Search Results - "Rochester, Carlton J"
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Could climate change benefit invasive snakes? Modelling the potential distribution of the California Kingsnake in the Canary Islands
Published in Journal of environmental management (15-09-2021)“…The interaction between climate change and biological invasions is a global conservation challenge with major consequences for invasive species management…”
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Prioritizing conserved areas threatened by wildfire and fragmentation for monitoring and management
Published in PloS one (07-09-2018)“…In many parts of the world, the combined effects of habitat fragmentation and altered disturbance regimes pose a significant threat to biodiversity. This is…”
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Changes in capture rates and body size among vertebrate species occupying an insular urban habitat reserve
Published in Conservation science and practice (01-09-2020)“…Long‐term ecological monitoring provides valuable and objective scientific information to inform management and decision‐making. In this article, we analyze 22…”
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The influence of species life history and distribution characteristics on species responses to habitat fragmentation in an urban landscape
Published in The Journal of animal ecology (01-03-2021)“…Fragmentation within urbanized environments often leads to a loss of native species diversity; however, variation exists in responses among‐species and…”
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Effect of species rarity on the accuracy of species distribution models for reptiles and amphibians in southern California
Published in Diversity & distributions (2009)“…Several studies have found that more accurate predictive models of species' occurrences can be developed for rarer species; however, one recent study found the…”
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Reptile and Amphibian Responses to Large-Scale Wildfires in Southern California
Published in Journal of herpetology (01-09-2010)“…In 2003, southern California experienced several large fires that burned thousands of hectares of wildlife habitats and conserved lands. To investigate the…”
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Rare alluvial sands of El Monte Valley, California (San Diego County), support high herpetofaunal species richness and diversity, despite severe habitat disturbance
Published in The Southwestern naturalist (01-12-2016)“…We characterized the species richness, diversity, and distribution of amphibians and reptiles inhabiting El Monte Valley, a heavily disturbed, alluvium-filled…”
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Wildfires Alter Rodent Community Structure across Four Vegetation Types in Southern California, USA
Published in Fire ecology (01-01-2011)“…We surveyed burned and unburned plots across four habitat reserves in San Diego County, California, USA, in 2005 and 2006, to assess the effects of the 2003…”
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Responses in Bird Communities to Wildland Fires in Southern California
Published in Fire ecology (01-12-2008)“…There is a growing body of literature covering the responses of bird species to wildland fire events. Our study was unique among these because we investigated…”
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Quantifying climate sensitivity and climate-driven change in North American amphibian communities
Published in Nature communications (25-09-2018)“…Changing climate will impact species’ ranges only when environmental variability directly impacts the demography of local populations. However, measurement of…”
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