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Factors Affecting Nest Success of Colonial Nesting Waterbirds in Southwest Louisiana
Subsidence and accelerated sea level rise impact nesting area availability and flood probabilities of breeding islands for colonial nesting waterbirds. In 2017 and 2018, we monitored 855 nests of four species ...
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Open AccessWetland Conservation: Challenges Related to Water Law and Farm Policy
Water is essential for wetland function and sustaining migratory networks for wetland wildlife across broad landscapes. Groundwater declines and surface flow reductions that impact aquatic and wetland organism...
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Fire in Floodplain Forests of the Southeastern USA
Nowadays forest fires are so rare in the Mississippi Alluvial Valley and other floodplains of the southeastern USA that these floodplains appear fireproof. Fire was once much more common across the Southeaster...
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Effect of Hydrologic, Geomorphic, and Vegetative Conditions on Avian Communities in The Middle Rio Grande of New Mexico
We evaluated relationships among hydrogeomorphology, vegetation structure and composition, and avian communities among three subreaches of the San Acacia Reach of the Middle Rio Grande (MRG) River of New Mexic...
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Hydrological Responses to Channelization and The Formation of Valley Plugs and Shoals
Rehabilitation of floodplain systems focuses on restoring interactions between the fluvial system and floodplain, however, there is a paucity of information on the effects of valley plugs and shoals on floodpl...
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Evaluating Abiotic Influences on Soil Salinity of Inland Managed Wetlands and Agricultural Croplands in a Semi-Arid Environment
Agriculture and moist-soil management are important management techniques used on wildlife refuges to provide adequate energy for migrant waterbirds. In semi-arid systems, the accumulation of soluble salts thr...
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Multiscale Habitat Selection of Wetland Birds in the Northern Gulf Coast
The spatial scale of habitat selection has become a prominent concept in ecology, but has received less attention in coastal ecology. In coastal marshes, broad-scale marsh types are defined by vegetation compo...
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Effects of Hydrologic Connectivity and Environmental Variables on Nekton Assemblage in a Coastal Marsh System
Hydrologic connectivity and environmental variation can influence nekton assemblages in coastal ecosystems. We evaluated the effects of hydrologic connectivity (permanently connected pond: PCP; temporary conne...
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Influence of salinity and prey presence on the survival of aquatic macroinvertebrates of a freshwater marsh
Salinization of coastal freshwater environments is a global issue. Increased salinity from sea level rise, storm surges, or other mechanisms is common in coastal freshwater marshes of Louisiana, USA. The effec...
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Distribution and Habitat Associations of Breeding Secretive Marsh Birds in Louisiana’s Mississippi Alluvial Valley
Populations of many North American secretive marsh birds (SMBs) have declined in recent decades, partially as a function of wetland loss. Protecting and restoring appropriate habitat for these species is conti...
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The ecology, restoration, and management of southeastern floodplain ecosystems: A synthesis
Floodplain ecosystems of the southeastern United States provide numerous services to society, but hydrologic and geomorphic alterations, agricultural practices, water quality and availability, and urban develo...
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The effects of flooding and sedimentation on seed germination of two bottomland hardwood tree species
Flooding and sedimentation are two of the dominant disturbances that influence tree species composition and succession in floodplain forests. The importance of these disturbances may be most notable during the...
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The influence of valley plugs in channelized streams on floodplain sedimentation dynamics over the last century
Channelization of alluvial systems alters the functions and processes of floodplain ecosystems. In the loess belt region of western Tennessee and northern Mississippi, channelization, the geology of the region...
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Conservation and Use of Coastal Wetland Forests in Louisiana
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Habitat associations of chorusing anurans in the Lower Mississippi River Alluvial Valley
Amphibian populations have declined worldwide. To pursue conservation efforts adequately, land managers need more information concerning amphibian habitat requirements. To address this need, we examined relati...
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Least Bittern distribution among structurally different vegetation types in managed wetlands of northwest Tennessee, USA
We conducted Least Bittern (Ixobrychus exilis) surveys on Reelfoot Lake and nearby Black Bayou Waterfowl Refuge, in northwest Tennessee, USA during May–June 2003 to determine the distribution of Least Bitterns am...
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Vegetation, soil, and flooding relationships in a blackwater floodplain forest
Hydroperiod is considered the primary determinant of plant species distribution in temperate floodplain forests, but most studies have focused on alluvial (sediment-laden) river systems. Few studies have evalu...
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Effects of canopy gaps and flooding on homopterans in a bottomland hardwood forest
Canopy disturbance is a major factor affecting forest structure and composition and, as a result of habitat alterations, can influence insect communities. We initiated a field study to quantify the effects of ...
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Canopy disturbance patterns in a bottomland hardwood forest in northeast Arkansas, USA
We characterized canopy disturbance patterns in a bottomland hardwood forest and identified linkages to tree species characteristics and interannual flooding patterns. We located 116 newly formed canopy gaps c...
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Plant succession and greentree reservoir management: implications for management and restoration of bottomland hardwood wetlands
Bottomland hardwood forests are distributed along rivers and streams throughout the central and eastern United States, with the greatest concentration in the Southeast. Past and projected losses of bottomland ...
