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Biogeography of Aspen (Populus tremuloides) in North America: Inferring Climatic Niche Differentiation in North America's Most Widely Distributed Tree	Spatial Patterns in Recruitment and Development of the Assemblage of Sessile Epibenthic Invertebrates in Santa Barbara Harbor

The effects of natural and anthropogenic perturbations on stream primary producer communities in southern California	Inbreeding depression and consequences of mating system evolution in the genus Clarkia (Onagraceae)

Ecological and biogeographic impacts of fog and stratus clouds on coastal vegetation, Santa Cruz Island, California	Selective mortality in juvenile coral reef fish: The role of larval performance and dispersal histories

Quantitative spatial ecology of benthic ecosystems in temperate coastal upwelling zones	Marine macroecology: The effects of dispersal and reproductive output on species' geographic distributions

Population ecology of a coral reef fish across multiple spatial scales	Community-wide ramifications of an associational defense on shallow rocky reefs in Southern California

Predicting seasonal patterns of California cetacean density based on remotely sensed environmental data	Complex effects of an invasive consumer (Procambarus clarkii) on stream communities in Southern California and Hawaii

Use of otolith trace-elemental signatures to identify larval connectivity and dispersal patterns in a temperate marine fish	The ecology of anti-parasitoid defense in a leafminer

Variation in gene expression across the biogeographic range of the purple sea urchin, Strongylocentrotus purpuratus	Neural mechanisms of behavior modification in killifish (Fundulus parvipinnis) by a brain parasite (Euhaplorchis californiensis) and the ecology of the host-parasite relationship

Critical factors in the ontogeny of diet in the Southern Pacific rattlesnake (Crotalus oreganus helleri)	The phenology, biogeography, and metabolism of bacteria in high-elevation lakes of the Sierra Nevada, California

The effect of habitat choice, density and distribution on breeding western snowy plovers	An assessment of the level of genetic polymorphism on the ascidians of Santa Barbara, California

Three essays in environmental economics	Decline, movement and habitat utilization of the Yosemite toad (Bufo canorus): An endangered anuran endemic to the Sierra Nevada of California

An interacting particle model for the migrations of pelagic fish	Response to environmental stressors in native and invasive kelp species

Coarse-grained analysis of collective motion in animal groups	Consequences of kelp forest structure and dynamics for epiphytes and understory communities

Plant-soil feedbacks and native shrub recovery of exotic grasslands, Santa Cruz Island, CA	Male-male competition and the cost of display in the great bowerbird (Chlamydera nuchalis)

Recreational boating and the spread of aquatic invasive species in and around Lake Tahoe, California-Nevada	Integrating ecology and history to understand historical marine population dynamics: A case study of the California spiny lobster

Winter microbial carbon metabolism and community composition in Alaskan tundra soil	Structuring processes for benthic communities: Habitat selection, facilitation, and competition on a coral reef

Mechanisms underlying community shifts in the Santa Barbara Channel	An investigation of factors influencing nestling begging behavior in a generalist brood parasite

Establishment limitations and population recovery of giant coreopsis (Coreopsis gigantea) on the California Channel Islands	Persistence versus decline of host defenses against brood parasitism: A model system for studies of relaxed selection and phenotypic plasticity?

Effects of coastal circulation on the distributional patterns of pelagic juvenile fishes and otolith chemistry, and on the timing of juvenile reef fish settlement	Biotic and abiotic drivers of microbial carbon and nitrogen cycling in soils at the continental scale

Realized dispersal patterns in the ocean and the consequences for marine reserves	Cascading behavioral effects of fishing on coral reefs

Tree rings, climate variability, and coastal summer stratus clouds in the western United States	Ecological effects of finger-forming coral symbionts

The heat shock response and thermal biology of selected hydrothermal vent organisms	Road systems, land use, and related patterns of valley oak (Quercus lobata Nee) populations, seedling recruitment, and herbivory

Middle and late Holocene hunter-gatherer adaptations to coastal ecosystems along the southern San Simeon Reef, California	A Socio-ecological Analysis of Marine Protected Areas and Commercial Lobster Fishing in the Santa Barbara Channel, California

Modeling evapotranspiration in sub-Saharan Africa: A tool for food security analysis	Stratification and turbulent mixing in small strongly stratified lakes with implications for planktonic disease dynamics

Ocean Connectivity and Nearshore Marine Species Population Dynamics	Variability of Giant Kelp Forests in Southern California: Remote Assessment of Kelp Biomass and the Drivers of Kelp Forest Dynamics

Wildlife Habitat Use in Agriculture-Dominated Landscapes	Size-Based Approaches to Modeling and Managing Local Populations: A Case Study Using an Artisanal Fishery for Giant Clams, Tridacna maxima

Reproductive strategy, sexual signals, stress and immunity in two blackbird species: Relating variation in immune function to life-history strategies	Genetic diversity and its relationship to host-specificity of a trematode parasite (Acanthoparyphium spinulosum)

Niche theory and the persistence of populations: applications to competitive communities and an infectious disease	An analysis of tree mortality using high resolution remotely-sensed data for mixed-conifer forests in San Diego county

Dispersal in Marine Systems: Identifying interactions between marine larvae and ocean currents with implications for biogeographic patterns	Implications of Engineered Nanomaterials in Marine Coastal Ecosystems: Fate, Transport, and Toxicity

Consequences of Pathogen Spillover for Plant Diversity in Invaded Grasslands