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Contents Acknowledgments......................................................................................................................iii Preface ......................................................................................................................................vii Dedication ..................................................................................................................................ix Conference Summary Biodiversity and Management of the Madrean Archipelago III: Closing Remarks and Notes From the Concluding Session................................................................................................................. 1 Dale S. Turner The Nature Conservancy, Tucson, Arizona Alejandro Castellanos Universidad de Sonora, Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico Plenary Sessions Papers National Wildlife Refuge Management on the United States/Mexico Border ..................................................... 5 William R. Radke U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; San Bernardino and Leslie Canyon National Wildlife Refuges, Douglas, Arizona Biodiversity in the Madrean Archipelago of Sonora, Mexico............................................................................. 10 Thomas R. Van Devender; Sergio Avila-Villegas; and Melanie Emerson Sky Island Alliance, Tucson, Arizona Dale Turner The Nature Conservancy, Tucson, Arizona aron D. Flesch University of Montana, Missoula, Montana Nicholas S. Deyo Sky Island Alliance, Tucson, Arizona Julia Cole Geosciences and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona David A. Lytle Department of Zoology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon Juliet Stromberg School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona J. Mario Cirett-Galan Ajos Bavispe Preserve, San Pedro River Basin and Sierra San Luis Abstracts Climate Change, Megadroughts, and the North American Monsoon................................................................ 17 Floods, Droughts, and Aquatic Biodiversity in the Madrean Archipelago........................................................ 17 Riparian Vegetation and Disappearing Groundwater......................................................................................... 18 Conservation Management of the Ajos Bavispe National Forest Preserve and Wildlife Refuge* Pine-Oak Woodlands in Mexico: Challenges and Opportunities in Conserving Sky Islands* Jose A. Sarakhan-Kermez Nacional of CONABIO * Abstract not received Santa Cruz River Conservation Conservation Efforts and Possibilities for Increased Collaboration in the Santa Cruz River Watershed............................................................................................................................. 21 Claire A. Zugmeyer and Emily M. Brott Sonoran Institute, Tucson, Arizona Changing Climate in the Sky Island Region A Conceptual Model of Plant Responses to Climate with Implications for Monitoring Ecosystem Change......................................................................................................................... 27 C. David Bertelsen Herbarium and the School of Natural Resources and the Environment, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona Temporal Patterns in Species Flowering in Sky Islands of the Sonoran Desert Ecoregion............................ 33 Theresa M. Crimmins USA National Phenology Network: School of Natural Resources and the Environment, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona Michael A. Crimmins Department of Soil, Water and Environmental Science, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona xi C. David Bertelsen Herbarium and School of Natural Resources and the Environment, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona Donald A. Falk School of Natural Resources and the Environment, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona Lawrence L. C. Jones USDA Forest Service, Coronado National Forest, Tucson, Arizona John L. Koprowski, Sandra L. Doumas, Melissa J. Merrick, Brittany Oleson, Erin E. Posthumus, Timothy G. Jessen, and R. Nathan Gwinn School of Natural Resources and the Environment, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona Are Madrean Ecosystems Approaching Tipping Points? Anticipating Interactions of Landscape Disturbance and Climate Change..................................................................................................................... 40 Preliminary Assessment of Changes in a Lizard Assemblage at an Ecotone in Southeastern Arizona........................................................................................................................................ 48 It’s Lonely at the Top: Biodiversity at Risk to Loss from Climate Change........................................................ 53 Responding to Climate Change Impacts in the Sky Island Region: From Planning to Action........................ 60 Louise W. Misztal Sky Island Alliance, Tucson, Arizona Gregg Garfin School of Natural Resources and the Environment, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona Lara Hansen EcoAdapt, Bainbridge Island, Washington Southwestern Cienegas Flora and Vegetation of the Saint David and Lewis Springs Cienegas, Cochise County, Arizona.................. 71 Elizabeth Makings School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona Paleoenvironmental Framework for Understanding the Development, Stability, and State-Changes of Ciénegas in the American Deserts .............................................................................................................. 77 Thomas A. Minckley Department of Geography and Program in Ecology, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming Andrea Brunelle Department of Geography, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah Dale Turner The Nature Conservancy, Tucson, Arizona Northern Jaguar Reserve When Will Female Jaguars Cross the Border? Socio-Demographics of the Northern Jaguar........................ 87 Peter Warshall Northern Jaguar Project, Tucson, Arizona Bird Ecology and Conservation on the Northern Jaguar Reserve: Recent Lessons ..................................... 91 Peter Warshall Northern Jaguar Project, Tucson, Arizona Aaron D. Flesch, School of Natural Resources and the Environment, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona S. Lucía Perez-Weil, Juan Carlos G. Bravo Naturalia, Comité para la Conservación de Especies Silvestres, A.C., Northern Jaguar Project, Hermosillo, Sonora, México Buying Land for Conservation Purposes in Sonora, Mexico.............................................................................. 97 Amphibian Conservation A Comparison of the Herpetofaunas of Ranchos Los Fresnos and El Aribabi in Northern Sonora, Mexico................................................................................................................................. 103 xii James C. Rorabaugh Saint David, Arizona Jeffrey M. Servoss U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Tucson, Arizona Valerie L. Boyarski Arizona Game and Fish Department, Phoenix, Arizona Erin Fernandez, and Doug Duncan U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Tucson, Arizona Carlos Robles Elías Rancho El Aribabi, Imuris, Sonora, Mexico Kevin E. Bonine Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and School of Natural Resources and the Environment, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona Comparison of Preliminary Herpetofaunas of the Sierras la Madera (Oposura) and Bacadéhuachi with the Mainland Sierra Madre Occidental in Sonora, Mexico.................................................................................. 110 Thomas R. Van Devender Sky Island Alliance, Tucson, Arizona Erik F. Enderson Drylands Institute, Tucson, Arizona Dale S. Turner The Nature Conservancy, Tucson, Arizona Roberto A. Villa Tucson Herpetological Society, Tucson, Arizona Stephen F. Hale EcoPlan Associates, Inc., Mesa, Arizona George M. Ferguson University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona Charles Hedgcock Sky Island Alliance, Tucson, Arizona Rivers and Streams Distribution of Riparian Vegetation in Relation to Streamflow in Pima County, Arizona............................... 119 Julia E. Fonseca Pima County Office of Conservation and Sustainability, Tucson, Arizona Mike List Pima County Information Technology, Tucson, Arizona C.O. Minckley Cuenca los Ojos, Flagstaff, Arizona Observations on the Seasonal Distribution of Native Fish in a 10-Kilometer Reach of San Bernardino Creek, Sonora, Mexico................................................................................................................. 124 Biodiversity and Conservation of the Ciénega de Saracachi area, Sonora, Mexico...................................... 127 Thomas R. Van Devender Sky Island Alliance, Tucson, Arizona Martín A. Villa-Andrade; Martín Reyes-Juárez; and Gonzálo Luna-Salazar Comisión de Ecología Sustentable del Estado de Sonora, Hermosillo, Sonora Martín Padrés-Contreras, Fernando Padrés Rancho Agua Fría, Cucurpe, Sonora Paul S. Martin University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona Biodiversity: Arthropods Preliminary Assessment of Biogeographic Affinities of Selected Insect Taxa of the State of Sonora, Mexico................................................................................................................................... 133 Robert W. Jones, Alejandro Obregón-Zuñiga and Sandra Guzman-Rodriguez Facultad de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro, Querétaro, Qro., México Preliminary Survey of Bee (Hymenoptera: Anthophila) Richness in the Northwestern Chihuahuan Desert.......................................................................................................................................... 138 Robert L. Minckley Department of Biology, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York John S. Ascher Department of Entomology, American Museum of Natural History, New York, New York Introduction to the Arizona Sky Island Arthropod Project (ASAP): Systematics, Biogeography, Ecology, and Population Genetics of Arthropods of the Madrean Sky Islands......................................... 144 Wendy Moore, Wallace M. Meyer, III, Jeffrey A. Eble, and Kimberly Franklin Department of Entomology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona John F. Wiens and Richard C. Brusca Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, Tucson, Arizona John D. Palting Department of Entomology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona Justin O. Schmidt Southwestern Biological Institute, Tucson, Arizona Melinda Cárdenas-García and Mónica C. Olguín-Villa Universidad de Sonora, Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico Preliminary Assessment of the Moth (Lepidoptera: Heterocera) Fauna of Rincon de Guadalupe, Sierra de Bacadéhuachi, Sonora, Mexico...................................................................................................................... 169 Sand Dune of Ruby, Arizona, an Anthropogenically Created Biodiversity Hotspot for Wasps and Their Velvet Ant Parasitoids..................................................................................................................... 172 Bird List of San Bernardino Ranch in Agua Prieta, Sonora, Mexico................................................................ 175 xiii Preliminary Assessment of Species Richness and Avian Community Dynamics in the Madrean Sky Islands, Arizona......................................................................................................................................... 180 Jamie S. Sanderlin, William M. Block, Joseph L. Ganey, and Jose M. Iniguez USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Flagstaff, Arizona Biodiversity: Plants Biodiversity Effects on Ecosystem Function Due to Land Use: The Case of Buffel Savannas in the Sky Islands Seas in the Central Region of Sonora............................................................................................... 191 A. E. Castellanos , H. Celaya , C. Hinojo , and A. Ibarra DICTUS, Universidad de Sonora, Hermosillo, Sonora J. R. Romo School of Natural Resources and Environment, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona Biogeography and Diversity of Pines in the Madrean Archipelago.................................................................. 197 George M. Ferguson University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona Aaron D. Flesch Avian Science Center, Division of Biological Sciences, University of Montana, Missoula, Montana Thomas R. Van Devender Sky Island Alliance, Tucson, Arizona M. S. González-Elizondo, M. González-Elizondo, L. Ruacho González, I.L. Lopez Enriquez, F.I. Retana Rentería, and J.A. Tena Flores CIIDIR I.P.N. Unidad Durango, Mexico Ecosystems and Diversity of the Sierra Madre Occidental............................................................................... 204 Wide Ranges of Functional Traits in the Flora from the Central Region of Sonora: A Diversity to be Explored............................................................................................................................... 212 César Hinojo Hinojo, Alejandro E. Castellanos, and Jose M. Llano Sotelo Laboratorio de Ecofisiología Vegetal, Departamento de Investigaciones Científicas y Tecnológicas de la Universidad de Sonora, Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico Cytogeography of Larrea tridentata at the Chihuahuan-Sonoran Desert Ecotone........................................... 218 Robert G. Laport and Robert L. Minckley Department of Biology, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York Ana Lilia Reina-Guerrero; and Thomas R. Van Devender Sky Island Alliance, Tucson, Arizona Chihuahuan Desert Flora of La Calera, Municipio de Agua Prieta, Sonora, Mexico....................................... 225 Flora of Chihuahuan Desertscrub on Limestone in Northeastern Sonora, Mexico ....................................... 229 Thomas R. Van Devender, Ana Lilia Reina-Guerrero Sky Island Alliance, Tucson, Arizona J. Jesús Sánchez-Escalante Departamento de Investigaciones Científicas y Tecnológicas, Universidad de Sonora, Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico Preliminary Flora of the Sierra Bacadéhuachi, Sonora, Mexico....................................................................... 236 Thomas R. Van Devender and Ana Lilia Reina-Guerrero Sky Island Alliance, Tucson, Arizona George M. Ferguson University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona George Yatskievych Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, Missouri Beatriz E. Loyola-Reina JRM Consultores, Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico Gertrudis Yanes-Arvayo, and Maria de la Paz Montañez-Armenta Universidad de la Sierra, Moctezuma, Sonora, Mexico John L. Anderson Bureau of Land Management, Phoenix, Arizona Stephen F. Hale EcoPlan Associates, Inc., Mesa, Arizona Sky Jacobs Wild Sonora, Tucson, Arizona Comparison of the Tropical Floras of the Sierra la Madera and the Sierra Madre Occidental, Sonora, Mexico ................................................................................................................................................ 240 xiv Thomas R. Van Devender Sky Island Alliance, Tucson, Arizona Gertrudis Yanes-Arvayo Universidad de la Sierra, Moctezuma, Sonora, Mexico Ana Lilia Reina-Guerrero Sky Island Alliance, Tucson, Arizona Melissa Valenzuela-Yánez, Maria de la Paz Montañez-Armenta, and Hugo Silva-Kurumiya Universidad de la Sierra, Moctezuma, Sonora, Mexico Biodiversity: Reptiles Biogeographic Perspective of Speciation Among Desert Tortoises in the Genus Gopherus: A Preliminary Evaluation................................................................................................................................. 243 Taylor Edwards University of Arizona Genetics Core, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona Mercy Vaughn Paso Robles, California Cristina Meléndez Torres Comisión de Ecología y Desarrollo Sustentable del Estado de Sonora, Sonora, Mexico Alice E. Karl Alice E. Karl and Associates, Davis, California Philip C. Rosen School of Natural Resources and the Environment, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona Kristin H. Berry U.S. Geological Survey, Western Ecological Research Center, Riverside, California Robert W. Murph Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Canada Biodiversity: Mammals Richness of Mammals on the San Bernardino Ranch in the Municipality of Agua Prieta, Sonora, Mexico................................................................................................................................................. 248 Mario Erandi Bonillas-Monge and Carlos Manuel Valdez-Coronel Departamento de Investigaciones Científicas y Tecnológicas de la Universidad de Sonora, Sonora, Mexico Preliminary List of Flying Mammals in the Ajos-Bavispe National Forest Reserve and Wildlife Refuge, Sonora................................................................................................................................... 252 Rosa Elena Jiménez CONANP, Reserva Forestal Nacional y Refugio de Fauna Silvestre Ajos-Bavispe, Cananea, Sonora Christ D. Weise U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Kofa National Wildlife Refuge, Yuma, Arizona Mario Cirett-Galán, Guadalupe Flores, and Manuel Munguia CONANP, Reserva Forestal Nacional y Refugio de Fauna Silvestre Ajos-Bavispe, Cananea, Sonora E. Isaías Ochoa Naturalia, A.C., Hermosillo, Sonora Decade of Wildlife Tracking in the Sky Islands.................................................................................................. 256 Jessica A. Lamberton-Moreno Wildlife Linkages Program, Sky Island Alliance, Tucson, Arizona Sergio Avila-Villegas Northern Mexico Program, Sky Island Alliance, Tucson, Arizona Black Bear Population and Connectivity in the Sky Islands of Mexico and the United States..................... 263 N. E. Lara-Díaz and C. A. López-González Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro, Qro., Mexico H. Coronel-Arellano and A. González-Bernal Naturalia, A. C. Sonora, Mexico Don E. Swann and Nic Perkins Saguaro National Park, Tucson, Arizona Inventory of Terrestrial Mammals in the Rincon Mountains Using Camera Traps.......................................... 269 Biodiversity: Aquatic Habitat Type and Permanence Determine Local Aquatic Invertebrate Community Structure in the Madrean Sky Islands........................................................................................................................................ 277 Michael T. Bogan Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon Oscar Gutierrez-Ruacho and J. Andrés Alvarado-Castro, CESUES, Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico David A. Lytle Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon Douglas K. Duncan Arizona Ecological Services Office, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Tucson, Arizona Gila Topminnow Interactions With Western Mosquitofish: An Update............................................................ 283 xv Native Aquatic Vertebrates: Conservation and Management in the Río Sonoyta Basin, Sonora, Mexico................................................................................................................................................. 288 C. Minckley Cuenca los Ojos, Flagstaff, Arizona Izar Izaguirre Pompa Reserva de la Biosfera del Pinacate y Gran Desierto de Altar, Puerto Peñasco, Sonora, Mexico Doug Duncan U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Tucson, Arizona Ross Timmons Arizona Game and Fish Department, Phoenix, Arizona Dennis Caldwell Caldwell Design, Tucson, Arizona Jaime López Méndez Colegio de Bachilleres del Estado de Sonora, Sonoyta, Sonora, Mexico Phil Rosen University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona Biodiversity Workshop: Flora and Fauna Documenting the Biodiversity of the Madrean Archipelago: An Analysis of a Virtual Flora and Fauna................................................................................................................................................ 292 Nicholas S. Deyo and Thomas R. Van Devender Sky Island Alliance, Tucson Arizona Alex Smith School of Natural Resources and the Environment, University of Arizona, Tucson Arizona Edward Gilbert SEINet Flora Database, Tucson, Arizona Restoration Agricultural Field Reclamation Utilizing Native Grass Crop Production......................................................... 303 J. Curé Polytechnic Campus, Arizona State University, Mesa, Arizona Review of Black-Tailed Prairie Dog Reintroduction Strategies and Site Selection: Arizona Reintroduction ................................................................................................................................... 310 Sarah L. Hale, and John L. Koprowski School of Natural Resources and the Environment, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona Holly Hicks Arizona Game and Fish Department, Phoenix, Arizona Robert L. Minckley Department of Biology, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York Trajectory and Rate of Desert Vegetation Response Following Cattle Removal............................................ 316 Fire Soil Erosion and Deposition Before and After Fire in Oak Savannas.............................................................. 325 Peter F. Ffolliott School of Natural Resources and the Environment, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona Gerald J. Gottfried USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Phoenix, Arizona Hui Chen, Aaron T. Kauffman, and Cody L. Stropki School of Natural Resources and the Environment, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona Daniel G. Neary USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Flagstaff, Arizona Hillslope Treatment Effectiveness Monitoring on Horseshoe 2 and Monument Fires................................... 329 Carly Gibson USDA Forest Service, Stanislaus National Forest, Sonora, California Ann Youberg Arizona Geological Society, Tucson, Arizona Marc Stamer USDA Forest Service, San Bernardino National Forest, Fawnskin, California Ecology and Management of Oak Woodlands and Savannas in the Southwestern Borderlands Region...... 337 xvi Gerald J. Gottfried USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Phoenix, Arizona Peter F. Ffolliott School of Natural Resources and the Environment, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona Effects of Prescribed Fires and a Wildfire on Biological Resources of Oak Savannas in the Peloncillo Mountains, New Mexico................................................................................................................. 341 Gerald J. Gottfried USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Phoenix, Arizona Peter F. Ffolliott School of Natural Resources and the Environment, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona Daniel G. Neary USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Flagstaff, Arizona Shari L. Ketcham and John L. Koprowski School of Natural Resources and the Environment, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona Impacts of Wildfire on Wildlife in Arizona: A Synthesis.................................................................................... 345 Burned Saguaro: Will They Live or Die? ............................................................................................................ 351 Marcia G. Narog and Bonni M. Corcoran USDA, Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station, Riverside, California Ruth C. Wilson Department of Biology, California State University, San Bernardino, California Post-Wildfire Erosion in the Chiricahua Mountains .......................................................................................... 357 Ann Youberg Arizona Geological Survey, Tucson, Arizona Daniel G. Neary, Karen A. Koestner, and Peter E. Koestner USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Flagstaff, Arizona Tools for Management Mapping and Assessing the Environmental Impacts of Border Tactical Infrastructure in the Sky Island Region............................................................................................................................................ 365 Caroline Patrick-Birdwell School of Geography and Development, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona Sergio Avila-Villegas, Jenny Neeley, and Louise Misztal Sky Island Alliance, Tucson, Arizona Using Remote Sensing to Monitor Post-fire Watershed Recovery as a Tool for Management ..................... 370 Jess Clark USDA Forest Service, Remote Sensing Applications Center, Salt Lake City, Utah Marc Stamer USDA Forest Service, San Bernardino National Forest, Fawnskin, California Kevin Cooper USDA Forest Service, Los Padres National Forest, Santa Maria, California Carolyn Napper USDA Forest Service, Shasta-Trinity National Forest, Mt. Shasta, California Terri Hogue and Alicia Kinoshita University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California Gila River Basin Native Fishes Conservation Program..................................................................................... 376 Doug Duncan U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Tucson, Arizona Robert W. Clarkson Bureau of Reclamation, Glendale, Arizona Mapping Ecological Systems in Southeastern Arizona (NOTE: This paper was originally part of this session and belatedly moved to this locatioon, so page numbers are not sequential within these proceedings).......... A-1 Jim Malusa and Donald Falk School of Natural Resources and the Environment, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona Larry Laing Environmental Consultant, Gold Canyon, Arizona Brooke Gebow The Nature Conservancy, Southeastern Arizona Preserves, Hereford, Arizona Potential for Extending Major Land Resource Areas into Northern Mexico.................................................... 381 Roy S. Mann USDA-NRCS Retired, Range Management Philip Heilman and Jeffry Stone USDA Agricultural Research Service, Southwest Watershed Research Center, Tucson, Arizona Into the Third Dimension: Benefits of Incorporating LiDAR Data in Wildlife Habitat Models........................ 389 Melissa J. Merrick and John L. Koprowski Wildlife and Fisheries Science, School of Natural Resources and the Environment, University of Arizona, Tucson Craig Wilcox USDA Forest Service, Coronado National Forest, Safford, Arizona xvii Grasslands Sustaining the Grassland Sea: Regional Perspectives on Identifying, Protecting and Restoring the Sky Island Region’s Most Intact Grassland Valley Landscapes.................................................................. 399 Gitanjali S. Bodner and Peter Warren The Nature Conservancy in Arizona David Gori, Karla Sartor, and Steven Bassett The Nature Conservancy in New Mexico Ron Tiller, Melissa Hughes and Gita Bodner The Nature Conservancy in Arizona Sacaton Riparian Grasslands of the Sky Islands: Mapping Distribution and Ecological Condition Using State-and-Transition Models in Upper Cienega Creek Watershed................................................... 410 Human Impacts Long Distance Commutes by Lesser Long-nosed Bats (Leptonycteris yerbabuenae) to Visit Residential Hummingbird Feeders................................................................................................................. 427 Debbie C. Buecher Buecher Biological Consulting, Tucson, Arizona Ronnie Sidner Ecological Consulting, Tucson, Arizona Effects of Roads on Wildlife in Arizona: How Far Have We Traveled?............................................................. 434 Hsiang Ling Chen and John L. Koprowski Wildlife Conservation and Management, School of Natural Resources and the Environment, University of Arizona, Biological Sciences East, Tucson, Arizona Tools for Research Wildlife Survey and Monitoring in the Sky Island Region with an Emphasis on Neotropical Felids............................................................................................................................................ 441 Sergio Avila-Villegas and Jessica Lamberton-Moreno Sky Island Alliance, Tucson, Arizona Analysis of the Seasonal Activity Rate of Sympatric Carnivores and their Prey in Saguaro National Park.................................................................................................................................................... 448 Mary Beth Benton Saguaro National Park, Tucson, Arizona Siria A. Cerda-Navarro, Katie R. Keck, and Brittany N. McKnight University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona Wildlife Surveys and Monitoring With the Use of Remote Camera Traps in the Greater Oak Flat Watershed Near Superior, Arizona.................................................................................................. 454 Roger Featherstone Arizona Mining Reform Coalition Sky Jacobs Wild Sonora, Tucson, Arizona Sergio Avila-Villegas Sky Island Alliance, Tucson, Arizona Sandra Doumas University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona Poster Papers Medium and Large Mammals in the Sierra La Madera, Sonora, Mexico.......................................................... 463 Erick Oswaldo Bermúdez-Enríquez Universidad de la Sierra, Moctezuma, Sonora Rosa Elena Jiménez-Maldonado Reserva Forestal Nacional y Refugio de Fauna Silvestre Ajos-Bavispe, Cananea, Sonora Gertrudis Yanes-Arvayo, María de la Paz Montañez-Armenta, and Hugo Silva-Kurumiya Universidad de la Sierra, Moctezuma, Sonora Roger C. Cogan Appleton-Whittell Research Ranch of the National Audubon Society, Elgin, Arizona Herpetofauna at the Appleton-Whittell Research Ranch................................................................................... 466 Late Quaternary Brown Bear (Ursidae: Ursus cf. arctos) from a Cave in the Huachuca Mountains, Arizona........................................................................................................................ 468 xviii Nicholas J. Czaplewski Oklahoma Museum of Natural History, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma Steve Willsey Hereford, Arizona FireScape: A Program for Whole-Mountain Fire Management in the Sky Island Region............................... 472 Brooke Gebow The Nature Conservancy, Southeastern Arizona Preserves, Hereford Arizona; USDA Forest Service, Coronado National Forest, Tucson, Arizona Christopher Stetson USDA Forest Service, Coronado National Forest, Tucson, Arizona Donald A. Falk and Corrine Dolan School of Natural Resources and the Environment, Biological Sciences East, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona Ana Lilia Hernández-Rodríguez, María de la Paz Montañez-Armenta, Gertrudis Yanes-Arvayo, and Hugo Silva-Kurumiya Universidad de la Sierra, Moctezuma, Sonora Floristic Analysis of Heterogeneous Landscape Patches in a Biological Corridor in the El Rodeo-Básora Area near Moctezuma, Sonora, Mexico ........................................................................... 474 Association Between Nurse Plants and Saguaros (Carnegiea gigantea) in the Western Sonora................... 477 C. Hinojo-Hinojo, C. Trujillo-López, O. Calva-Pérez, O. Galaz-García, A. E. Castellanos-Villegas Departamento de Investigaciones Científicas y Tecnológicas, Universidad de Sonora, Hermosillo, Mexico Vegetation Monitoring on Semi-Arid Grasslands Ungrazed by Domestic Livestock..................................... 479 Linda Kennedy National Audubon Society, Appleton-Whittell Research Ranch, Elgin, Arizona Dan Robinett Robinett Rangeland Resources LLC, Elgin, Arizona Mountain Pine Beetle in Southwestern White Pine in the Pinaleño Mountains.............................................. 482 Ann M. Lynch USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Tucson, Arizona Christopher D. O’Connor School of Renewable Natural Resources, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona Population Status of Prairie Dogs (Cynomys ludovicianus) in the San Pedro River Basin, Sonora ..................................................................................................................... 487 Efrén Moreno-Arzate and Carlos A. López González Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro, Querétaro, Mexico Gerardo Carreón Arroyo Naturalia A. C. Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexicoa Babocomari River Riparian Protection Project.................................................................................................. 490 Dan Robinett Robinett Rangeland Resources LLC, Elgin, Arizona Linda Kennedy Appleton-Whittell Research Ranch of the National Audubon Society, Elgin, Arizona Important Bird Areas of the Madrean Archipelago: A Conservation Strategy for Avian Communities.......................................................................................................................................... 493 Vashti (Tice) Supplee Arizona Important Bird Area Program, Audubon Arizona, Phoenix, Arizona Jennie MacFarland Arizona Important Bird Area Program, Tucson Audubon Society, Tucson, Arizona Preliminary Flora of Ojo de Agua Tonibabi, Sierra La Madera, Sonora, Mexico ............................................ 500 Melissa Valenzuela-Yánez, Gertrudis Yanes-Arvayo, Maria de la Paz Montañez-Armenta, and Hugo Silva-Kurumiya Universidad de la Sierra, Moctezuma, Sonora, Mexico Thomas R. Van Devender Sky Island Alliance, Tucson, Arizona Examining Wildlife Responses to Phenology and Wildfire Using a Landscape-Scale Camera Trap Network...................................................................................................................................... 503 Miguel L. Villarreal, Leila Gass, Laura Norman, Joel B. Sankey, Cynthia S.A Wallace, and Dennis McMacken USGS Western Geographic Science Center, Tucson, Arizona Jack L. Childs Borderlands Jaguar Detection Project, Amado, Arizona Roy Petrakis University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona Mapping Landscape Phenology Preference of Yellow-Billed Cuckoo With AVHRR Data.............................. 506 Cynthia S. A. Wallace and Miguel Villarreal Western Geographic Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey, Tucson, Arizona Charles van Riper, III Southwest Biological Science Center, Sonoran Desert Research Station, U.S. Geological Survey, Tucson, Arizona. 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