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Wetland Conservation: Challenges Related to Water Law and Farm Policy by King, Sammy L., Laubhan, Murray K., Tashjian, Paul, Vradenburg, John, Fredrickson, Leigh

“…Water is essential for wetland function and sustaining migratory networks for wetland wildlife across broad landscapes. Groundwater declines and surface flow…”
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Combining citizen science species distribution models and stable isotopes reveals migratory connectivity in the secretive Virginia rail by Fournier, Auriel M. V., Sullivan, Alexis R., Bump, Joseph K., Perkins, Marie, Shieldcastle, Mark C., King, Sammy L.

“…1. Stable hydrogen isotope (δD) methods for tracking animal movement are widely used yet often produce low resolution assignments. Incorporating prior…”
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Migration efficiency sustains connectivity across agroecological networks supporting sandhill crane migration by Donnelly, J. Patrick, King, Sammy L., Knetter, Jeff, Gammonley, James H., Dreitz, Victoria J., Grisham, Blake A., Nowak, M. Cathy, Collins, Daniel P.

“…Preserving avian flyway connectivity has long been challenged by our capacity to meaningfully quantify continental habitat dynamics and bird movements at…”
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Predicting the Spatial Distribution of King Rails in an Agricultural Landscape by Pickens, Bradley A, King, Sammy L

“…Species distribution modeling is valuable for assessing rare or elusive species and in landscapes where accessibility is limited, such as agricultural lands…”
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Relationships among rare plant communities and abiotic conditions in managed spring‐fed arid wetlands by Cantu de Leija, Antonio, King, Sammy L.

“…Spring‐fed wetlands within arid and semiarid systems are hotspots for endemism and distribution of rare plants. Interactions among groundwater and the…”
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Factors Affecting Nest Success of Colonial Nesting Waterbirds in Southwest Louisiana by Ritenour, Karis, King, Sammy L., Collins, Samantha, Kaller, Michael D.

“…Subsidence and accelerated sea level rise impact nesting area availability and flood probabilities of breeding islands for colonial nesting waterbirds. In 2017…”
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Hydrologic Modifications Challenge Bottomland Hardwood Forest Management by King, Sammy L, Keim, Richard F

“…Abstract Bottomland hardwoods are floodplain forests along rivers and streams throughout the southeastern United States. The interrelations among hydrology,…”
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Climate and human water use diminish wetland networks supporting continental waterbird migration by Donnelly, J. Patrick, King, Sammy L., Silverman, Nicholas L., Collins, Daniel P., Carrera‐Gonzalez, Eduardo M., Lafón‐Terrazas, Alberto, Moore, Johnnie N.

“…Migrating waterbirds moving between upper and lower latitudinal breeding and wintering grounds rely on a limited network of endorheic lakes and wetlands when…”
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Channelization and floodplain forests: Impacts of accelerated sedimentation and valley plug formation on floodplain forests of the Middle Fork Forked Deer River, Tennessee, USA by Oswalt, Sonja N., King, Sammy L.

“…We evaluated the severe degradation of floodplain habitats resulting from channelization and concomitant excessive coarse sedimentation on the Middle Fork…”
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Influences of channel and floodplain modification on expansion of woody vegetation into Catahoula Lake, Louisiana, USA by Keim, Richard F., Dugué, Lincoln, Latuso, Karen D., Joshi, Sanjeev, King, Sammy L., Willis, Frank L.

“…Ecosystem structure of wetlands in managed floodplains depends on hydrological processes controlled by geomorphology and water management. Overlapping effects…”
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Summer use of Rice Fields by Secretive Marsh Birds in the Mississippi Alluvial Valley of Northeast Louisiana by Valente, Jonathon J., King, Sammy L., Wilson, R. Randy

“…Many secretive marsh bird (SMB) species nest within rice fields, yet in most regions we do not understand the extent to which these birds use such habitats. In…”
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Linking multi-temporal satellite imagery to coastal wetland dynamics and bird distribution by Pickens, Bradley A., King, Sammy L.

“…•We quantified dynamic ecological processes within wetlands via satellite imagery.•Models of marsh bird distributions used single-date and multi-temporal…”
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Multiscale Habitat Selection of Wetland Birds in the Northern Gulf Coast by Pickens, Bradley A, King, Sammy L

“…The spatial scale of habitat selection has become a prominent concept in ecology, but has received less attention in coastal ecology. In coastal marshes,…”
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Challenging our understanding of western Yellow‐billed Cuckoo habitat needs and accepted management practices by Wohner, Patti J., Laymon, Stephen A., Stanek, Jenna E., King, Sammy L., Cooper, Robert J.

“…Riparian restoration in the southwestern United States frequently involves planting cottonwood (Populus spp.) and willow (Salix spp.). In the absence of…”
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Early successional riparian vegetation is important for western Yellow‐billed Cuckoo nesting habitat by Wohner, Patti J., Laymon, Stephen A., Stanek, Jenna E., King, Sammy L., Cooper, Robert J.

“…Western Yellow‐billed Cuckoo (Cuckoo; Coccyzus americanus) populations continue to decline in the western United States despite efforts to increase…”
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Effect of Hydrologic, Geomorphic, and Vegetative Conditions on Avian Communities in The Middle Rio Grande of New Mexico by Hamilton, Sarah G., King, Sammy L., Dello Russo, Gina, Kaller, Michael D.

“…We evaluated relationships among hydrogeomorphology, vegetation structure and composition, and avian communities among three subreaches of the San Acacia Reach…”
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Tree growth and recruitment in a leveed floodplain forest in the Mississippi River Alluvial Valley, USA by Gee, Hugo K.W., King, Sammy L., Keim, Richard F.

“…•Tree recruitment and growth was reconstructed within a leveed floodplain forest.•Recruitment shifted from flood-tolerant overcup oak to flood-intolerant…”
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Geomorphic adjustment to hydrologic modifications along a meandering river: Implications for surface flooding on a floodplain by Edwards, Brandon L., Keim, Richard F., Johnson, Erin L., Hupp, Cliff R., Marre, Saraline, King, Sammy L.

“…Responses of large regulated rivers to contemporary changes in base level are not well understood. We used field measurements and historical analysis of air…”
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Hydrological Responses to Channelization and The Formation of Valley Plugs and Shoals by Pierce, Aaron R., King, Sammy L.

“…Rehabilitation of floodplain systems focuses on restoring interactions between the fluvial system and floodplain, however, there is a paucity of information on…”
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Seasonal Movements and Multiscale Habitat Selection of Whooping Crane (Grus americana) in Natural and Agricultural Wetlands by Pickens, Bradley A, King, Sammy L, Vasseur, Phillip L, Zimorski, Sara E, Selman, Will

“…Eleven of 15 species of cranes (family: Gruidae) are considered vulnerable or endangered, and the increase of agriculture and aquaculture at the expense of…”
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