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Fire, livestock grazing, topography, and precipitation affect occurrence and prevalence of cheatgrass (Bromus tectorum) in the central Great Basin, USA by Williamson, Matthew A., Fleishman, Erica, Mac Nally, Ralph C., Chambers, Jeanne C., Bradley, Bethany A., Dobkin, David S., Board, David I., Fogarty, Frank A., Horning, Ned, Leu, Matthias, Wohlfeil Zillig, Martha

“…Cheatgrass ( Bromus tectorum ) has increased the extent and frequency of fire and negatively affected native plant and animal species across the Intermountain…”
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Relating beta diversity of birds and butterflies in the Great Basin to spatial resolution, environmental variables and trait‐based groups by Yen, Jian D. L., Fleishman, Erica, Fogarty, Frank, Dobkin, David S., Soininen, Janne

“…Aim We sought to characterize spatial and temporal beta diversity of birds and butterflies in the Great Basin (western U.S.A.) and to determine whether the…”
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Changes in Avian and Plant Communities of Aspen Woodlands over 12 Years after Livestock Removal in the Northwestern Great Basin by EARNST, SUSAN L., DOBKIN, DAVID S., BALLARD, JENNIFER A.

“…Riparian and quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides) woodlands are centers of avian abundance and diversity in the western United States, but they have been…”
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Coefficient shifts in geographical ecology: an empirical evaluation of spatial and non-spatial regression by Mauricio Bini, L, Diniz-Filho, J. Alexandre F, Rangel, Thiago F.L.V.B, Akre, Thomas S.B, Albaladejo, Rafael G, Albuquerque, Fabio S, Aparicio, Abelardo, Araújo, Miguel B, Baselga, Andrés, Beck, Jan, Isabel Bellocq, M, Böhning-Gaese, Katrin, Borges, Paulo A.V, Castro-Parga, Isabel, Khen Chey, Vun, Chown, Steven L, de Marco, Jr, Paulo, Dobkin, David S, Ferrer-Castán, Dolores, Field, Richard, Filloy, Julieta, Fleishman, Erica, Gómez, Jose F, Hortal, Joaquín, Iverson, John B, Kerr, Jeremy T, Daniel Kissling, W, Kitching, Ian J, León-Cortés, Jorge L, Lobo, Jorge M, Montoya, Daniel, Morales-Castilla, Ignacio, Moreno, Juan C, Oberdorff, Thierry, Olalla-Tárraga, Miguel Á, Pausas, Juli G, Qian, Hong, Rahbek, Carsten, Rodríguez, Miguel Á, Rueda, Marta, Ruggiero, Adriana, Sackmann, Paula, Sanders, Nathan J, Carina Terribile, Levi, Vetaas, Ole R, Hawkins, Bradford A

“…A major focus of geographical ecology and macroecology is to understand the causes of spatially structured ecological patterns. However, achieving this…”
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Long-term livestock grazing alters aspen age structure in the northwestern Great Basin by Beschta, Robert L., Boone Kauffman, J., Dobkin, David S., Ellsworth, Lisa M.

“…•We studied the age structure of riparian aspen in the northwestern Great Basin.•We compared livestock grazing and climate on long-term aspen…”
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Balancing generality and specificity in ecological gradient analysis with species abundance distributions and individual size distributions by Yen, Jian D. L., Thomson, James R., Keith, Jonathan M., Paganin, David M., Fleishman, Erica, Dobkin, David S., Bennett, Joanne M., Mac Nally, Ralph

“…Aim: Data on ecological communities are often condensed into single-valued diversity indices, which support comparisons among ecosystems but may discard…”
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TEETERING ON THE EDGE OR TOO LATE? CONSERVATION AND RESEARCH ISSUES FOR AVIFAUNA OF SAGEBRUSH HABITATS by Knick, Steven T, Dobkin, David S, Rotenberry, John T, Schroeder, Michael A, Vander Haegen, W. Matthew, van Riper, Charles

“…Degradation, fragmentation, and loss of native sagebrush (Artemisia spp.) landscapes have imperiled these habitats and their associated avifauna. Historically,…”
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An empirical evaluation of the area and isolation paradigm of metapopulation dynamics by Pellet, Jérôme, Fleishman, Erica, Dobkin, David S., Gander, Antoine, Murphy, Dennis D.

“…Much of metapopulation theory assumes that the persistence of individual populations in a metapopulation, and persistence of the metapopulation as a whole, is…”
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Effects of point-count duration on estimated detection probabilities and occupancy of breeding birds by Leu, Matthias, Farnsworth, Matthew L., Fleishman, Erica, Dobkin, David S., Scherer, Rick D., Noon, Barry R., Dickson, Brett G.

“…Increasingly, point-count data are used to estimate occupancy, the probability that a species is present at a given location; occupancy accounts for imperfect…”
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Use of guilds for modelling avian responses to vegetation in the Intermountain West (USA) by Mac Nally, Ralph, Fleishman, Erica, Thomson, James R, Dobkin, David S

“…Individually focused conservation management of many species is expensive and logistically impractical. Mesofilter conservation methods may facilitate the…”
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Current and Potential Future Elevational Distributions of Birds Associated with Pinyon-Juniper Woodlands in the Central Great Basin, U.S.A by Fleishman, Erica, Dobkin, David S

“…We examined the relationship of breeding birds to elevation across and within four adjacent mountain ranges in the central Great Basin, a cold desert in…”
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Relationship Between Avifaunal Occupancy and Riparian Vegetation in the Central Great Basin (Nevada, U.S.A.) by Dickson, Brett G, Fleishman, Erica, Dobkin, David S, Hurteau, Sarah R

“…In western North America, riparian vegetation is being lost in response to changes in land use and climate. We examined the relationship between obligate…”
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Comparison of Predictor Sets for Species Richness and the Number of Rare Species of Butterflies and Birds by Thomson, James R., Fleishman, Erica, Nally, Ralph Mac, Dobkin, David S.

“…Aim Accurate inventories of biota are typically restricted to few locations within an extensive region. Accordingly, effective planning must involve some form…”
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Influence of the temporal resolution of data on the success of indicator species models of species richness across multiple taxonomic groups by Thomson, James R., Fleishman, Erica, Mac Nally, Ralph, Dobkin, David S.

“…Indicator species models may be a cost-effective approach to estimating species richness across large areas. Obtaining reliable distributional data for…”
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE: Comparison of predictor sets for species richness and the number of rare species of butterflies and birds by Thomson, James R., Fleishman, Erica, Nally, Ralph Mac, Dobkin, David S.

“…Aim  Accurate inventories of biota are typically restricted to few locations within an extensive region. Accordingly, effective planning must involve some form…”
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Nest-Site Relationships among Cavity-Nesting Birds of Riparian and Snowpocket Aspen Woodlands in the Northwestern Great Basin by Dobkin, David S., Rich, Adam C., Pretare, Jennifer A., Pyle, William H.

“…We examined nest-site and nest-cavity characteristics for six species of cavity-nesting birds in montane riparian and snowpocket aspen (Populus tremuloides)…”
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Identifying spatially and temporally transferrable surrogate measures of species richness by Fleishman, Erica, Yen, Jian D.L., Thomson, James R., Mac Nally, Ralph, Dobkin, David S., Leu, Matthias

“…We developed a transferable method to identify indicator species and environmental variables that explain considerable variation in species richness. We…”
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Changes in Avian and Plant Communities of Aspen Woodlands over 12 Years after Livestock Removal in the Northwestern Great BasinCambios en las Comunidades de Aves y Plantas en Bosques de Alamo a lo Largo de 12 Anos Despues de la Remocion de Ganado en la Gran Cuenca Noroccidental by EARNST, SUSAN L, Dobkin, David S, Ballard, Jennifer A

“…Riparian and quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides) woodlands are centers of avian abundance and diversity in the western United States, but they have been…”
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Changes in Avian and Plant Communities of Aspen Woodlands over 12 Years after Livestock Removal in the Northwestern Great Basin; Cambios en las Comunidades de Aves y Plantas en Bosques de Álamo a lo Largo de 12 Años Después de la Remoción de Ganado en la Gran Cuenca Noroccidental by EARNST, SUSAN L, DOBKIN, DAVID S, BALLARD, JENNIFER A

“…Riparian and quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides) woodlands are centers of avian abundance and diversity in the western United States, but they have been…”
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From the Editor by DOBKIN, DAVID S.

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