status of the least Bell's vireo at the San Luis Rey River, San Diego County, California, 1994. Prepared for the California Department of Transportation, District 11. 25 pp. [Technical Report]
  374. Kus, B.E. 1995. Distribution and breeding activity of the least Bell's vireo at the San Diego River, 1994. Prepared for the California Department of Transportation, District 11. 22 pp. [Technical Report]
  375. Boarman, W. I., and K. H. Berry 1995. Common ravens in the southwestern United States, 1968-92. Pages 73-75 in E. L. LaRoe, G. S. Farris, and C. E. Puckett (eds.), Our Living Resources: A report to the nation on the distribution, abundance, and health [Book Chapter]
  376. Bruna, E.M., Fisher, R.N., and T.J. Case. 1995. Cryptic species of Pacific skinks (Emoia): Further support from mitochondrial DNA sequences. Copeia 1995:981-983. [Journal Article]
  377. Hanley, K.A., Fisher, R.N. and T.J. Case. 1995. Higher mite infestations in sexual geckos than their asexual congeners. Evolution 49:418-426. [Journal Article]
  378. Ota, H., Fisher, R.N., Ineich, I. and T.J. Case. 1995. Geckos of the genusLepidodactylus (Squamata: Reptilia) in Micronesia: Description of a new species and re-evaluation of the status of Gecko moestus Peters, 1867. Copeia 1995:183-195. [Journal Article]
  379. Radtkey, R.R., Donnellan, S.C., Fisher, R.N., Moritz, C., Hanley, K., and T.J. Case. 1995. When species collide: The origin and spread of an asexual species of gecko. Proc. of the Royal Society of London Series B-Biological Sciences 259:145-152. [Journal Article]
  380. Quinn, J.F. and R.N. Fisher. 1995. Final Report on Amphibians and Reptiles of the Natoma Unit, Folsom Lake State Recreational Area. Contract report to the California Department of Parks and Recreation [Technical Report]
  381. Fisher, R. N. 1995. Tracing human impacts in natural systems: geckos in the Pacific and amphibians in the Central Valley. Unpub. Ph.D. dissertation, Univ. Calif., Davis. 124 p. [Thesis/Dissertation]
  382. Toure, T. A. 1995. Snakes: Suborder Serpentes, pp. 204-261, in Frank, N. and E. Ramus. 1995. A complete guide to scientific and common names of reptiles and amphibians of the world, 377 pp. [Book Chapter]
  383. Kus, B.E. 1995. Shorebird use of a created wetland in southern California estuary. Society of Wetland Scientists. Portland, Oregon. [Abstract]
  384. Kus, B.E. 1995. Creating habitat for endangered species: use of restored riparian woodlands by least Bell's vireos. Cooper Ornithological Society. La Paz, Mexico. [Abstract]
  385. Hathaway, S., M. Wells, and M. Simovich. 1995. Branchiopod cyst resistance to fire. International Branchiopod Research Symposium. [Abstract]
  386. Boydston, E. E. 1995. From the field: A summer in Kenya's Masai Mara National Reserve. Elephant Managers Association Newsletter, 5(3):34-36. [Newsletter]
  387. Boarman, W.I. and M. Sazaki. 1994. Methods for measuring the effectiveness of tortoise-proof fences and culverts along Highway 58, California. Proc. 1987-1991 Desert Tort. Council Symp. 1994:284-291. [Proceedings]
  388. Boarman, W.I. 1994. Effectiveness of fences and culverts for protecting desert tortoises along California Highway 58: summary of 1993 field season. Rept. to Calif. Energy Commission. 30 pp. [Technical Report]
  389. Boarman, W.I. 1994. Environmental Assessment for Experimental Program to Shoot Ravens. Bureau of Land Management. Riverside, CA. [Technical Report]
  390. Kus, B.E. 1994. Breeding status of the least Bell's vireo in the Tijuana River Valley, California, 1994. Prepared for the International Boundary and Water Commission. 30 pp. [Technical Report]
  391. Kus, B.E. 1994. Distribution and breeding activity of the least Bell's vireo at the San Diego River, 1992-1993. Prepared for the California Department of Transportation, District 11. 23 pp. [Technical Report]
  392. Fisher, R.N., Hansen, G., Hansen, R.W. and G. Stewart. 1994. Giant Garter Snake (Thamnophis gigas). In: C.G. Thelander and M. Crabtree (eds.), Life on the Edge: a guide to California's endangered natural resources: Wildlife. Biosystems Books, Santa C [Book Chapter]
  393. Kus, B.E. 1994. Use of restored riparian habitat by endangered bird species. Symposium on Monitoring Wildlife Habitats on Southwestern Riparian Restoration Sites. The Wildlife Society. Albuquerque, New Mexico. [Abstract]
  394. Kus, B.E. 1994. Shorebird use of restored wetlands. American Ornithologists' Union, Cooper Ornithological Society, and Wilson Ornithological Society. MIssoula, Montana. [Abstract]
  395. Kus, B.E., S. Laymon. 1994. Monitoring wildlife habitats on southwestern riparian restoration sites. Symposium. Kern River Research Center, at the first National Meeting of the Wildlife Society. Albuquerque, New Mexico. [Abstract]
  396. Gonzalez, R. J., J. Drazen, S. Hathaway, B. Bauer, and M. Simovich. 1994. Physiological correlates of water chemistry requirements in fairy shrimp (Order: Anostraca) from southern California. Journal of Crustacean Biology 16: 315-322. [Abstract]
  397. Hathaway, S. A. 1994. Bet-hedging in Branchinecta sandiegonensis. The Crustacean Society Meetings. [Abstract]
  398. Boarman, William I. 1993. When a native predator becomes a pest: a case study. Pages 186-201 in S.K. Majumdar, et al., eds., Conservation and resource management. Pennsylvania Academy Science, Easton, PA. [Book Chapter]
  399. Boarman, W.I. 1993. Effectiveness of fences and culverts for protecting desert tortoises along California Highway 58: summary of 1992 field season. Rept. to Calif. Energy Commission. 25 pp. [Technical Report]
  400. Boarman, William I., Marc Sazaki, Kristin H. Berry, Gilbert O. Goodlett, W. Bryan Jennings, A. Peter Woodman. 1993. Measuring the effectiveness of a tortoise-proof fence and culverts: status report from first field season. Proceedings Desert Tortoise [Proceedings]
  401. Boarman, William I. 1993. The raven management program of the Bureau of Land Management: status as of 1992. Proc. 1992 Desert Tort. Council Symp. 1993:113-116. [Proceedings]
  402. Boarman, W.I. 1993. Effectiveness of Fences and Culverts for Protecting Desert Tortoises along California State Highway 58: Annual Report for USFWS Scientific Research Permit. Rept. to US Fish and Widl. Serv. Portland, OR. 27 pp. [Technical Report]
  403. Boarman, W.I. 1993. Environmental Assessment for Experimental Program to Shoot Ravens. Bureau of Land Management. Riverside, CA. [Technical Report]
  404. Kus, B.E. 1993. Distribution and breeding status of the least Bell's vireo at the San Luis Rey River, San Diego County, California, 1992-1993. Prepared for the California Department of Transportation, District 11. 29 pp. [Technical Report]
  405. Kus, B.E. 1993. Breeding status of the least Bell's vireo in the Tijuana River Valley, California, 1993. Prepared for the International Boundary and Water Commission. 22 pp. [Technical Report]
  406. Kus, B.E. 1993. Breeding activities of the least Bell's vireo at the west San Luis Rey River, San Diego County, California. Prepared for the Army Corps of Engineers, Los Angeles District. 12 pp. [Technical Report]
  407. Kus, B.E. 1993. Gnatcatcher surveys in Goat Canyon, Smuggler's Gulch, and surrounding border highlands. Prepared for the Army Corps of Engineers, Los Angeles District. 6 pp. [Technical Report]
  408. Swift, C.C., Haglund, T.R., Ruiz, M. & R.N. Fisher. 1993. The status and distribution of the freshwater fishes of southern California. Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences 92:101-172. [Journal Article]
  409. Shaffer, H.B., Fisher, R.N., and S.E. Stanley. 1993. Status report: The California tiger salamander (Ambystoma californiense). Contract report to the California Department of Fish and Game, Inland Fisheries Division (Contract number: 9422 and 1383). [Technical Report]
  410. Kus, B.E. 1993. Habitat use patterns of wintering shorebirds at the San Diego Bay, California. Symposium on the Behavior, Ecology, and Conservation of Western Hemisphere Shorebirds. American Ornithologists' Union. Fairbanks, Alaska. [Abstract]
  411. Kus, B.E. 1993. Where are all the birds going? In search of the wintering grounds of the endangered least Bell's vireo. Cooper Ornithological Society. Sacramento, California. [Abstract]
  412. W. Werner and S. A. Hathaway. 1993. Postembryonic development of Branchinecta sandiegonensis and Streptocephalus woottoni, two newly described anostracans. Meeting of the American Society of Zoologists and The Crustacean Society. [Abstract]
  413. Hathaway, S. A., and D. P. Sheehan and M. A. Simovich. 1993. Analysis and implications of force required to crush eubranchiopod eggs. Meetings of the Society for Conservation Biology. [Abstract]
  414. Boarman, W.I. 1992. Effectiveness of fences and culverts for protecting desert tortoises along California Highway 58: summary of initial field season. Rept. to Calif. Energy Commission. 30 pp. [Technical Report]
  415. Boarman, W.I. 1992. Problems with management of a native predator on a threatened species: raven predation on desert tortoises. Proc. 15th Vertebrate Pest Conf. 15: 48-52. [Proceedings]
  416. Kus, B.E. 1992. Status of the Belding's savannah sparrow at Border Field State Park. Prepared for the Army Corps of Engineers, Los Angeles District. 4 pp. [Technical Report]
  417. Kus, B.E. 1992. Breeding status of the least Bell's vireo at the Tijuana River, California, 1992. Prepared for the International Boundary and Water Commission. 13 pp. [Technical Report]
  418. Kus, B.E. 1992. Monitoring studies of least Bell's vireos in Goat Canyon and Smuggler's Gulch, 1992. Prepared for the International Boundary and Water Commission. 6 pp. [Technical Report]
  419. Kus, B.E. 1992. Status of the least Bell's vireo at the West San Luis Rey River, San Diego County, California, 1992. Prepared for the Corps of Engineers, Los Angeles District. 10 pp. [Technical Report]
  420. Kus, B.E. 1992. Distribution and breeding status of the least Bell's vireo at the San Diego River, San Diego County, California, 1990-1991. Prepared for the California Department of Transportation, District 11. 16 pp. [Technical Report]
  421. Kus, B.E. 1992. Least Bell's vireo studies at the Sweetwater, San Luis Rey and San Diego Rivers, San Diego county, California, 1991. Prepared for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Portland, OR. 6 pp. [Technical Report]
  422. Zedler, J., C. Nordby and B. Kus. 1992. The Ecology of Tijuana Estuary: A National Estuarine Research Reserve. NOAA Office of Coastal Resource Management, Sanctuaries and Reserves Division, Washington, D.C. [Book]
  423. Boarman, W.I. 1992. The evolution of avian song: a study of the impact of sound propagation on animal communication. Ph.D. Dissertation. Rutgers University, Piscataway. [Thesis/Dissertation]
  424. Kus, B.E. 1992. Habitat use patterns of shorebirds in San Diego Bay. The Wildlife Society, San Diego Chapter. Oceanside, California. [Abstract]
  425. Cox, G., B.E. Kus. 1992. Changes in abundance of migratory land birds in conifer forests of western North America. Cooper Ornithological Society. Seattle, Washington. [Abstract]
  426. Kus, B.E. 1992. Determinants of bird use of riparian restoration sites in San Diego County. Symposium on Restoration and Creation of Wetlands in Coastal Central and Southern California. American Association for the Advancement of Science, Pacific Division [Abstract]
  427. Hathaway, S. A. 1992. Temperature requirements for hatching of Streptocephalus woottoni and Branchinecta sandiegonensis. EUREKA National Undergraduate Research Meetings. U.of Minnesota. [Abstract]
  428. Lamberson, H. L., S. A, Hathaway, J. N. Glaspy, and M. A. Simovich. 1992. An outline of considerations for branchiopod crustaceans. Wildlife Society Western Section meetings. [Abstract]
  429. Hathaway, S. A., J. N. Glaspy, J. L. Lamberson and M. A. Simovich. 1992. The effect of temperature on the distribution and co-occurrence of fairy shrimp (0: Anostraca) in vernal pools in San Diego, California. Amer. Zool. 124A. [Abstract]
  430. Boarman, W.I. 1991. Effectiveness of fences and culverts for protecting desert tortoises along California Highway 58: final report on study design. Rept. to Calif. Energy Commission. 11 pp. [Technical Report]
  431. Burger, J., W.I. Boarman, L. Kurzava and M. Gochfeld. 1991. Effect of experience with pine (Pituophis melanoleucus) and king (Lampropeltis getulus) snake odors on y-maze behavior of pine snake hatchlings. Journal of Chemical Ecology 17:79-87. [Journal Article]
  432. Kus, B.E. 1991. Status of the least Bell's vireo at the West San Luis Rey River, San Diego County, California, 1991. Prepared for the Corps of Engineers, Los Angeles District. 8 pp. [Technical Report]
  433. Kus, B.E. 1991. Habitat use and breeding status of the least Bell's vireo at the Tijuana River, California, 1991. Prepared for the International Boundary and Water Commission. 11 pp. [Technical Report]
  434. Kus, B.E. 1991. Distribution and breeding status of the least Bell's vireo at the San Luis Rey River, San Diego County, California, 1991. Prepared for the California Department of Transportation, District 11. 15 pp. [Technical Report]
  435. Kus, B.E. 1991. Status of the least Bell's vireo at the West San Luis Rey River, San Diego County, California, 1990. Prepared for the Army Corps of Engineers, Los Angeles District. 10 pp. [Technical Report]
  436. Kus, B.E. 1991. Distribution and breeding status of the least Bell's vireo at the San Luis Rey River, San Diego County, California, 1990. Prepared for the California Department of Transportation, District 11. 15 pp. [Technical Report]
  437. Caruso, K., H. Lamberson, J. Kornmayer and S. Hathaway 1991. The eubranchiopods of Anza Borrego. Scientific Value of the Desert Symposium, Anza Borrego Desert State Park. [Abstract]
  438. Stamps, J., B. Kus, A. Clark, and P. Arrowood. 1990. Social relationships of fledgling budgerigars, Melopsitticus undulatus. Anim. Behav. 40:688-700. [Journal Article]
  439. Kus, B.E. 1990. Status of the least Bell's vireo at the Tijuana River, San Diego County, 1990. Prepared for the Army Corps of Engineers, Los Angeles District. 7 pp. [Technical Report]
  440. Kus, B.E. 1990. Status of the least Bell's vireo at the Sweetwater and San Diego Rivers, San Diego County, California, 1989. Prepared for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Portland, OR. [Technical Report]
  441. Kus, B.E. 1990. Least Bell's vireo studies at the Sweetwater, San Luis Rey, San Diego and Tijuana Rivers, San Diego County, California, 1990. Prepared for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Portland, OR. 4 pp. [Technical Report]
  442. Kus, B.E. 1990. Status of the Belding's savannah sparrow (Ammodramus sandwichensis beldingi) at the Tijuana Estuary, 1990. Prepared for the Corps of Engineers, Los Angeles District. 4 pp. [Technical Report]
  443. Kus, B.E. 1990. Bird use of natural and restored woodlands. American Ornithologists' Union and Cooper Ornithological Society. Los Angeles, California. [Abstract]
  444. Kus, B.E. 1990. The tip of the iceberg: conservation of riparian commuities through management of the engangered least Bell's vireo. Society for Conservation Biology. Gainesville, Florida. [Abstract]
  445. Boarman, W.I. 1989. The breeding birds of Alcatraz Island: life on the rock. West. Birds. 20: 19-24. [Journal Article]
  446. Stamps, J., A. Clark, P. Arrowood, and B. Kus. 1989. Begging behavior in Budgerigars. Ethology 81:177-192. [Journal Article]
  447. Kus, B.E. and P. Ashfield. 1989. Bird Use of the Tijuana River Estuary. Unpublished report, SDSU. 36 pp. [Technical Report]
  448. Kus, B.E. 1989. Status of the least Bell's vireo at the San Luis Rey River, San Diego County, California, 1989. Prepared for the California Department of Transportation, District 11. 15 pp. [Technical Report]
  449. Kus, B.E. 1989. Status of the least Bell's vireo at the West San Luis Rey River, San Diego County, California, 1989. Prepared for the Army Corps of Engineers, Los Angeles District. 10 pp. [Technical Report]
  450. Kus, B.E. 1989. Status and management of the least Bell's vireo at the San Luis Rey River, San Diego County, California, 1988. Prepared for the California Department of Transportation, District 11. 32 pp. [Technical Report]
  451. Kus, B.E. 1989. Status and management of the least Bell's vireo at the Sweetwater River, San Diego County, California, 1988. Prepared for the USFWS, Portland, OR. 17 pp. [Technical Report]
  452. Kus, B.E. 1989. Status and management of the least Bell's vireo at the San Diego River, San Diego County, California, 1987-88. Prepared for the USFWS, Portland, OR. 17 pp. [Technical Report]
  453. Kus, B.E. 1989. An evaluation of the suitability of riparian woodlands at the Fallbrook Annex Naval Weapons Station, Seal Beach, as breeding habitat for the least Bell's vireo. Prepared for the Department of the Navy, Western Division. 35 pp. [Technical Report]
  454. Kus, B.E. and K.L. Miner. 1989. The use of non-riparian habitats by least Bell's vireos (Vireo bellii pusillus). In: Proceedings of the California Riparian Systems Conference: protection, management, and restoration for the 1990's; September 22-24; Davi [Proceedings]
  455. Kus, B.E. 1989. Conservation of California's riparian habitats: the case of the least Bell's vireo. Bodega Marine Lab, U.C. Davis. [Abstract]
  456. Kus, B.E. 1989. The least Bell's vireo in southern California: Protection and management of an endangered species. Ecology Seminar, U.C. Riverside. [Abstract]
  457. Kus, B.E. 1989. Highway construction and wildlife preservation: Is there a compromise? Panel Discussion, SDSU Field Biology Club. [Abstract]
  458. Burger, J., M. Gochfeld, and W.I. Boarman. 1988. Experimental evidence for sibling recognition in Common Terns (Sterna hirundo). Auk 105: 142-148. [Journal Article]
  459. Burger, J, R. T. Zappalorti, M. Gochfeld, W.I. Boarman, M. Caffrey, V. Doig, S.D. Garber, B. Lauro, M. Mikovsky, C. Safina, and J. Saliva. 1988. Hibernacula and summer den sites of pine snakes (Pituophis melanoleucus) in the New Jersey pine barrens. J. [Journal Article]
  460. Kus, B.E. and G. Collier. 1988. The status and management of the least Bell's vireo at the Sweetwater River, San Diego County, California, 1987. Prepared for the California Department of Transportation, District 11. 33 pp. [Technical Report]
  461. Kus, B.E., K.L. Miner. 1988. Use of non-riparian habitats by least Bell's vireos,(Vireo bellii pusillus). California Riparian Systems Conference. Davis, California. [Abstract]
  462. Kus, B.E. 1988. Age-related differences in anti-predator behavior of wintering shorebirds. Biology Colloquium Series, University of Nevada-Reno. [Abstract]
  463. Stamps, J., A. Clark, B. Kus, and P. Arrowood. 1987. The effects of parent and offspring gender on food allocation in Budgerigars. Behaviour 101:177-199. [Journal Article]
  464. Kus, B.E. and K.L. Miner. 1987. Foraging behavior of the least Bell's vireo: use of riparian and non-riparian habitats. Preliminary study. Prepared for Home Capital Corporation. [Technical Report]
  465. Kus, B.E. 1986. Attack patterns of merlins hunting flocking sandpipers. In: Behavioral ecology and population biology, Drickamer, L. (ed.), Privat, I.E.C., Toulouse, pp. 133-138. [Proceedings]
  466. Scheidt, V.N. and R.N. Fisher. 1986. Reptiles and amphibians of New Zealand: Their conservation and current status. In: S. McKeown, F. Caporaso and K.H. Peterson (eds.), Herpetological Symposium on Captive Propagation and Husbandry. Zool. Consort. In [Book Chapter]
  467. Kus, B.E. 1986. Flock size, vigilance, and predator detection in wintering sandpipers. Animal Behavior Society. Tucson, Arizona. [Abstract]
  468. Kus, B.E. 1986. Least Bell's vireo: current range and status. Symposium on Protection and Management of Riparian Ecosystems. Cooper Ornithological Society. Davis, California. [Abstract]
  469. Kus, B.E. 1986. Differential predation on wintering dunlin: age-specific variation in flocking behavior. XIX International Ornithological Congress. Ottawa, Canada. [Abstract]
  470. Fleischer, R.C., W.I. Boarman, and M.L. Cody. 1985. Asynchrony of song series in the Bewick's Wren and Wrentit. Anim. Behav. 33: 674-676. [Journal Article]
  471. Stamps, J., A. Clark, P. Arrowood, and B. Kus. 1985. Parent-offspring conflict in Budgerigars. Behaviour 94:1-40. [Journal Article]
  472. Kus, B.E. 1985. Aspects of flocking and predator avoidance in wintering shorebirds. Unpub. Ph.D. dissertation, University of California, Davis. 96 pp. [Thesis/Dissertation]
  473. Boarman, W.I. 1985. Adaptations of avian vocalizations to sound transmission characteristics of central California vegetation. MA Thesis. San Francisco State University, San Francisco. [Thesis/Dissertation]
  474. Kus, B.E. 1985. Flocking and predator avoidance in wintering sandpipers. Ecology Seminar Series, San Diego State University. San Diego, California. [Abstract]
  475. Kus, B.E., P. Ashman, G. Page, and L. Stenzel. 1984. Age-related mortality in a wintering population of dunlin. Auk 101:69-73. [Journal Article]
  476. Kus, B.E. 1984. The significance of flocking in wintering shorebirds: avoidance of predation. Cooper Ornithological Society. Arcata, California. [Abstract]
  477. Kus, B.E. 1984. Differential predation on wintering dunlin: age-specific variation in flocking behavior. Animal Behavior Society. Cheney, Washington. [Abstract]
  478. Baptista, L.F., W.I. Boarman, and P. Kondianidis. 1983. Behavior and taxonomic status of Grayson's Dove. Auk 100: 907-919. [Journal Article]
  479. Howell, J.A., D. Laclerque, S. Paris, W. Boarman, A. DeGange, and L. Binford. 1983. First nests of Heermann's Gull in the United States. Western Birds 14:39-46. [Journal Article]
  480. Kus, B.E. 1983. Flocking and predator avoidance in wintering shorebirds. Animal Behavior Society. Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. [Abstract]
  481. Kus, B.E. 1983. Dunlins and merlins: predator avoidance in wintering shorebirds. Cooper Ornithological Society, Northern Chapter. Berkeley, California. [Abstract]
  482. Kus, B.E. 1983. Feeding and predation: the significance of flocking in wintering shorebirds. Avian Sciences Seminar Series, U.C. Davis. Davis, California. [Abstract]
  483. Kus, B.E. 1982. Dunlins and Merlins at Bolinas Lagoon: the significance of flocking in wintering sandpipers. Point Reyes Bird Observatory Newsletter 58:1-4. [Newsletter]
  484. Kus, B.E. 1980. The adaptive significance of flocking among wintering shorebirds. M.S. Thesis. University of California, Davis. 57 pp. [Thesis/Dissertation]

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