Scholarly Works, Department of Fish and Wildlife Conservation: Recent submissions
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Tapping birdwatchers to promote bird-friendly coffee consumption and conserve birds
(John Wiley & Sons Ltd, 2021-01-05)1. Though coffee was traditionally grown as an understory crop beneath mature trees (i.e. ‘shade-grown’ coffee), most farms have been converted to full-sun monocultures over time, which fail to support ecosystem services ... -
Detection of fish movement patterns across management unit boundaries using agestructured Bayesian hierarchical models with tag-recovery data
(PLOS, 2020-12-07)Tagging studies have been widely conducted to investigate the movement pattern of wild fish populations. In this study, we present a set of length-based, age-structured Bayesian hierarchical models to explore variabilities ... -
The Type Locality Project: collecting genomic-quality, topotypic vouchers and training the next generation of specimen-based researchers
(2020-08-17)DNA evidence is often critical for taxonomic studies; however, many historical type specimens lack corresponding genetic samples, which limits contemporary molecular research questions and may restrict conservation and ... -
Evaluating artificial shelter arrays as a minimally invasive monitoring tool for the hellbender Cryptobranchus alleganiensis
(2020-02-13)Hellbenders Cryptobranchus alleganiensis are critically imperiled amphibians throughout the eastern USA. Rock-lifting is widely used to monitor hellbenders but can severely disturb habitat. We asked whether artificial ... -
Hypogeous, Sequestrate Fungi (Genus Elaphomyces) Found at Small-mammal Foraging Sites in High-elevation Conifer Forests of West Virginia
(2020-07)Little is known about hypogeous, sequestrate fungi (i.e., truffles) in the eastern United States. Since the fruiting bodies of these fungi are part of the diet of multiple rodent species, filling data gaps is important to ... -
Temporal and spatial changes in Myotis lucifugus acoustic activity before and after white-nose syndrome on Fort Drum Army Installation, New York, USA
(2020-06)Changes to hat distribution and habitat associations at the local to sub-landscape scale in the post white-nose syndrome (WNS) environment have received little attention to date despite being critical information for ... -
Assessing the Vulnerability of Military Installations in the Coterminous United States to Potential Biome Shifts Resulting from Rapid Climate Change
(2020-10)Climate-change impacts to Department of Defense (DoD) installations will challenge military mission and natural resource stewardship efforts by increasing vulnerability to flooding, drought, altered fire regimes, and ... -
Ultraviolet-assisted oiling assessment improves detection of oiled birds experiencing clinical signs of hemolytic anemia after exposure to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill
(2020-11)While large-scale oil spills can cause acute mortality events in birds, there is increasing evidence that sublethal oil exposure can trigger physiological changes that have implications for individual performance and ... -
Effects of historic wildfire and prescribed fire on site occupancy of bats in Shenandoah National Park, Virginia, USA
(2020-08)Given the likelihood of regional extirpation of several once-common bat species in eastern North America from white-nose syndrome, it is critical that the impacts of forest management activities, such as prescribed fire, ... -
Testing a continuous measure of recreation specialization among birdwatchers
(2020-11-11)Recreation specialization is a framework that can be used to explain the variation among outdoor recreationists' preferences, attitudes, and behaviors. Recreation specialization has been operationalized using several ... -
Spawning and gravidity of the endangered freshwater mussel Epioblasma capsaeformis (Bivalvia: Unionidae) in captivity for production of glochidia
(2020-11-02)Understanding the reproductive biology of the endangered Epioblasma capsaeformis of the eastern United States is critical to conservation efforts at mussel hatcheries. We studied how males influenced gravidity among females ... -
Comparison of Underwater Video with Electrofishing and Dive Counts for Stream Fish Abundance Estimation
(2021-01)Advances in video technology enable new strategies for stream fish research. We compared juvenile (age-0) and adult (age-1 and older) Brook Trout Salvelinus fontinalis abundance estimates from underwater video with those ... -
Coal-mining intensity influences species and trait distributions of stream fishes in two Central Appalachian watersheds
(2020-11-29)Documenting responses of biotic assemblages to coal-mining impacts is crucial to informing regulatory and reclamation actions. However, attributing biotic patterns to specific stressors is difficult given the dearth of ... -
Tracking infectious diseases in a warming world
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Silent Circulation of Rift Valley Fever in Humans, Botswana, 2013-2014
(2020-10)We evaluated the prevalence of Rift Valley fever virus IgG and IgM in human serum samples (n = 1,276) collected in 2013-2014 in northern Botswana. Our findings provide evidence of active circulation of this virus in humans ... -
Western Ranchers' Perspectives on Enablers and Constraints to Flood Irrigation
(2020-03)Flood irrigation on western rangelands is important for diverse social and ecological reasons, providing forage for many agricultural operations and maintaining many critical wetlands across the region. However, recent ... -
Phylogenetic Assessment of Freshwater Mussels Castalia ambigua and C. inflata at an Ecotone in the Paraguay River Basin, Brazil Shows That Inflated and Compressed Shell Morphotypes Are the Same Species
(MDPI, 2020-12-16)The phylogeny and taxonomy of freshwater mussels of the genus Castalia in South America is complicated by issues of morphological plasticity and limited molecular genetic data. We present field data on the distributions ... -
Are Road Crossings Fragmenting Populations of Clinch Dace?
(Humboldt Field Research Institute, 2020-11-16)Chrosomus sp. cf. saylori (Clinch Dace) is a newly recognized species of minnow with a restricted distribution in southwestern Virginia. We analyzed genetic variation and abundance at paired sites above and below road ... -
Exploring relationships among stream health, human well-being, and demographics in Virginia, USA
(Elsevier, 2020-12-09)Quantification of empirical relationships between ecosystem health and human well-being is uncommon at broad spatial scales. We used public data for Virginia (USA) counties to examine pairwise correlations among two ... -
Relationships between Pacific salmon and aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems: implications for ecosystem-based management
(2020-09)Pacific salmon influence temperate terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems through the dispersal of marine-derived nutrients and ecosystem engineering of stream beds when spawning. They also support large fisheries, particularly ...
