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Construction of PCR primers to detect and distinguish Eimeria spp. in northern bobwhites and a survey of Eimeria on gamebird farms in the United States
Gerhold, McDougald, Beckstead
Coccidiosis is an important disease in captive gamebirds, including northern bobwhites (Colinusvirginianus). Three Eimeria species, Eimeria lettyae, Eimeria dispersa, and Eimeria colini, have been described in bobwhites. Distinguishing the various…
Year: 2011
Type: Document

Haemosporidian infection in captive masked bobwhite quail (Colinus virginianus ridgwayi), an endangered subspecies of the northern bobwhite quail
Pacheco, Escalante, Garner, Bradley, Aguilar
The avian haemosporidian parasites (phylum Apicomplexa) are taxonomically diverse and cosmopolitan in distribution: infecting most bird families. Sources of concern are reports of clinical haemosporidian infections in birds kept as part of zoo and…
Year: 2011
Type: Document

Effects of a nonnative, invasive lovegrass on Agave palmeri distribution, abundance, and insect pollinator communities
Lindsay, Bailey, Lance, Clifford, Delph, Cobb
Nonnative Lehmann lovegrass (Eragrostis lehmanniana) has invaded large areas of the Southwestern United States, and its impact on native plants is not fully understood. Palmer's agave (Agave palmeri), an important resource for many pollinators, is a…
Year: 2011
Type: Document

Major decline in fires in coniferous forests -- reconstructing the phenomenon and seeking for the cause
Wallenius
Steep decline in forest fires about a century ago occurred in coniferous forests over large areas in North America and Fennoscandia. This poorly understood phenomenon has been explained by different factors in different regions. The objective of…
Year: 2011
Type: Document

Linking 3D spatial models of fuels and fire: effects of spatial heterogeneity on fire behavior
Parsons, Mell, McCauley
Crown fire endangers fire fighters and can have severe ecological consequences. Prediction of fire behavior in tree crowns is essential to informed decisions in fire management. Current methods used in fire management do not address variability in…
Year: 2011
Type: Document

Preburn history and seasonal burning effects on the soil seed bank in the Fescue Prairie
Romo, Gross
Fescue Prairie is one of the most threatened ecosystems in Canada, and burning is essential for conserving remnants of this grassland. Burning is a key process in the natural disturbance regime, but its effect on the soil seed bank in Fescue Prairie…
Year: 2011
Type: Document

Ready, Set, Go!
The RSG! Program tenets help residents be Ready with preparedness understanding, be Set with situational awareness when fire threatens, and to Go, acting early when a fire starts.
Year: 2011
Type: Website

A model of gas mixing into single-entrance tree cavities during wildland fires
Bova, Bohrer, Dickinson
The level of protection to fauna provided by tree cavities during wildland fires is not well understood. Here we present a model for estimating the transport of combustion gases into cylindrical, single-entrance cavities during exposures caused by…
Year: 2011
Type: Document

Global and regional analysis of climate and human drivers of wildfire
Aldersley, Murray, Cornell
Identifying and quantifying the statistical relationships between climate and anthropogenic drivers of fire is important for global biophysical modelling of wildfire and other Earth system processes. This study used regression tree and random forest…
Year: 2011
Type: Document

Strategies, tools, and challenges for sustaining and restoring high elevation five-needle white pine forests in western North America
Keane, Schoettle
Many ecologically important, five-needle white pine forests that historically dominated the high elevation landscapes of western North America are now being heavily impacted by mountain pine beetle (Dendroctonus spp.) outbreaks, the exotic disease…
Year: 2011
Type: Document