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Campsite impacts on small mammals of the Colorado River, Canyonlands National Park, Utah Small mammal populations were live-trapped at two campsites and two control areas along the Colorado River in Canyonlands National Park, Utah, to determine the effects of camping impact on small mammal numbers. Data were collected from August 20 to September 10, 1976, and from April 11 to September 10, 1977. Captures of the canyon mouse (Peromyscus crinitis), least chipmunk (Eutamias minimus), antelope ground squirrel (Ammospermophilus leucurus), white-throated wood rat (Neotoma albigula) and rock squirrel (Spermophilus variegatus) populations were numerous enough to permit statistical comparison. At the Brown Betty campsite, small mammal populations, with the exception of rock squirrels, increased with campsite... Categories: Publication; Types: Citation, Thesis Citation; Tags: Elmore, National Park, Utah, camp, disturbance, All tags... impact assessment, mammal, recreation, rodent, Fewer tags Responses of wind erosion to climate-induced vegetation changes on the Colorado Plateau Projected increases in aridity throughout the southwestern United States due to anthropogenic climate change will likely cause reductions in perennial vegetation cover, which leaves soil surfaces exposed to erosion. Accelerated rates of dust emission from wind erosion have large implications for ecosystems and human well-being, yet there is poor understanding of the sources and magnitude of dust emission in a hotter and drier climate. Here we use a two-stage approach to compare the susceptibility of grasslands and three different shrublands to wind erosion on the Colorado Plateau and demonstrate how climate can indirectly moderate the magnitude of aeolian sediment flux through different responses of dominant plants... Categories: Publication; Types: Citation, Journal Citation; Tags: arid, horizontal flux, land use, national park, threshold shear velocity Climate influences on whitebark pine mortality from mountain pine beetle in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem Abstract (from http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/eap.1396/full): Extensive mortality of whitebark pine, beginning in the early to mid-2000s, occurred in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem (GYE) of the western US, primarily from mountain pine beetle but also from other threats such as white pine blister rust. The climatic drivers of this recent mortality and the potential for future whitebark pine mortality from mountain pine beetle are not well understood, yet are important considerations in whether to list whitebark pine as a threatened or endangered species. We sought to increase the understanding of climate influences on mountain pine beetle outbreaks in whitebark pine forests, which are less well understood... Categories: Publication; Types: Citation; Tags: Climate Change, Forests, Landscapes, National Park, Northwest CASC, All tags... Other Wildlife, Plants, Wildlife and Plants, Fewer tags Campsite impacts on small mammals of the Colorado river, Canyonlands National Park, Utah Small mammal populations were live-trapped at two campsites and two control areas along the Colorado River in Canyonlands National Park, Utah, to determine the effects of camping impact on small mammal numbers. Data were collected from August 20 to September 10, 1976, and from April 11 to September 10, 1977. Captures of the canyon mouse (Peromyscus crinitis), least chipmunk (Eutamias minimus), antelope ground squirrel (Ammospermophilus leucurus), white-throated wood rat (Neotoma albigula) and rock squirrel (Spermophilus variegatus) populations were numerous enough to permit statistical comparison. At the Brown Betty campsite, small mammal populations, with the exception of rock squirrels, increased with campsite... Categories: Publication; Types: Citation, Thesis Citation; Tags: Elmore, National Park, Utah, camp, disturbance, All tags... impact assessment, mammals, recreation, rodent, Fewer tags