Browsing by Author "Wang, Hsiao-Hsuan"
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Meierhofer, Melissa Beth (2020-07-02)New or introduced infectious diseases can have detrimental effects on wildlife populations, including reduction of population size of some species, and even extinction. White-nose syndrome (WNS), a bat disease caused by a ...
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Diaz-Lopez, Jasmins (2019-08-19)Matrix population models are often applied to a variety of organisms possessing different life history traits, and fertility rates need to be estimated differently for them. Although there is a general method described for ...
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Suriyamongkol, Thanchira (2015-09-04)Wildfires are natural phenomena that can impact native fauna by altering their habitats. In 2011, a large wildfire occurred in 2011 near Bastrop, Texas. Bastrop area is known for its famous Lost Pines region which is a ...
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Cole, Anna Marie (2015-09-19)There are over 30 species of wild cat that occupy over 90 countries of the world. Many of these species are experiencing significant population loss due to urbanization and habitat fragmentation. These forces lead to common ...
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Arevilca, Aminta (2015-09-19)Wildlife populations are negatively impacted in a variety of ways. Humans, in particular, have played a huge part in species declines today as well as species extinctions in the past due to overexploitation (Coleman and ...
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Carbajal, Katherine (2018-04-23)One of the most endangered marine mammals in the coastal areas of the United States is the Florida manatee (Trichechus manatus latirostris). The Florida manatee population has been increasing and decreasing since 1991 along ...
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Richardson, Andrew WFound in the headwaters of the Comal and San Marcos River, the Fountain Darter (Etheostoma fonticola) is on average a three-centimeter length fish that feeds upon small invertebrates. Considered endangered by the United ...
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Fern, Rachel Rae (2018-10-15)Maps of actual or potential species distributions are crucial for many aspects of natural resource management, land use development, and conservation planning. Species distribution models (SDMs) attempt to predict or ...
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Wang, Hsiao-Hsuan; Grant, William E.; Gan, Jianbang; Rogers, William E.; Swannack, Todd M.; Koralewski, Tomasz E.; Miller, James H.; Taylor, John W.; Scalas, Enrico (PloS One, 2012)
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Kocmoud, Amanda Renee (2018-08-03)Kemp’s ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys kempii) is a critically-endangered species endemic to the Gulf of Mexico. Prior to 2010, based on nest counts at the primary nesting beach, the population appeared to be recovering. ...
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Mali, Ivana; Wang, Hsiao-Hsuan; Grant, William E.; Feldman, Mark; Forstner, Michael R. J.; Hernandez Montoya, Alejandro Raul (PloS One, 2015)
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Occupation, Dispersal, and Economic Impact of Major Invasive Plant Species in Southern U.S. Forests Wang, Hsiao-Hsuan (2011-02-22)Invasive alien plants have impacted southern U.S. forests. This study focuses on quantifying current distribution, rate of dispersals, and economic losses caused by four major invaders — Chinese tallow (Triadica sebifera ...
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Poche, David Matthew (2015-11-24)More cases of visceral leishmaniasis (VL) are reported in Bihar, India than any other region in the world. Attempts have been made to control the VL vector, the biting sand fly, Phlebotomus argentipes. Studies suggest that ...
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Wang, Hsiao-Hsuan; Wonkka, Carissa L.; Grant, William E.; Rogers, William E. (Forests, 2012)
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Wang, Hsiao-Hsuan; Wonkka, Carissa L.; Grant, William E.; Rogers, William E. (AOB Plants, 2016)
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Wang, Hsiao-Hsuan; Kung, Nina Y.; Grant, William E.; Scanlan, Joe C.; Field, Hume E.; Stambas, John (PloS One, 2013)
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Huff, Thomas Preston (2017-07-11)Hydrologic changes have affected coastal ecosystem sustainability along the Texas coast and throughout the Gulf of Mexico. Human utilization of coastal ecosystems has led to the alteration of tidal hydrology. These ecosystems ...
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Aden, Rebecca E (2015-09-19)Amphibian populations have been documented to be declining worldwide for the last three decades. Determining the risk of extinction is one of the major goals of amphibian conservation. However, sex ratios are difficult to ...
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Camposeco, Maria Paola; Diaz, Jasmin; Ortega, MarissaThe introduction of invasive species in marine environments is rare but detrimental to the existence of native species. The Indo-Pacific lionfish species (Pterois volitans and P. miles) recently has invaded coral reefs ...
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Wang, Hsiao-Hsuan; Koralewski, Tomasz; McGrew, Erin; Grant, William; Byram, Thomas (Forests, 2015)