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- Injuries and abnormalities of the southwestern pond turtle (Actinemys pallida) in the Mojave River of California, 2022, Western North American Naturalist (82) - 4
- Are canned sardines or dry cat food more effective as bait for capturing Northwestern Pond Turtles (Actinemys marmorata) and Red-eared Sliders (Trachemys scripta elegans)?, 2022, Western North American Naturalist (82) - 3
- Acoustic interaction between a pair of owls and a wolf, 2021, Western North American Naturalist (81) - 3
- Southwestern bats and their external bacteria, 2021, Western North American Naturalist (81) - 2
- Predictability of invasive Argentine ant distribution across Mediterranean ecoregions of southern California, 2021, Western North American Naturalist (81) - 2
- Effects of elk and bison herbivory on narrowleaf cottonwood, 2021, Western North American Naturalist (81) - 1
- Seasonal activity and diets of bats at uranium mines and adjacent areas near the Grand Canyon, 2021, Western North American Naturalist (81) - 1
- Cold tolerance of mountain stoneflies (Plecoptera: Nemouridae) from the high Rocky Mountains, 2021, Western North American Naturalist (81) - 1
- First record and diet of the tricolored bat (Perimyotis subflavus) from Guadalupe National Park and Culberson County, Texas, 2021, Western North American Naturalist (81) - 1
- Brood parasitism of greater sage-grouse by California Quail in Idaho, 2020, Western North American Naturalist (80) - 4
- Headwaters fed by subterranean ice: Potential climate refugia for alpine stream communities?, 2020, Western North American Naturalist (3) - 80
- Behavioral response to high temperatures in a desert grassland bird: Use of shrubs as thermal refugia, 2020, Western North American Naturalist (80) - 2
- First recorded observations of conspecific egg and nestling consumption in common ravens (Corvus corax), 2020, Western North American Naturalist (80) - 2
- Greater sage-grouse chick killed by Great Basin gopher snake, 2020, Western North American Naturalist (80) - 1
- What's in the hump of the humpback chub?, 2020, Western North American Naturalist (80) - 1
- Distribution, density, and land cover associations of wintering Golden Eagles in the Southern Great Plains, 2020, Western North American Naturalist (80) - 4
- Discovery of the yellow-bellied marmot (Marmota flaviventris) in the Jemez Mountains, New Mexico: Examining competing hypotheses for range extension, 2019, Western North American Naturalist (79) - 3
- Informing our successors: What botanical information for Santa Cruz Island will researchers and conservation managers in the century ahead need the most?, 2018, Western North American Naturalist (78) - 4
- Little islands recording global events: Late Quaternary sea level history and paleozoogeography of Santa Barbara and Anacapa Islands, Channel Islands National Park, California, 2018, Western North American Naturalist (78) - 4
- Regeneration and expansion of Quercus tomentella (island oak) groves on Santa Rosa Island, 2018, Western North American Naturalist (78) - 4
- Land mollusks of the California Channel Islands: An overview of diversity, populations, and conservation status, 2018, Western North American Naturalist (78) - 4
- The Introduced Argentine ant (Linepithema humile) on the California Channel Islands: Distribution and Patterns of Spread, 2018, Western North American Naturalist (78) - 4
- Long-term impacts of exotic grazer removal on native shrub recovery, Santa Cruz Island, California, 2018, Western North American Naturalist (78) -
- Distribution, habitat, and population size of Island Night Lizards on San Nicolas Island, California, 2018, Western North American Naturalist (78) - 3
- Comparison of estimators for monitoring long-term population trends in deer mice, Peromyscus maniculatus, on the California Channel Islands, 2018, Western North American Naturalist (78) - 3
- Cougar dispersal and natal homing in a desert environment, 2018, Western North American Naturalist (78) - 2
- Comparison of a prepositioned areal electrofishing device and fixed underwater videography for sampling riverine fishes, 2018, Western North American Naturalist (78) - 1
- T.D.A. Cockerell (1866–1948) of the University of Colorado: His contributions to the natural history of the California islands and the establishment of Channel Islands National Monument, 2018, Western North American Naturalist (78) - 3
- Stability and change in kelp forest habitats at San Nicolas Island, 2018, Western North American Naturalist (78) - 4
- Effects of feral horse herds on plant communities across a precipitation gradient, 2018, Western North American Naturalist (77) - 4
- The thermal regime and species composition of fish and invertebrates in Kelly Warm Spring, Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, 2017, Western North American Naturalist (77) - 4
- An intertebrate ecosystem engineer likely covered under the umbrella of sage-grouse conservation, 2017, Western North American Naturalist (77) - 4
- Late Quaternary fluvial history of Santa Cruz Island, California, USA, 2017, Western North American Naturalist (78) - 4
- Landscape movements by two species of migratory nectar-feeding bats (Leptonycteris) in a northern area of seasonal sympatry, 2017, Western North American Naturalist (77) - 3
- Taxonomic and compositional differences of ground-dwelling arthropods in riparian habitats in Glen Canyon, Arizona, USA, 2017, Western North American Naturalist (77) - 3
- Estimating ages of Utah chubs by use of pectoral fin rays, otoliths, and scales, 2017, Western North American Naturalist (77) - 2
- Tolerance to disturbance regulated by attractiveness of resources: A case study of desert bighorn sheep within the River Mountains, Nevada, 2017, Western North American Naturalist (77) - 1
- Between hot rocks and dry places: The status of the Dixie Valley toad, 2017, Western North American Naturalist (77) - 2
- Functional traits and ecological affinities of riparian plants along the Colorado River in Grand Canyon, 2017, Western North American Naturalist (77) - 1
- Sagebrush, greater sage-grouse, and the occurrence and importance of forbs, 2016, Western North American Naturalist (76) - 3
- Aspects of the reproductive ecology of female turtles in New Mexico, 2016, Western North American Naturalist (76) - 3
- Habitat and fish assemblage associations and current status of northern leatherside chub Lepidomeda copei in western Wyoming, 2016, Western North American Naturalist (76) - 4
- Ecosystem engineering of harvester ants: Effects on vegetation in a sagebrush-steppe ecosystem, 2016, Western North American Naturalist (76) - 1
- Facing a changing world: Thermal physiology of American pikas (Ochotona princeps), 2015, Western North American Naturalist (75) - 4
- Precision of hard structures used to estimate age of mountain Whitefish (Prosopium williamsoni), 2015, Western North American Naturalist (75) - 1
- Black-tailed and white-tailed jackrabbits in the American West: History, ecology, ecological significance, and survey methods, 2015, Western North American Naturalist (75) - 4
- Tree mortality in mature riparian forest: Implications for Fremont cottonwood conservation in the American southwest, 2015, Western North American Naturalist (75) - 2
- Effects of ungulate disturbance and weather variation on Pediocactus winkleri: Insights from long-term monitoring, 2015, Western North American Naturalist (75) - 1
- Estimating bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis) abundance using noninvasive sampling at a mineral lick within a National Park Wilderness Area, 2015, Western North American Naturalist (75) - 2
- Influence of nonnative and native ungulate biomass and seasonal precipitation on vegetation production in a Great Basin ecosystem, 2014, Western North American Naturalist (74) - 3
- Demographic monitoring and population viability analysis of two rare beardtongues from the Uinta Basin, 2014, Western North American Naturalist (74) - 3
- Distribution and movement of Big Spring spinedace (Lepidomeda mollispinis pratensis) in Condor Canyon, Meadow Valley Wash, Nevada, 2013, Western North American Naturalist (3) - 73
- Rodent-Mediated Interactions Among Seed Species of Differing Quality in a Shrubsteppe Ecosystem, 2013, Western North American Naturalist (73) - 4
- Net primary productivity of subalpine meadows in Yosemite National Park in relation to climate variability, 2013, Western North American Naturalist (73) - 4
- Habitat interaction between two species of chipmunk in the Basin and Range Province of Nevada, 2013, Western North American Naturalist (73) - 2
- Insect prey eaten by Hoary Bats (Lasiurus cinereus) prior to fatal collisions with wind turbines, 2013, Western North American Naturalist (73) - 4
- Associations of benthic macroinvertebrate assemblages with environmental variables in the upper Clear Creek watershed, California, 2012, Western North American Naturalist (72) - 4
- Cui-ui reproductive success from potential egg deposition to larval emigration, 2012, Western North American Naturalist (72) - 3
- Recreational trails as corridors for alien plants in the Rocky Mountains, USA, 2012, Western North American Naturalist (72) - 4
- Salinity of the Little Colorado River in Grand Canyon confers anti-parasitic properties on a native fish, 2012, Western North American Naturalist (72) - 3
- Fine-scale habitat use of reintroduced black-footed ferrets on prairie dog colonies in New Mexico, 2012, Western North American Naturalist (72) - 2
- Resource selection models are useful in predicting fine-scale distributions of black-footed ferrets in prairie dog colonies, 2012, Western North American Naturalist (72) - 2
- Information on black-footed ferret biology collected within the framework of ferret conservation, 2012, Western North American Naturalist (72) - 2
- Patterns of surface burrow plugging in a colony of black-tailed prairie dogs occupied by black-footed ferrets, 2012, Western North American Naturalist (72) - 2
- Importance of lunar and temporal conditions for spotlight surveys of adult black-footed ferrets, 2012, Western North American Naturalist (72) - 2
- Use of multi-opening burrow systems by black-footed ferrets, 2012, Western North American Naturalist (72) - 2
- Digging behaviors of radio-tagged black-footed ferrets near Meeteetse, Wyoming, 1981-1984, 2012, Western North American Naturalist (72) - 2
- Black-footed ferrets and recreational shooting influence the attributes of black-tailed prairie dog burrows, 2012, Western North American Naturalist (72) - 2
- Black-footed ferret digging activity in summer, 2012, Western North American Naturalist (72) - 2
- Use of non-alpine anthropogenic habitats by American pikas (Ochotona princeps) in western Oregon, USA, 2011, Western North American Naturalist (71) - 1
- Improving national-scale invasion maps: Tamarisk in the western United States, 2011, Western North American Naturalist (71) - 2
- Hyperkyphosis in longnose gar (Lepisosteus osseus) of North Central Texas, 2011, Western North American Naturalist (71) - 1
- Spatial organization of northern flying squirrels, Glaucomys sabrinus: Territoriality in females?, 2011, Western North American Naturalist (71) - 1
- Ungulate herbivory on alpine willow in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains of Colorado, 2011, Western North American Naturalist (71) - 1
- Bottom-up factors influencing riparian willow recovery in Yellowstone National Park, 2010, Western North American Naturalist (70) - 3
- Nighttime aboveground movements by prairie dogs on colonies inhabited by black-footed ferrets, 2010, Western North American Naturalist (70) - 2
- Ectoparasites of the occult bat, Myotis occultus (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae), 2009, Western North American Naturalist (69) - 3
- Large, Wetland-associated mayflies (Ephemeroptera) of glacier national park, Montana, 2009, Western North American Naturalist (69) - 3
- Suckers in headwater tributaries, Wyoming, 2009, Western North American Naturalist (69) - 1
- Differential phytosociological interactions involving male and female atriplex bonnevillensis, 2009, Western North American Naturalist (69) - 4
- Distribution and postbreeding environmental relationships of Northern leopard frogs (Rana [Lithobates] pipiens) in Washington, 2009, Western North American Naturalist (69) - 4
- Relationships between insolation and rattlesnake hibernacula, 2009, Western North American Naturalist (69) - 3
- Spring and winter records of the eastern pipistrelle (Perimyotis subflavus) in southeastern New Mexico, 2009, Western North American Naturalist (69) - 3
- Grassland bird associations with introduced and native grass Conservation Reserve Program fields in the Southern High Plains, 2009, Western North American Naturalist (69) - 4
- Effects of simulated mountain lion caching on decomposition of ungulate carcasses, 2009, Western North American Naturalist (69) - 3
- The effects of varied densities on the growth and emigration of adult cutthroat trout and brook trout in fenced stream enclosures, 2009, Western North American Naturalist (69) - 3
- Species composition and habitat associations of benthic algal assemblages in headwater streams of the Sierra Nevada, California, 2008, Western North American Naturalist (68) - 2
- Geographic patterns of ground-dwelling arthropods across an ecoregional transition in the north American Southwest, 2008, Western North American Naturalist (68) - 1
- Aboveground predation by an American badger (Taxidea taxus) on black-tailed prairie dogs (Cynomys ludovicianus), 2008, Western North American Naturalist (68) - 3
- Late-seasonal activity and diet of the evening bat (Nycticeius humeralis) in Nebraska, 2008, Western North American Naturalist (68) - 1
- The biological soil crusts of the San Nicolas Island: Enigmatic algae from a geographically isolated ecosystem, 2008, Western North American Naturalist (68) - 4
- American pikas (Ochotona princeps) in northwestern Nevada: A newly discovered population at a low-elevation site, 2008, Western North American Naturalist (68) - 1
- Characteristics of Columbia spotted frog (Rana luteiventris) oviposition sites in northeastern Oregon, USA, 2007, Western North American Naturalist (67) - 1
- Population density, biomass, and age-class structure of the invasive clam Corbicula fluminea in rivers of the lower San Joaquin River watershed, California, 2007, Western North American Naturalist (67) - 4
- Modeling aboveground biomass of Tamarix ramosissima in the Arkansas River Basin of Southeastern Colorado, USA, 2007, Western North American Naturalist (67) - 4
- Aquatic vertebrate assemblages of the upper Clear Creek Watershed, California, 2007, Western North American Naturalist (67) - 3
- Waterfowl distribution and abundance during spring migration in Southern Oregon and Northeastern California, 2007, Western North American Naturalist (67) - 3
- Effects of exotic grasses on soil seed banks in Southeastern Arizona grasslands, 2007, Western North American Naturalist (67) - 2
- Plant species richness at different scales in native and exotic grasslands in Southeastern Arizona, 2006, Western North American Naturalist (66) - 2
- Relation of fish communities to environmental conditions in urban streams of the Wasatch Front, Utah, 2006, Western North American Naturalist (66) - 2
- Transverse and longitudinal variation in woody riparian vegetation along a montane river, 2006, Western North American Naturalist (66) - 1
- Observations of rapid colonization of constructed ponds by Western toad (Bufo boreas) in Oregon, USA, 2006, Western North American Naturalist (66) - 3
- San Francisco 's Golden Gate: A bridge between historically distinct coyote (Canis latrans) populations?, 2006, Western North American Naturalist (66) - 2
- Successful nesting by a Bald Eagle pair in prairie grasslands of the Texas Panhandle, 2006, Western North American Naturalist (66) - 2
- Evaluating plant invasions from both habitat and species perspectives, 2006, Western North American Naturalist (66) - 1
- Populations and habitat relationships of Piute ground squirrels in southwest Idaho, 2006, Western North American Naturalist (66) - 4
- Nutritional condition of elk in rocky mountain national park, 2005, Western North American Naturalist (65) - 3
- Blue tilapia (Oreochromis aureus) predation on fishes in the Muddy River system, Clark County, Nevada, 2005, Western North American Naturalist (65) - 3
- Evaluating lek occupancy of greater sage-grouse in relation to landscape cultivation in the Dakotas, 2005, Western North American Naturalist (65) - 3
- Fish assemblage structure following Impoundment of a Great Plains river, 2005, Western North American Naturalist (65) - 1
- Distribution, foraging behavior, and capture results of the spotted bat (Euderma maculatum) in central Oregon, 2005, Western North American Naturalist (65) - 2
- Monitoring temporal change in riparian vegetation of Great Basin National Park, 2005, Western North American Naturalist (65) - 3
- Westward expansion of the eastern pipistrelle (Pipistrellus subflavus) in the United States, including new records from New Mexico, South Dakota, and Texas, 2005, Western North American Naturalist (65) - 3
- Habitat and nesting biology of Mountain Plovers in Wyoming, 2005, Western North American Naturalist (65) - 2
- Collection of an adult gizzard shad (Dorosoma cepedianum) from the San Juan River, Utah, 2004, Western North American Naturalist (64) - 1
- Distribution and abundance of pelagic fish in Lake Powell, Utah, and Lake Mead, Arizona-Nevada, 2004, Western North American Naturalist (64) - 3
- Conservation, status, and life history of the endangered White River spinedace, Lepidomeda albivallis (Cyprinidae), 2004, Western North American Naturalist (64) - 1
- A putative hybrid swarm within Oonopsis foliosa (Asteraceae: Astereae), 2004, Western North American Naturalist (64) - 1
- Mink predation on radio-tagged trout during winter in a low-gradient reach of a mountain stream, Wyoming, 2004, Western North American Naturalist (64) - 4
- Comparative habitat use in a juniper woodland bird community, 2004, Western North American Naturalist (64) - 3
- Foxes on a hot tin roof, 2004, Western North American Naturalist (64) - 3
- A fish survey of the White River, Nevada, 2004, Western North American Naturalist (64) - 1
- Vegetation response to fire and postburn seeding treatments in juniper woodlands of the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, Utah, 2004, Western North American Naturalist (64) - 3
- Nesting ecology of waterbirds at Grays Lake, Idaho, 2004, Western North American Naturalist (64) - 3
- Reproduction and seasonal activity of silver-haired bats (Lasionycteris noctivagans) in western Nebraska, 2004, Western North American Naturalist (64) - 3
- Estimating the use of morphometric measurements from museum specimens for sex determination in Mountain Plovers (Charadrius montanus), 2004, Western North American Naturalist (64) - 4
- Spawning ecology of finespotted Snake River cutthroat trout in spring streams of the Salt River valley, Wyoming, 2004, Western North American Naturalist (64) - 1
- Cannibalism and predation by western toad (Bufo boreas boreas) larvae in Oregon, USA, 2004, Western North American Naturalist (64) - 3
- Genetic structure in striped skunks (Mephitis mephitis) on the southern high plains of Texas, 2003, Western North American Naturalist (63) - 1
- Habitat features and predictive habitat modeling for the Colorado chipmunk in southern New Mexico, 2003, Western North American Naturalist (63) - 4
- Plant community patterns in unburned and burned blackbrush (Coleogyne ramosissima) shrublands in the Mojave Desert, 2003, Western North American Naturalist (63) -
- Small mammals within riparian habitats of a regulated and unregulated aridland river, 2003, Western North American Naturalist (63) - 1
- Recurrence of Mexican long-tongued bats (Choeronycteris mexicana) at historical sites in Arizona and New Mexico, 2003, Western North American Naturalist (63) - 3
- Beaver herbivory of willow under two flow regimes: A comparative study on the Green and Yampa rivers, 2003, Western North American Naturalist (63) - 4
- Macroinvertebrate community structure and related environmental variables in two forks of the Virgin River, Utah, 2003, Western North American Naturalist (63) - 2
- Environmental characteristics and benthic invertebrate assemblages in Colorado mountain lakes, 2003, Western North American Naturalist (63) - 2
- Morphometric changes in Yellow-headed Blackbirds during summer in central North Dakota, 2002, Western North American Naturalist (62) - 1
- Razorback sucker movements and habitat use in the San Juan River inflow, Lake Powell, Utah, 1995-1997, 2002, Western North American Naturalist (62) - 1
- Status of the preston white river springfish (Crenichthys baileyi albivallis), 2002, Western North American Naturalist (62) - 1
- New approaches for sampling and modeling native and exotic plant species richness, 2001, Western North American Naturalist (61) - 3
- Effects of exotic species on Yellowstone's grizzly bears, 2001, Western North American Naturalist (61) - 3
- Establishment, growth, and early survival of woody riparian species at a Colorado gravel pit, 2001, Western North American Naturalist (61) - 2
- New approaches for sampling and modeling native and exotic plant species richness, 2001, Western North American Naturalist (61) -
- A rule-based model for mapping potential exotic plant distribution, 2001, Western North American Naturalist (61) - 4
- Ruffed grouse (Bonasa umbellus) drumming log and habitat use in Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, 2001, Western North American Naturalist (61) - 2
- Examining ecological consequences of feral horse grazing using exclosures, 2000, Western North American Naturalist (60) - 3
- Woody riparian vegetation response to different alluvial water table regimes, 2000, Western North American Naturalist (60) - 1
- Distribution, movements, and habitat use of razorback sucker (Xyrauchen texanus) in a lower Colorado River Reservoir, Arizona-Nevada, 2000, Western North American Naturalist (60) - 2
- Effects of salinity on establishment of Populus fremontii (cottonwood) and Tamarix ramosissima (saltcedar), 1995, Western North American Naturalist (55) - 1
- Have desert tortoises (Gopherus agassizii) undergone a long-term decline in abundance?, 1995, Western North American Naturalist (23) - 1
- Evaluation of the improvement in sensitivity of nested frequency plots to vegetational change by summation, 1987, Western North American Naturalist (47) - 2