Cryptic diversity in the southern Appalachian Mountains: genetic data reveal that the red centipede, Scolopocryptops sexspinosus, is a species complex
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DOI: 10.1007/s10841-018-0107-3
Abstract: Invertebrates can often persist in habitat patches too small to support larger, more mobile taxa, and as such, they may be strong predictors of conservation priorities for vertebrates. In the southeastern United States, the southern… read more here.
Keywords: scolopocryptops sexspinosus; cryptic diversity; southern appalachian; centipede scolopocryptops ... See more keywords
Long-term effects of alternative partial harvesting methods on the woody regeneration layer in high-elevation Quercus rubra forests of the southern Appalachian Mountains, USA
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DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2020.118869
Abstract: Abstract High-elevation Quercus rubra forests in the Appalachian Mountains represent a transition zone between temperate mixed-Quercus forests that dominate lower elevations ( 1530 m) elevations. Little information exists specific to the response to disturbance, including timber… read more here.
Keywords: rubra forests; regeneration; regeneration layer; high elevation ... See more keywords
Investigation of Atmospheric Rivers Impacting the Pigeon River Basin of the Southern Appalachian Mountains
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DOI: 10.1175/waf-d-17-0060.1
Abstract: AbstractRainfall observations in the Pigeon River basin of the southern Appalachian Mountains over a 5-yr period (2009–14) are examined to investigate the synoptic patterns responsible for downstre... read more here.
Keywords: pigeon river; basin southern; river basin; southern appalachian ... See more keywords
New species in old mountains: integrative taxonomy reveals ten new species and extensive short-range endemism in Nesticus spiders (Araneae, Nesticidae) from the southern Appalachian Mountains
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DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1145.96724
Abstract: Abstract This revision is based on sampling efforts over the past three decades in the southern Appalachian Mountains which have provided Nesticus (Araneae, Nesticidae) collections of approximately 2100 adult specimens from more than 475 unique… read more here.
Keywords: gertsch 1984; appalachian mountains; new species; nov ... See more keywords
Selection of Calf Bedding Sites by Female Elk in the Central Appalachian Mountains
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DOI: 10.3996/102015-jfwm-097
Abstract: Across eastern North America, Rocky Mountain elk Cervus canadensis nelsoni have been reintroduced to 11 states and provinces that were previously occupied by the extinct eastern elk C. canadensis canadensis. Outside of Kentucky, these elk… read more here.
Keywords: bedding sites; elk; central appalachian; selection ... See more keywords