TWSWS Abstracts Portal

The importance of oyster shells in the breeding success of the Western Snowy Plover

Beyond the CDFW Protocol: Late Season Observations of a Blunt-nosed Leopard Lizard (Gambelia sila) Until Overwintering

Planning Wildlife Crossings at the State Scale Using Spatially Explicit Decision Support

On the important of agriculture for the conservation of wildlife

Where to begin? Approaching a large scale wildlife inventory across one of the largest private ranches in California

The impact of urbanization on the population genetics and evolution of innate immune genes in a resident songbird

Automated telemetry provides insights into natural history and conservation of the blunt-nosed leopard lizard

Median Treatment May Impact Wildlife-Vehicle Collisions on California Highways

Effects of vegetation on the behavior of hunting barn owls (Tyto furcata) and their prey

Effects of migratory behavior on connectivity and population structure of black-tailed deer in northern California

Urbanization and bird health: H/L ratios and parasite prevalence in California finches

Blunt-nosed Leopard Lizards (Gambelia sila) have the capacity for greater seasonal activity than commonly assumed.

Lessons Learned from Fifteen Years of WVC reporting on the California Roadkill Observation System (CROS)

Examining the effects of songbird nest boxes and land use on avian community composition and functional diversity in Napa Valley vineyards

Examining the Influence of Environmental Factors that Contribute to the Success of Translocated Bighorn Sheep

Natural History of Southwestern Willow Flycatchers on the Owens River, CA

Natural History and Current Taxonomy of the Genus Anniella

Estimating Total Roadkill Rate for a US State

Avian biodiversity in central California Vineyards

How Do Environmental Cues Influence Daily Movement of Pronghorn in Southeast Oregon?

Cavity Structures for Nesting Purple Martins: An Innovative Design

Small, young, and elusive: Captive rearing reveals the early life of Blunt-nosed Leopard Lizards

Unbroken from Canada to Mexico: Is Interstate 5 a Continental Barrier to Wildlife?

The use of social information for prospecting and nest site selection by Western Bluebirds (Sialia mexicana)

Spatial and temporal effects of wildfire disturbance on mammal habitat use in fire-adapted California ecosystems

Sex-based habitat segregation in a breeding population of the Southwestern Willow Flycatcher (Empidonax traillii extimus)

The Lizard King of the San Joaquin Desert: The yellow-backed spiny lizard in Central California

Why did the bobcat cross the road? Urban bobcat behavior and roadkill mitigation strategies

Grazed to the Ground: How Invasive Ungulates Threaten Ranchlands and 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

Mapping ringtail (Bassariscus astutus) distribution and development of genetic markers: tools to aid future monitoring and management.

Writing Effective Mitigation Measures

Updates from the Range: 10 Years of the Rangeland Monitoring Network

Monitoring in a Changing World: Adapting to Limited Access

Augmenting Translocated Sage-grouse Broods & Guiding Future Release Locations

Jaguars in California: a past, a present and a future.

The Great Central Valley Holds a Few Surprises

Effects of experimental structural retention placement and arrangement on bird communities in managed forests of the Pacific Northwest

Restoring Forests and Biodiversity: Karuk Tribe Combines Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Modern Science to Revitalize Ecosystems and Protect Their Culture

Genetic relatedness and nesting behavior in a recovering population of the Threatened Hawaiian Stilt (Ae‘o; Himantopus mexicanus knudseni)

Benefits and challenges of extrapolating mountain lion density across California using spatial capture recapture

Developing a New Compensatory Mitigation Crediting Process: SB790 and a Wildlife Connectivity Pilot Project

Cannabis for Conservation; How Legal Cannabis can support Biodiversity

Delineation of multiple forest disturbances over time: a case study across California's Sierra Nevada

Do vocalization parameters of California least terns (Sternula antillarum browni) change in response to a nearby rocket launch?

Mitigation and Monitoring of Habitat Connectivity for San Joaquin Kit Fox

Buena Vista Lake ornate shrew habitat restoration on a duck club

Can wildlife coexist with cannabis? Characterizing bird and bat communities on and near licensed cannabis farms in Humboldt County, California

Establishing the baseline for noninvasive scat based demographic and genetic monitoring of the federally threatened coastal marten (Martes caurina humboldtensis)

The ecological value of California walnut woodlands to avifauna

Local site use of the endangered San Joaquin kit fox in Central Valley uplands

Extended Benefits of Mitigation

Assessing livestock guardian dog impacts on coyotes and non-target wildlife behavior

Inventory of Small Mammals to Inform Restoration at Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area

Bridging the Gap Between Students, Wildlife, and Scientific Communication: Davis Wood Duckumentary

Shifting forest structure, climate, and wildfire shape the occupancy of a montane mesocarnivore guild

Q & A Session

Testing Adapative Habitat Selection in Breeding Swainson's Hawks

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

Trial by fire: Assessing space use of burned landscapes by Pacific marten.

From City to Countryside: Implications for Adaptive Immunity in Birds

Local scale occupancy and relative abundance of vocalizing avian species using Autonomous Recording Units

Lessons Learned in Restoration and Monitoring of Sensitive Wildlife and Habitat in the Northern Carrizo Plain

It Gets Worse Before It Gets Better? Minimizing Impacts & Maximizing Benefits in Large-Scale Restoration in Occupied Turtle Habitat in Yosemite National Park

Factors influencing the survival of fishers in the Southern Sierra Nevada, California

Impervious surface cover and number of restaurants shape diet variation in an urban carnivore

California Black Rail (Laterallus Jamaicensis Coturniculus) Response to Marsh Restoration at Bay Point Regional Shoreline, California.

Improving methods in environmental review Part 1: Habitat assessment of wildlife species with potential to occur on a project site

Terrestrial Movements of the Southwestern Pond Turtle

Strategies for Forest Thinning: Minimizing Impact on Pacific Marten Habitat

What has genetics taught us about fishers, marten and wolverines?: A 20 year update

Effectiveness of Conservation Actions and Population Trends of Greater Sage-Grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) in the Bi-State Distinct Population Segment

Improving methods in environmental review Part 2: Reconnaissance surveys for characterizing the wildlife community

Mojave Desert Tortoise use of California’s abandoned mines

Forest structure and disturbance regimes affect the density and distribution of an endangered fisher (Pekania pennanti) population

Comparing Pedigree-Based and Genomic Measures of Inbreeding in an Isolated Urban Mountain Lion Population

Avian Community Responses to Forest Restoration in Hawaiʻi

Increasing variation in timing of precipitation: Implications for monitoring and management of vernal pools in southern California

Nesting Behavior in a Population of Northwestern Pond Turtles, Actinemys (Emys) marmorata

Fine-scale vegetation characteristics at Humboldt marten rest locations reveals complicated challenges

Genomic Impacts of Fragmentation and Disease in the Endangered San Joaquin Kit Fox

Informing restoration design: Applying Central Valley Joint Venture Population Objectives for Grassland and At-Risk Riparian Birds

Reintroduction planning, success and challenges of endangered amphibians in Yosemite National Park

Western Pond Turtles - Between Two Shells

A call for collaborative conservation, innovative technology to describe natural history, evidence-based reviews, and historical context

Conservation prioritization in the Salt Marsh Harvest Mouse

An Update on the California Department of Fish and Wildlife’s Climate and Biodiversity Monitoring Sentinel Site Network

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

Developing A Coordinated Wild Pig Management Program Across A Multi-Agency Partnership

Boom and Bust in a Non-Native Population of Diamond-backed Watersnake (Nerodia rhombifer) in Northern California

Salmonella in the city: constitutive and genetic innate immunity against a harmful pathogen in cardueline finches

Adaptive Management Strategies for Recovery of the critically endangered San Clemente Loggerhead Shrike (Lanius ludovicianus mearnsi)

Automated Wildlife Monitoring on Wildlife Crossings

Developing a tool for spatially prioritizing barred owl management

Ten Thousand Snake Snacks: community science documents snake ecology at a racer’s pace.

Prevalence of canine distemper virus, canine parvovirus, and canine adenovirus in endangered San Joaquin kit foxes in California

Behavioral Responses of Pinnipeds to Rocket Launches at Vandenberg Space Force Base and the North Channel Islands

Using Timelapse Photography to Monitor Ecosystem Change: A Pilot Study in California Watersheds

Understanding Barred Owl (Strix varia) Diet along an Invasion Pathway in California and the Pacific Northwest

Monitoring habitat use by the Great Basin rattlesnake (Crotalus lutosus): patterns of resource selection and thermal environment in eastern Nevada

Mitigating impacts from rabbit hemorrhagic disease virus and monitoring population trends for endangered riparian brush rabbits in California’s Central Valley

Assessing the influence of rocket launch and landing noise on threatened and endangered species at Vandenberg Space Force Base

A novel noninvasive survey tool for shrews and its implication for special status shrews in the San Francisco Estuary

The Non-native American Beaver in Southern California (Exclusive of The Colorado River): A Review of Their Past, Present, And Possible Future

A Tale of Two Tails: lineage formation in a glossy snake species complex mirrors partitioning of desert ecosystems in the arid southwest

Combating a fungal disease in mountain yellow-legged frogs through in and ex situ strategies

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

Yosemite Toad Reintroduction: Survival, Behavior, and Predation at ‘Toad Island’ in Yosemite National Park

Updates on the Terrestrial and Vernal Pool Invertebrates of Conservation Priority List

The Impacts Of Wildfire On San Clemente Island’s Rodent Populations

The Natural History of California Leaf-nosed Bats: Tropical Bats in the Temperate Zone

Population Recovery, Reproductive Success, and Habitat use of Ospreys and Bald Eagles in Central Interior California

Distribution and Habitat Use of the Santa Clara County Population of Red-bellied Newts (Taricha rivularis)

Challenges and limitations for the recovery of the rare and understudied San Joaquin Valley giant flower-loving fly (Rhaphiomidas trochilus)

Reporting on large-scale studies for Mohave ground squirrel (Xerospermophilus mohavensis)

Why Bat Mitigation Often Fails, and How We Can Do Better: Recommended Approaches and Lessons Learned from Southern California

Increasing Wildfire Pressure Drives Habitat Decline for Southern California Spotted Owls

Predator-Prey Relationships Among Top Predators in California Vernal Pools: Dynamics of California Tiger Salamanders (Ambystoma californiense) and Predaceous Di

A bold challenge - assessing wild bee occurrence in forests that differed in stand age and fire severity at large spatial scales.

Observations of activity patterns, seasonal foraging behavior, and co-occurring burrow occupants of Sierra Nevada Mountain Beaver (Aplodontia rufa californica)

Quantifying Silver-haired bat roosting habits in the Dixie fire burn scar

Golden Eagle Demographics and Habitat Use on a California Central Coast Landscape

Early age at sexual maturity; lessons learned from a marked, translocated population of threatened frogs

Genetic assessment of springsnails (Pyrgulopsis) for inventory, monitoring and conservation across the Great Basin in Nevada and Utah.

The Influence of Abiotic Factors on Buena Vista Lake Shrew (Sorex ornatus relictus) Activity Patterns

The effects of fire on bat activity in Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks

The impacts of wildfire on spotted owls: a bioregional-scale data synthesis

Phenotypic Plasticity in Larval Spea (Anura: Scaphiopodidae): Assembling Disparate Knowledge for a Cohesive Understanding with a Focus on Spea hammondii

Status of Lange’s Metalmark Butterfly at Antioch Dunes National Wildlife Refuge

Long-term impacts of low-intensity grazing on Giant Kangaroo Rats in the Carrizo Plain National Monument

It's Hot in Here: Post-wildfire roost and microclimate selection of a small insectivorous bat, the California myotis

Habitat selection and movement ecology of the California population of great gray owl, Strix nebulosa yosemitensis

Beyond the Karst: Diversification and Radiation of the Genus Hydromantes in Northern California

A second tadpole shrimp (Lepidurus lemmoni) native to California Central Valley vernal pools

Why the long face? Lack of data limiting conservation action for potentially imperiled narrow-faced kangaroo rat

What’s that smell? Determining Pd-infection Status in Tricolored Bats using E-nose Volatile Emissions Analysis

Thigmothermy in gravid female Arroyo Toads (Anaxyrus californicus)

Improving planting design and weed management of restored bee and butterfly habitat in Central Valley agricultural landscapes

Effects of microhabitat characteristics on upland site use by the endangered Buena Vista Lake ornate shrew

White-nose Syndrome Could Soon Affect California’s Hibernating Bats

Sharing is Caring: Habitat Use & Partitioning by Foothill Yellow-Legged Frogs and Red-Bellied Newts in their Aquatic Life Stages

Arid Arachnids: A Scorp Squad Census

Fight or Flood? Do the impacts of weather and competition shape SMHM densities and habitat use?

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