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Missing the bigger picture: Why insect monitoring programs are limited in their ability to document the effects of habitat loss by Forister, M. L., Black, S. H., Elphick, C. S., Grames, E. M., Halsch, C. A., Schultz, C. B., Wagner, D. L.

“…The fate of insects in the Anthropocene has been widely discussed in the scientific literature, the popular media, and in policy circles. This recent attention…”
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Application of the complete‐data likelihood to estimate juvenile and adult survival for the endangered Hawaiian stilt by Reed, J. M, Field, C. R, Silbernagle, M. D, Nadig, A, Goebel, K, Dibben‐Young, A, Donaldson, P, Elphick, C. S

“…Applied ecologists routinely use demographic models to predict population trajectories. Survival rates throughout the life cycle, which are required for these…”
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Functional equivalency between rice fields and seminatural wetland habitats by Elphick, Chris S.

“…Evaluating the potential for anthropogenic habitats to act as surrogates for the natural habitats they replace is a key issue in conservation biology. In…”
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Vegetation Zonation Predicts Soil Carbon Mineralization and Microbial Communities in Southern New England Salt Marshes by Barry, A., Ooi, S. K., Helton, A. M., Steven, B., Elphick, C. S., Lawrence, B. A.

“…Coastal marshes are important blue carbon reservoirs, but it is unclear how vegetation shifts associated with tidal restoration and sea level rise alter soil…”
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Winter Management of Californian Rice Fields for Waterbirds by Elphick, Chris S., Oring, Lewis W.

“…1. Recent legislation designed to reduce air pollution has restricted Californian ricefarmers from burning rice stubble after harvest. Intentional flooding of…”
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Space Use by Swainson’s Hawk ( Buteo swainsoni ) in the Natomas Basin, California by Fleishman, E., Anderson, J., Dickson, B. G., Krolick, D., Estep, J. A., Anderson, R.L., Elphick, C. S., Dobkin, D. S., Bell, D. A.

“…We used satellite-based remote sensing to estimate home ranges for Swainson’s Hawk, a species listed as threatened in California (USA), on its breeding grounds…”
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One-dimensional fluid diffusion induced by constant-rate flow injection: Theoretical analysis and application to the determination of fluid permeability and specific storage of a cored rock sample by Song, I., Elphick, S. C., Main, I. G., Ngwenya, B. T., Odling, N. W., Smyth, N. F.

“…We describe the conceptual design and first application of a new method for simultaneously measuring the fluid permeability and specific storage of a rock…”
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Permeability evolution during progressive development of deformation bands in porous sandstones by Ngwenya, B. T., Kwon, O., Elphick, S. C., Main, I. G.

“…Triaxial deformation experiments were carried out on large (0.1 m) diameter cores of a porous sandstone in order to investigate the evolution of bulk sample…”
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Fault gouge diagenesis at shallow burial depth: Solution–precipitation reactions in well-sorted and poorly sorted powders of crushed sandstone by Kay, M.A., Main, I.G., Elphick, S.C., Ngwenya, B.T.

“…Using a new oedometric-type uniaxial cell, we determine rate constants for closed-system diagenesis of crushed quartz-rich aeolian sandstone powders in…”
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Correlation Between Microstructure and Flow Behavior in Porous Sandstones by Baraka-Lokmane, S., Main, I. G., Ngwenya, B. T., Elphick, S. C., Jones, C., Hamilton, S. A.

“…The correlation between permeability and petrographical parameters in cored samples can be used by extrapolations to predict permeability in uncored intervals…”
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Life-history and viability analysis of the endangered Hawaiian stilt by Reed, J.Michael, Elphick, Chris S., Oring, Lewis W.

“…The Hawaiian stilt Himantopus mexicanus knudseni is an endangered, endemic subspecies of black-necked stilt. We present life-history data required to perform…”
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Application of complementary methods for more robust characterization of sandstone cores by Baraka-Lokmane, S., Main, I.G., Ngwenya, B.T., Elphick, S.C.

“…This paper is based on detailed mineralogical, structural, petrophysical, and geochemical studies of sandstone core samples, using routine core analysis…”
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The effect of hydrogen on oxygen diffusion in quartz: evidence for fast proton transients? by Elphick, S. C, Graham, C. M

“…Recent research reports the results of a study of the diffusion of oxygen in quartz at high pressure and temperature in the presence of water and of dry…”
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Assessing conservation trade-offs: identifying the effects of flooding rice fields for waterbirds on non-target bird species by Elphick, Chris S

“…I examined how winter flooding of post-harvest rice fields—a management practice used to benefit waterbirds—affects field use by other birds. In addition to…”
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Conservation implications of flooding rice fields on winter waterbird communities by Elphick, Chris S, Oring, Lewis W

“…The effects of flooding harvested rice fields on waterbird communities were studied during winter. Variation in the number of waterbird species, overall…”
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Correcting avian richness estimates for unequal sample effort in atlas studies by ELPHICK, CHRIS S.

“…Over the last two decades, the production of atlases describing the distributions of birds has become widespread. If it is the intention to compare species…”
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An ion microprobe study of anhydrous oxygen diffusion in anorthite: a comparison with hydrothermal data and some geological implications by ELPHICK, S. C, GRAHAM, C. M, DENNIS, P. F

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Variations in the Distributions of Marine Birds with Water Mass in the Northern Bering Sea by Elphick, Chris S., Hunt, George L.

“…We examined the pelagic distributions of 12 species of northern Bering Sea birds with respect to the water masses in which they were observed during the…”
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Correlation of microseismic and chemical properties of brittle deformation in Locharbriggs sandstone by Ojala, Ira O., Ngwenya, Bryne T., Main, Ian G., Elphick, Stephen C.

“…The time‐dependent properties of ceramic materials such as rocks depend both on preexisting cracks and chemical properties acting at their tips. We have…”
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Experimental constraints on the diagenetic self-sealing capacity of faults in high porosity rocks by Ngwenya, B.T., Elphick, S.C., Main, I.G., Shimmield, G.B.

“…A thorough understanding of fault seal processes is important in many practical and geological applications, which depend on subsurface flow of fluids. While…”
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