2012 1 Faculty Achievements and Activities S.J. & Jessie E. Quinney College of Natural Resources Awards and Honors Beard, Karen H Elected board member, North America Section for the Society for Conservation Biology, (June 2012). Outstanding Paper of 2010, Western North American Naturalist, (January 3, 2012). Brain, Roslynn G. Vern A. Fridley Environmental Educator of the Year: Nominated, Utah Society for Environmental Education, (October 4, 2012). Burr, Steven W. 2012 National Award— NACDEP Educational Package-Individual, National Association of Community Development Extension Professionals (NACDEP), (May 21, 2012). 2012 Western Region Award-Educational Package-Individual, National Association of Community Development Extension Professionals (NACDEP), (May 21, 2012). Call, Christopher A Range Manager of the Year, Utah Section of the Society for Range Management, (November 1, 2012). Conover, Michael R Appointed by Governor to Board, Utah Predator Board, (October 2012). Vice President, Central Mountains and Plains Section of The Wildlife Society, (October 2012). Coppock, David Layne Researcher of the Year, College of Natural Resources, (2012). Invited Participant, Expert Focus Group Discussion: Perspectives on Resilience--Resolving Tradeoffs between Development and Humanitarian Assistance, International Food Policy Research Institute/US Agency for International Development, (October 2012). Invited Speaker, Sunrise Sessions, Utah State University, (April 2012). Cramer, Patricia C Proessonal of the Year, Mule Deer Foundation, (February 2012). Du Toit, Johan Truter Visiting Researcher Grant, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, (March 2012). Visitors Travel Grant, Netherlands Organisation of Scientific Research, (March 2012). Endter-Wada, Joanna Lynne
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Faculty Achievements and Activities
S.J. & Jessie E. Quinney College of Natural Resources
Awards and Honors
Beard, Karen H
Elected board member, North America Section for the Society for Conservation Biology, (June 2012). Outstanding Paper of 2010, Western North American Naturalist, (January 3, 2012).
Brain, Roslynn G.
Vern A. Fridley Environmental Educator of the Year: Nominated, Utah Society for Environmental
Education, (October 4, 2012). Burr, Steven W.
2012 National Award— NACDEP Educational Package-Individual, National Association of
Community Development Extension Professionals (NACDEP), (May 21, 2012). 2012 Western Region Award-Educational Package-Individual, National Association of Community
Development Extension Professionals (NACDEP), (May 21, 2012). Call, Christopher A
Range Manager of the Year, Utah Section of the Society for Range Management, (November 1, 2012).
Conover, Michael R
Appointed by Governor to Board, Utah Predator Board, (October 2012). Vice President, Central Mountains and Plains Section of The Wildlife Society, (October 2012).
Coppock, David Layne
Researcher of the Year, College of Natural Resources, (2012). Invited Participant, Expert Focus Group Discussion: Perspectives on Resilience--Resolving Tradeoffs
between Development and Humanitarian Assistance, International Food Policy Research Institute/US Agency for International Development, (October 2012).
Invited Speaker, Sunrise Sessions, Utah State University, (April 2012).
Cramer, Patricia C
Proessonal of the Year, Mule Deer Foundation, (February 2012).
Du Toit, Johan Truter
Visiting Researcher Grant, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, (March 2012). Visitors Travel Grant, Netherlands Organisation of Scientific Research, (March 2012).
Endter-Wada, Joanna Lynne
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2012 ESRI Award for Best Scientific Paper in Geographic Information Systems, American Society for
Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, (March 21, 2012). Luecke, Chris
College Valedictorian escort, Brooke Evans, (May 7, 2012). Carl Johnson Educator of the Year Award, Bridgerland Audubon Society, (April 24, 2012). Faculty Shared University Governance Award (Nominated), USU Faculty Senate - Robins Award,
(February 15, 2012).
Publications/Intellectual Contributions
Adler, Peter B
Climate and density-dependent drivers of reproductive success in plains bison., (2012), Journal of
Mammalogy, 93, 475-481. Cover and density of semi-desert grassland plants in permanent quadrats mapped from 1915 to 1947,
(2012), Ecology, 93, 1492. Forecasting community impacts of climate variability and change: When do competitive interactions
matter?, (2012), Journal of Ecology, 100, 478-487. Mycorrhization rates of two grasses following alterations in moisture inputs in a southern mixed grass
prairie, (2012), Applied Soil Ecology, 60, 56-60. Rethinking community assembly through the lens of coexistence theory, (2012), Annual Review of
Ecology, Evolution and Systematics, 43, 227-248. Strong self-limitation promotes persistence of rare species, (2012), Ecology, 93, 456-461. Sensitivity of primary production to precipitation, (July (3rd Quarter/Summer) 2012), Global Change
Biology, 18, 2246–2255.
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Aubry, Lise
Influence of Forest Structure on Abundance of Lynx Prey Species in Western Wyoming, (April (2nd
Quarter/Spring) 10, 2012), Journal of Wildlife Management, 76, 1480-1488. Baker, Frederick A
Effectiveness of operational inventories in detecting dwarf mistletoe in black spruce stands, (September
15, 2012), Northern Journal of Applied Forestry, 29, 109-112. Important Pests of Ornamental Aspen, (February 3, 2012), Utah State University Cooperative Extension,
IPM-0017-12, 1-4. Beard, Karen H
2012. Chapter 6: When and where biota matter: linking disturbance regimes, species characteristics and
dynamics of communities and ecosystems, (2012), Oxford University Press, 272-304. Chapter 26: Caribbean tree frog (Eleutherodactylus coqui), (2012), Earthscan, London. Chapter 4: Disturbance regime, (2012), Oxford University Press. Plant-soil feedbacks provide an additional explanation for diversity-productivity relationships, (August
2012), Proc. R. Soc. B, 279, 3020-3026. Establishment of introduced reptiles increases with the presence and richness of native congeners,
(November 2012), Amphibia-Reptilia, 33, 387-392. Global assessment of establishment success for amphibian and reptile invaders, (October (4th
Quarter/Autumn) 2012), Wildlife Research, 39, 637-640. Cast adrift on an island: introduced populations experience an altered balance between selection and
drift, (October (4th Quarter/Autumn) 2012), Biology Letters, 8, 890-893. Management of invasive coqui frog populations in Hawaii, (August 2012), Outlooks on Pest
Management, 23, 166-169. Plant-soil feedbacks provide an alternative explanation for diversity-productivity relationships, (August
2012), Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 279, 3020–3026. Biology and Impacts of Pacific Island Invasive Species: Eleutherodactylus planirostris, the Greenhouse
frog (Anura: Leptodactylidae), (July (3rd Quarter/Summer) 2012), Pacific Science, 66, 255-270. Predicting the distribution potential of an invasive Puerto Rican frog (Eleutherodactylus coqui) in
Hawaii using remote sensing data, (July (3rd Quarter/Summer) 2012), Diversity and Distributions, 18, 648-660.
Introduction, establishment, and spread: 50 years of invasion ecology since Elton, (May 2012), Ecology,
Diet of the invasive greenhouse frog in Hawaii, (January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2012), Copeia, 2012,
122-130. Brain, Roslynn G.
Meat-wise eating habits, (December 2012), USU Cooperative Extension. Reuse: Creating a next life for common items, (December 24, 2012), USU Cooperative Extension. The local food movement: Definitions, benefits, & resources, (December 24, 2012), USU Extension. Changing lives in a semester: A teaching approach to help with tenure and promotion while providing an
experience they’ll never forget., (September 30, 2012), North American Colleges and Teachers of Agriculture (NACTA) Journal, 56, 2.
Beef Production & Consumption: Sustainable Alternatives, (August 2012), USU Cooperative
Extension. Vermicomposting, (August 2012), USU Cooperative Extension.
Brunson, Mark William
Criterion IV: Social and economic indicators of rangeland sustainability., (2012), University of
Wyoming Extension, SM-56, 173-221. The elusive promise of socio-ecological approaches to rangeland management, (November 2012),
Rangeland Ecology and Management, 65, 632-637. Burr, Steven W.
An Examination of the Implementation of Environmentally Sustainable Practices in the Utah Ski
Industry: A Qualitative Study, (August 2012), Institute for Outdoor Recreation and Tourism. A Summary of the Utah Recreational Use Statute: Limitation of Utah Private Landowners’ Liability
When Providing Public Recreation on Privately Owned Land, (July (3rd Quarter/Summer) 2012), Institute for Outdoor Recreation and Tourism.
Burritt, Elizabeth A
Flushing ewes improves the number of offspring in a range management system., (December 2012),
Journal of the NACAA, 5. Early experiences can change the structure of the body, (December 2012), Utah State University. Ingestion of toxic plants by herbivores, (December 2012), Utah State University. Structure, quality and skills interact to influence forage intake, (December 2012), Utah State University. Mother knows best, (December 2012), Utah State University. How livestock learn about food and locations, (December 2012), Utah State University. Grazing on BLM Lands and Sagegrouse – A Response to an Environmentalists Letter, (November 1,
2012).
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Teaching Cows to Eat Weeds, (September 2012), ConservationNorthern Utah and West Box Elder Conservation Districts.
Invasive Plant Species of Utah, (August 23, 2012). Teaching Cows to Eat Weeds, (August 23, 2012). BEHAVE Newsletter June 2012, (June 2012), Utah State University Extension, 2012. Benefits of upland water development on riparian areas, (June 2012). Effects of rotational grazing systems at the landscape level, (June 2012). Why animals die from eating poisonous plants, (May 2012), Utah State University. Preparing animals for moving day, (May 2012), Utah State University. Training livestock to leave streams and use uplands, (May 2012), Utah State University. Using low moisture blocks to improve livestock distribution and forage utilization, (May 2012), Utah
State University. BEHAVE Newsletter April 2012, (April (2nd Quarter/Spring) 2012), Utah State University Extension,
2012. Carbohydrate Reserves: What you learned maybe wrong, (April (2nd Quarter/Spring) 2012), Utah State
University. Exposing animals to grain with mom improves intake of grain at weaning and feedlot performance,
(April (2nd Quarter/Spring) 2012), Utah State University. Diet mixing: Increasing intake of unpalatable plants, (April (2nd Quarter/Spring) 2012), Utah State
University. Mineral nutrition: Are animals nutritionally wise?, (April (2nd Quarter/Spring) 2012), Utah State
University. Teaching Cows to Eat Sagebrush, (March 2012), Utah State University Extension. BEHAVE Newsletter February 2012, (February 2012), Utah State University Extension, 2012.
Call, Christopher A
Advancing EBIPM through education, (December 2012), Rangelands/Allen Press, 34, 57-63. Repairing ecological processes to direct ecosystem state changes, (December 2012), Rangelands/Allen
Press, 34, 23-26. Effects of targeted grazing and prescribed burning on community and seed dynamics of a downy
brome-dominated landscape, (2012), Invasive Plant Science and Management, 5, 259-269. Learning and teaching in college: an ecological perspective, (2012), Rangelands, 34, 7-15. Teaching to learn and learning to teach: education in rangeland ecology and management, (2012),
Rangelands, 34, 3-5.
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Integrated management of downy brome in Dinosaur National Monument, (July (3rd Quarter/Summer) 2012), Western Society of Weed Science, 65, 13.
Comparison of herbicides for reducing annual grass emergence in two Great Basin soils, (January (1st
Quarter/Winter) 2012), Rangeland Ecology and Management, 65, 66-75. Conover, Michael R
Breeding-site selection by ferruginous hawks within Utah's Uintah Basin., (2012), Journal of Raptor
Research, 46, 378-388.. Delayed nesting by female Canada geese (Branta canadensis): benefits and costs., (2012), Auk, 129,
140-146. Does weather or site characteristics influence the ability of scavengers to locate food?, (2012), Ethology,
118, 187-196. Greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) select nest sites and broo sites away from avian
predators., (2012), Auk, 129, 600-610. Human dimensions of abundant wildlife management, (2012), John Hopkins University Press and The
Wildlife Society, 177-188.. Influence of landscape and weather of foraging by olfactory meso-predators., (2012), Canadian
Field-Naturalist, 125, 132-139.. Microhabitat selection for nesting and brood-rearing by the greater sage-grouse in xeric big sagebrush,
(2012), Condor, 114, 75-89.. Population growth and movement of Canada geese in New Haven, Connecticut during a 25-year period,
(January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2012), Waterbirds, 34, 412-421. Coppock, David Layne
Perceptions of Utah ranchers towards carbon sequestration: Policy implications for US rangelands,
(August 2012), Journal of Environmental Management, 11, 78-86. Crowl, Todd A
2012. Chapter 6: When and where biota matter: linking disturbance regimes, species characteristics and
dynamics of communities and ecosystems, (2012), Oxford University Press, 272-304. Spatial Modeling of Tropical Deforestation Using Socioeconomic and Biophysical Data, (June 3, 2012),
Small-Scale Forestry. Du Toit, Johan Truter
Climate and density-dependent drivers of reproductive success in plains bison., (2012), Journal of
Mammalogy, 93, 475-481. Estimating carnivoran diets using a combination of carcass observations and scats from GPS clusters,
(2012), Journal of Zoology, 286, 102-109. Endter-Wada, Joanna Lynne
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Custom software application for analyzing urban landscape water use, (2012), Remote Sensing and Hydrology, 162-166.
Global Climate Change as Environmental Megacrisis, (August 2012), Charles C. Thomas Publisher,
Ltd., 300-318. Frazer, Nat
The New Social and Behavioral MCAT Requirements: Inspired Innovation, Missed Opportunity, or
Both?, (2012), Peer Review/Association of American Colleges and Universities, 14. Frey, Shandra Nicole
Faculty-and-Farmer Collaboration, A Case Study: Comparison of 0.5% Strychnine Treated Gopher Bait
and Road Flare Fumigation Gopher Control in Alfalfa Field, (October (4th Quarter/Autumn) 2012), Journal of Extension, October2012.
The Proceedings of the 14th Wildlife Damage Management Conference, (July (3rd Quarter/Summer)
2012), The Wildlife Damage Management Working Group of the Wildlife Society. Using IPM techniques to Improve Cooperator Effectiveness to Mitigate Damage Caused by Townsend
Ground Squirrels, (July (3rd Quarter/Summer) 1, 2012), Journal of National Association of County Agricultural Agents, 5.
Jenkins, Michael J
Mountain pine beetle attack alters the chemistry and flammability of lodgepole pine foliage, (July (3rd
Quarter/Summer) 2012), Canadian Journal of Forest Research, 42, 1631-1647. Fuels and Fire Behavior Dynamics in Bark Beetle-Attacked Forests in Western North America and
Implications for Fire Management, (April (2nd Quarter/Spring) 2012), Forest Ecology and Management, 275, 23-34.
Jin, Jiming
Modeling of the effects of land use change and irrigation on hydroclimate, (2012), NOVA Science
Publisher. Projection pursuit evaluation model: optimizing scheme of crop planning for agricultural sustainable
development and soil resources utilization, (2012), Clean – Soil, Air, Water. Evaluation of the CLM4 lake model at a large and shallow freshwater lake, (December 1, 2012), Journal
of Hydrometeorology. Systematic Patterns of the Inconsistency Between Snow Water Equivalent and Accumulated
Precipitation as Reported by the Snowpack Telemetry Network, (August 3, 2012), Journal of Hydrometeorology.
Evaluation of snowmelt simulation in the Weather Research and Forecasting model, (May 25, 2012),
Journal of Geophysical Research. Integration of Remote-Sensing Data with WRF to Improve Lake Effect Precipitation Simulations over
the Great Lakes Region, (May 1, 2012), Journal of Geophysical Research, 117, D09102.
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Integrating remote sensing data with WRF for improved simulations of oasis effects on local weather processes over an arid region in northwestern China, (April (2nd Quarter/Spring) 1, 2012), Journal of Hydrometeorology.
Modeling air-land-sea interaction using regional climate system model (RCSM) in Monterey Bay, CA,
(April (2nd Quarter/Spring) 1, 2012), Monthly Weather Review. Water-saving crop planning using multiple objective chaos particle swarm optimization for sustainable
agricultural development and soil resources utilization, (February 2012), Clean-Soil, Air, Water. Modeling and analysis of the impact of irrigation on local arid climate over northwest China, (January
(1st Quarter/Winter) 30, 2012), Hydrological Processes. Kettenring, Karin Marie
Moving from a regional to a continental perspective of Phragmites australis invasion in North America,
(December 2012), AoB Plants, 1-18. Analyzing the spread of Phragmites australis over short time-scales using spatial and genetic tools,
(2012), Final report to State Water Resources Research Institute Program. Management of Phragmites in the Great Salt Lake watershed, (2012), Final report to Utah Department of
Natural Resources, Division of Forestry, Fire & State Lands. The ecology and genetics of alkali bulrush (Schoenoplectus maritimus): management implications,
(2012), Final report to Great Salt Lake wetland managers. Genetic diversity, reproductive mode, and dispersal differ between the cryptic invader, Phragmites
australis, and its native conspecific, (May 2012), Biological Invasions, 14, 2489-2504. Koons, David N
A modeling framework for integrated harvest and habitat management of North American waterfowl:
An accessible method for implementing hierarchical models with spatio-temporal abundance data,
(2012), PLoS ONE, 7, e49395. Climate and density-dependent drivers of reproductive success in plains bison., (2012), Journal of
Mammalogy, 93, 475-481. Demographic response to perturbations: the role of compensatory density-dependence in a North
American duck under variable harvest regulations and changing habitat, (2012), Journal of Animal Ecology, 81, 960-969.
Integrated modeling of communities: parasitism, competition, and demographic synchrony in sympatric
ducks, (2012), Ecology, 93, 2456-2464. Modeling the mid-continent population of lesser snow geese, (2012), Evaluation of special management
measures for midcontinent lesser snow geese and Ross’s geese. Detection probability of two introduced frogs in Hawaii: implications for assessing non-native species
distributions, (March 2012), Biological Invasions, 14, 889-900. Kuhns, Michael R
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Tree Browser Website Update, (December 31, 2012). Windbreaks for energy conservation, (December 13, 2012), eXtension. 2012 Restoring the West Archive Website, (November 27, 2012), USU Forestry Extension. Forestry FAQs, (October (4th Quarter/Autumn) 22, 2012). Basic Tree Pruning Cut Video, (March 20, 2012), USU Extension. Pruning Multi-Stem Trees Video, (March 20, 2012), USU Extension. Pruning Shrubs Video, (March 20, 2012), USU Extension. Species ratings for landscape tree appraisal in Utah, (February 9, 2012), Utah Forest Facts (Update), 1, 4
pp.. Getting chemicals into trees without spraying, (January (1st Quarter/Winter) 26, 2012), USU Extension,
6 pp. Long, James N
Changing perspectives on regeneration ecology and genetic diversity in western quaking aspen:
implications for silviculture, (December 2012), Canadian Journal of Forest Research, 42, 2011-2021.
A density management diagram for even-aged Sierra Nevada mixed-conifer stands, (October (4th
Quarter/Autumn) 2012), Western Journal of Applied Forestry, 27, 187-195. What makes a range of silvicultural alternatives 'reasonable?', (October (4th Quarter/Autumn) 2012),
Western Journal Applied Forestry, 27, 212-214. Drought-driven disturbance history characterizes a southern Rocky Mountain subalpine forest, (August
2012), Canadian Journal of Forest Research, 42, 1649-1660. Diagnostic species and fidelity concept in vegetation classification in the Rocky Mountains, northern
Utah, USA, (June 2012), Botany, 90, 678-691. Using siliviculture to influence carbon sequestration in southern Appalachian spruce-fir forests, (May
2012), Forests, 3, 300-316. Factors influencing the spatial and temporal dynamics of Engelmann spruce mortality during a spruce
beetle outbreak on the Markagunt Plateau, Utah., (February 2012), Forest Science, 58, 1-14. Luecke, Chris
Importance of the deep-chlorophyll layer of a mountain lake for zooplankton nutrition: a whole-lake
Barriers to and opportunities for effective cumulative impact assessment within state-level
environmental review frameworks in the United States, (September 2012), Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, 55, 961-978.
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Rancher Adoption Potential of the Birdsfoot Trefoil Pasture Beef Production System in the
Intermountain West, (August 2012), Cooperative Extension. Perceptions of Utah ranchers towards carbon sequestration: Policy implications for US rangelands,
(August 2012), Journal of Environmental Management, 11, 78-86. Taxing family forest owners: Implications of federal and state policies in the United States, (August 16,
2012), Journal of Forestry, 110, 371-380. Factors associated with landowner involvement in forest conservation programs in the U.S.:
Implications for policy design and outreach, (January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2012), Land Use Policy, 29, 53-61.
Macnulty, Daniel Robert
The adaptive value of morphological, behavioural, and life-history traits in reproductive female wolves,
(October (4th Quarter/Autumn) 8, 2012), Journal of Animal Ecology. Male and female aggression: lessons from sex, rank, age, and injury in olive baboons, (March 13, 2012),
Behavioral Ecology, 23, 684-691. Nonlinear effects of group size on the success of wolves hunting elk, (January (1st Quarter/Winter)
2012), Behavioral Ecology, 23, 75-82. Mesner, Nancy O
Chapter 21. Little Bear River Watershed, Utah: National Institute of Food and Agriculture–Conservation
Effects Assessment Project, (July (3rd Quarter/Summer) 2012), Soil and Water Conservation Society, 358-372.
Invasive Species: Lesson Plan for Stream Side Science., (April (2nd Quarter/Spring) 2012). Watershed Detectives, (April (2nd Quarter/Spring) 2012), USU extension online publications.
Messmer, Terry A
Perspectives of Past Editors-in-Cief of The Wildife Society Journals, (December 2012), The Wildlife
Society, 36, 1-8. Human Dimensions of Wildife Management, (October (4th Quarter/Autumn) 2012), John Hopkins
University Press, 203-220. Using IPM techniques to Improve Cooperator Effectiveness to Mitigate Damage Caused by Townsend
Ground Squirrels, (July (3rd Quarter/Summer) 1, 2012), Journal of National Association of County Agricultural Agents, 5.
Controlling Ground Squirrels in Beaver County, Utah., (March 15, 2012), Utah State University
Extension. Utah State University Extension--forestry, small acreage, and wildlife, (February 2012), USU
Extension, 114-117. Using Gas Chromatography to Determine Winter Diets of Greater Sage-grouse in Utah, (January (1st
Quarter/Winter) 2012), Journal of Wildlife Management, 76.
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Mock, Karen E
Changing perspectives on regeneration ecology and genetic diversity in western quaking aspen:
implications for silviculture, (December 2012), Canadian Journal of Forest Research, 42, 2011-2021.
Analyzing the spread of Phragmites australis over short time-scales using spatial and genetic tools,
(2012), Final report to State Water Resources Research Institute Program. Spatial genetic structure of the mountain pine beetle (Dendroctonus ponderosae) outbreak in western
The ecology and genetics of alkali bulrush (Schoenoplectus maritimus): management implications,
(2012), Final report to Great Salt Lake wetland managers. Two frogs or one? A multi-marker approach to assessing the distinctiveness of genetic lineages in the
northern leopard frog., (2012), Conservation Genetics, 13, 1167-1182. Widespread triploidy in western North American aspen (Populus tremuloides), (2012), PLoS ONE, 7,
e48406. Genetic diversity, reproductive mode, and dispersal differ between the cryptic invader, Phragmites
australis, and its native conspecific, (May 2012), Biological Invasions, 14, 2489-2504. Monz, Christopher A.
International Recreation Ecology Workshop at Griffith University, Australia, (December 2012). Yosemite National Park Trampling Study, (December 2012). An Assessment of USDA Forest Service Wilderness in Colorado: Manager’s Perceptions of Conditions
and Remoteness Modeling, (November 2012). The Effects of Local Ecological Knowledge, Minimum-Impact Knowledge, and Prior Experience on
Visitor Perceptions of the Ecological Impacts of Backcountry Recreation, (October (4th Quarter/Autumn) 2012), Environmental Management, 50, 542-554.
Informal Trail Monitoring In The Atigun Gorge Area Of The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, (June
2012). Yosemite National Park Meadow Environments Visitor Tracking Study, (May 30, 2012). Trail and Visitor Use Assessment: Swaner EcoCenter Study, (February 2012). An analysis of current resource conditions and visitor standards of primitive campsites along Lake
Champlain, (January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2012), Journal or Great Lakes Research, 38, 157-166. Indicators and standards of quality for paddling on Lake Champlain., (January (1st Quarter/Winter)
2012), Journal of Great Lakes Research, 38, 150-156. Monitoring Vegetation Changes in Historical Photos over a 45+ Year Period in the Adirondack Alpine
Stream Temperature Sensitivity to Climate Warming in California’s Sierra Nevada: Impacts to
Coldwater Habitat, (2012), Climatic Change. Water-Energy Sector Vulnerability to Climate Warming in the Sierra Nevada: A Method to Consider
Whether Dams Mitigate Climate Change Effects on Stream Temperatures?, (2012), Public Interest Energy Research (PIER) Program White Paper.
Water-Energy Sector Vulnerability to Climate Warming in the Sierra Nevada: Water Year Classification
in Non-Stationary Climates, (2012), Public Interest Energy Research (PIER) Program White Paper. Radel, Claudia A
Gendered Livelihoods and the Politics of Socio-Environmental Identity: Women’s Participation in
Conservation Projects in Calakmul, Mexico, (2012), Gender, Place, and Culture, 19, 61-82. Keeping Them in Their Place: Migrant Women Workers in Spain’s Strawberry Industry, (2012),
International Journal of the Sociology of Agriculture, 19, 83-101. Migración, género y tenencia de la tierra: Identidades femeninas complejas en el sector rural de
Calakmul, (2012), ECOSUR / EL COLEF / COLMICH / CIESAS, 275-305. Labour Migration and Gendered Agricultural Relations: The Feminization of Agriculture in the Ejidal
Sector of Calakmul, Mexico, (2012), Journal of Agrarian Change, 12, 98-119. Gendered Mobility and Morality in a South-Eastern Mexican Community: Impacts of Male Labour
Migration on the Women Left Behind, (2012), Mobilities, 7, 369-388.. Outcomes of Conservation Alliances with Women’s Community-Based Organizations in Southern
Mexico, (2012), Society & Natural Resources, 25, 52-70. Ramsey, Robert Douglas
A Landscape Similarity Index: Multitemporal Remote Sensing to Track Changes in Big Sagebrush
Ecological Sites, (2012), Rangeland Ecology and Management. Spectral Characteristics of Domestic and Wild Mammals, (July (3rd Quarter/Summer) 2012), GIScience
and Remote Sensing, 49, 597-608. Spatial Modeling of Tropical Deforestation Using Socioeconomic and Biophysical Data, (June 3, 2012),
Small-Scale Forestry. Determinants of urban tree canopy in residential neighborhoods: Household characteristics, urban
form, and the geophysical landscape, (March 2012), Urban Ecosystems, 15, 247-266. Likelihood of occurrence of bark beetle attacks on conifer forests in Honduras under normal and climate
change scenarios, (January (1st Quarter/Winter) 20, 2012), Geocarto International, 27, 581-592. Romesburg, H Charles
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Environmental and Safety Tradeoffs of Studded Snow Tires, (November 7, 2012), The Wall Street Journal, Page D4.
Ryel, Ronald J.
Resource pool dynamics: conditions that regulate species interactions and dominance, (2012), CABI
International, 57-78. Widespread triploidy in western North American aspen (Populus tremuloides), (2012), PLoS ONE, 7,
e48406. Schmidt, John C
Closing a sediment budget for a reconfigured reach of the Provo River, Utah, United States, (2012),
Water Resources Research, 48, WR10512. Predicting and detecting changes to riparian vegetation communities along the large rivers of the
Colorado Plateau as a result of climate change, (January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2012), Final Report Prepared for Grand Canyon Research and Monitoring Center, Flagstaff, Arizona by Utah State University Geomorphology Lab.
Schmidt, Robert H
Twinkies:RIP, and good riddance, (December 5, 2012), Herald Journal, 102, C1. The Case of the Green Turtle: an uncensored history of a conservation icon (book title), (November 27,
2012), Animal Welfare Institute Quarterly, 61, 26. Team up with tasty, healthy choices, (November 7, 2012), The Herald Journal, 102, C1. Goathead a thorny threat to wellness, (September 26, 2012), Herald Journal, 102, A8. Olympics' inspiration can boost all of us, (August 15, 2012), Herald Journal, 102, A10. Malama Na Honu: perceptions of volunteers at Laniakea Beach, Oahu, Hawaii, (May 2012),
Proceedings of the 29th Annual Symposium on sea turtle biology and conservation/NOAA, 29, 180. Pull Together To Keep Oahu Coqui-Clean, (January (1st Quarter/Winter) 3, 2012), Honolulu
Star-Advertiser, A10. Schupp, Eugene W
The interplay between place-based research and ecological theory. (review of I. Billick and M.V. Price,
eds. The ecology of place: contributions of place-based research to ecological understanding), (2012), Ecology, 93, 690-691.
Tainter, Joseph A
Theories of the Collapse of States, (December 2012), Oxford University Press, 221-224. Regenerative Design in Science and Society, (April (2nd Quarter/Spring) 2012), Building Research &
Information, 40, 369-372.
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Productivity of Invention, (January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2012), Sage Publications, 289-297. Van Miegroet, Helga
Storage and stability of SOC in aspen and conifer forest soils of Northern Utah., (2012), Soil Science
Society of America Journal, 76, 2230-2240. Diagnostic species and fidelity concept in vegetation classification in the Rocky Mountains, northern
Utah, USA, (June 2012), Botany, 90, 678-691. Using siliviculture to influence carbon sequestration in southern Appalachian spruce-fir forests, (May
2012), Forests, 3, 300-316. Veblen, Kari
Lessons on the relationship between livestock husbandry and biodiversity from the Kenya Long-term
Grasses and browsers reinforce landscape heterogeneity by excluding trees from ecosystem hotspots,
(January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2012), Oecologia, 168, 749-759. Savanna glade hotspots: plant community development and synergy with large herbivores, (January (1st
Quarter/Winter) 2012), Journal of Arid Environments, 78, 119-127. Villalba, Juan J
Eating a high fiber diet during pregnancy increases intake and digestibility of a high fiber diet by
offspring in cattle, (October (4th Quarter/Autumn) 2012), Animal Feed Science and Technology, 177, 144-151..
Effect of dietary protein level and quebracho tannin on consumption of pine needles (Pinus ponderosa)
by beef cows, (September 2012), Professional Animal Scientist, 28, 528-533. Preference for condensed tannins by sheep in response to challenge infection with Haemonchus
contortus, (July (3rd Quarter/Summer) 2012), Veterinary Parasitology, 188, 104-114. Host behaviour, environment and ability to self-medicate, (July (3rd Quarter/Summer) 2012), Small
Ruminant Research, 103, 50-59. Early experience with diverse foods increases intake of non-familiar flavors and feeds in sheep, (June 1,
2012), Jornal of Animal Science / American Society of Animal Science, 90, 2763-2773.. Depression of rumen ammonia and blood urea by quebracho tannin-containing supplements fed after
high-nitrogen diets with no evidence of self-regulation of tannin intake by sheep., (May 2012), Small Ruminant Research, 105, 126-134.
Diet mixing: Increasing intake of unpalatable plants, (April (2nd Quarter/Spring) 2012), Utah State
University. Influence of saponins and tannins on intake and nutrient digestion of alkaloid-containing foods, (March
19, 2012), Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, 92, 2373-2378.
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Interactions between mild nutrient imbalance and taste preferences in young ruminants, (January (1st
Quarter/Winter) 2012), Journal of Animal Science, 90, 1015-1025. Phytochemical complementarities among endophyte-infected tall fescue, reed canarygrass, birdsfoot
trefoil, and alfalfa affect cattle foraging, (January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2012), Animal, 6, 676–682. Supplementing endophyte-infected tall fescue or reed canarygrass with alfalfa or birdsfoot trefoil
increases forage intake and digestibility by sheep, (January (1st Quarter/Winter) 14, 2012), Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, 92, 987–992.
Wheaton, Joseph Michael
Closing a sediment budget for a reconfigured reach of the Provo River, Utah, United States, (2012),
Water Resources Research, 48, WR10512. Scientific protocol for salmonid habitat surveys within the Columbia Habitat Monitoring Program, (June
20, 2012), Terraqua, Inc., 188. Assessing streamflow sensitivity to climate changes in the Salmon River Basin, Idaho, (April (2nd
Quarter/Spring) 2012), Global and Planetary Change, 88-89, 32-44. A Simple, Interactive GIS Tool for Transforming Assumed Total Station Surveys to Real World
Coordinates - The CHaMP Transformation Tool, (March 12, 2012), Computers in Geosciences, 42, 28-36.
Asotin Creek Intensively Monitored Watershed: Restoration Plan for North Fork Asotin, South Fork
Asotin and Charlie Creeks, (February 2012), Eco Logical Research, Inc., 108. Final Report: Big River Protocol Development – A Prototype Warranty Project, (January (1st
Quarter/Winter) 2012), 198. Predicting and detecting changes to riparian vegetation communities along the large rivers of the
Colorado Plateau as a result of climate change, (January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2012), Final Report Prepared for Grand Canyon Research and Monitoring Center, Flagstaff, Arizona by Utah State University Geomorphology Lab.
Wolfe, Michael
Climate and density-dependent drivers of reproductive success in plains bison., (2012), Journal of
Mammalogy, 93, 475-481. Wurtsbaugh, Wayne A
A modeling approach to assessing the effect of multiple lakes in sequence on nutrient transport in Bull
Trout Lake, Idaho, USA, (2012), Aquatic Sciences. Eutrophication and metal concentrations in three bays of the Great Salt Lake (USA), (2012), Utah
Division of Water Quality, 1-70. Importance of the deep-chlorophyll layer of a mountain lake for zooplankton nutrition: a whole-lake
15N experiment, (2012), Limnol. Oceaongr.. Nitrogen partitioning and transport through a subalpine lake measured with an isotope tracer, (2012),
Limnology and Oceanography, 57, 1503-1516.
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Nitrogen partitioning and transport through a subalpine lake measured with an isotope tracer, (2012), Limnology and Oceanography, 57, 1503-1516.
Paleolimnological Analysis of the History of Metals Contamination in the Great Salt Lake, Utah,
(2012), Utah Division of Water Quality, 1-44. Pseudo-diel vertical migration in zooplankton studied utilizing a whole-lake 15N tracer experiment,
(2012), Journal of Plankton Research, 34, 976-986. Rationale for control of anthropogenic nitrogen and phosphorus in inland waters, (2012), Environmental
Science and Technology, 45, 10300-10305.
Contracts, Grants and Sponsored Research
Adler, Peter B
Forecasting climate change impacts on rangeland plant communities: Selecting, validating and
scaling-up population models, Funded, $80,000.00, (2012 - 2017). CAREER: Forecasting the community impacts of climate change—When do species interactions
matters?, Funded, $710,000.00, (2011 - 2016). Ecohydrological models to predict climate change impacts on rangeland plant species, Funded,
$20,000.00, (2012 - 2014). Forecasting the ecological impacts of climate change: New methods to monitor plant demography at
landscape scales, Funded, $20,000.00, (2012 - 2014). A systems approach to seedling establishment on degraded rangeland: Managing ecological processes
Using plant-soil feedback to inform an activated carbon-based restoration program, Funded,
$150,000.00, (November 17, 2009 - November 17, 2012). Belmont, Patrick
Climate and Human Dynamics as Amplifiers of Natural Change: A Framework for Vulnerability
Assessment and Mitigation Planning., Funded, $4,372,127.00, (September 1, 2012 - August 30, 2017).
Collaborative Implementation Strategy for Sediment Reduction for the Greater Blue Earth River Basin,
Funded, $770,000.00, (September 1, 2012 - August 30, 2015). An integrated sediment budget for the Root River, southeastern Minnesota., Funded, $227,658.00, (May
1, 2012 - April 30, 2015). Sediment Fingerprinting for Sources and Transport Pathways in the Root River, southeastern Minnesota,
Funded, $144,226.00, (May 15, 2010 - April 30, 2012). Brain, Roslynn G.
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Farm-Chef-Fork: Establishing enhanced farm to restaurant communication and sourcing across Utah,
Funded, $29,096.00, (October 2012 - September 2014). Brunson, Mark William
Science Communication Assistance for Yosemite National Park, Funded, $4,000.00, (July 30, 2012 -
December 31, 2014). Contemporary Tribes of Capitol Reef National Park, Funded, $13,500.00, (May 15, 2012 - December
31, 2014). Preparation of Natural Resource Condition Assessment Reports for Bent’s Old Fort, Fort Davis, and Fort
Larned National Historic Sitesr, Funded, $42,463.00, (September 1, 2012 - September 30, 2014). A Systems Approach to Seedling Establishment on Degraded Rangeland: Managing Ecological
Processes Driving Recruitment Bottlenecks, Funded, $499,034.00, (March 1, 2012 - July 31, 2014). Develop Outreach and Interpretive Materials to Communicate Best Management Practices for
Support for Resource Education Assistance, Funded, $5,042.00, (June 1, 2012 - December 31, 2012). FY 12 Science Communication Assistance, Funded, $10,000.00, (August 1, 2011 - December 31, 2012). Science and Stewardship: Professional Development for Seasonal Employees, Funded, $12,500.00,
(August 1, 2011 - December 31, 2012). Paiutes of Capitol Reef National Park, Funded, $20,000.00, (August 1, 2010 - December 31, 2012). Workplace Implementation of Innovation/Adoption Strategies to Improve the Use of Science in
Manageme, Funded, $19,151.00, (August 30, 2008 - March 31, 2012). Burr, Steven W.
National Visitor Use Monitoring Program for the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest, Funded,
$148,960.00, (September 30, 2011 - September 30, 2012). Burritt, Elizabeth A
An ecological site-based handbook and demonstration of brush management (CP 314) and range
planting (CP 550) technology for Utah shrublands, Funded, $74,785.00, (September 1, 2012 - August 31, 2015).
Using New Knowledge on grazing behavior to control medusahead in the western US, Funded,
$416,000.00, (October 2011 - September 2014).
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Improving intake of big sagebrush by cattle in fall and winter to reduce feed costs and improve vegetative biodiversity and productivity in sagebrush steppe communities, Funded, $15,000.00, (May 2010 - May 2012).
Call, Christopher A
Expanding and Improving Options for Medusahead Containment and Control, Funded, $10,067.00,
(May 1, 2012 - June 30, 2012). Conover, Michael R
Impact of coyote removal on mule deer in Nevada, Funded, $625,000.00, (2011 - 2015). Impact of ravens on sage-grouse, Funded, $37,000.00, (2011 - 2015). Tropic mismatches between nesting and migrating birds using the Great Salt Lake and its food pulses,
Funded, $20,000.00, (2012 - 2014). Impact of ravens on sage-grouse nests in southern Wyoming, Funded, $36,892.00, (2012). Impact of raven and fox removal on sage-grouse in Wyoming, Funded, $20,000.00, (2009 - 2012). Over-winter bird use of the Great Salt Lake, Funded, $250,000.00, (2007 - 2012).
Coppock, David Layne
Climate and livestock in Nepal, Funded, $450,000.00, (July 1, 2012 - June 30, 2015). Risk Management and Utah Ranching, Funded, $310,690.00, (July 1, 2010 - June 30, 2015). Improving the Resilience of Mixed Farm Systems to Pending Climate Change in Far Western Nepal,
Funded, $449,987.00, (May 1, 2012 - April 30, 2015). Sustainable Livestock Production on the Borana Plateau, Funded, $500,000.00, (October 1, 2012 - April
19, 2015). Using New Knowledge on grazing behavior to control medusahead in the western US, Funded,
$416,000.00, (October 2011 - September 2014). Understanding Utah farmers’ perceptions of carbon sequestration programs and their likelihood of
participation, Funded, $20,000.00, (September 1, 2010 - April 30, 2012). Crowl, Todd A
iUTAH-innovative Urban Transitions and Aridregion Hydro-sustainability, Funded, $20,000,000.00,
(August 1, 2012 - July 31, 2017). Du Toit, Johan Truter
Improved monitoring for management of the Henry Mountains bison herd, Funded, $330,286.00, (2011
- 2014).
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Endter-Wada, Joanna Lynne
Decision Support Software for Promoting Urban Landscape Water Use Efficiency, Funded, $46,460.00,
(2011 - 2012). Drought Management, Utah FY09, Funded, $586,000.00, (July 1, 2009 - June 30, 2012). Intervening to Encourage Residential Water Conservation in Utah: Follow-up Survey of SPARC
Households, Funded, $12,800.00, (September 2011 - May 2012).
Hawkins, Charles P
Consequences of global climate change for stream biodiversity and implications for the application a,
Funded, $789,000.00, (September 1, 2009 - August 31, 2012). Jenkins, Michael J
The Influence of Fuel Moisture and Flammable Monoterpenes on the Combustibility of Conifer Fuels,
Funded, $423,529.00, (September 2011 - August 2014).
Jin, Jiming
Consequences of global climate change for stream biodiversity and implications for the application a,
Funded, $789,000.00, (September 1, 2009 - August 31, 2012). Modeling and analysis of the impact of lakes on seasonal and interannual climate variability over th,
Funded, $337,000.00, (August 1, 2009 - July 31, 2012). Kettenring, Karin Marie
RUI-Collaborative Proposal: Reduction in riverine silica transport due to human-induced change in
riparian vegetation, Funded, $21,746.00, (March 15, 2012 - February 28, 2015). Assessing the impact of water level manipulation on wetland health in the Great Salt Lake watershed,
Funded, $133,668.00, (January 1, 2012 - December 31, 2014). Assessing approaches to manage Phragmites in Utah wetlands, Funded, $50,000.00, (July 1, 2011 -
December 31, 2014). Mapping wetland vegetation in the Great Salt Lake Ecosystem, Funded, $67,414.00, (2011 - 2014). Predicting impacts of stressors at the land water interface, Funded, $253,005.00, (2009 - 2014).
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Restore and maintain native and desired nonnative plant and animal species diversity in terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems, Funded, $80,000.00, (2009 - 2012).
Analyzing the spread of Phragmites australis over short time-scales using spatial and genetic tools,
Funded, $33,634.00, (March 2011 - February 2012). Koons, David N
The Hudson Bay Project, Funded, $125,000.00, (2012 - 2016). The Hudson Bay Project, Funded, $125,000.00, (2011 - 2015). Improved monitoring for management of the Henry Mountains bison herd, Funded, $330,286.00, (2011
- 2014). REU supplement to: How do environmental conditions during development affect senescence and
consequent population dynamics?, Funded, $7,125.00, (2012). Kuhns, Michael R
Managing for resilience in forested ecosystems of the Intermountain West: a model for training future
researchers and managers, Funded, $236,000.00, (2011 - 2015). Restore Community Ecosystems While Promoting Green Jobs in the Puget Sound Area, Funded,
$1,300,000.00, (March 13, 2009 - March 13, 2014). Restoring the West Conference 2012 Support, Funded, $2,000.00, (July 2, 2012 - October 31, 2012). ANREP 2012 Conference Support, Funded, $5,000.00, (February 1, 2012 - September 30, 2012). Energy Conservation and Urban Forests eXtension Community of Practice, Funded, $30,000.00,
(December 2010 - September 30, 2012). Support for Creation of a Virtual Arboretum, Funded, $10,000.00, (July 1, 2011 - June 30, 2012). Support for Extension Forestry Intern, Funded, $5,000.00, (August 15, 2011 - May 1, 2012).
Larese-Casanova, Mark
Watershed Field Techniques K-12 Teacher Summer Professional Development, Funded, $7,000.00,
(March 30, 2012 - July 1, 2012). Extension Undergraduate Internship Award, Funded, $5,000.00, (July 1, 2011 - June 30, 2012).
Long, James N
FIA Increment Core Archiving, Funded, $50,028.00, (July 16, 2012 - December 31, 2016). Managing for resilience in forested ecosystems of the Intermountain West: a model for training future
researchers and managers, Funded, $236,000.00, (2011 - 2015).
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Ecosystem Management at Camp Williams, UT, Funded, $1,001,346.00, (October 1, 2011 - December
30, 2012). Ecosystem classification, Funded, $160,000.00, (October 1, 2009 - December 30, 2012). FIA increment core (tree ring) archiving and database development, Funded, $50,000.00, (October 1,
2009 - December 30, 2012). Ma, Zhao
Managing for resilience in forested ecosystems of the Intermountain West: a model for training future
researchers and managers, Funded, $236,000.00, (2011 - 2015). Linking perception and action: Building Utah agricultural communities' capacity to adapt to climate
change, Funded, $20,000.00, (September 1, 2012 - May 31, 2014). Smallholder farmer climate perception and adaptation in arid and semi-arid regions of China, Funded,
$56,400.00, (August 1, 2010 - August 31, 2012). Rapid beef finishing on Birdsfoot Trefoil pastures for sustainable mitigation of climate change, Funded,
$35,000.00, (July 1, 2011 - June 30, 2012). Understanding Utah farmers’ perceptions of carbon sequestration programs and their likelihood of
participation, Funded, $20,000.00, (September 1, 2010 - April 30, 2012). Macnulty, Daniel Robert
The genomic and ecological context of a 2010 major gene under selection in natural populations,
Funded, $6,638.30, (August 17, 2010 - August 31, 2012). Mesner, Nancy O
USU Extension Statewide Nonpoint Source Pollution Education and Citizen Monitoring Program. FY
2012., Funded, $102,500.00, (July 1, 2012 - June 30, 2016). Water Quality Northern Plains and Mountains integrated research, extension and education. FY
August 31, 2012). Extension Outreach Minigrant for WQ Programming, Funded, $15,500.00, (July 1, 2011 - June 30,
2012). Messmer, Terry A
Greater Sage-Grouse Response to Season-Long and Prescribed Grazing (NRCS Conservation Practice
528) on Paired Ecological Sites (Phase 1), Funded, $385,821.00, (August 1, 2011 - June 30, 2017).
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Estimating Sage-grouse Chick Survival Rates, Funded, $6,744.00, (December 15, 2011 - June 30, 2012). Sustaining Utah's Sage-grouse Local Working Groups, Funded, $49,750.00, (July 1, 2011 - June 30,
2012). Demography, Vital Rates, Habitat-Use, and Seasonal Movements of Greater Sage-Grouse in the Ruby
Pipeline HUC 8 Watershed: Phase 1, Funded, $130,000.00, (August 1, 2011 - June 30, 2012). Mock, Karen E
Genetic Analysis of Utah Bears, Funded, $118,878.00, (January 2011 - December 2016). Estimation of Eriogonum corymbosum var. nilesii., Funded, $80,000.00, (June 2012 - December 2015). Managing for resilience in forested ecosystems of the Intermountain West: a model for training future
researchers and managers, Funded, $236,000.00, (2011 - 2015). Adaptive capacity of mountain pine beetle in a changing climate, Funded, $145,640.00, (September
2009 - September 2015). Latitudinal variance in aspen (Populus tremuloides) transcriptomes, Funded, $115,700.00, (September
2009 - September 2014). Forest Inventory and Analysis: aspen genetics, Funded, $28,000.00, (September 2009 - September
2012). Monz, Christopher A.
Managing Sustainable Recreation/Tourism in the Northern Forest, Funded, $96,522.00, (November
2012 - December 30, 2014). Alternative transportation planning study at Colorado Front Range high visitation sites in the
Arapaho-Roosevelt National Forest (ARNF), Funded, $460,000.00, (March 2012 - June 2014). Colorado State-wide Wilderness Assessment, Funded, $86,000.00, (2008 - May 30, 2014). International Collaboration in Recreation Ecology, Funded, $9,000.00, (2011 - December 2012). An Assessment of the Extent and Condition of Informal Trails in the Atigun Gorge Area of the Arctic
National Wildlife Refuge, Funded, $35,000.00, (2009 - June 30, 2012). Null, Sarah Elizabeth
Determining the Response of Walker River Aquatic Life to Incremental Changes in River Management
and Use, Funded, $4,000,000.00, (2011 - 2012). Radel, Claudia A
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CAREER: Gendered Transnational Labor Migration, Agriculture, and Environmental Change in Mesoamerica, Funded, $464,494.00, (August 15, 2011 - July 31, 2016).
Computation of National Forest Carbon Budgets, Funded, $571,701.43, (October 13, 2010 - September
30, 2015). Predictive Modeling of Bromus Tectorum in the West Desert Region of Utah, Funded, $23,912.00,
(February 1, 2011 - January 31, 2014).
Ryel, Ronald J.
Managing for resilience in forested ecosystems of the Intermountain West: a model for training future
researchers and managers, Funded, $236,000.00, (2011 - 2015).
Schupp, Eugene W
Conservation of a candidate species: breeding system and seed pool dynamics of the endemic DeBeque
Phacelia (Phacelia submutica), Funded, $50,000.00, (July 1, 2011 - December 31, 2015). Restoring Natural Fire Regimes at Golden Spike National Historic Site by Developing a Healthy Sagebr,
Funded, $157,375.00, (September 1, 2007 - December 31, 2012). Ongoing funding for SageSTEP regional experiment, Funded, $153,629.00, (May 1, 2011 - April 30,
2012). Van Miegroet, Helga
Soils as the basis for assessment of site condition and ecosystem health, Funded, $154,000.00, (2011 -
2014). Analysis of mountain pine beetle effects on ecosystem processes in Lodgepole pine, Funded,
$63,415.00, (2008 - 2014). Using New Knowledge on grazing behavior to control medusahead in the western US, Funded,
$416,000.00, (October 2011 - September 2014). Vegetation impacts on SOC stabilization, Funded, $20,000.00, (July 2010 - June 2012).
Veblen, Kari
An ecological site-based handbook and demonstration of brush management (CP 314) and range
planting (CP 550) technology for Utah shrublands, Funded, $74,785.00, (September 1, 2012 - August 31, 2015).
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Villalba, Juan J
Training Livestock to Eat Weeds in the Tropical Pacific and Effects on Meat Quality for Stronger Ranch
Profits, Funded, $49,610.00, (2011 - 2014). Using New Knowledge on grazing behavior to control medusahead in the western US, Funded,
$416,000.00, (October 2011 - September 2014). Biochemical diversity in pasturelands: An alternative for enhancing herbivore and consumer health,
Funded, $23,898.24, (May 15, 2011 - June 30, 2012). Self-Medication in Herbivores: A Low-Input and Sustainable Alternative to Improve Animal Health,
Well Being, and Productivity, Funded, $512,000.00, (July 1, 2008 - June 30, 2012). Creating Plant Mixtures that Enhance the Health of Soils, Plants, Herbivores, and People, Funded,
$374,133.00, (June 1, 2009 - May 30, 2012). Role of Food Choice and early Experience in Improving Nutrient Use Efficiency in Sheep, Funded,
$20,000.00, (May 15, 2010 - April 30, 2012). Wheaton, Joseph Michael
Pilot Study: Testing the Beaver Restoration Tool - Assessing the Greatest Potential for Restoration and
Conservation, Funded, $130,000.00, (January 1, 2012 - December 31, 2012). Support in Geographic and Geomorphic Information Analysis for the Colorado River in Grand Canyon,
Funded, $116,019.00, (August 20, 2010 - December 31, 2012). Improving Monitoring Protocols for Watersheds in the Columbia Basin - Modificaiton 7, Funded,
$198,521.00, (February 20, 2012 - November 30, 2012). Improving Monitoring Protocols for Watersheds in the Columbia Basin - Modificaiton 6, Funded,
$22,283.00, (November 15, 2011 - November 30, 2012). Use of Terrestrial Laser Scanning to Support Big River Protocol Development, Funded, $50,000.00,
(December 1, 2009 - September 30, 2012). Historic Sand Cliff Signatures Public Archaeology Program, Funded, $20,000.00, (September 1, 2011 -
August 30, 2012). Wurtsbaugh, Wayne A
Factors affecting the spatial and temporal variability of Nodularia blooms in Farming Bay (Great Salt
Lake), Funded, $14,974.00, (2011 - 2012). Relations between mercury, nutrients and plankton along the Farmington Bay-Gilbert Bay salinity
gradient in the Great Salt Lake, Funded, $51,278.00, (2011 - 2012).
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Presentations and Posters Adler, Peter B
Effects of diminished seasonal snow cover on nutrient cycling, October 2012. Can functional traits explain variation in plant life history strategies?, 2012. Comparison of lifespan and survival for 114 herbaceous perennials across five ecosystems in the western
US, 2012. Selective pressure for increased demographic variability in a perennial plant community, 2012. Warming and reduced snow cover improve cheatgrass (Bromus tectorum) performance in the
Intermountain West, 2012. Can intraspecific density-dependence explain community dynamics?, 2012. Climate change and plant populations: Can 20th century observations predict 21st century responses?,
2012. Beard, Karen H
Activated carbon as a restoration technique in Washington and maybe Utah?, November 2, 2012. The coqui frog invasion in Hawaii: Ecological and evolutionary consequences, October 12, 2012. Founder effects haven't quieted them down: the coqui frog invasion in Hawaii. Insights from invasions:
using exotic amphibians and reptiles to study ecological and evolutionary processes, August 2012. Plant-soil feedbacks provide an additional explanation for diversity-productivity relationships, August
2012. The two-layer hypothesis is dead: long live the two-layer hypothesis, August 2012. Activated carbon as a restoration technique, February 2012.
Brain, Roslynn G.
Vermicomposting, October 26, 2012. Fostering univesity-wide sustainble behaviors through service learning: A classroom transition from
theory to real world application., October 14, 2012. Migrations: Moving your audience with effective nonformal teaching techniques, October 4, 2012. Workplace, customer and community engagement networking, September 20, 2012. Local Agriculture and Sustainability, September 18, 2012. Sustainability cultural indicators., June 21, 2012. Key influences on decisions to enter into conservation easement agreements: Tools for Extension., May
20, 2012.
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Cultural influences on ranchers’ decisions to engage in a conservation easement agreement., May 20, 2012.
Creating Environmental Leaders through Service Learning: A Transition from Theory to Real World
Application, March 22, 2012. Greening your gardening, eating, and shopping experience: Easy tips and techniques toward a more
sustainable lifestyle, March 7, 2012. USU Extension: A resource in recycling and sustainability for residents, communities, and
organizations, March 7, 2012. Students as environmental change agents: Fostering major campus-wide sustainability efforts in one
semester, February 8, 2012. Brunson, Mark William
Too Many Frogs and Not Enough Flowers: How Social-Ecological Systems Studies Can Help Us
Understand Environmental Change, November 16, 2012. Definitions, Dimensions and DIrections for Translational Ecology, August 5, 2012. Unwanted No More: Land Tenure, Ecosystem Services, and Opportunities for Resilience in
Human-Occupied Shrublands, May 22, 2012. Dust, Crust, Plants and People: Testing a Model of Cross-Scale Human-Nature Interactions for the
Colorado Plateau, March 13, 2012. Human Behavior as a Factor in Ecosystem Resilience, February 2, 2012.
Burr, Steven W.
Tourism, Scenery, and Open Landscapes: The Tourism and Recreation Experience and Importance of
Scenery, Aesthetics, and Visual Quality, October 24, 2012. Using the Authentic to Brand Rural Utah: The Role of Heritage Tourism, September 21, 2012. Promoting the Economic Benefits of Conservation-Minded OHV Use on Utah’s Public Lands, May 17,
2012. Ideas for Agricultural Tourism: Developing Tourism Resources on the Farm or Ranch, February 23,
2012. Burritt, Elizabeth A
Rhetoric of environmental activists about livestock grazing on public lands: Fighting “science” with
science., November 2, 2012. Rangeland Community of Practice, October 1, 2012. Battling medusahead in Cache County., August 28, 2012. Surfing the Web a Range of Possibilities, June 14, 2012. Improving Utah’s Rangelands West Website, March 12, 2012.
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Call, Christopher A
Integrated management of downy brome in Dinosaur National Monument, March 12, 2012.
Coppock, David Layne
Progress report on social science approach for noxious weed control in the Paradise Weed Prevention
Area of Cache County, Utah, February 2012. Challenges for future carbon-sequestration programs: A case study of Utah ranchers, June 19, 2012.
Cramer, Patricia C
The state of wildlife crossings in the west, December 3, 2012. Wildlife Crossings Research in Utah: Lessons Learned, November 15, 2012. Wildlife Crossings in Utah, November 1, 2012. The use of science and adaptive management to prefect wildlife crossings, October 25, 2012. Helping wildlife cross roads based on them and their movement needs., October 17, 2012. Wildlife Crossings Research in Utah: Lessons Learned, August 2, 2012. Helping to maintain wildlife connectivity across North American landscapes with wildlife crossings,
June 10, 2012. Transportation and Wildlife, April 2012. Moving Wildlife Under US 93 in Montana, March 2012. Evaluating retrofit opportunites for wildlife passage at existing bridges and culverts, January 2012. Research of wildlife use of wildlife crossings, November 2011. Considering wildlife by going the extra mile, November 2011. Getting from roadkill to roadwise: wildlife crossings in the west, October 2011. Planning and designing for wildlife in transportation systems, October 2011. Maintaining wildlife connectivity across roads through tested wildlife crossing designs, August 2011. Improving structures to facilitate wildlife passage: in depth review of the species movement guilds, April
2011. Restoring Ecological Connectivity with Wildlife Crossings, November 2010. Wildlife and Roads in Utah, an Update on What is Working and What Needs Improvement., November
2010. Wildlife Connectivity: Keeping Wildlife Alive and Moving. Invited Speaker to Accept Conservationist
of the Year Award, October 2010.
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How Highways Reduce Habitat Effectiveness in Western Forests and Sage-Steppe Habitats: Challenges and Solutions, October 2010.
Wildlife Crossings in the West, keeping wildlife alive and moving, October 2010. Wildlife and Roads: the State of Our Science and Practice, October 2010. Retrofitting Existing Structures to Facilitate Wildlife Passage., July 2010. Transportation Planning and Herpetological Conservation, July 2010. Wildlife Crossings in Utah, March 2010. Wildlife and Roads in Utah, March 2010.
Du Toit, Johan Truter
Ecological effects of body size variation within large herbivore communities, May 10, 2012.
Endter-Wada, Joanna Lynne
Efficiency within Sufficiency: Analyzing and Promoting Landscape Water Conservation, November 16,
2012. Metrics for Analyzing Appropriateness and Change in Urban Landscape Water Use, November 12,
2012. Policy Debates over the Southern Nevada Authority Pipeline Project, November 12, 2012. Principles for Allocating Scarce Water Resources: Deliberating Water Policy Designs in Changing
Societal Contexts, November 12, 2012. Metrics for Analyzing Appropriateness and Change in Urban Landscape Water Use, September 28,
2012. Metrics for Analyzing Appropriateness and Change in Urban Landscape Water Use, June 17, 2012. Using Analysis of a Triggering Event to Reveal Water Policy Challenges in Urbanizing Landscapes of
the American West, June 17, 2012. Metrics for Analyzing Appropriateness and Change in Urban Landscape Water Use, April 3, 2012.
Frazer, Nat
Novel Alternative to Purchasing Carbon Off-Sets, October 14, 2012. Preparing Pre-service Educators for STEM Using Project Learning, June 6, 2012. Teaching Evolution at a SOuthern Baptist University and Other LIfe Lessons for a COllege Teacher,
January 23, 2012. Frey, Shandra Nicole
Greater Sage-Grouse Crucial Habitat, Movement, and Survival in a Southwestern Utah Fringe
Population, October 9, 2012.
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Hamlin Valley Sage-grouse and the Impact of Fences Research Project, October 9, 2012. The Effect of Fences on Greater Sage-Grouse Within Two Small Populations in Southwestern Utah,
September 2012. Factors influencing the successful relocation of Utah prairie dogs, September 2012. The Effect of Fences on Greater Sage-Grouse Within Two Small Populations in Southwestern Utah,
September 2012. Ringtail Relocation using an Adaptive Resource Management Strategy in Zion National Park, UT,
September 2012. Unique Habitat Use in a Greater Sage-Grouse Fringe Population, September 2012. Benefits of biomass reduction for wildlife species, August 23, 2012. Appreciating the Under (Utah prairie) Dog, June 21, 2012. Greater Sage-Grouse Crucial Habitat, Movement, and Survival in a Southwestern Utah Fringe
Population, June 18, 2012. Factors influencing the successful relocation of Utah prairie dogs, March 2012. Opposition to Opportunity: a prairie dog tail, February 13, 2012. Strategic Management for Greater sage-grouse in Utah, March 2012. What is a habitat?, January 2012.
Hawkins, Charles P
Predicting invasion and prioritizing control of Phragmites australis in Great Salt Lake wetlands, 2012. An Examination of Trends and Patterns of Ecologically important streamflow variables in association
with climate change predictions, December 3, 2012. An Improved Climate Dynamical Downscaling at Regional Scales, October 22, 2012.
Jin, Jiming
Evaluation and improvement of climate modeling at regional scales, August 22, 2012. Evaluation and improvement of climate modeling at regional scales., March 22, 2012. Modeling and prediction of snow cover over the Tibetan Plateau, December 3, 2012. Modeling and prediction of the North American Monsoon using an improved regional climate model.,
December 3, 2012. Downscaled climate predictions for arid areas in northwestern China, November 5, 2012. Systematic Patterns of the Inconsistency between Snow Water Equivalent and Accumulated
Precipitation as Reported by the Snowpack Telemetry Network, October 22, 2012. An Improved Climate Dynamical Downscaling at Regional Scales, October 22, 2012.
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Changing Monsoon Dynamics and Extremes: Example of the Pakistan Flood, August 13, 2012. Prejection of Drought Conditions in the Colorado River Basin: A Study Based on the NARCCAP
Regional Climate Models, April 3, 2012. Connecting the Pacific to Regional Climate for Decadal Prediction: A Successful Case in the Western
U.S., January 22, 2012. Kettenring, Karin Marie
Integrating recent advances in genetic diversity – ecosystem function research to improve ecological
restoration, 2012. System modeling to improve the hydro-ecological performance of diked wetland, 2012. What are effective treatments for controlling small, dense patches of Phragmites australis in Great Salt
Lake wetlands?, 2012. Classifying wetland vegetation with remote sensing techniques at the Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge,
Utah, 2012. Phragmites australis invasion into disturbances in Chesapeake Bay tidal wetlands: dispersal,
colonization, fitness, and restoration, 2012. Mapping Phragmites australis in Great Salt Lake Wetlands, 2012. Predicting invasion and prioritizing control of Phragmites australis in Great Salt Lake wetlands, 2012.
King, Michael M
“Managing wildlife according to the North American Model: a Utah perspective”, April 11, 2012.
Koons, David N
Climate and density-dependent drivers of reproductive success in plains bison, 2012.
Larese-Casanova, Mark
Developing and Piloting a Junior Naturalist Program, October 5, 2012. From idea to building the team – How to Develop a Master Naturalist type program Part ONE,
September 19, 2012. Developing and Piloting a Junior Naturalist Program, September 18, 2012. Building National Capacity with the Alliance of Natural Resources Outreach and Service Programs,
March 22, 2012. Developing and Piloting a Junior Naturalist Program, March 8, 2012.
Long, James N
Assessing clonal diversity of quaking aspen in the Intermountain West: Linking aspen clonal diversity
and landscape history, October 24, 2012.
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Ma, Zhao
Nontimber forest product harvesting on family forests: An example of novel uses of the National
Woodland Owner Survey data, December 2012. Family Forest Owners and Federal Taxes, October 27, 2012. The potential for carbon sequestration on private rangelands in Utah: A landowner perspective, June 19,
2012. Challenges for future carbon-sequestration programs: A case study of Utah ranchers, June 19, 2012.
Macnulty, Daniel Robert
Characteristics of an unexploited wolf population and management in national parks, October 24, 2012. The ecology of predator-prey interactions, October 3, 2012. Research overview and new initiatives, May 2, 2012. Behavioral Ecology of Wolf Predation in Yellowstone National Park, April 12, 2012.
Mesner, Nancy O
Comparing Alternative Approaches to Measuring BMP Implementation, Maintenance and
Effectiveness, May 21, 2012. Mock, Karen E
Why wildlife biologists need to know about genomics...and soon!, October 15, 2012. Demography of southern leatherside chub in the presence and absence of an introduced predator, July
2011. Demography of southern leatherside chub in the presence and absence of an introduced predator., March
2011. Potential effects of changing climate on Dendroctonus ponderosae, a widely distributed forest insect,
November 11, 2012. Assessing clonal diversity of quaking aspen in the Intermountain West: Linking aspen clonal diversity
and landscape history, October 24, 2012. Detection of genetic diversity in aspen forests using AVIRIS and Landsat imagery, September 11, 2012. Freshwater mussels in western North America: Contrasting phylogeographies in a common landscape,
September 4, 2012. Diversity of Metarhizium spp. isolates from the western and central United States, August 5, 2012. Western aspen (Populus tremuloides): molecular tools, changing perspectives, and future directions,
June 27, 2012. Modeling freshwater mussel distribution in relation to biotic and abiotic habitat variables in the Middle
Fork John Day River, Oregon, May 20, 2012.
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Remote sensing of forest genetic diversity and assessment of below ground microbial communities in Populus tremuloides forests, April 25, 2012.
Despite gloomy forecast, not all sucks for the Catostomidae, March 26, 2012. Continental-scale characterization of molecular variation in quaking aspen, January 29, 2012. Ecological trade-offs in western aspen: differences in resistance and tolerance between aspen clones,
January 29, 2012. Radial growth in aspen: influence of ploidy and climate on the Pando clone., January 29, 2012. Reproductive strategies in western aspen: sex happens., January 29, 2012. Western Forest Transcriptome Survey: Applying genomic discoveries towards understanding genome
responses to climate change., January 14, 2012. Monz, Christopher A.
Recreation Ecology Research in Grand Teton National Park, December 3, 2012. Visitor Management Research in Glacier Bay National Park, June 14, 2012. Using Traditional Recreation Management Techniques in an Urban-Proximate Natural Area: A Case
Study from the Swaner Preserve, October 1, 2012. Radel, Claudia A
Vulnerability in a migrating world: Insights into resilience theory from changing household economies
and socio-ecological systems in Calakmul, Mexico, November 14, 2012. Male labor out-migration and emerging land tenure outcomes in southeastern Mexico, May 23, 2012. Sometimes people choose change: Challenges to resilience theory from neoliberal consumerism, April
13, 2012. Synergies and Divergences Between Land Change Science and Political Ecology, February 24, 2012. State transfer payments, gendered labor migration, and women’s resource access and control, January
12, 2012. Ramsey, Robert Douglas
Using remote sensing to understand spatiotemporal landscape dynamics of aspen decline in southern
Utah's Cedar Mountain, October 27, 2010. A remote sensing landscape analysis of sudden aspen decline (SAD) in southern Utah's Cedar Mountain,
February 7, 2010. Ryel, Ronald J.
Understory phenotypic plasticity and functional diversity may buffer inter-annual variations in overstory
soil resource uptake, October 27, 2010. Using remote sensing to understand spatiotemporal landscape dynamics of aspen decline in southern
Utah's Cedar Mountain, October 27, 2010.
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Diurnal changes in epidermal UV transmittance of plants: variation among species and locations, August
2, 2010. Understory phenotypic plasticity and functional diversity may buffer inter-annual variations in overstory
soil resource uptake, August 2, 2010. Associations of near-surface soil moisture and annual plant community dynamics, April 20, 2010. Associations of near-surface soil moisture and annual plant community dynamics, March 31, 2010. A remote sensing landscape analysis of sudden aspen decline (SAD) in southern Utah's Cedar Mountain,
February 7, 2010. Schmidt, Robert H
Perceived damage and areas of needed research for wildlife pests of California agriculture, December
13, 2012. The Outdoor Cat, December 3, 2012. Sustainable Seafood, October 24, 2012. A Plague of Ranting: Wildlife and Ethics in a Modern World, October 16, 2012. Perceived Damage and Areas of Needed Research for Wildlife Pests of California Agriculture, October
16, 2012. Creating Environmental Leaders through Service Learning: A Transition from Theory to Real World
Application, March 22, 2012. Reflections on developing partnerships, February 4, 2012.
Schupp, Eugene W
Effects of Sagebrush Fire and Fire Surrogate Treatments on a Great Basin Seed Bank Community,
December 4, 2012. Short-term results from arid SageSTEP (Sagebrush Steppe Treatment Evaluation Project) fuel
treatments, December 4, 2012. Effects of tebuthiuron and imazapic on sagebrush and herbaceous understory, August 8, 2012. Inter-perennial gaps may indicate invisibility of sagebrush systems, August 8, 2012. Dust and proximity to unpaved roads correlated with decreased reproduction of an endangered Utah
endemic shrub, August 6, 2012. Evaluating restoration techniques using native perennial grasses in cheatgrass (Bromus tectorum L.)
invaded sagebrush-steppe ecosystems, August 6, 2012. Effects of tebuthiuron and imazapic on sagebrush and herbaceous understory, May 24, 2012.
Tainter, Joseph A
Energy and Catastrophe: What Links the Roman Empire to the Gulf Oil Spill?, October 14, 2012.
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Problem Solving and the Evolution of Complexity, September 13, 2012. Energy Gain and Resource Specialization: The Roman Empire and Today, March 2012. Sustainability Lessons of the Fukushima Meltdown, February 20, 2012. Flattening the World: Scale Changes Reduce Local Sustainability, February 19, 2012. Energy and Catastrophe: What Links the Roman Empire to the Gulf Oil Spill?, January 2012.
Van Miegroet, Helga
Changes in storage, stability and spectroscopic properties of soil organic carbon along montane
aspen-conifer ecotones in Utah, USA, July 15, 2012. Veblen, Kari
Context-dependent community dynamics and applications to rangeland systems, December 5, 2012. Alternative pathways for development of meso-scale wildlife hotspots in an East African savanna,
August 2012. Plant-herbivore interactions and restoration ecology on multi-use lands, May 2, 2012.
Villalba, Juan J
Using new knowledge on grazing behavior to manage weeds and health in ruminants., December 13,
2012. Linking Plant Chemistry and Herbivore Health., July 27, 2012. Exploring the combined effects of dietary tannins and saponins on sheep infected with Haemonchus
contortus., July 15, 2012. Plant secondary compounds, endoparasites and self-medication in ruminants., July 11, 2012. Primary Roles for Secondary Compounds: Enhancing the Health of Soil, Plants, Herbivores and People
through Plant Biochemical Diversity, July 11, 2012. A functional explanation of foraging behavior in ruminants, May 9, 2012. Natural products, dietary choices and human health., March 28, 2012. Using new knowledge on grazing behavior to control medusahead in the Western US., January 29, 2012.
Wheaton, Joseph Michael
The role of beaver in shaping steelhead trout habitat complexity and thermal refugia in a central Oregon
stream., September 2012. The role of beaver in shaping steelhead trout habitat complexity and thermal refugia in a central Oregon
