Contributed Paper Abstracts

THE IMPORTANCE OF OYSTER SHELLS IN THE BREEDING SUCCESS OF THE WESTERN SNOWY PLOVER

THE IMPACT OF URBANIZATION ON THE POPULATION GENETICS AND EVOLUTION OF INNATE IMMUNE GENES IN A RESIDENT SONGBIRD

URBANIZATION AND BIRD HEALTH: H/L RATIOS AND PARASITE PREVALENCE IN CALIFORNIA FINCHES

NATURAL HISTORY OF SOUTHWESTERN WILLOW FLYCATCHERS ON THE OWENS RIVER, CA

CAVITY STRUCTURES FOR NESTING PURPLE MARTINS: AN INNOVATIVE DESIGN

SEX-BASED HABITAT SEGREGATION IN A BREEDING POPULATION OF THE SOUTHWESTERN WILLOW FLYCATCHER (EMPIDONAX TRAILLII EXTIMUS)

BEYOND THE CDFW PROTOCOL: LATE SEASON OBSERVATIONS OF A BLUNT-NOSED LEOPARD LIZARD (GAMBELIA SILA) UNTIL OVERWINTERING

AUTOMATED TELEMETRY PROVIDES INSIGHTS INTO NATURAL HISTORY AND CONSERVATION OF THE BLUNT-NOSED LEOPARD LIZARD

BLUNT-NOSED LEOPARD LIZARDS (GAMBELIA SILA) HAVE THE CAPACITY FOR GREATER SEASONAL ACTIVITY THAN COMMONLY ASSUMED.

NATURAL HISTORY AND CURRENT TAXONOMY OF THE GENUS ANNIELLA

SMALL, YOUNG, AND ELUSIVE: CAPTIVE REARING REVEALS THE EARLY LIFE OF BLUNT-NOSED LEOPARD LIZARDS

THE LIZARD KING OF THE SAN JOAQUIN DESERT: THE YELLOW-BACKED SPINY LIZARD IN CENTRAL CALIFORNIA

PLANNING WILDLIFE CROSSINGS AT THE STATE SCALE USING SPATIALLY EXPLICIT DECISION SUPPORT

MEDIAN TREATMENT MAY IMPACT WILDLIFE-VEHICLE COLLISIONS ON CALIFORNIA HIGHWAYS

LESSONS LEARNED FROM FIFTEEN YEARS OF WVC REPORTING ON THE CALIFORNIA ROADKILL OBSERVATION SYSTEM (CROS)

ESTIMATING TOTAL ROADKILL RATE FOR A US STATE

UNBROKEN FROM CANADA TO MEXICO: IS INTERSTATE 5 A CONTINENTAL BARRIER TO WILDLIFE?

WHY DID THE BOBCAT CROSS THE ROAD? URBAN BOBCAT BEHAVIOR AND ROADKILL MITIGATION STRATEGIES

ON THE IMPORTANT OF AGRICULTURE FOR THE CONSERVATION OF WILDLIFE

EFFECTS OF VEGETATION ON THE BEHAVIOR OF HUNTING BARN OWLS (TYTO FURCATA) AND THEIR PREY

EXAMINING THE EFFECTS OF SONGBIRD NEST BOXES AND LAND USE ON AVIAN COMMUNITY COMPOSITION AND FUNCTIONAL DIVERSITY IN NAPA VALLEY VINEYARDS

AVIAN BIODIVERSITY IN CENTRAL CALIFORNIA VINEYARDS

THE USE OF SOCIAL INFORMATION FOR PROSPECTING AND NEST SITE SELECTION BY WESTERN BLUEBIRDS (SIALIA MEXICANA)

GRAZED TO THE GROUND: HOW INVASIVE UNGULATES THREATEN RANCHLANDS AND ECOSYSTEMS

WHERE TO BEGIN? APPROACHING A LARGE SCALE WILDLIFE INVENTORY ACROSS ONE OF THE LARGEST PRIVATE RANCHES IN CALIFORNIA

EFFECTS OF MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR ON CONNECTIVITY AND POPULATION STRUCTURE OF BLACK-TAILED DEER IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA

EXAMINING THE INFLUENCE OF ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS THAT CONTRIBUTE TO THE SUCCESS OF TRANSLOCATED BIGHORN SHEEP

HOW DO ENVIRONMENTAL CUES INFLUENCE DAILY MOVEMENT OF PRONGHORN IN SOUTHEAST OREGON?

SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL EFFECTS OF WILDFIRE DISTURBANCE ON MAMMAL HABITAT USE IN FIRE-ADAPTED CALIFORNIA ECOSYSTEMS

AN INVESTIGATION OF SACRAMENTO RIVER WILDLIFE AREA UNITS TO DETERMINE RESTORATION OPPORTUNITIES FOR WILDLIFE HABITAT ENHANCEMENT AND WILDFIRE RESILIENCY

ANNUAL SURVIVAL OF A MIGRATORY BIRD LINKED TO CLIMATE-DRIVEN STRESSORS ACROSS THE MIGRATORY CYCLE: DECLINE OF WILLOW FLYCATCHERS IN THE KERN RIVER VALLEY, CA

AUGMENTING TRANSLOCATED SAGE-GROUSE BROODS & GUIDING FUTURE RELEASE LOCATIONS

GENETIC RELATEDNESS AND NESTING BEHAVIOR IN A RECOVERING POPULATION OF THE THREATENED HAWAIIAN STILT (AE‘O; HIMANTOPUS MEXICANUS KNUDSENI)

DO VOCALIZATION PARAMETERS OF CALIFORNIA LEAST TERNS (STERNULA ANTILLARUM BROWNI) CHANGE IN RESPONSE TO A NEARBY ROCKET LAUNCH?

THE ECOLOGICAL VALUE OF CALIFORNIA WALNUT WOODLANDS TO AVIFAUNA

BRIDGING THE GAP BETWEEN STUDENTS, WILDLIFE, AND SCIENTIFIC COMMUNICATION: DAVIS WOOD DUCKUMENTARY

MAPPING RINGTAIL (BASSARISCUS ASTUTUS) DISTRIBUTION AND DEVELOPMENT OF GENETIC MARKERS: TOOLS TO AID FUTURE MONITORING AND MANAGEMENT.

JAGUARS IN CALIFORNIA: A PAST, A PRESENT AND A FUTURE.

BENEFITS AND CHALLENGES OF EXTRAPOLATING MOUNTAIN LION DENSITY ACROSS CALIFORNIA USING SPATIAL CAPTURE RECAPTURE

MITIGATION AND MONITORING OF HABITAT CONNECTIVITY FOR SAN JOAQUIN KIT FOX

LOCAL SITE USE OF THE ENDANGERED SAN JOAQUIN KIT FOX IN CENTRAL VALLEY UPLANDS

SHIFTING FOREST STRUCTURE, CLIMATE, AND WILDFIRE SHAPE THE OCCUPANCY OF A MONTANE MESOCARNIVORE GUILD

WRITING EFFECTIVE MITIGATION MEASURES

THE GREAT CENTRAL VALLEY HOLDS A FEW SURPRISES

DEVELOPING A NEW COMPENSATORY MITIGATION CREDITING PROCESS: SB790 AND A WILDLIFE CONNECTIVITY PILOT PROJECT

BUENA VISTA LAKE ORNATE SHREW HABITAT RESTORATION ON A DUCK CLUB

EXTENDED BENEFITS OF MITIGATION

Q & A SESSION

UPDATES FROM THE RANGE: 10 YEARS OF THE RANGELAND MONITORING NETWORK

EFFECTS OF EXPERIMENTAL STRUCTURAL RETENTION PLACEMENT AND ARRANGEMENT ON BIRD COMMUNITIES IN MANAGED FORESTS OF THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST

CANNABIS FOR CONSERVATION; HOW LEGAL CANNABIS CAN SUPPORT BIODIVERSITY

CAN WILDLIFE COEXIST WITH CANNABIS? CHARACTERIZING BIRD AND BAT COMMUNITIES ON AND NEAR LICENSED CANNABIS FARMS IN HUMBOLDT COUNTY, CALIFORNIA

ASSESSING LIVESTOCK GUARDIAN DOG IMPACTS ON COYOTES AND NON-TARGET WILDLIFE BEHAVIOR

TESTING ADAPATIVE HABITAT SELECTION IN BREEDING SWAINSON'S HAWKS

MONITORING IN A CHANGING WORLD: ADAPTING TO LIMITED ACCESS

RESTORING FORESTS AND BIODIVERSITY: KARUK TRIBE COMBINES TRADITIONAL ECOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE AND MODERN SCIENCE TO REVITALIZE ECOSYSTEMS AND PROTECT THEIR CULTURE

DELINEATION OF MULTIPLE FOREST DISTURBANCES OVER TIME: A CASE STUDY ACROSS CALIFORNIA'S SIERRA NEVADA

ESTABLISHING THE BASELINE FOR NONINVASIVE SCAT BASED DEMOGRAPHIC AND GENETIC MONITORING OF THE FEDERALLY THREATENED COASTAL MARTEN (MARTES CAURINA HUMBOLDTENSIS)

INVENTORY OF SMALL MAMMALS TO INFORM RESTORATION AT SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS NATIONAL RECREATION AREA

THE IMPACTS OF CLIMATE, HABITAT AND WILDFIRE ON SIERRA NEVADA SMALL MAMMAL COMMUNITIES

SPATIALLY EXPLICIT ESTIMATION OF SEX- AND AGE CLASS-SPECIFIC DENSITIES OF MOJAVE DESERT TORTOISES (GOPHERUS AGASSIZII) ON NAVAL AIR WEAPONS STATION CHINA LAKE

IT GETS WORSE BEFORE IT GETS BETTER? MINIMIZING IMPACTS & MAXIMIZING BENEFITS IN LARGE-SCALE RESTORATION IN OCCUPIED TURTLE HABITAT IN YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK

TERRESTRIAL MOVEMENTS OF THE SOUTHWESTERN POND TURTLE

MOJAVE DESERT TORTOISE USE OF CALIFORNIA’S ABANDONED MINES

NESTING BEHAVIOR IN A POPULATION OF NORTHWESTERN POND TURTLES, ACTINEMYS (EMYS) MARMORATA

WESTERN POND TURTLES - BETWEEN TWO SHELLS

TRIAL BY FIRE: ASSESSING SPACE USE OF BURNED LANDSCAPES BY PACIFIC MARTEN.

FACTORS INFLUENCING THE SURVIVAL OF FISHERS IN THE SOUTHERN SIERRA NEVADA, CALIFORNIA

STRATEGIES FOR FOREST THINNING: MINIMIZING IMPACT ON PACIFIC MARTEN HABITAT

FOREST STRUCTURE AND DISTURBANCE REGIMES AFFECT THE DENSITY AND DISTRIBUTION OF AN ENDANGERED FISHER (PEKANIA PENNANTI) POPULATION

FINE-SCALE VEGETATION CHARACTERISTICS AT HUMBOLDT MARTEN REST LOCATIONS REVEALS COMPLICATED CHALLENGES

A CALL FOR COLLABORATIVE CONSERVATION, INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY TO DESCRIBE NATURAL HISTORY, EVIDENCE-BASED REVIEWS, AND HISTORICAL CONTEXT

FROM CITY TO COUNTRYSIDE: IMPLICATIONS FOR ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY IN BIRDS

IMPERVIOUS SURFACE COVER AND NUMBER OF RESTAURANTS SHAPE DIET VARIATION IN AN URBAN CARNIVORE

WHAT HAS GENETICS TAUGHT US ABOUT FISHERS, MARTEN AND WOLVERINES?: A 20 YEAR UPDATE

COMPARING PEDIGREE-BASED AND GENOMIC MEASURES OF INBREEDING IN AN ISOLATED URBAN MOUNTAIN LION POPULATION

GENOMIC IMPACTS OF FRAGMENTATION AND DISEASE IN THE ENDANGERED SAN JOAQUIN KIT FOX

CONSERVATION PRIORITIZATION IN THE SALT MARSH HARVEST MOUSE

LOCAL SCALE OCCUPANCY AND RELATIVE ABUNDANCE OF VOCALIZING AVIAN SPECIES USING AUTONOMOUS RECORDING UNITS

CALIFORNIA BLACK RAIL (LATERALLUS JAMAICENSIS COTURNICULUS) RESPONSE TO MARSH RESTORATION AT BAY POINT REGIONAL SHORELINE, CALIFORNIA.

EFFECTIVENESS OF CONSERVATION ACTIONS AND POPULATION TRENDS OF GREATER SAGE-GROUSE (CENTROCERCUS UROPHASIANUS) IN THE BI-STATE DISTINCT POPULATION SEGMENT

AVIAN COMMUNITY RESPONSES TO FOREST RESTORATION IN HAWAIʻI

INFORMING RESTORATION DESIGN: APPLYING CENTRAL VALLEY JOINT VENTURE POPULATION OBJECTIVES FOR GRASSLAND AND AT-RISK RIPARIAN BIRDS

AN UPDATE ON THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE’S CLIMATE AND BIODIVERSITY MONITORING SENTINEL SITE NETWORK

LESSONS LEARNED IN RESTORATION AND MONITORING OF SENSITIVE WILDLIFE AND HABITAT IN THE NORTHERN CARRIZO PLAIN

IMPROVING METHODS IN ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW PART 1: HABITAT ASSESSMENT OF WILDLIFE SPECIES WITH POTENTIAL TO OCCUR ON A PROJECT SITE

IMPROVING METHODS IN ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW PART 2: RECONNAISSANCE SURVEYS FOR CHARACTERIZING THE WILDLIFE COMMUNITY

INCREASING VARIATION IN TIMING OF PRECIPITATION: IMPLICATIONS FOR MONITORING AND MANAGEMENT OF VERNAL POOLS IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

REINTRODUCTION PLANNING, SUCCESS AND CHALLENGES OF ENDANGERED AMPHIBIANS IN YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK

MITIGATING DEVELOPMENT IMPACTS: CREATING PROTECTED BREEDING HABITAT FOR CALIFORNIA RED-LEGGED FROG AND CALIFORNIA TIGER SALAMANDER

A 3-D THERMAL CAMERA SYSTEM TO STUDY BATS’ FLIGHT IN THE WILD

AUTOMATED WILDLIFE MONITORING ON WILDLIFE CROSSINGS

USING TIMELAPSE PHOTOGRAPHY TO MONITOR ECOSYSTEM CHANGE: A PILOT STUDY IN CALIFORNIA WATERSHEDS

A NOVEL NONINVASIVE SURVEY TOOL FOR SHREWS AND ITS IMPLICATION FOR SPECIAL STATUS SHREWS IN THE SAN FRANCISCO ESTUARY

DEVELOPING A COORDINATED WILD PIG MANAGEMENT PROGRAM ACROSS A MULTI-AGENCY PARTNERSHIP

DEVELOPING A TOOL FOR SPATIALLY PRIORITIZING BARRED OWL MANAGEMENT

UNDERSTANDING BARRED OWL (STRIX VARIA) DIET ALONG AN INVASION PATHWAY IN CALIFORNIA AND THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST

THE NON-NATIVE AMERICAN BEAVER IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA (EXCLUSIVE OF THE COLORADO RIVER): A REVIEW OF THEIR PAST, PRESENT, AND POSSIBLE FUTURE

BOOM AND BUST IN A NON-NATIVE POPULATION OF DIAMOND-BACKED WATERSNAKE (NERODIA RHOMBIFER) IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA

TEN THOUSAND SNAKE SNACKS: COMMUNITY SCIENCE DOCUMENTS SNAKE ECOLOGY AT A RACER’S PACE.

MONITORING HABITAT USE BY THE GREAT BASIN RATTLESNAKE (CROTALUS LUTOSUS): PATTERNS OF RESOURCE SELECTION AND THERMAL ENVIRONMENT IN EASTERN NEVADA

A TALE OF TWO TAILS: LINEAGE FORMATION IN A GLOSSY SNAKE SPECIES COMPLEX MIRRORS PARTITIONING OF DESERT ECOSYSTEMS IN THE ARID SOUTHWEST

SALMONELLA IN THE CITY: CONSTITUTIVE AND GENETIC INNATE IMMUNITY AGAINST A HARMFUL PATHOGEN IN CARDUELINE FINCHES

PREVALENCE OF CANINE DISTEMPER VIRUS, CANINE PARVOVIRUS, AND CANINE ADENOVIRUS IN ENDANGERED SAN JOAQUIN KIT FOXES IN CALIFORNIA

MITIGATING IMPACTS FROM RABBIT HEMORRHAGIC DISEASE VIRUS AND MONITORING POPULATION TRENDS FOR ENDANGERED RIPARIAN BRUSH RABBITS IN CALIFORNIA’S CENTRAL VALLEY

COMBATING A FUNGAL DISEASE IN MOUNTAIN YELLOW-LEGGED FROGS THROUGH IN AND EX SITU STRATEGIES

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES FOR RECOVERY OF THE CRITICALLY ENDANGERED SAN CLEMENTE LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE (LANIUS LUDOVICIANUS MEARNSI)

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSES OF PINNIPEDS TO ROCKET LAUNCHES AT VANDENBERG SPACE FORCE BASE AND THE NORTH CHANNEL ISLANDS

ASSESSING THE INFLUENCE OF ROCKET LAUNCH AND LANDING NOISE ON THREATENED AND ENDANGERED SPECIES AT VANDENBERG SPACE FORCE BASE

EVALUATING ACOUSTIC FIDELITY DEGRADATION OF PROFESSIONALLY RUGGEDIZED RECORDING EQUIPMENT AFTER LONG-TERM DEPLOYMENT IN A COSTAL ENVIRONMENT

COMPARING THE RELATIVE EFFECTS OF SEVERE FIRE, DROUGHT, AND FUEL TREATMENTS ON SPOTTED OWL OCCUPANCY

POPULATION RECOVERY, REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS, AND HABITAT USE OF OSPREYS AND BALD EAGLES IN CENTRAL INTERIOR CALIFORNIA

INCREASING WILDFIRE PRESSURE DRIVES HABITAT DECLINE FOR SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA SPOTTED OWLS

GOLDEN EAGLE DEMOGRAPHICS AND HABITAT USE ON A CALIFORNIA CENTRAL COAST LANDSCAPE

THE IMPACTS OF WILDFIRE ON SPOTTED OWLS: A BIOREGIONAL-SCALE DATA SYNTHESIS

HABITAT SELECTION AND MOVEMENT ECOLOGY OF THE CALIFORNIA POPULATION OF GREAT GRAY OWL, STRIX NEBULOSA YOSEMITENSIS

YOSEMITE TOAD REINTRODUCTION: SURVIVAL, BEHAVIOR, AND PREDATION AT ‘TOAD ISLAND’ IN YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK

DISTRIBUTION AND HABITAT USE OF THE SANTA CLARA COUNTY POPULATION OF RED-BELLIED NEWTS (TARICHA RIVULARIS)

PREDATOR-PREY RELATIONSHIPS AMONG TOP PREDATORS IN CALIFORNIA VERNAL POOLS: DYNAMICS OF CALIFORNIA TIGER SALAMANDERS (AMBYSTOMA CALIFORNIENSE) AND PREDACEOUS DI

EARLY AGE AT SEXUAL MATURITY; LESSONS LEARNED FROM A MARKED, TRANSLOCATED POPULATION OF THREATENED FROGS

PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY IN LARVAL SPEA (ANURA: SCAPHIOPODIDAE): ASSEMBLING DISPARATE KNOWLEDGE FOR A COHESIVE UNDERSTANDING WITH A FOCUS ON SPEA HAMMONDII

BEYOND THE KARST: DIVERSIFICATION AND RADIATION OF THE GENUS HYDROMANTES IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA

THIGMOTHERMY IN GRAVID FEMALE ARROYO TOADS (ANAXYRUS CALIFORNICUS)

SHARING IS CARING: HABITAT USE & PARTITIONING BY FOOTHILL YELLOW-LEGGED FROGS AND RED-BELLIED NEWTS IN THEIR AQUATIC LIFE STAGES

UPDATES ON THE TERRESTRIAL AND VERNAL POOL INVERTEBRATES OF CONSERVATION PRIORITY LIST

CHALLENGES AND LIMITATIONS FOR THE RECOVERY OF THE RARE AND UNDERSTUDIED SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY GIANT FLOWER-LOVING FLY (RHAPHIOMIDAS TROCHILUS)

A BOLD CHALLENGE - ASSESSING WILD BEE OCCURRENCE IN FORESTS THAT DIFFERED IN STAND AGE AND FIRE SEVERITY AT LARGE SPATIAL SCALES.

GENETIC ASSESSMENT OF SPRINGSNAILS (PYRGULOPSIS) FOR INVENTORY, MONITORING AND CONSERVATION ACROSS THE GREAT BASIN IN NEVADA AND UTAH.

STATUS OF LANGE’S METALMARK BUTTERFLY AT ANTIOCH DUNES NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE

A SECOND TADPOLE SHRIMP (LEPIDURUS LEMMONI) NATIVE TO CALIFORNIA CENTRAL VALLEY VERNAL POOLS

IMPROVING PLANTING DESIGN AND WEED MANAGEMENT OF RESTORED BEE AND BUTTERFLY HABITAT IN CENTRAL VALLEY AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPES

ARID ARACHNIDS: A SCORP SQUAD CENSUS

THE IMPACTS OF WILDFIRE ON SAN CLEMENTE ISLAND’S RODENT POPULATIONS

REPORTING ON LARGE-SCALE STUDIES FOR MOHAVE GROUND SQUIRREL (XEROSPERMOPHILUS MOHAVENSIS)

OBSERVATIONS OF ACTIVITY PATTERNS, SEASONAL FORAGING BEHAVIOR, AND CO-OCCURRING BURROW OCCUPANTS OF SIERRA NEVADA MOUNTAIN BEAVER (APLODONTIA RUFA CALIFORNICA)

THE INFLUENCE OF ABIOTIC FACTORS ON BUENA VISTA LAKE SHREW (SOREX ORNATUS RELICTUS) ACTIVITY PATTERNS

LONG-TERM IMPACTS OF LOW-INTENSITY GRAZING ON GIANT KANGAROO RATS IN THE CARRIZO PLAIN NATIONAL MONUMENT

WHY THE LONG FACE? LACK OF DATA LIMITING CONSERVATION ACTION FOR POTENTIALLY IMPERILED NARROW-FACED KANGAROO RAT

EFFECTS OF MICROHABITAT CHARACTERISTICS ON UPLAND SITE USE BY THE ENDANGERED BUENA VISTA LAKE ORNATE SHREW

FIGHT OR FLOOD? DO THE IMPACTS OF WEATHER AND COMPETITION SHAPE SMHM DENSITIES AND HABITAT USE?

THE NATURAL HISTORY OF CALIFORNIA LEAF-NOSED BATS: TROPICAL BATS IN THE TEMPERATE ZONE

WHY BAT MITIGATION OFTEN FAILS, AND HOW WE CAN DO BETTER: RECOMMENDED APPROACHES AND LESSONS LEARNED FROM SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

QUANTIFYING SILVER-HAIRED BAT ROOSTING HABITS IN THE DIXIE FIRE BURN SCAR

THE EFFECTS OF FIRE ON BAT ACTIVITY IN SEQUOIA AND KINGS CANYON NATIONAL PARKS

IT'S HOT IN HERE: POST-WILDFIRE ROOST AND MICROCLIMATE SELECTION OF A SMALL INSECTIVOROUS BAT, THE CALIFORNIA MYOTIS

WHAT’S THAT SMELL? DETERMINING PD-INFECTION STATUS IN TRICOLORED BATS USING E-NOSE VOLATILE EMISSIONS ANALYSIS

WHITE-NOSE SYNDROME COULD SOON AFFECT CALIFORNIA’S HIBERNATING BATS

NATURAL PEST CONTROL, THE NOCTURNAL WINGED HELPER: THE PEST, POLLINATORS, AND VECTORS BRIDGE-DWELLING BATS ARE CONSUMING IN THE AGRICULTURAL HUB OF THE SANTA CL

FORAGING CHOICES OF A SMALL HETEROMYID MOUSE IN COASTAL SAGE SCRUB HABITATS

COLLABORATIVE PARTNERSHIPS TO DEVELOP OUT-OF-KIND MITIGATION: A CASE STUDY AT SANBORN COUNTY PARK, SARATOGA, CA

EXPLORING DATA SOURCES TO EVALUATE ECOLOGICAL CHANGES TO THE NORTH PACIFIC HUMPBACK WHALE MIGRATION

DOCUMENTING THE SPREAD OF THE INVASIVE MUTE SWAN (CYGNUS OLOR) IN CALIFORNIA

BENTHIC MACROINVERTEBRATES AS BIOINDICATORS FOR METAL FOLLOWING WILDFIRE IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA

COMMON RAVENS DISRUPT GREATER SAGE-GROUSE LEKKING BEHAVIOR IN THE GREAT BASIN

SNAPSHOTS, SENTINELS, AND OTHER OPPORTUNITIES: ESTABLISHING A STUDENT-LED WILDLIFE MONITORING SITE

RELEASE OR TRANSLOCATION HABITAT FOR THE ENDANGERED BLUNT-NOSED LEOPARD LIZARD (GAMBELIA SILA)

GUIDE TO DISTINGUISHING WESTERN POND TURTLES (ACTINEMYS SPP. ) FROM COMMON POND SLIDERS (TRACHEMYS SPP.)

DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY OF THE ALAMEDA WHIPSNAKE (MASTICOPHUS LATERALIS EURYXANTHUS) ON MT. WANDA AT JOHN MUIR NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE

A NON-INVASIVE FECAL-DNA DETECTION METHOD FOR SARCOPTIC MANGE IN THE SAN JOAQUIN KIT FOX (VULPES MACROTIS MUTICA)

DO ROCKET LAUNCHES INFLUENCE THE NESTING SUCCESS OF WESTERN SNOWY PLOVERS (CHARADRIUS NIVOSUS NIVOSUS) AND CALIFORNIA LEAST TERNS (STERNULA ANTILLARUM BROWNI)?

CDFW NUTRIA ERADICATION PROGRAM

COMBINING HAND CAPTURES, CAMERAS, AND TELEMETRY TO ESTIMATE POPULATION PARAMETERS OF AN ENDEMIC MONITOR LIZARD AND INFORM THE MANAGEMENT OF AN ENDANGERED BIRD

LONG-TERM OCCUPANCY MONITORING REVEALS VALUE OF MODERATE DISTURBANCE FOR AN OPEN-HABITAT SPECIALIST, THE STEPHENS' KANGAROO RAT (DIPODOMYS STEPHENSI)

COMMUNITY SCIENCE INDIVIDUALS COLLECT PEAK RAPTOR MIGRATION DATA DURING A PAUSE IN PROGRAMS.

TESTING THE USE OF RUB-STATIONS FOR SARCOPTIC MANGE TREATMENT IN SAN JOAQUIN KIT FOXES

COYOTE FOOD ITEM USE ALONG AN URBAN GRADIENT IN THE SOUTHERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY, CALIFORNIA

POPULATION GENOMICS OF THE ENDEMIC GALAPAGOS DOVE (ZENAIDA GALAPAGOENSIS)

WHERE ARE THEY BREEDING? ATTACHING GSM TRANSMITTERS TO BURROWING OWLS IN ORANGE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA

MARINE RESOURCE USE BY TERRESTRIAL MAMMALS IN MAINLAND COASTAL ECOSYSTEMS.

BAT COMMUNITY COMPOSITION OVER AN ELEVATIONAL GRADIENT IN SEQUOIA NATIONAL PARK

A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE EFFECTS OF ARTIFICIAL LIGHT ON SAN JOAQUIN KIT FOXES IN URBAN AND NON-URBAN ENVIRONMENTS

HOW TO CONSERVE THE CHIMPANZEES AND THEIR ENVIRONMENT? MAKE THE PEOPLE HEALTHY

DEVELOPMENT OF AN EFFECTIVE, VERSATILE, AND HUMANE WILD HOG TRAP

EFFECTS OF CANINE URINE ON WILDLIFE FORAGING

SPATIOTEMPORAL PARTITIONING BETWEEN AN INVASIVE SPECIES AND A MESOCARNIVORE COMMUNITY IN AN URBAN ENVIRONMENT

WINTER WARRIORS: IMMUNOGENETICS AND BLOODBORNE PARASITES IN OVERWINTERING WHITE-CROWNED SPARROWS

EVALUATING THE USE OF BEAK AND TALON SWABS IN BARRED OWL DIET ANALYSES

ALERT DISTANCE RESPONSES OF THREE ENDANGERED WETLAND BIRD SPECIES IN HAWAIIAN AGRO-ECOSYSTEMS

PREDICTING THE POTENTIAL IMPACTS OF LOCATIONS OF SOLAR FACILITIES ON MULE DEER POPULATIONS IN SOUTH CENTRAL OREGON

NOVEL OVIPOSITION SITE SELECTION & UPLAND HABITAT USE BY FOOTHILL YELLOW-LEGGED FROGS IN THE MIDDLE FORK AMERICAN RIVER WATERSHED, SIERRA NEVADA FOOTHILLS, CA

SALMONID CONSERVATION THROUGH THE STUDY OF AN ANNELID WORM: MANAYUNKIA OCCIDENTALIS IN THE FEATHER RIVER, CA.

LISTENING TO THE LANDSCAPE: PASSIVE ACOUSTIC MONITORING FOR BURROWING OWLS

A META-ANALYSIS OF THE IMPACT OF DRONES ON BIRDS

A NOVEL WAY TO MONITOR NESTS USING MOTUS TAGGED BIRDS AND A CTT NODE.

FACTORS INFLUENCING ROAD CROSSINGS BY ELK

VARIATION IN ACOUSTIC ACTIVITY OF BATS ACROSS MULTIPLE HABITAT TYPES BY SEASON IN SEQUOIA AND KINGS CANYON NATIONAL PARK, CALIFORNIA.

HUMMINGBIRD HAPPENINGS: THE SEASONALITY OF PHYSIOLOGICAL AND BEHAVIORAL ENERGY BALANCE STRATEGIES IN ANNA'S HUMMINGBIRD (CALYPTE ANNA)

IMPACT OF A SARCOPTIC MANGE EPIDEMIC ON A POPULATION OF ENDANGERED SAN JOAQUIN KIT FOXES

SURVIVAL CHALLENGES OF GIANT GARTERSNAKES IN AGRICULTURAL FLOODPLAINS: ASSESSING THE IMPACT OF AGROCHEMICALS

APPLICATION OF REMOTE SENSING FOR MANAGEMENT OF A LARGE HOME RANGE NON-NATIVE MAMMAL

UNDERSTANDING THE EFFECTS OF GROUNDWATER DEPTH ON RIPARIAN HABITAT QUALITY IN THE KERN RIVER VALLEY IN CALIFORNIA

GREATER SAGE-GROUSE CHICK SURVIVAL WITHIN A POST-FIRE LANDSCAPE

GENOMIC ASSEMBLY OF THE GALAPAGOS ENDEMIC LAVA GULL FOR SPECIES CONSERVATION

A NON-INVASIVE GENETIC METHOD TO SURVEY FOR NORTH AMERICAN PORCUPINES

INVESTIGATING PACIFIC POCKET MOUSE MICROHABITAT SELECTION THROUGH BEHAVIORAL OBSERVATIONS

PALEO-BIOLOGY IN GALAPAGOS TO INFORM TRANSLOCATION OF ENDEMIC SPECIES

EVIDENCE OF TOOL USE FOR PREENING BY NORTHERN FLICKERS (COLAPTES AURATUS)

MATERNAL STRESS INFLUENCES OFFSPRING IMMUNE FUNCTION IN A WILD LIZARD

BROOD PARASITISM ON GREATER SAGE-GROUSE BROOD BY CHUKAR IN NEVADA

CAPTURING COMMON RAVENS AND TRACKING BREEDING-SEASON MOVEMENT PATTERNS

QUANTIFYING ANTIPREDATOR BEHAVIORS OF THE NORTHERN PACIFIC RATTLESNAKE ON THE CENTRAL COAST OF CALIFORNIA

EFFECTS OF ROADS ON SPACE USE, HABITAT SELECTION, POPULATION DYNAMICS AND HEALTH OF THE RINGTAIL (BASSARISCUS ASTUTUS)

ROADKILL INDUCED EXTIRPATION OF LARGEST KNOWN POPULATION OF PACIFIC NEWTS (TARICHA SPP.) REQUIRES EMERGENCY RESPONSE

FEATHER MITES IN WHITE-CROWNED SPARROWS (ZONOTRICHIA LEUCOPHRYS): TEMPORAL VARIATION AND THEIR EFFECTS ON CONDITION

PHENOLOGICAL PATTERNS IN BAT ACTIVITY AND SPECIES RICHNESS USING LONG-TERM ACOUSTIC SURVEYS WITHIN ORCHARDS OF A SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA URBAN AGROECOSYSTEM

TURTLE LEECHES FOUND ON NORTHWESTERN POND TURTLES AND SAN DIEGO COUNTY IN CALIFORNIA

NEST SITE SELECTION OF FERRUGINOUS HAWK WITHIN BUTTE VALLEY

WHERE DO YOU HELP WILDLIFE GET ACROSS 300 MILES OF THE CALIFORNIA AQUEDUCT? A DATA-DRIVEN PROCESS INFORMING SOLUTIONS.

GENOMIC INSIGHTS INTO THE EVOLUTIONARY HISTORY OF SPOTTED SKUNKS (SPILOGALE SPP.)

FIRST-YEAR FINDINGS OF INVASIVE SPECIES REMOVAL EFFORTS TO MITIGATE THE DECLINE OF NORTHWESTERN POND TURTLES (ACTINEMYS MARMORATA) AT A PRESERVE IN WOODLAND, CA

CAMERA SURVEY OF MAMMALS - CENTRAL SIERRA NEVADA

BRIDGING THE UNDERSTANDING GAP

EFFECTS OF REPRODUCTIVE STATUS ON STANDARD METABOLIC RATE OF THE PRAIRIE RATTLESNAKE (CROTALUS VIRIDIS) AT HIGH ELEVATION SITE WITH A SHORT ACTIVE SEASON

PACIFIC MARTENS, A FOREST OBLIGATE, PERSISTED AFTER A MEGAFIRE

NIGHT WINGS OF SOUTHERN ALAMEDA COUNTY

BLACK SKIMMER (RYNCHOPS NIGER) BREEDING SUCCESS IN THE EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT, CALIFORNIA

VALIDATING IBUTTONS FOR CHARACTERIZING SUMMER NIGHTTIME MICROHABITAT USE IN DESERT TORTOISES ACROSS LIFE STAGES

SOARING THE SKIES: WHERE DO REINTRODUCED CALIFORNIA CONDORS SPEND THEIR TIME?

EFFECTS OF WILDFIRE ON AMERICAN BLACK BEAR (URSUS AMERICANUS) POPULATIONS IN LASSEN VOLCANIC NATIONAL PARK

RESTORATION MONITORING – CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES

SPATIAL DYNAMICS OF SAN CLEMENTE ISLAND FOX ADULT FEMALES AND PUPS

HARBOR SEAL HAULOUT BEHAVIOR IN AND NEAR MORRO BAY

SPOTTING THE DIFFERENCE: A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF ANEIDES SPOTTING AND CANOPY COVER

WHOLE GENOME OF THE CRITICALLY ENDANGERED GALAPAGOS PETREL (PTERODROMA PHAEOPYGIA) AND IMPLICATIONS FOR CONSERVATION

PLUMAGE COLORATION AND BODY CONDITION AS SIGNALS OF MHC CLASS I DIVERSITY AND GENOTYPE IN MALE HOUSE FINCHES (HAEMORHOUS MEXICANUS)

FROM POISON TO SIGNAL: UTILIZING MACHINE LEARNING TO QUANTIFY ANTI-PREDATOR WARNING COLORS IN GARTER SNAKES (THAMNOPHIS)

MONITORING CLIMATE CHANGE AND BIODIVERSITY THROUGH THE CALIFORNIA SENTINEL SITE NETWORK

MOTUS MATURES IN CALIFORNIA

ALAMEDA SONG SPARROW HABITAT USE AS A METRIC FOR RESTORATION SUCCESS

THE SCENTED UNDERWORLD: EUCALYPTUS ESSENTIAL OILS AND THEIR EFFECTS ON SOIL HEALTH

EXAMINING THE LOS ANGELES ZOO’S GARDENS FOR BIRD ACTIVITY

BATS AND WILDFIRE IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA - HOW DID THE DIXIE FIRE IMPACT BAT SPECIES DISTRIBUTION AND ACTIVITY PATTERNS IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA? A THESIS UPDATE

LESSONS LEARNED FROM THE FIELD: A CONSULTANT’S PERSPECTIVE ON BUMBLE BEE SURVEYS

A MULTISPECIES APPROACH TO THE CONSERVATION OF THE SAN QUINTIN KANGAROO RAT (DIPODOMYS GRAVIPES)

SEASONAL PREY SELECTION OF CHIROPTERA IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA

SEASONAL VARIATION IN BAT COMMUNITY COMPOSITION ALONG AN URBAN GRADIENT

MAPPING BAT ACTIVITY THROUGH SOUND: ACOUSTIC MONITORING AND HEAT MAP ANALYSIS OF LESSER LONG-NOSED BAT VISITATION TO AGAVE PALMERI

CACHE CREEK CONSERVANCY: REVITALIZING IMPACTED LANDSCAPES THROUGH RESTORATION AND EDUCATION

BOBCAT HABITAT SELECTION ACROSS A FRAGMENTED AGROECOSYSTEM LANDSCAPE IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

MEASURING AND MONITORING SPAWNING GRAVEL FOR STEELHEAD TROUT (ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS) ALONG THE CARMEL RIVER

DEVELOPMENT AND EVALUATION OF AN ENHANCED METHOD FOR SWAINSON'S HAWK NEST MONITORING

CONTAMINANT SURVEILLANCE IN NORTH AMERICAN RIVER OTTERS IN CALIFORNIA