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The Environmental Legacy of the UC Natural Reserve System
Edited by Peggy L. Fiedler, Susan Gee Rumsey, and Kathleen M. Wong
Published by UC Press, 2013
Bibliography: All References, Including Sources and Literature Cited
Editors’ Note: Included in this section are all sources consulted in the preparation of this
book as well as a selected listing of research conducted at each of the NRS reserves.
This list includes master’s theses, doctoral dissertations, and published research in
peer-reviewed journals, books, book chapters, and selected technical reports. These
references are not comprehensive but serve to illustrate the range of research that has
been, and continues to be, conducted at NRS reserves.
Part I: Inspiration and Vision
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Gomez-Pompa, A. 1998. Letter nominating Wilbur Mayhew for Chevron Conservation
Awards Program.
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cooperative breeder. Animal Behaviour 29: 396-409.
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Mittermeier, R. A., P. R. Gil, M. Hoffmann, J. Pilgram, T. Brooks, C. G. Mittermeier, J.
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Oakland.
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--------. 2008. Special Research Projects: National Centers and Other Landscape-Scale
Projects that Utilize NRS Reserves. University of California Natural Reserve
System, Oakland, CA. 19 pp.
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University of California, Oral History Program. 1982. Among the Plants of the Earth,
Transcript 1978-1979. Mildred Ester Mathias; Harlan Lewis, Mary Terrall.
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Part II: Reserves
Heath and Marjorie Angelo Coast Reserve
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Quantifying variation in the strengths of species interactions. Ecology 80: 22062224.
Estes, J. A., J. Terborgh, J. S. Brashares, M. E. Power, J. Berger, W. J. Bond, S. R.
Carpenter, T. E. Essington, R. D. Holt, J. B. C. Jackson, R. J. Marquis, L.
Oksanen, T. Oksanen, R. T. Paine, E. K. Pikitch, W. J. Ripple, S. A. Sandin, M.
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river food web. Ecology 83: 1845-1859.
Herring, M. 1987. Heath and Marjorie Angelo Coast Range Reserve. University of
California Natural Reserve System, Oakland, CA. 8 pp.
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between a mayfly and stream algae. Ecology 68: 1955-1965.
Hunter, J. C., and M. G. Barbour. 2001. Through-growth by Pseudotsuga menziesii: A
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Vegetation Science 12: 445-452.
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natives and exotics in coastal Californian meadows. Journal of Applied Ecology
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Sogard, S. E. Sultan, D. M. Holzer, J. Travis, B. J. Sanderson, M. E. Power, and
R. W. Carmichael. Evolutionary consequences of habitat loss for Pacific
anadromous salmonids. 2008. Evolutionary Applications 1: 300-318.
McNeely, C., and M. E. Power. 2007. Spatial variation in caddisfly grazing regimes
within a northern California watershed. Ecology 88: 2609-2619.
Power, M. E. 1990. Effects of fish in river food webs. Science 250: 411-415.
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Progress in Oceanography 68: 125-133.
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Research 17: 451-471.
Power, M. E., R. Lowe, P. C. Furey, J. Welter, M. Limm, C. Bode, S. Chang, M.
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Power, M.E., M. S. Parker, and W. E. Dietrich. 2008. Seasonal reassembly of river food
webs under a Mediterranean hydrologic regime: Floods, droughts, and impacts of
fish. Ecological Monographs 78: 263-282.
Sabo, J. L., and M. E. Power. 2002. Numerical response of riparian lizards to aquatic
insects and the short-term consequences for alternate terrestrial prey. Ecology
83: 3023-3036.
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riverbeds impairs growth and survival of juvenile salmonids. Ecological
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University of California, Natural Reserve System, Angelo Reserve,
http://angelo.berkeley.edu.
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Wootton, J. T., and M. E. Power. 1993. Productivity, consumers, and the structure of a
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1384-1387.
Año Nuevo Island Reserve
Andrews, R.D., D. R. Jones, J. D. Williams, P. H. Thorson, G. W. Oliver, D. P. Costa,
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Tagging of pacific predators: Tracking apex marine predator movements in a
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Boehlert, G. W., D. P. Costa, D. E. Crocker, P. Green, T. O'Brien, S. Levitus, and B. J.
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Crocker, D. E., D. P. Costa, B. J. Le Boeuf, P. M. Webb, and D. S. Houser. 2006.
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Klimley, A. P., B. J. Le Boeuf, K. M. Cantara, J. E. Richert, S. F. Davis, S. Van
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Blue Oak Ranch Reserve
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Bodega Marine Reserve
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