Waterfowl use of wetland habitats informs wetland restoration designs for multi‐species benefits

ML Casazza, F McDuie, S Jones… - Journal of Applied …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Extensive global estuarine wetland losses have prompted intensive focus on restoration of
these habitats. In California, substantial tracts of freshwater, brackish and tidal wetlands …

Diet composition analysis provides new management insights for a highly specialized endangered small mammal

ST Castle, N Allan, D Clifford, CM Aylward, J Ramsey… - PloS one, 2020 - journals.plos.org
The critically endangered Amargosa vole (Microtus californicus scirpensis) is found only in
rare marsh habitat near Tecopa, California in a plant community dominated by three-square …

Assessing small-mammal trap** design using spatially explicit capture recapture (SECR) modeling on long-term monitoring data

CM Freeman, L Barthman-Thompson, R Klinger, I Woo… - Plos one, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Few studies have evaluated the optimal sampling design for tracking small mammal
population trends, especially for rare or difficult to detect species. Spatially explicit capture …

Postbreeding movements and molting ecology of female gadwalls and mallards

JD Kohl, ML Casazza, CT Overton… - The Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The wing molt is an important annual life‐history event that occurs in waterfowl and molt site
selection can play an important role in determining survival. We tracked postbreeding …

Dietary characterization of the endangered salt marsh harvest mouse and sympatric rodents using DNA metabarcoding

CM Aylward, MJ Statham… - Ecology and …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The salt marsh harvest mouse (Reithrodontomys raviventris; RERA) is an endangered
species endemic to the coastal wetlands of the San Francisco Estuary, California. RERA are …

Habitat of the endangered salt marsh harvest mouse (Reithrodontomys raviventris) in San Francisco Bay

BG Marcot, I Woo, KM Thorne… - Ecology and …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Understanding habitat associations is vital for conservation of at‐risk marsh‐endemic
wildlife species, particularly those under threat from sea level rise. We modeled …

Application of lidar to assess the habitat selection of an endangered small mammal in an estuarine wetland environment

JS Hagani, JY Takekawa, SM Skalos… - Ecology and …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Light detection and ranging (lidar) has emerged as a valuable tool for examining the fine‐
scale characteristics of vegetation. However, lidar is rarely used to examine coastal wetland …

Comparative skeletal anatomy of salt marsh and western harvest mice in relation to locomotor ecology

KM Woldt, RB Pratt, MJ Statham… - Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The salt marsh harvest mouse (Reithrodontomys raviventris) is an endangered species,
endemic to the San Francisco Bay Estuary, that co‐occurs with the more broadly distributed …

[BOOK][B] Effects of Upland Habitat Access on Distribution and Diets of a Rodent Community in a Southern California Tidal Marsh

KL MacFarlane - 2021 - search.proquest.com
Many aspects of marsh ecology have been extensively studied, but little is known about
rodents within southern California's tidal salt marshes. Similar to how wetlands function as …

Ecosystem functions of plant diversity in restoration: comparisons from a large-scale salt marsh restoration experiment in Central California, USA

J Shikuzawa - 2022 - skemman.is
Though biodiversity has been recognized as an important component in conservation, salt
marsh restoration typically focuses on re-establishing dominant foundation species, instead …