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The Importance of Indigenous Knowledge in Curbing the Loss of Language and Biodiversity by WILDER, BENJAMIN T., O’MEARA, CAROLYN, MONTI, LAURIE, NABHAN, GARY PAUL

“…Biodiversity inventory, monitoring, and species-recovery efforts can be advanced by a dynamic collaboration of Western, citizen, and ethnoscience. Indigenous…”
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Marine subsidies produce cactus forests on desert islands by Wilder, Benjamin T., Becker, Amanda T., Dettman, David L.

“…In island systems, nitrogen-rich seabird guano is a marine subsidy that can shape terrestrial plant communities. In zones of nutrient upwelling such as the…”
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Controls of plant diversity and composition on a desert archipelago by Wilder, Benjamin T, Felger, Richard S, Ezcurra, Exequiel

“…With the most robust floristic data set for any arid archipelago, we use statistical modeling to determine the underlying controls of plant diversity and…”
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An Aridamerican model for agriculture in a hotter, water scarce world by Nabhan, Gary Paul, Riordan, Erin C., Monti, Laura, Rea, Amadeo M., Wilder, Benjamin T., Ezcurra, Exequiel, Mabry, Jonathan B., Aronson, James, Barron‐Gafford, Greg A., García, Jesús M., Búrquez, Alberto, Crews, Timothy E., Mirocha, Paul, Hodgson, Wendy C.

“…Climate change is dramatically restructuring agriculture and damaging crops, food security, and human health, especially in deserts. To radically redesign food…”
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Local extinction and unintentional rewilding of bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis) on a desert island by Wilder, Benjamin T, Betancourt, Julio L, Epps, Clinton W, Crowhurst, Rachel S, Mead, Jim I, Ezcurra, Exequiel

“…Bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis) were not known to live on Tiburón Island, the largest island in the Gulf of California and Mexico, prior to the surprisingly…”
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Grassification and Fast-Evolving Fire Connectivity and Risk in the Sonoran Desert, United States by Wilder, Benjamin T., Jarnevich, Catherine S., Baldwin, Elizabeth, Black, Joseph S., Franklin, Kim A., Grissom, Perry, Hovanes, Katherine A., Olsson, Aaryn, Malusa, Jim, Kibria, Abu S.M.G., Li, Yue M., Lien, Aaron M., Ponce, Alejandro, Rowe, Julia A., Soto, José R., Stahl, Maya R., Young, Nicholas E., Betancourt, Julio L.

“…In the southwestern United States, non-native grass invasions have increased wildfire occurrence in deserts and the likelihood of fire spread to and from other…”
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Evaluation of Groundwater Sources, Flow Paths, and Residence Time of the Gran Desierto Pozos, Sonora, Mexico by Zamora, Hector A., Wilder, Benjamin T., Eastoe, Christopher J., McIntosh, Jennifer C., Welker, Jeffrey, Flessa, Karl W.

“…Environmental isotopes and water chemistry distinguish water types, aquifer recharge mechanisms, and flow paths in the Gran Desierto and Colorado River delta…”
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One hundred and six years of change in a Sonoran Desert plant community: Impact of climate anomalies and trends in species sensitivities by Brown, Charlotte, Rodriguez Buritica, Susana, Goldberg, Deborah E., Reichenbacher, Frank, Venable, D. Lawrence, Webb, Robert H., Wilder, Benjamin T.

“…A major restriction in predicting plant community response to future climate change is a lack of long‐term data needed to properly assess species and community…”
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Integrating Earth–life systems: a geogenomic approach by Dolby, Greer A., Bennett, Scott E.K., Dorsey, Rebecca J., Stokes, Maya F., Riddle, Brett R., Lira-Noriega, Andrés, Munguia-Vega, Adrian, Wilder, Benjamin T.

“…For centuries, scientists have recognized and worked to understand how Earth’s mutable landscape and climate shape the distribution and evolution of species…”
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Implications of barrier ephemerality in geogenomic research by Araya‐Donoso, Raúl, Baty, Sarah M., Alonso‐Alonso, Pedro, Sanín, María José, Wilder, Benjamin T., Munguia‐Vega, Adrian, Dolby, Greer A.

“…Aim Previous population genetic and phylogeographical studies have shown how generation time and dispersal affect population divergence in the presence of a…”
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6&6: A Transdisciplinary Approach to Art–Science Collaboration by CLARK, SARAH E., MAGRANE, ERIC, BAUMGARTNER, THOMAS, BENNETT, SCOTT E. K., BOGAN, MICHAEL, EDWARDS, TAYLOR, DIMMITT, MARK A., GREEN, HEATHER, HEDGCOCK, CHARLES, JOHNSON, BENJAMIN M., JOHNSON, MARIA R., VELO, KATHLEEN, WILDER, BENJAMIN T.

“…Despite an historical connection between the arts and sciences, in the past century, the two disciplines have been greatly siloed. However, there is a renewed…”
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Groundwater Isotopes in the Sonoyta River Watershed, USA-Mexico: Implications for Recharge Sources and Management of the Quitobaquito Springs by Zamora, Hector A., Eastoe, Christopher J., Wilder, Benjamin T., McIntosh, Jennifer C., Meixner, Thomas, Flessa, Karl W.

“…Groundwater resources in the southwestern United States are finite and riparian and wetland areas are vulnerable to aquifer overdraft and unregulated…”
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Assessing the Geological and Climatic Forcing of Biodiversity and Evolution Surrounding the Gulf of California by Dolby, Greer A., Bennett, Scott E. K., Lira-Noriega, Andrés, Wilder, Benjamin T., Munguía-Vega, Adrian

“…[...]order processes are physical land-sea interactions with local effects that occur on the timescale of 3-1 Myr, such as seaways that may have flooded low…”
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The Continuum of Desert Research by Wilder, Benjamin T., O'Meara, Carolyn

“…Since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, there has been a redefinition of life along the U.S.-Mexico border. [...]scientists, land managers, and…”
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The Need for a Next Generation of Sonoran Desert Researchers by Wilder, Benjamin T., O'Meara, Carolyn, Narchi, Nemer, Narváez, Alfonso Medel, Aburto-Oropeza, Octavio

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Floristic diversity and dynamics of Isla Rasa, Gulf of California – A globally important seabird island by Velarde, Enriqueta, Wilder, Benjamin T., Felger, Richard S., Escurra, Exequiel

“…Isla Rasa, a small (0.68 km2) but globally important seabird island in the Gulf of California, has a flora of only 14 vascular plant species found in three…”
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Island Specialists: Shared Flora of the Alta and Baja California Pacific Islands by Ratay, Sarah E, Vanderplank, Sula E, Wilder, Benjamin T

“…The floristic connection between the mediterranean region of Baja California and the Pacific islands of Alta and Baja California provides insight into the…”
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One hundred and six years of change in a S onoran D esert plant community: Impact of climate anomalies and trends in species sensitivities by Brown, Charlotte, Rodriguez Buritica, Susana, Goldberg, Deborah E., Reichenbacher, Frank, Venable, D. Lawrence, Webb, Robert H., Wilder, Benjamin T.

“…Abstract A major restriction in predicting plant community response to future climate change is a lack of long‐term data needed to properly assess species and…”
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Tracking the desert's edge with a Pleistocene relict by Wilder, Benjamin T., Becker, Amanda T., Munguia-Vega, Adrian, Culver, Melanie

“…In addition to the Sky Islands of the southwestern U.S. and northwestern Mexico, a series of 900–1200 m desert peaks surrounded by arid lowlands support…”
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The socio-ecological complexity of facing climate change: a case study from Pima County (Arizona, USA) by Le Tourneau, François-Michel, Fisher, Larry A., Zuniga-Teran, Adriana A., Wilder, Benjamin T., Boyer, Anne-Lise, Blanchon, David, Dubertret, Fabrice

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