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Creator:: Sink, Chelsea E.
Abstract:: The greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus: hereafter; sage-grouse) population in Modoc County California is geographically isolated and has been subsidized by translocation to prevent inbreeding depression since 2005. Despite significant efforts to increase the population through translocations and habitat improvement by cutting encroaching western juniper (Juniperus occidentalis), only a single lek...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: like to thank my committee members Jon Dinkins and Taal Levi for their advice in developing the

Creator:: Dew, Aleah
Abstract:: The Goose Lake Basin, situated on the border of Oregon and California, USA, faces significant challenges from drought, wildfire, and other environmental stressors. This region hosts numerous endemic fish species such as the Goose Lake redband trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss newberri), Goose Lake lamprey (Entosphenus sp.), Goose Lake tui chub (Siphateles...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: committee members Dr. Taal Levi, Dr. Jonny Armstrong, and Alex Harrison for their valuable feedback on my

Creator:: Van Brocklin, Jennifer E.
Abstract:: Sea otters act as valuable indicators of ecosystem health and consume prey items that contain anthropogenic microparticles, including microplastics. Microplastic ingestion can exert a wide range of deleterious effects depending on the organism and plastic type. We investigated the ingestion of microparticles by wild sea otters (Enhydra lutris) in Alaska...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: collaboration with other researchers. Thank you to Taal Levi for giving me the opportunity to start my

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