As you are aware, I have been engaged for some time past in work, under your direction, on the control of rodents

Karlstrom et al. (2013) raise two issues in their Comment related to aspects of the discussion in our paper (Pederson et al., 2013) about the Lee’s Ferry record and incision in the Colorado Plateau. We synthesize evidence for the bull’s-eye pattern of incision over the past 105 yr, finding that it d

Investigating individual-based habitat settlement decisions is a central theme in ecology, yet studies that quantify density-dependent habitat selection or tie fitness to resource selection decisions remain rare. We quantified habitat selection in golden-mantled ground squirrels ( Callospermophilus

Maternal characteristics, social dynamics, and environmental factors can all influence reproduction and survival and shape trade-offs that might arise between these components of fitness. Short-lived mammals like the golden-mantled ground squirrel (GMGS; Callospermophilus lateralis ) tend to maximiz

The kinetics of both swelling and shrinking of erythrocytes of the yellow-bellied marmot, golden-mantled ground squirrel, chipmunk, deer mouse, long-tailed vole, montane vole and western jumping mouse indicate that glycerol, ethylene glycol, urea and thiourea penetrate by means of facilitated diffus

This note derives from work done during an NSF predoctoral fellowship at the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB).

AbstractThe historical role of fire in sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata) landscapes remains poorly understood, yet is important to inform management and conservation of obligate species such as the threatened Gunnison Sage‐grouse (GUSG; Centrocercus minimus). We reconstructed fire histories from tree

All animals must face predation risks at some points in their lives and individuals may vary in how much risk they are willing to accept. While it is well recognized that sociality is a way to manage risks, and social group size effects are well studied, the specific ways in which different types of

The Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program (CFLRP) created the conditions for translating the idea of collaborative adaptive management (CAM) into practice. In theory, CAM engages stakeholders to collectively ‘learn by doing’ through a continuous cycle of goal-setting, implementing, moni

Redox reactions underlie several biogeochemical processes and are typically spatiotemporally heterogeneous in soils and sediments. However, redox heterogeneity has yet to be incorporated into mainstream conceptualizations and modeling of soil biogeochemistry. Anoxic microsites, a defining feature of

The arrival-departure process of bees on flowers and the immigration-extinction process of species on islands are contrasted, and the value of the stochastic, species-level approach to community composition is briefly discussed.

At a former uranium mill site where tailings have been removed, prior work has determined several potential ongoing secondary uranium sources. These include locations with uranium sorbed to organic carbon, uranium in the unsaturated zone, and uranium associated with the presence of gypsum. To better

Abstract Cloud microphysical processes are an important facet of atmospheric modeling, as they can control the initiation and rates of snowfall. Thus, parameterizations of these processes have important implications for modeling seasonal snow accumulation. We conduct experiments with the Weather Res

Understanding the evolutionary processes that influence fitness is critical to pre- dicting species' responses to selection. Interactions among evolutionary processes including gene flow, drift and the strength of selection can lead to either local adap- tation or maladaptation, especially in hetero

Abstract High elevation and latitude ecosystems are experiencing high levels of anthropogenic atmospheric warming. Climate warming may directly change soil microbial activity and alter ecosystem carbon dynamics and productivity, but increasing evidence suggests these responses may depend on other bi

Individual plants can modify the microenvironment within their spatial neighborhood. However, the consequences of microenvironment modification for demography and species interactions remain unclear at the community scale. In a study of co‐occurring alpine plants, we 1) determined the extent of spec

A simple, portable system for the automatic collection and storage of radio-telemetry data is described. Data on the deep body temperatures of two yellow-bellied marmots (Marmota flaviventris) are reported for 3 days. The advent of radio-telemetry has initiated the development of few automated recor

Actuarial senescence (called 'senescence' hereafter) often shows broad variation at the intraspecific level. Phenotypic plasticity likely plays a central role in among-individual heterogeneity in senescence rate (i.e. the rate of increase in mortality with age), although our knowledge on this subjec

Abstract A critical goal for ecologists is understanding how ongoing local and global species losses will affect ecosystem functions and services. Diversity–functioning relationships, which are well‐characterized in primary producer communities, are much less consistently predictable for ecosystem f