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Recovery Plan for Upland Species of the San Joaquin Valley, California.

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Feasibility and Strategies for Translocating San Joaquin Kit Foxes to Vacant or Restored Habitats.
Effects of Two-lane Roads on Endangered San Joaquin Kit Foxes.
Urban Roads and the Endangered San Joaquin Kit Fox.
Foxes in Farmland: Recovery of the Endangered San Joaquin Kit Fox on Private Lands in California.
Assessment of Habitat Conditions for the Riparian Brush Rabbit at the San Joaquin River National Wildlife Refuge, California.
Status of the Buena Vista Lake Shrew (Sorex ornatus relictus).
Controlled Propagation and Reintroduction Plan for the Riparian Brush Rabbit.
Recovery Plan for Upland Species of the San Joaquin Valley, California.

Land Retirement Demonstration Project annual reports

Publication and Report Abstracts

Refereed Publications
Published Agency Reports
Unpublished Agency Reports
Presentations at Conferences and Symposia

Refereed Publications

2007 Development of a Single-Sampling Noninvasive Hair Snare.
2007 Recovering the Endangered Riparian Brush rabbit (Sylvilagus bachmani riparius): Reproduction and Growth in Confinement and Survival after Translocation. Chapter in Lagomorph Biology Evolution, Ecology, and Conservation.
2007 Social monogamy in kit foxes: formation, association, duration, and dissolution of mated pairs.
2007 A theft-resistant adjustable security box for digital cameras.
2007 Use of agricultural lands by San Joaquin kit foxes. Western North American Naturalist
2007 Effects of habitat on competition between kit foxes and coyotes.
2006 Relative abundance of endangered San Joaquin kit foxes (Vulpes macrotis mutica) based on scat-detection dog surveys.
2006 Effects of artificial escape dens on swift fox populations in northwest Texas.
2006 Efficacy of helicopter net-gun capture on coyotes in arid shrubland and grassland habitats.
2005 Documenting Ecological Change in Time and Space: The San Joaquin Valley of California. in Mammalian Diversification: From Chromosomes to Phylogeography (A Celebration of the Career of James L. Patton).
2005 Competitive interactions between endangered kit foxes and non-native red foxes.
2005 Population structure and genetic variation in the endangered Giant Kangaroo Rat (Dipodomys ingens).
2005 Gene flow among San Joaquin kit fox populations in a severely changed ecosystem.
2005 Population ecology of blunt-nosed leopard lizards in high elevation foothill habitat. [ABSTRACT]
2005 Assessment of scat-detection dog surveys to determine kit fox distribution.
2005 [Map] Landscape change in the San Joaquin Valley of California--pre-European settlement to 2000.
2005 Encounter frequency with the urbanized San Joaquin kit fox correlates with public beliefs and attitudes toward the species. [ABSTRACT]
2004 [Chapter in] The Biology and Conservation of Wild Canids.
2004 [Kit fox in] Canids: Foxes, Wolves, Jackals and Dogs-2004 Status Survey and Conservation Action Plan.
2004 [Gray fox in] Canids: Foxes, Wolves, Jackals and Dogs-2004 Status Survey and Conservation Action Plan.
2003 Optimizing reserve expansion for disjunct populations of San Joaquin kit fox.
2003 [Foxes in] Wild Mammals of North America. Second Edition.
2003 Responses of San Joaquin kit foxes to an oil-gas well fire (California Fish and Game 89:102-105).
2002 Effects of roads on San Joaquin kit foxes: a review and synthesis of existing data.
2002 Use of a hair-sampling tube to detect the San Joaquin kit fox.
2002 Use of night vision technology to study kit fox behavior.
2002 Optimizing habitat protection using demographic models of population viability.
2002 Sympatry between desert mallow, Eremalche exilis, and Kern mallow, E. kernensis (Malvaceae): molecular and morphological perspectives.
2001 Interspecific interactions among mammalian predators: implications for the conservation of endangered San Joaquin kit foxes.[ABSTRACT]
2001 [Map] Habitat quality for San Joaquin kit fox on managed and private lands.
1999 An animal track casting method using dolomite, and, and spray adhesive [ABSTRACT]
1999 Chapters in Smithsonian Book of North American Mammals.
1998 Factors influencing populations of endangered San Joaquin kit foxes. [ABSTRACT]
1997 The kangaroo rats of California: endemism and conservation of keystone species. [ABSTRACT]
1997 Population structure of Dipodomys ingens (Heteromyidae): the role of spatial heterogeneity in maintaining genetic diversity. [ABSTRACT]
1997 Evaluation of methods for permanently marking kangaroo rats (Dipodomys: Heteromyidae) [ABSTRACT]
1997 Utility of 10-day censuses to estimate population size of blunt-nosed leopard lizards [ABSTRACT]
1994 The effect of drought on blunt-nosed leopard lizards (Gambelia sila).
1994 Gambelia sila (blunt-nosed leopard lizard) cannibalism.
1993 Taxonomy in Biology of the Heteromyidae. [ABSTRACT]
1993 Field Evaluation of using passive integrated transponder (PIT) tags to permanently mark lizards.
1993 Recovery of endangered kangaroo rats in the San Joaquin Valley, California. [ABSTRACT]
1993 Fleas (Siphonaptera) infesting giant kangaroo rats (Dipodomys ingens) on the Elkhorn and Carrizo plains, San Luis Obispo County, California.
1992 Recovery of the blunt-nosed leopard lizards: past efforts, present knowledge, and future opportunities.
1992 General biology of major prey species of the California spotted owl[ABSTRACT]
1992 Gambelia sila (blunt-nosed leopard lizard) peproduction.

Published Agency Reports

Unpublished Agency Reports

2005 Effects of two-lane roads on endangered San Joaquin kit foxes.
2005 Assessment of habitat conditions for the riparian brush rabbit on the San Joaquin River National Wildlife Refuge, California.
2005 Urban roads and the endangered San Joaquin kit fox.
2005 Foxes in farmland, recovery of the endangered San Joaquin kit fox on private lands in California.
2005 Valley elderberry longhorn beetle pilot study, San Joaquin River, 2004.
2004 Terrestrial biological surveys supporting restoration planning for the San Joaquin River, California. Summary Report.
2004 Controlled propagation and translocation of riparian brush rabbits: Annual report for 2003.
2003 Land Retirement Demonstration Project 2002 Annual Report.
2003 Mesocarnivore surveys on Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Site 300, Alameda and San Joaquin counties, California.
2003 Detection dog surveys for the San Joaquin kit fox along the Delta-Mendota Canal, Contra Costa, San Joaquin, Alameda, Stanislaus, and Merced counties, California.
2003 Detection dog surveys for San Joaquin kit fox along State Route 25, San Benito County, California.
2003 Detection dog surveys for San Joaquin kit foxes in the northern range.
2003 Controlled propagation and translocation of riparian brush rabbits: Annual report for 2002.
2002 Aerial surveys for kit fox natal dens in the northern range, California.
2002 Land Retirement Demonstration Project 2001 Annual Report.
2001 Status of the Buena Vista Lake Shrew (Sorex ornatus relictus).
2001 Land Retirement Demonstration Project 2000 Annual Report.
2001 Results of herpetological surveys performed near Millerton Lake, Friant, California.
2000 Analysis of San Joaquin kit fox movements and their use of crossing structures near the State Route 152/33 interchange, Merced County, California.
2000 Modified natural environmental study report for surveys conducted along state route 165, Merced County, California.
2000 Effects of roads on San Joaquin kit foxes: a review and synthesis of literature.
2000 Small mammal trapping, Madera Ranch, Madera County, California.
2000 Effects of roads on San Joaquin kit foxes: a review and synthesis of existing data.
1999 Land Retirement Demonstration Project 1999 Annual Report.
1998 Habitat management for riparian brush rabbits and woodrats with special attenation to fire and flood [ABSTRACT]
1996 Preliminary report on 1995 Kern mallow and San Joaquin woolly-threads grazing and competition reduction studies [ABSTRACT]
1994 Progress report on 1994 grazing studies for Kern mallow and San Joaquin woolly-threads [ABSTRACT]
1994 Demography of Caulanthus californicus, Lembertia congdonii, and Eriastrum hooveri, and vegetation characteristics of endangered species populations in the southern San Joaquin Valley and the Carrizo Plain Natural Area in 1993. [ABSTRACT]
1993 Population censuses of riparian brush rabbits and riparian woodrats at Caswell Memorial State Park during January 1993 [ABSTRACT]

Presentations at Conferences and Symposia

2005

Use of artificial dens as a conservation tool for endangered San Joaquinkit foxes.
Anticoagulant rodenticide exposure in an urban population of the SanJoaquin kit fox.
Are striped skunks a potential epidemiological threat to endangered San Joaquin kit foxes in urban environments?
Burrowing owl dependence on sympatric fossorial mammals: conservation implications.
The riparian brush rabbit (Sylvilagus bachmani riparius): an overview of controlled propagation and reintroduction.
Valley elderberry longhorn beetle- San Joaquin River.
Are stripped skunks a potential epidemiological threat to endangered San Joaquin kit foxes in urban environments?
Disturbance effects on Kern mallow.
Burrowing owl dependence on sympatric fossorial mammals: conservation implications.
An assessment of hair-trap designs: Removing the ambiguity of non-invasive DNA sampling from individuals.
Endangered Species to Highways to Crops: Growing a Regional Map for Interagency.
San Joaquin Valley Upland Species Recovery Planning Areas (poster)
The Potential for Using Locally-collected Seed in San Joaquin Valley Restoration.
Restoration of Retired Valley Farmlands Using Herbicides and Activated Carbon.
Restoration of native plants through study of seeding method and soil type.
Large-scale restoration of retired agricultural lands in the San Joaquin Valley. [ABSTRACT]

2004

Public Opinion Toward the San Joaquin Kit Fox Population in Metro Bakersfield, California.
Effects of Habitat Attributes on Competition Between Endangered San Joaquin Kit Foxes and Coyotes at the Lokern Natural Area.
Human Interactions with Endangered San Joaquin Kit Foxes in Bakersfield: Conservation Needs and Opportunities.
Scent-Marking Behavior of the San Joaquin Kit Fox: Implications for Reproduction and Territoriality.
Endangered Giant Kangaroo Rats Benefit the Endangered Plant Kern Mallow.
The Museum of Vertebrate Zoology and the San Joaquin Valley: Documenting Ecological Change and Biodiversity Loss.
Burrowing Owl Burrow Site Selection in an Urban Environment: Spatial Overlap with San Joaquin Kit Foxes (poster)
Public Opinion Toward the San Joaquin Kit Fox Population in Metro Bakersfield, California.
Effects of Habitat Attributes on Competition Between Endangered San Joaquin Kit Foxes and Coyotes at the Lokern Natural Area.
Human Interactions with Endangered San Joaquin Kit Foxes in Bakersfield: Conservation Needs and Opportunities.
Environmental conditions of natural and artificial kit fox dens
Effect of giant kangaroo rats on the endangered plant Kern mallow
The Museum of Vertebrate Zoology and the San Joaquin Valley: Documenting ecological change and biodiversity loss.
Behavioral trait assessment as a release criterion for reintroduction of captive-bred swift fox.
Public opinion towards the San Joaquin kit fox population in metro Bakersfield, California.
Effects of roads on endangered San Joaquin kit foxes in central California.
Home range and habitat use of a translocated population of riparian brush rabbits (poster)
Reconsidering the characteristics of optimal habitat for the endangered riparian brush rabbit (poster)
Demographics of small mammal populations on retired lands in the San Joaquin Valley, California (poster)
Barking sequences in San Joaquin kit foxes (poster)
Population decline of endangered Tipton kangaroo rats in central California: results of an 11-year study (poster)
Reproduction and growth of a confined population of endangered riparian brush rabbits. [ABSTRACT]
Survivorship of translocated and repatriated riparian brush rabbits. [ABSTRACT]
Habitat selection and spatial overlap of San Joaquin kit fox dens and burrowing owl burrows in an urban environment (poster)
Endangered giant kangaroo rats and stochastic climatic events: documenting the impact of flash flooding.
Effect of habitat attributes on competition between endangered San Joaquin kit foxes and coyotes in California.
Conservation and recovery of the riparian woodrat under pressure from an exotic competitor, the black rat.
Selenium accumulation in small mammals on retired agricultural lands in the San Joaquin Valley, California.
Human interactions with endangered San Joaquin kit foxes in Bakersfield: conservation needs and opportunities.
Survivorship of translocated and repatriated riparian brush rabbits.
The riparian brush rabbit (Sylvilagus bachmani riparius): an overview of its status and recovery.
Reproduction and growth of a confined population of endangered riparian brush rabbits (poster)
From wetland to agriculture to upland: large scale restoration of retired agricultural lands in the San Joaquin Valley, California
Disease monitoring in captively-propagated and reintroduced riparian brush rabbits (Sylvilagus bachmani riparius) in California. [ABSTRACT]
Raptor Occurrences, Incidence of Nesting, and an Assessment of Prey Availability on Retired Agricultural Lands in the San Joaquin Valley, California. [ABSTRACT]

1994-2003

Not a complete listing

2003 Habitat information systems for endangered species recovery planning.[ABSTRACT]
2001 The ecology and status of riparian woodrats.
2001 The ecology and status of riparian brush rabbits.
2000 Den site selection by San Joaquin kit foxes in an urban environment and den competitors.
2000 Interspecific interactions among mammalian predators: implications for the conservation of San Joaquin kit foxes.
1999 Population growth and dispersal in a translocated colony of endangered giant kangaroo rats (Dipodomys ingens.). [ABSTRACT]
1999 San Joaquin kit fox movements and recovery planning in Central California. [ABSTRACT]
1999 Conservation of endangered San Joaquin kit foxes in altered landscapes.
1999 Conservation of endangered San Joaquin kit foxes in urban environments.
1999 Modeling habitat restoration for the San Joaquin kit fox: effects of patch size, immigration, and stochastic prey abundance on population persistence.
1998 Temporal and spatial population fluctuations of giant kangaroo rats (Dipodomys ingens). [ABSTRACT]
1998 The Status of Tipton Kangaroo Rats and the Potential for Their Recovery. [ABSTRACT]
1998 Factors influencing populations of endangered San Joaquin kit foxes.[ABSTRACT]
1997 The San Joaquin kit fox as an "umbrella" species for conservation efforts in central California. [ABSTRACT]
1996 Response of Kern mallow and San Joaquin woolly-threads to reduction of competition. [ABSTRACT]
1996 Influence of endangered giant kangaroo rats on the dispersion and fitness of two endangered plant species in central California. [ABSTRACT] [NB: This title is similar to the presentation from 1994 but the 1996 presentation included 3 additional years worth of data.]
1995 Association of San Joaquin woolly-threads with giant kangaroo rat precincts on the Carrizo Plain. [ABSTRACT]
1995 Rare plant research being conducted by the San Joaquin Valley Endangered Species Recovery Planning Program. [ABSTRACT]
1994 Population responses of Dipodomys ingens to fluctuating precipitation during a 7.5-year period. [ABSTRACT]
1994 Influence of the endangered giant kangaroo rat on the dispersion and fitness of two endangered plant species. [ABSTRACT]