Spatial structure regulates and modifies processes at several levels of ecological
organization (eg individual/genetic, population and community) and is thus a key component …

▪ Abstract Salamanders are cryptic and, though largely unrecognized as such, extremely
abundant vertebrates in a variety of primarily forest and grassland environments, where they …

The diversity of life in headwater streams (intermittent, first and second order) contributes to
the biodiversity of a river system and its riparian network. Small streams differ widely in …

Headwater streams and their riparian areas, ie, headwater systems, differ from larger
streams in a number of fundamental ways that shape their characteristic biological …

Global, national, and regional assessments of the potential effects of Global Climate Change
(GCC) have been recently released, but not one of these assessments has specifically …

Amphibians commonly use wetlands for breeding habitat, and given the concern about their
ongoing global declines, the effects of urbanization on the breeding distribution of …

Urbanization negatively affects natural ecosystems in many ways, and aquatic systems in
particular. Urbanization is also cited as one of the potential contributors to recent dramatic …

Information on amphibian responses to fire and fuel reduction practices is critically needed
due to potential declines of species and the prevalence of new, more intensive fire …

Fragmentation can strongly influence population persistence and expression of life-history
strategies in spatially-structured populations. In this study, we directly estimated size-specific …

Stream–riparian areas represent a nexus of biodiversity, with disproportionate numbers of
species tied to and interacting within this key habitat. New research in Pacific Northwest …