Scientific research by the US Geological Survey staff, published in outside (i.e., non-USGS) publications or scholarly journals.

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2007

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Butterfly responses to prairie restoration through fire and grazing, Jennifer A. Vogel, Diane M. Debinski, Rolf R. Koford, and James R. Miller

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Pesticide And Transformation Product Detections And Age-Dating Relations From Till And Sand Deposits, Kelly L. Warner and William S. Morrow

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A new species of nectar-feeding bat, genus Lonchophylla, from western Colombia and western Ecuador (Mammalia: Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae), Neal Woodman

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Simulation and observations of annual density banding in skeletons of Montastraea (Cnidaria: Scleractinia) growing under thermal stress associated with ocean warming, Ferenc P. Worum, Juan P. Carricart-Ganivet, Larry Benson, and Duncan Golicher

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Stress orientations of Taiwan Chelungpu-Fault Drilling Project (TCDP) hole-A as observed from geophysical logs, Hung-Yu Wu, Kuo-Fong Ma, Mark Zoback, Naomi Boness, Hisao Ito, Jih-Hao Hung, and U.S. Geological Survey

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Adaptive data-driven models for estimating carbon fluxes in the Northern Great Plains, Bruce K. Wylie, Eugene A. Fosnight, Tagir G. Gilmanov, Albert B. Frank, Jack A. Morgan, Marshall R. Haferkamp, and Tilden P. Meyers

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Late Quaternary Paleoenvironments of an Ephemeral Wetland in North Dakota, USA: Relative Interactions of Ground-Water Hydrology and Climate Change, Catherine H. Yansa, Walter E. Dean, and Edward C. Murphy

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Evaluation and comparison of gross primary production estimates for the Northern Great Plains grasslands, Li Zhang, Bruce K. Wylie, Thomas Loveland, Eugene A. Fosnight, Larry L. Tieszen, Lei Ji, and Tagir G. Gilmanov

2006

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Discontinuities in ecological data, Craig R. Allen

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Sprawl and the Resilience of Humans and Nature: an Introduction to the Special Feature, Craig R. Allen

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Seasonal and spatial patterns of metals at a restored copper mine site. I. Stream copper and zinc, Dustin G. Bambic, Charles N. Alpers, Peter G. Green, Eileen Fanelli, and Wendy K. Silk

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Modeling Approaches in Avian Conservation and the Role of Field Biologists, Steven R. Beissinger, Jeffrey R. Walters, Donald G. Catanzaro, Kimberly G. Smith, John B. Dunning Jr., Susan M. Haig, Barry R. Noon, and Bradley M. Stith

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The Agricultural Productivity of Chaco Canyon and the Source(s) of Pre-Hispanic Maize Found in Pueblo Bonito, Larry Benson, John Stein, Howard Taylor, Richard Friedman, and Thomas C. Windes

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Isotope sourcing of prehistoric willow and tule textiles recovered from western Great Basin rock shelters and caves e proof of concept, L.V. Benson, E.M. Hattori, H. E. Taylor, S.R. Poulson, and E.A. Jolie

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Multi-Species Patterns Of Avian Cholera Mortality In Nebraska’s Rainwater Basin, Julie A. Blanchong, Michael D. Samuel, and Gene Mack

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Abundance and distribution of selected elements in soils, stream sediments, and selected forage plants from desert tortoise habitats in the Mojave and Colorado deserts, USA, M. A. Chaffee and K. H. Berry

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Simulation of solute movement through wellbores to characterize public supply well contaminant vulnerability in the High Plains Aquifer, York, Nebraska, Brian R. Clark, Matthew K. Landon, Leon J. Kauffman, and George Z. Hornberger

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Simulation of solute movement through wellbores to characterize public supply well contaminant vulnerability in the High Plains Aquifer, York, Nebraska, Brian R. Clark, Matthew K. Landon, Leon J. Kauffman, and George Z. Hornberger

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Acoustic Stratigraphy of Bear Lake, Utah–Idaho—Late Quaternary Sedimentation Patterns in a Simple Half-Graben, Steven M. Colman

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Historical and Current Status of Elk in Kansas, Jonathan M. Conard, Philip S. Gipson, and Matt Peek

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Renewing the Conservation Commitment, Frank W. Davis, Dale D. Goble, and J. Michael Scott

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Introduction to "The Endangered Species Act at Thirty, Volume 2", Frank W. Davis, J. Michael Scott, and Dale D. Goble

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The National Wildlife Refuge System, Robert P. Davison, Alessandra Falcucci, Luigi Maiorano, and J. Michael Scott

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The Geochemical Record of the Last 17,000 Years in the Guaymas Basin, Gulf of California, Walter E. Dean

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A Continuous 250,000 Yr Record of Oxygen and Carbon Isotopes in Ostracode and Bulk-Sediment Carbonate from Bear Lake, Utah-Idaho, Walter E. Dean, Jordon Bright, Darrell S. Kaufman, and Richard M. Forester

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Unusual Holocene and late Pleistocene carbonate sedimentation in Bear Lake, Utah and Idaho, USA, Walter E. Dean, Joseph Rosenbaum, Gary Skipp, Steven Colman, Richard Forester, An Liu, Kathleen R. Simmons, and James Bischoff

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River-Aquifer Interactions, Geologic Heterogeneity, and Low-Flow Management, Jan H. Fleckenstein, Richard G. Niswonger, and Graham E. Fogg

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Status of Feral Pigs in Kansas and Nebraska, Philip S. Gipson, Charles D. Lee, Sam Wilson, James R. Thiele, and Deke Hobbick

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Conserving Biodiversity in Human-Dominated Landscapes, Dale D. Goble, J. Michael Scott, and Frank W. Davis

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Hybrids and Policy, Susan M. Haig and Fred W. Allendorf

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Taxonomic Considerations in Listing Subspecies Under the U.S. Endangered Species Act, Susan M. Haig, Erik A. Beever, Steven M. Chambers, Hope M. Draheim, Bruce D. Dugger, Susie M. Dunham, Elise Elliott-Smith, Joseph B. Fontaine, Dylan C. Kesler, Brian J. Knaus, Iara F. Lopes, Pete Loschl, Thomas D. Mullins, and Lisa M. Sheffield

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Environmental contaminants and biomarker responses in fish from the Columbia River and its tributaries: Spatial and temporal trends, Jo Ellen Hinck, Christopher J. Schmitt, Vicki S. Blazer, Nancy D. Denslow, Timothy M. Bartish, Patrick J. Anderson, James J. Coyle, Gail M. Dethloff, and Donald E. Tillitt

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Environmental Contaminants in Fish and Their Associated Risk to Piscivorous Wildlife in the Yukon River Basin, Alaska, Jo Ellen Hinck, Christopher J. Schmitt, Kathy R. Echols, Tom W. May, Carl E. Orazio, and Donald E. Tillitt

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Responses of Pond-Breeding Amphibians to Wildfire: Short-Term Patterns in Occupancy and Colonization, Blake R. Hossack and Paul Stephen Corn

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Divergent patterns of abundance and age-class structure of headwater stream tadpoles in burned and unburned watersheds, Blake R. Hossack, Paul Stephen Corn, and Daniel B. Fagre

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Distribution of boreal toad populations in relation to estimated UV-B dose in Glacier National Park, Montana, USA, Blake R. Hossack, Stephen A. Diamond, and Paul Stephen Corn

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Measuring groundwater–surface water interaction and its effect on wetland stream benthic productivity, Trout Lake watershed, northern Wisconsin, USA, Randall J. Hunt, Mac Strand, and John F. Walker

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Long-Term Population Monitoring: Lessons Learned From an Endangered Passerine in Hawai‘i, Luanne Johnson, Richard J. Camp, Kevin W. Brinck, and Paul C. Banko

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The Legacy of Leaded Gasoline in Bottom Sediment of Small Rural Reservoirs, Kyle E. Juracek and Andrew C. Ziegler

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Sex Determination of Pohnpei Micronesian Kingfishers Using Morphological and Molecular Genetic Techniques, Dylan C. Kesler, Iara F. Lopes, and Susan M. Haig

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Comprehensive genetic analyses reveal evolutionary distinction of a mouse (Zapus hudsonius preblei) proposed for delisting from the US Endangered Species Act, Tim L. King, John F. Switzer, Cheryl L. Morrison, Michael S. Eackles, Colleen C. Young, Barbara A. Lubinski, and Paul Cryan

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Spring Census of Mid-Continent Sandhill Cranes Using Aerial Infrared Videography, Paul Kinzel, Jonathan Nelson, Randolph Parker, and Lawrence Davis

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Cougars in Kansas, Charles D. Lee, Alyssa E. Warneke, Mike Houts, Troy R. Livingston, and Philip S. Gipson

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Change in atmospheric mineral aerosols in response to climate: Last glacial period, preindustrial, modern, and doubled carbon dioxide climates, Natalie M. Mahowald, Daniel R. Muhs, Samuel Levis, Philip J. Rasch, Masaru Yoshioka, Charles S. Zender, and Chao Luo

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Contact zone permeability at intrusion boundaries: new results from hydraulic testing and geophysical logging in the Newark Rift Basin, New York, USA, Jurg M. Matter, D. S. Goldberg, Roger H. Morin, and M. Stute

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A method for mapping corn using the US Geological Survey 1992 National Land Cover Dataset, S. K. Maxwell, J. R. Nuckols, and M. H. Ward

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Regional Patterns in the Isotopic Composition of Natural and Anthropogenic Nitrate in Groundwater, High Plains, U.S.A., P. B. McMahon and J. K. Bohlke

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Effects of historical climate change, habitat connectivity, and vicariance on genetic structure and diversity across the range of the red tree vole (Phenacomys longicaudus) in the Pacific Northwestern United States, Mark P. Miller, M. Renee Bellinger, Eric D. Forsman, and Susan M. Haig

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Phylogeography and Spatial Genetic Structure of the Southern Torrent Salamander: Implications for Conservation and Management, Mark P. Miller, Susan M. Haig, and R. Steven Wagner

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Eolian Additions to Late Quaternary Alpine Soils, Indian Peaks Wilderness Area, Colorado Front Range, Daniel R. Muhs and James B. Benedict

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A cool eastern Pacific Ocean at the close of the Last Interglacial complex, Daniel R. Muhs, Kathleen R. Simmons, George L. Kennedy, Kenneth R. Ludwig, and Lindsey T. Groves

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Ice Sheets and Sea Level, Johannes Oerlemans, Dorthe Dahl-Jensen, Valérie Masson-Delmotte, Jonathan T. Overpeck, Bette L. Otto-Bliesner, Gifford H. Miller, Richard B. Alley, Daniel R. Muhs, and Shawn J. Marshall

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Paleoclimatic Evidence for Future Ice-Sheet Instability and Rapid Sea-Level Rise, Jonathan T. Overpeck, Bette L. Otto-Bliesner, Gifford H. Miller, Daniel R. Muhs, Richard B. Alley, and Jeffrey T. Kiehl

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A New Device to Estimate Abundance of Moist-Soil Plant Seeds, Edward J. Penny, Richard M. Kaminski, and Kenneth J. Reinecke

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Alpersite (Mg,Cu)SO4•7H2O, A New Mineral of the Melanterite Group, and Cuprian Pentahydrite: Their Occurrence Within Mine Waste, Ronald C. Peterson, Jane M. Hammarstrom, and Robert R. Seal II

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Widespread Presence of Naturally Occurring Perchlorate in High Plains of Texas and New Mexico, Srinath Rajagopalan, Todd Anderson, Lynne Fahlquist, Ken Rainwater, Moira Ridley, and W. Andrew Jackson

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Critical Habitat, J. Michael Reed, H. Resit Akçakaya, Mark Burgman, Darren Bender, Steven R. Beissinger, and J. Michael Scott

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DIET COMPOSITION AND TERRESTRIAL PREY SELECTION OF THE LAYSAN TEAL ON LAYSAN ISLAND, Michelle H. Reynolds, John W. Slotterback, and Jeffrey R. Walters

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Anguilliform larvae collected off North Carolina, Steve W. Ross, Tara L. Casazza, Andrea M. Quattrini, and Kenneth J. Sulak

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A screening-level assessment of lead, cadmium, and zinc in fish and crayfish from Northeastern Oklahoma, USA, Christopher J. Schmitt, William G. Brumbaugh, Gregory L. Linder, and Jo Ellen Hinck

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Introduction to "The Endangered Species Act at Thirty, Volume 1", J. Michael Scott, Dale D. Goble, and Frank W. Davis

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By the Numbers, J. Michael Scott, Dale D. Goble, Leona K. Svancara, and Anna Pidgorna

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Sulfur Isotope Geochemistry of Sulfide Minerals, Robert R. Seal II

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Comparison of breeding bird and vegetation communities in primary and secondary forests of Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Theodore R. Simons, Susan A. Shriner, and George L. Farnsworth

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Use of mammal manure by nesting burrowing owls: a test of four functional hypotheses, Matthew D. Smith and Courtney J. Conway

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Mineralogical characterization of protolith and fault rocks from the SAFOD Main Hole, John G. Solum, Stephen H. Hickman, David A. Lockner, Diane E. Moore, Ben A. van der Pluijm, and James P. Evans

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Fate of fish production in a seasonally flooded saltmarsh, Philip W. Stevens, Clay L. Montague, and Kenneth J. Sulak

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Endangered Species Time Line, Leona K. Svancara, J. Michael Scott, Dale D. Goble, Frank W. Davis, and Donna Brewer

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Importance of Wetland Landscape Structure to Shorebirds Wintering in an Agricultural Valley, Oriane W. Taft and Susan M. Haig

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Landscape context mediates influence of local food abundance on wetland use by wintering shorebirds in an agricultural valley, Oriane W. Taft and Susan M. Haig

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A Spatially Explicit Decision Support Model for Restoration of Forest Bird Habitat, Daniel J. Twedt, William B. Uihlein III, and A. Blaine Elliott

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BREEDING BIOLOGY AND SUCCESS OF A REINTRODUCED POPULATION OF THE CRITICALLY ENDANGERED PUAIOHI (MYADESTES PALMERI), Erik J. Tweed, Jeffrey T. Foster, Bethany L. Woodworth, William B. Monahan, Jherime L. Kellerman, and Alan Lieberman

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Deep-water antipatharians: Proxies of environmental change, B. Williams, M.J. Risk, S.W. Ross, and K.J. Sulak

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The Role Of Ground Water In Generating Streamflow In Headwater Areas And In Maintaining Base Flow, Thomas C. Winter

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Gastrointestinal Morphology of Female White-Tailed and Mule Deer: Effects of Fire, Reproduction, and Feeding Type, Teresa J. Zimmerman, Jonathan A. Jenks, and David M. Leslie Jr.

2005

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Distribution Patterns of Lentic-Breeding Amphibians in Relation to Ultraviolet Radiation Exposure in Western North America, Michael J. Adams, Blake R. Hossack, Roland A. Knapp, Paul Stephen Corn, Stephen A. Diamond, Peter C. Trenham, and Dan B. Fagre

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Participant Observations on Environmental and Social Eff ect s of the Conservation Reserve Program: Results of a National Survey, Arthur W. Alen

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The Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program, Arthur W. Allen

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Comparison of a novel passive sampler to standard water-column sampling for organic contaminants associated with wastewater effluents entering a New Jersey stream, D. A. Alvarez, P. E. Stackelberg, J. D. Petty, J. N. Huckins, E. T. Furlong, S. D. Zaugg, and M. T. Meyer

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U-Pb Zircon Ages and Pb Isotope Geochemistry of Gold Deposits in the Carolina Slate Belt of South Carolina, R. A. Ayuso, J. L. Wooden, N. K. Foley, Robert R. Seal II, and A. K. Sinha

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Paleoceanographic History of the Guaymas Basin, Gulf of California, During the Past 15,000 Years Based on Diatoms, Silicoflagellates, and Biogenic Sediments, John A. Barron, David Bukrya, and Walter E. Dean

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Glyphosate, Other Herbicides, And Transformation Products In Midwestern Streams, 2002, William A. Battaglin, Dana W. Kolpin, Elizabeth A. Scribner, Kathryn M. Kuivila, and Mark W. Sandstrom

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Taxonomic Relationships Among Phenacomys Voles as Inferred by Cytochrome b, M. Renee Bellinger, Susan M. Haig, Eric D. Forsman, and Thomas D. Mullins

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New data for Late Pleistocene Pinedale alpine glaciation from southwestern Colorado, Larry Benson, Richard Madole, Gary Landis, and John Gosse

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Auditory brainstem responses in the Eastern Screech Owl: An estimate of auditory thresholds, Elizabeth F. Brittan-Powell, Bernard Lohr, Dana L. Hahn, and Robert J. Dooling

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Auditory brainstem responses in the Eastern Screech Owl: An estimate of auditory thresholds, Elizabeth F. Brittan-Powell, Bernard Lohr, D. Caldwell Hahn, and Robert J. Dooling

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The benthic community of the eastern US continental shelf: A literature synopsis of benthic faunal resources, R. Allen Brooks, Carla N. Purdy, Susan S. Bell, and Kenneth J. Sulak

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Concentrations of Cadmium, Lead, and Zinc in Fish from Mining-Influenced Waters of Northeastern Oklahoma: Sampling of Blood, Carcass, and Liver for Aquatic Biomonitoring, William G. Brumbaugh, Christopher J. Schmitt, and Thomas W. May

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Acquisition and Evaluation of Thermodynamic Data for Bieberite-Moorhouseite Equilibria at 0.1 MPa, I-Ming Chou and Robert Seal II

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Determination of Goslarite–Bianchite Equilibria by the Humidity-Buffer Technique at 0.1 MPa, I-Ming Chou and Robert R. Seal II

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Paleontology and stratigraphy of upper Coniacianemiddle Santonian ammonite zones and application to erosion surfaces and marine transgressive strata in Montana and Alberta, W. A. Cobban, T. S. Dyman, and K. W. Porter

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Climate change and amphibians, P.S. Corn

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Conceptual model of sediment processes in the upper Yuba River watershed, Sierra Nevada, CA, Jennifer A. Curtis, Lorraine E. Flint, Charles N. Alpers, and Sarah M. Yarnell

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Estimated Ultraviolet Radiation Doses in Wetlands in Six National Parks, Stephen A. Diamond, Peter C. Trenham, Michael J. Adams, Blake R. Hossack, Roland A. Knapp, Stacey L. Stark, David Bradford, P. Stephen Corn, Ken Czarnowski, Paul D. Brooks, Dan Fagre, Bob Breen, Naomi E. Detenbeck, and Kathy Tonnessen

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Mountain Plover Population Responses to Black-Tailed Prairie Dogs in Montana, Stephen J. Dinsmore, Gary C. White, and Fritz L. Knopf

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Basal Tissue Structure In The Earliest Euconodonts: Testing Hypotheses Of Developmental Plasticity In Euconodont Phylogeny, Xi-Ping Dong, Philip C. J. Donoghue, and John E. Repetski

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The Impacts of Sprawl on Biodiversity: the Ant Fauna of the Lower Florida Keys, Elizabeth A. Forys and Craig R. Allen

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Population Structure of Columbia Spotted Frogs (Rana luteiventris) is Strongly Affected by the Landscape, W. Chris Funk, Michael S. Blouin, Paul Stephen Corn, Bryce A. Maxell, David S. Pilliod, Stephen Amish, and Fred W. Allendorf

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High Dispersal in a Frog Species Suggest that it is Vulnerable to Habitat Fragmentation, W. Chris Funk, Allison E. Greene, Paul Stephen Corn, and Fred W. Allendorf

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Transport of Chemical and Microbial Compounds from Known Wastewater Discharges: Potential for Use as Indicators of Human Fecal Contamination, Susan Glassmeyer, Edward Furlong, Dana Kolpin, Jeffrey Cahill, Steven Zaugg, Stephen Werner, Michael Meyer, and David Kryak