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From progesterone in biopsies to estimates of pregnancy rates: Large scale reproductive patterns of two sympatric species of common dolphin, Delphinus spp. off California, USA and Baja, Mexico
Blubber progesterone levels were measured in biopsy samples and used to predict the pregnancy status of 507 female common dolphins (204 long-beaked common dolphins, Delphinus capensis, and 303 short-beaked common dolphins, ... -
Natural egg sac clutch size of the brown widow spider, Latrodectus geometricus (Araneae: Theridiidae) in southern California
Abstract. We investigated egg sac clutch size of the brown widow spider, Latrodectus geometricus C. L. Koch, in southern California from June through October 2012 by counting eggs from 214 field collected egg sacs. Clutch ... -
Psoroptes Mites and Mule Deer (Odocoileus hemionus): Additional Notes from the San Bernardino Mountains, California
Mites of the genus Psoroptes frequently infest bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis) in southwestern North America. Although based on a small sample (n = 15), evidence from the San Bernardino Mountains, California, previously ... -
Responses of Small Mammals to Wildfire in a Mixed Conifer Forest in the San Bernardino Mountains, California
Abstract.—Wildfires are becoming more prevalent in montane conifer forests of the San Bernardino Mountains of southern California. The effects of fire on stand structure and composition of these forests has been extensively ... -
Status of the Endangered Scotts Valley Spineflower (Polygonaceae) in Coastal Central California
Chorizanthe robusta var. hartwegii (Scotts Valley spineflower, Polygonaceae) is a narrow endemic plant restricted to a specialized microhabitat (exposed bedrock in California prairie) in Santa Cruz County, California. This ...