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Displaying 1,701 - 1,710 of 65,126 Publications- Susceptibility of bats to white-nose syndrome (WNS), a lethal disease caused by the fungus Pseudogymnoascus destructans (Pd), may be influenced by the amount of activity outside hibernacula during the winter. We tested the effects of hibernaculum type (aboveground or subterranean) and Pd status (positive or negative) on winter activity of tricolored bats (Perimyotis subflavus) in the southeastern USA along with the effects of ambient temperature, precipitation, and stage of hibernation. We placed acoustic detectors at the entrances of 13 hibernacula (4 aboveground and Pd-positive, 4...AuthorsSusan Loeb, William C. Bridges, Eric Winters, Rebecca L. Brown, Jessica R. Anderson, Mack Ferrari, Jordyn R. Upton, Lisa M. Smith, Thomas C. McElroy, Andrew J. Edelman, Christopher T. CornelisonKeywordsSourceScientific ReportsYear2025
- Wildfires have increased in size and severity and so has concern over how wildfires impact water security. The current literature suggests that wildfires may negatively impact surface water quality and community drinking water systems dependent on surface water as their drinking water source. Yet few studies consider the implications for the populations served by these downstream community drinking water systems. This research contributes to a more comprehensive understanding of water security by characterizing community water systems (CWSs) historically exposed to wildfire as well as...AuthorsCharlotte Wachter, Jordan F. Suter, Jesse Burkhardt, Wes Austin, Beth M. Haley, Siyu Pan, Sonja KolstoeSourceScience of The Total Environment. 989(7): 179814.Year2025
- This field guide - designed for use by people with minimal botanical training - is an identification aid for nearly 200 plant species having ecological indicator value in northern Idaho forest habitat types. It contains line drawings, simplified taxonomic descriptions, characteristics, tables, conspectuses, and keys. It emphasizes characteristics useful for field identification of many common and special interest plants. This is not a comprehensive taxonomy of northern Idaho flora.Previous Versions:RMRS-GTR-118-CD (2004): https://research.fs.usda.gov/treesearch/65151INT-GTR-180: https://res...AuthorsPatricia A. Patterson, Kenneth E. Neiman, Jonalea (Tonn) HansonSourceGen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-414. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 248 p. https://doi.org/10.2737/RMRS-GTR-414Year2025
- Motivation: Here, we make available a second version of the BioTIME database, which compiles records of abundance estimates for species in sample events of ecological assemblages through time. The updated version expands version 1.0 of the database by doubling the number of studies and includes substantial additional curation to the taxonomic accuracy of the records, as well as the metadata. Moreover, we now provide an R package (BioTIMEr) to facilitate use of the database. Main Types of Variables Included: The database is composed of one main data table containing the abundance records...AuthorsMaria Dornelas, Laura H. Antão, Amanda E. Bates, Viviana Brambilla, Jonathan M. Chase, Cher F. Y. Chow, Ada Fontrodona‐Eslava, Anne E. Magurran, Inês S. Martins, Faye Moyes, Alban Sagouis, Samuel Adu‐Acheampong, Daniel Acquah‐Lamptey, Dušan Adam, Penelope A. Ajani, Aitor Albaina, Pablo Almaraz, Jeongseop An, Roger Sigismund Anderson, Madelaine Jean Robertson Anderson, Alexsander Z. Antunes, Ivan Arismendi, Linda Armbrecht, Pedro Aros‐Mardones, Sreejith Kalpuzha Ashtamoorthy, Narayanan Ayyappan, Gal Badihi, Joseph J. Bailey, Andrew H. Baird, Mark Edward Baird, Sreekumar Vadakkethil Balakrishnan, José António L. Barão‐Nóbrega, Adi Barash, Miguel Barbosa, Jos Barlow, Claus Bässler, Matthieu Beaumont, Natalie Beenaerts, Tiago Octavio Begot, Wallace Beiroz, Ricardo Beldade, David M. Bell, Alecia Bellgrove, Jonathan Belmaker, Lisandro Benedetti‐Cecchi, Cassandra E. Benkwitt, Pamela Medina‐van Berkum, Fernando Vilas Boas Goulart, William A. Gould, Brandon T. Bestelmeyer, Matthew G. Betts, Maxwell Kelvin Billah, Anne D. Bjorkman, Magdalena Błażewicz, Christopher P. Bloch, Shane A. Blowes, Antonio Bode, Juliano A. Bogoni, Thomas Bolger, Timothy C. Bonebrake, Erik Bonsdorff, Roberta Bottarin, Luke N. Brokensha, Rob W. Brooker, Andrew J. Brooks, Helge Bruelheide, Thiago Almeida Bueno, Claire Laguionie, Mariana Lopes Campagnoli, James Cant, Erica Pellegrini Caramaschi, Alexandre Caron, Tadhg Carroll, Tancredi Caruso, Juan Carvajal‐Quintero, Giuseppe Castaldelli, Edward Castañeda‐Moya, Pedro V Castilho, Sonia Zanini Cechin, Shahar Chaikin, Uchangi Manjunatha Chandrashekara, Tory J. Chase, Chaolun Allen Chen, Jorge José Cherem, Sei‐Woong Choi, Erica M. Christensen, Alexander V Christianini, Jackson Wing Four Chu, Peter Coad, Carl Van Colen, Lise Comte, Elisabeth J. Cooper, J. Hans C. Cornelissen, Eddy Cosson, Unai Cotano, Luc Crevecoeur, Shannan Kyle Crow, Graeme S. Cumming, Vanessa S. Daga, Gabriella Damasceno, Gergana N. Daskalova, Claire H. Davies, Robert A. Davis, Frank P. Day, Sussy De‐La‐Zerda, Amy Elizabeth Deacon, Indradatta de Castro‐Arrazola, Steven Degraer, Kharran Deonarinesingh, Juan C. Diaz‐Ricaurte, Christopher R. Dickman, Tara Dirilgen, Ciaran John Dolan, J. Emmett Duffy, Timothy E. Dunn, Giselda Durigan, Ciara Dwyer, Stevan Earl, Dor Edelist, Graham John Edgar, Sally Edmondson, Ashley K. Elgin, Kari Elsa Ellingsen, Sarah C. Elmendorf, Ruth S. Eriksen, S. K. Morgan Ernest, Ruben Escribano, Paula Cabral Eterovick, Brian S. Evans, Jason D. Everett, Vesela Evtimova, Dan A. Exton, Andrew J. Fairbairn, Felipe Moreli Fantacini, Fabiano Turini Farah, Fábio Zanella Farneda, Mario E. Favila, Philippe Fernandez‐Fournier, Braulio Fernández‐Zapata, Diogo F. Ferreira, Carola Ferronato, Christopher R. du Feu, Alessandra Fidelis, David A. Fifield, Vilmar Picinatto Filho, Walter Mesquita Filho, Robert N. L. Fitt, Carlos A. H. Flechtmann, William R. Fraser, Donna L. Fraser, Lídia Freixas, John Fryxell, Garrett J. Fundakowski, Scott Stanley Gabara, Elise Gallois, Mariana García Criado, Emili García‐Berthou, Joaquim Garrabou, Andrew R. Gates, Roberto Cazzolla Gatti, Anna Gavioli, Tal Gavriel, Benoit Gendreau‐Berthiaume, Xingli Giam, Carina Gjerdrum, Michael Glemnitz, Jasmin Annica Godbold, Daniel Gómez‐Gras, Rodrigo Barbosa Gonçalves, Andy Goold, Richard R. Gordon, Menachem GorenKeywordsSourceGlobal Ecology and Biogeography. 34(5): e70003.Year2025
- Firewood banks are community-driven initiatives that aim to reduce fuel poverty by providing firewood to households facing heating insecurity. As firewood bank expansion continues, there is an emergent urgency to understand their operations, processes, capacities, and challenges. We formally surveyed known firewood bank leaders and evaluated the results through the framework of a strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (SWOT) analysis to better understand the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats of firewood banks more broadly. Further understanding of firewood bank...AuthorsS. M. Butler, E. E. Griffith, R. W. Harper, J. E. Leahy, Brett J. Butler, J. Comiskey, C. Hart, J. E. Dampier, D. DyerKeywordsSourceJournal of Rural and Community DevelopmentYear2025
- Forests in the Western United States face escalating threats from wildfire, pest outbreaks, and drought, leading experts and policymakers to call for extensive forest management to promote forest resilience and reduce wildfire risk. High treatment costs represent a major choke point to achieving forest management goals, but selling timber and biomass from forest thinning can offset costs and provide the revenue to help rapidly scale management actions. In this study, we assess how forest product market conditions influence the economic feasibility and scale of forest management by modeling...AuthorsEvan Patrick, Samuel G. Evans, Jeremy S. Fried, Matthew D. PottsSourceCurrent Research in Environmental Sustainability. 9: 100296.Year2025
- Valued for timber and wildlife, oaks (Quercus spp.) face many regeneration challenges in the eastern United States. Decades of fire suppression have produced favorable conditions for tree species that grow well in humid climates, such as maples, and less favorable conditions for species that thrive under drier conditions, such as oaks. The Hoosier National Forest in southern Indiana noticed a lack of oak advance regeneration in the 2010s, when long-term research showed that clearcut harvests performed in the 1980s, which were intended to regenerate oak, were now more dominated by red...AuthorsJenna Zukswert, John M. Kabrick, Daniel C. DeyKeywordsSourceFS; Rooted in ResearchYear2025
- Rachel Carson’s warning of a silent spring directed attention to unwanted side effects of pesticide application. Though her work led to policies restricting insecticide use, various insecticides currently in use affect nontarget organisms and may contribute to population declines. The insecticide tebufenozide is used to control defoliating Lepidoptera in oak forests harboring rich insect faunas. Over 3 years, we tested the effect of its aerial application on bird populations with autonomous sound recorders in a large, replicated, full factorial field experiment during a spongy moth...AuthorsOliver Mitesser, Sophia Hochrein, Zuzana Burivalova, Sandra Müller, Christian Strätz, Andrew M. Liebhold, Benjamin M. L. Leroy, Torben Hilmers, Kostadin B. Georgiev, Soyeon Bae, Wolfgang Weisser, Jörg MüllerKeywordsSourceConservation BiologyYear2025
- Silvopasture is a type of agroforestry system in which trees and shrubs are intentionally integrated with forages and livestock on the same unit of land. Silvopasture systems achieve multiple ecological, social, and production benefits. In addition to their value for timber and nontimber products, trees in silvopasture systems create beneficial shade for livestock during summer months and can enhance forage quality and quantity and provide other ecosystem services.AuthorsKatherine MacFarland, Samuel Feibel, Mark Batcheler, Annabelle Moore, Matthew M. Smith, Aaron JoslinYear2025
- The spruce beetle has been observed attacking spruce aphid-defoliated trees, although whether spruce beetle attacks are facilitated by spruce aphid defoliation is uncertain. The potential for spruce aphid to incite spruce beetle outbreaks is of great concern for managers as spruce populations are already declining across the West and spruce aphid outbreaks may increase with warmer winters. No previous studies have investigated impacts of spruce aphid defoliation on spruce beetle performance or defenses of Engelmann spruce. This project addressed impacts of spruce aphid defoliation on...AuthorsThomas Kolb, Monica Gaylord, Amanda Grady, Matt Hansen, Ann M. Lynch, Joel McMillin, Justin B. RunyonKeywordsYear2025