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List of works by Kenneth E. Nussear

A range‐wide model of contemporary, omnidirectional connectivity for the threatened Mojave desert tortoise

scientific article published in 2019

Associating sex-biased and seasonal behaviour with contact patterns and transmission risk in Gopherus agassizii

article

Black-Tailed and White-Tailed Jackrabbits in the American West: History, Ecology, Ecological Significance, and Survey Methods

scientific article published in October 2015

Can modeling improve estimation of desert tortoise population densities?

scientific article

Common Raven (Corvus corax) kleptoparasitism at a Golden Eagle (Aquila chyrsaetos) nest in southern Nevada

scientific article published in March 2017

Comparative phylogeography reveals deep lineages and regional evolutionary hotspots in the Mojave and Sonoran Deserts

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Comparison of Effects of Humans Versus Wildlife-Detector Dogs

scientific article published in December 2008

Complex immune responses and molecular reactions to pathogens and disease in a desert reptile (Gopherus agassizii )

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Connectivity of Mojave Desert tortoise populations—Management implications for maintaining a viable recovery network

scientific article

Coupling gene-based and classic veterinary diagnostics improves interpretation of health and immune function in the Agassiz's desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii).

scientific article

Desert Tortoise Hibernation: Temperatures, Timing, and Environment

scientific article published in May 2007

Desert tortoise use of burned habitat in the Eastern Mojave desert

scientific article published in April 2015

Disease dynamics during wildlife translocations: disruptions to the host population and potential consequences for transmission in desert tortoise contact networks

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Drawing a line in the sand: Effectiveness of off-highway vehicle management in California's Sonoran desert

scientific article published on 23 February 2017

Effects of subsidized predators, resource variability, and human population density on desert tortoise populations in the Mojave Desert, USA

scientific article published in 2010

Estimating wildfire risk on a Mojave Desert landscape using remote sensing and field sampling

scientific article published in 2013

Evolutionary Hotspots in the Mojave Desert

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Habitat drives dispersal and survival of translocated juvenile desert tortoises

scientific article published in 2016

Host contact and shedding patterns clarify variation in pathogen exposure and transmission in threatened tortoise Gopherus agassizii: implications for disease modelling and management

scientific article

Impacts of climate change and renewable energy development on habitat of an endemic squirrel, Xerospermophilus mohavensis , in the Mojave Desert, USA

scientific article published in August 2016

Impacts of upper respiratory tract disease on olfactory behavior of the Mojave desert tortoise

scientific article published on 7 February 2014

Inferring social structure and its drivers from refuge use in the desert tortoise, a relatively solitary species

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Integrating Gene Transcription-Based Biomarkers to Understand Desert Tortoise and Ecosystem Health

scientific article

Is there room for all of us? Renewable energy and Xerospermophilus mohavensis

scientific article published in 2013

Linking behavioral states to landscape features for improved conservation management

scientific article

Lizards, lipids, and dietary links to animal function

scientific article published on September 2001

Local niche differences predict genotype associations in sister taxa of desert tortoise

scientific article published on 3 June 2019

Long-term plant responses to climate are moderated by biophysical attributes in a North American desert

scientific article published on 6 March 2015

Mapping habitat for multiple species in the Desert Southwest

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Microclimate and limits to photosynthesis in a diverse community of hypolithic cyanobacteria in northern Australia

scientific article published on 17 November 2009

Modeling habitat of the desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) in the Mojave and parts of the Sonoran Deserts of California, Nevada, Utah, and Arizona

scholarly article

Modeling operative temperature in desert tortoises and other reptiles: Effects imposed by habitats that filter incident radiation

scientific article published on 12 September 2019

Multiscale connectivity and graph theory highlight critical areas for conservation under climate change

scientific article

Negative impacts of invasive plants on conservation of sensitive desert wildlife

scientific article published in October 2016

Priority Species Lists to Restore Desert Tortoise and Pollinator Habitats in Mojave Desert Shrublands

scientific article

Quantifying development to inform management of Mojave and Sonoran desert tortoise habitat in the American southwest

scientific article published on 6 August 2020

SPATIAL DEMOGRAPHIC MODELS TO INFORM CONSERVATION PLANNING OF GOLDEN EAGLES IN RENEWABLE ENERGY LANDSCAPES

Severe mortality of a population of threatened Agassiz’s desert tortoises: the American badger as a potential predator

scientific article published in 2015

Spatially Consistent High-Resolution Land Surface Temperature Mosaics for Thermophysical Mapping of the Mojave Desert

scholarly article by Scott A. Nowicki et al published 13 June 2019 in Sensors

Spatially explicit decision support for selecting translocation areas for Mojave desert tortoises

scientific article published on 25 January 2008

Testing Taxon Tenacity of Tortoises: evidence for a geographical selection gradient at a secondary contact zone

scientific article

The importance of physiological ecology in conservation biology

scientific article published on 20 October 2006

The slow dynamics of mycoplasma infections in a tortoise host reveal heterogeneity pertinent to pathogen transmission and monitoring

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Translocation as a conservation tool for Agassiz's desert tortoises: Survivorship, reproduction, and movements

scientific article published on 20 April 2012

Using movement to inform conservation corridor design for Mojave desert tortoise

scientific article published on 06 October 2020

‘Unscrambling’ the drivers of egg production in Agassiz’s desert tortoise: climate and individual attributes predict reproductive output

scientific article