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Nest success of ground‐nesting ducks in the wetlands of Great Salt Lake, Utah by Bell, Mark E., Conover, Michael R.

“…The number of ground‐nesting ducks in the wetlands of Great Salt Lake, Utah has drastically decreased in the past few decades. A potential cause for this…”
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Numbers of human fatalities, injuries, and illnesses in the United States due to wildlife by Conover, Michael R.

“…I reviewed published and unpublished papers, government reports, and websites to estimate how many people are injured or killed each year by wildlife or…”
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Habitat‐linked genetic structure for white‐crowned sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys): Local factors shape population genetic structure by Welke, Catherine A., Graham, Brendan, Conover, Ross R., Rivers, James W., Burg, Theresa M.

“…Ecological, environmental, and geographic factors all influence genetic structure. Species with broad distributions are ideal systems because they cover a…”
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Microhabitat Conditions in Wyoming's Sage-Grouse Core Areas: Effects on Nest Site Selection and Success by Dinkins, Jonathan B, Smith, Kurt T, Beck, Jeffrey L, Kirol, Christopher P, Pratt, Aaron C, Conover, Michael R

“…The purpose of our study was to identify microhabitat characteristics of greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) nest site selection and survival to…”
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Nest‐site selection by cinnamon teal and other ground‐nesting ducks in Great Salt Lake wetlands by Bell, Mark E., Conover, Michael R.

“…Ground‐nesting ducks can reduce nest depredation by selecting nest sites where local physical structures or vegetation provide olfactory or visual concealment…”
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Pocket gopher (Thomomys talpoides) soil disturbance peaks at mid-elevation and is associated with air temperature, forb cover, and plant diversity by Lynn, Joshua S., Canfield, Samuel, Conover, Ross R., Keene, Jeremy, Rudgers, Jennifer A.

“…Burrowing mammals can be ecosystem engineers by increasing soil aeration and erosion and altering the structure of plant communities. Studies that characterize…”
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Does Weather or Site Characteristics Influence the Ability of Scavengers to Locate Food? by Ruzicka, Rebekah E., Conover, Michael R.

“…Olfactory predators and scavengers rely on odors to locate food, and they forage primarily at night. We hypothesized that weather (e.g. wind speed, humidity,…”
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Microhabitat Selection for Nesting and Brood-Rearing by the Greater Sage-Grouse in Xeric Big Sagebrush by Kirol, Christopher P, Beck, Jeffrey L, Dinkins, Jonathan B, Conover, Michael R

“…Understanding selection of breeding habitat is critical to conserving and restoring habitats for the Greater Sage-Grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus),…”
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Delayed Nesting by Female Canada Geese (Branta canadensis): Benefits and Costs by Conover, Michael R

“…In many avian species, females do not nest the first year they attain sexual maturity. I examined the benefits and costs of delayed nesting in a nonmigratory…”
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Habitat Use by Meso-Predators in a Corridor Environment by FREY, S. NICOLE, CONOVER, MICHAEL R

“…Red foxes (Vulpes vulpes), raccoons (Procyon lotor), and striped skunks (Mephitis mephitis) are found throughout the United States, wherever there is suitable…”
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Environmental Influences on Wintering Duck Abundance at Great Salt Lake, Utah by Roberts, Anthony J., Conover, Michael R., Vest, Josh L.

“…North American waterfowl winter throughout a large geographic area, and the choice of wintering site has a direct impact on survival and fitness. Climatic and…”
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Trace Element Concentrations in Wintering Waterfowl from the Great Salt Lake, Utah by Vest, J. L., Conover, M. R., Perschon, C., Luft, J., Hall, J. O.

“…The Great Salt Lake (GSL) is an important region for millions of migratory waterbirds. However, high concentrations of some trace elements, including Hg and…”
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Comparing urban and wildland bear densities with a DNA-based capture-mark-recapture approach by Fusaro, Jonathan L., Conner, Mary M., Conover, Michael R., Taylor, Timothy J., Kenyon, Marc W., Sherman, Jamie R., Ernest, Holly B.

“…California’s black bear (Ursus americanus) population has tripled over the last 3 decades, causing an increased incidence of human-bear conflicts, many of…”
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Best management practices in counting urban black bears by Fusaro, Jonathan L., Conner, Mary M., Conover, Michael R., Taylor, Timothy J., Kenyon, Marc W.

“…DNA-based capture-mark-recapture (CMR) techniques are commonly used to obtain population parameters of black bears (Ursus americanus) in rural and wildland…”
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Winter Avian Community and Sparrow Response to Field Border Width by CONOVER, ROSS R, BURGER, L. WES, LINDER, ERIC T

“…Transformations of agricultural practices in the southeastern United States have drastically reduced preexisting quantities of strip-cover habitat along field…”
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Energy content and digestibility of brine shrimp ( Artemia franciscana) and other prey items of eared grebes ( Podiceps nigricollis) on the Great Salt Lake, Utah by Caudell, J.N., Conover, M.R.

“…We measured the gross energy of brine shrimp ( Artemia franciscana), brine shrimp cysts, brine flies ( Ephydra spp.), brine fly larva, and corixids (…”
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Perioperative Management of Children on Ketogenic Dietary Therapies by Conover, Zacherie R., Talai, Afsaneh, Klockau, Katherine S., Ing, Richard J., Chatterjee, Debnath

“…Ketogenic diet therapy (KDT) is an effective treatment modality for children with drug-resistant epilepsy and certain other metabolic and neurologic disorders…”
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Comparative life histories in the genera Calanus and Neocalanus in high latitudes of the northern hemisphere by Conover, R. J.

“…At least nine species of Calanidae occupy the area of interest, four in the Atlantic and five in the Pacific. All store wax esters and probably can undergo…”
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Effects of common raven and coyote removal and temporal variation in climate on greater sage-grouse nesting success by Dinkins, Jonathan B., Conover, Michael R., Kirol, Christopher P., Beck, Jeffrey L., Frey, Shandra Nicole

“…Predator removal has been simultaneously proposed and criticized as a mitigation measure for low reproductive rates of prey species, including greater…”
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Predators, Predator Removal, and Sage-Grouse: A Review by CONOVER, MICHAEL R., ROBERTS, ANTHONY J.

“…Populations of greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus; sage-grouse) have been in a decline since the nineteenth century. We used our research,…”
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