Vol. 16 No. 4 December (2010)

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Published: 2010-12-31

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Environmental Sciences and Engineering [Articles]

A Tracer Investigation of Pheromone Dispersion in Lodgepole and Ponderosa Pine Forest Canopies

Holly G. Peterson, Mark E. Peterson, Harold W. Thistle, Brian K. Lamb, Gene Allwine, Tara Strand

61-72
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Plume Dispersion in Four Pine Thinning Scenarios: Development of a Simple Pheromone Dispersion Model

Holly G. Peterson, Harold W. Thistle, Brian K. Lamb, Gene Allwine, Steve Edburg, Brian Strom

73-86
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The Montana Chapter of The American Fisheries Society [Meeting Abstracts]

Fish Culture and Human Culture: Historic Contexts of Modern Research and Management

Paul Schullery

87-88
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The Importance of Landscape and Population Diversity for Ecosystem Services Associated with Fishes

Daniel Schindler

88
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Relationships between Fish and Benthic Communities: A Call for More Experiments in the Context of Adaptive Management

Wyatt Cross

88-89
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Aquatic-Terrestrial Linkages: Formation, Importance, and Disruption

Merav Ben-David

89
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Ecological Importance of Cutthroat Trout to the Yellowstone Grizzly Bear

Chuck Schwartz

89-90
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Stocking Wilderness Lakes – There’s Something Fishy Going On?

Jonathan Klein

90
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Sportsmen and the World We Live In

Tom Reed

90-91
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Changes in Aquatic Species Introductions with Evolution from MSY to Ecosystem-Based Fisheries Management

Wayne A. Hubert

91
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A Modular In-Stream Barrier Structure to Limit Upstream Fish Passage

Dale E. Miller, Paul Sanford

91-92
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Effectiveness of Flow Management and Rainbow Trout Harvest on Long-Term Viability of Native Yellowstone Cutthroat Trout in the South Fork Snake River

Laurie Battle, Rob Van Kirk, Bill Schrader

92
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Movements of Spawning and Non-Spawning Shovelnose Sturgeon in the Missouri River Above Fort Peck Reservoir

Ryan R. Richards, Christopher S. Guy, Molly Webb, Susan L. Camp, William M. Gardner, Casey B. Jensen

93
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Spatial Drift Dynamics of Shovelnose Sturgeon and Pallid Sturgeon Prelarvae in the Transition Zone of Ft. Peck Reservoir

Steven H. Ranney, Christopher S. Guy, Patrick J. Braaten, David B. Fuller, Molly Webb, Kevin M. Kappenman, William M. Gardner

94
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Distribution and Population Status of Mussels in Eastern Montana: New Findings and Updates on Five Species East of the Divide

David M. Stagliano

94-95
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O’Dell Creek Headwaters – Five Years of Stream and Wetland Restoration

John Muhlfeld

95
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Effects of Fish Restoration Practices on Amphibians in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming

Hilary G. Billman, Todd M. Koel, Jeffrey L. Arnold, Carter G. Kruse

96
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Thermal Adaptation of Westslope Cutthroat Trout

Daniel P. Drinan, Alexander V. Zale, Molly Webb, Tessa Andrews, Mark L. Taper, Steven T. Kalinowski

96-97
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Observing the Effects of Inbreeding and Local Adaptation on Fitness in Westslope Cutthroat Trout Populations in a Common Garden

Tessa Andrews, Steven T. Kalinowski, Brad Shepard, Lee Nelson

97
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Performance of Westslope Cutthroat Trout Released into the Upper Cherry Creek Drainage Using Remote Stream Incubators

Brad Shepard, Tessa Andrews, Steven T. Kalinowski, Mark L. Taper, Alexander V. Zale

98
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Western Lake Trout – Just Say Whoa!

Wade Fredenberg

98-99
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An Evaluation of Lake Trout Suppression in Yellowstone Lake, Yellowstone National Park

John Michael Syslo, Christopher S. Guy, Patricia E. Bigelow, Philip D. Doepke, Todd M. Koel

99
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Trends in Characteristics of Yellowstone Lake Cutthroat Trout, Associated Factors, and Evidence of a Population Shift

Lynn R. Kaeding, Todd M. Koel, Robert E. Gresswell

100
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Is Habitat Type a Useful Predictor of the Outcome of Interactions between Tubifex tubifex and Myxobolus cerebralis, the Causative Agent of Salmonid Whirling Disease?

Jullie D. Alexander, Billie L. Kerans, Todd M. Koel

101
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A Model of a Storied, Lacustrine-Adfluvial Cutthroat Trout Population of Yellowstone Lake: Development, Parameter Estimation, and Population Prediction

Lynn R. Kaeding

100-101
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A Conceptual Model for Predicting Areas with High Potential for Lake Trout Spawning Habitat in Yellowstone Lake

Patricia E. Bigelow, Wayne A. Hubert, Scott N. Miller, Robert E. Gresswell

102
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Montana's Crucial Areas and Connectivity Assessment: An Update and Demonstration of the Crucial Areas Mapping Service

Bill Daigle, Adam Petersen, Scott Story, Adam Messer, Joy Ritter, Janet Hess-Herbert

102-103
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Effects of Topology, Number and Location of Nodes, Population Density, and Stocking Duration on Hybrids’ Dispersal Across a Network

Patrick Della Croce, Geoffrey C. Poole, Colden V. Baxter, Robert E. Gresswell

103
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Meeting Resource Needs for Whitewater Recreation and Stream Fisheries at the Mystic Lake Hydro Project

Frank J. Pickett, Brent Mabbott

104
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The Science of Felt: A Look at the Research Driving the Move to Eliminate Felt Soled Waders

Robert H. Wiltshire

104
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Clean, Drain and Dry! What About the Biologists?

Erik Hanson

105
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Efficacy of Terramycin® 200 for Fish (Oxytetracycline Dihydrate) for the Skeletal Marking of Rainbow Trout

Daniel G. Carty, Miranda M. Dotson, James D. Bowker, Thomas A. Bell, David A. Erdahl

105
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Quantifying Temporal Variability in Stream Habitat Data: Implications for Restoration and Monitoring

Robert Al Chokhachy, Brett B. Roper, Eric Archer, Scott N. Miller

106
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Montana DEQ’s Approach to a Standardized Sediment Assessment Protocol: A Biological Consideration in the 303(D) Listing Process

Paul Kusnierz, Andy Welch, Mark Bostrom

106-107
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Evaluating Watershed Condition: Bottom Up Vs. Top Down Approaches?

Jeremiah Heitke, Robert Al Chokhachy, Brett B. Roper, Eric Archer

107
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Bias Associated with Electrofishing Estimates for Mountain Whitefish in Rivers: Four Different Ways we Killed Whitefish this Summer

David A. Schmetterling, Robert Clark

107-108
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Investigation into Bias and Variability in Estimates of Population Size and Biomass when Catches of Individuals are Large Relative to the Total Population

Brad Shepard, Mark L. Taper, Alexander V. Zale

108-109
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Using Fixed and Portable Half-Duplex Pit Tag Antennas to Evaluate Fish Movement in a Stream Network: A Case Study in the Upper Big Hole River Basin

Shane Vatland, Robert E. Gresswell

109
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Montana Chapter of The Wildlife Society [Abstracts]

Wildlife Management With a Capitalistic or a Socialistic Flavor: A Comparison of Montana with Norway

Jon E. Swenson

115
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Five Managers, Five Continents, Perspectives Shared

Kurt Alt

115
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Beyond Borders: World Wildlife Fund’s Transboundary Wildlife Conservation Projects in the Northern Great Plains

Kristy Bly

116
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The Swan Valley Grizzly Bear Conservation Agreement: A Case History of Collaborative Landscape Management

Lorin Hicks, Ron Steiner, Chris Servheen, Ross Baty, Jane Ingebretson, Rick Mace, Anne Vandehey

116-117
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Epidemiologic Findings and Management Response During a Bighorn Sheep Die-Off in the Elkhorn Mountains of West-Central Montana

Neil Anderson, Deborah L. McCauley, Jennifer Ramsey, Tom Carlsen, Fred Jakubowski, Jenny Lyn Sika

117
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Status Review and Conservation Initiatives for American Bison: A Continental Perspective

Keith Aune, Kevin Ellison

118
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Brucellosis in the Greater Yellowstone Area: A Multi-State Issue with Varying Management Paradigms Influencing Management and Possible Eradication of the Disease in Wildlife

Neil Anderson, Jennifer Ramsey, Kevin Hughes

118
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Life on the Fringe: Muskoxen in the Alaskan Arctic

Joel Berger, Layne Adams, Gretchen Roffler, Marci Johnson, Jim Lawler, Brad Shults

119
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Human Influences on Elk Movement Rates and Resource Selection in the Wildland-Urban Interface.

Shawn M. Cleveland, Mark Hebblewhite, Paul R. Krausman, Kerry Foresman, Mike Thompson

119-120
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Mapping Brucellosis Increases Relative to Elk Density using Hierarchical Bayesian Models

Paul C. Cross, D. M. Heisey, Brandon Scurlock, W. H. Edwards, Mike Ebinger, A. Brennan

120
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Management Challenges from Predator-Prey Effects on the Gallatin Canyon Elk Herd

Julie A. Cunningham, Kurt Alt, Kenneth L. Hamlin

120-121
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Linking Landscape Characteristics to Local Grizzly Bear Abundance Around Glacier National Park

Tabitha A. Graves, Andrew J. Royle, Jeff Stetz, Kate Kendall, Amy Macleod

121
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Parallel Conservation Issues on Opposite Sides of the Earth: Montana Prairie Dogs and Tibetan Pikas

Richard B. Harris, Zhou Jiake

122
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Land Mollusk Fauna of Montana: Biogeography, Conservation Status and Prospects

Paul Hendricks

122-123
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Moving Beyond Niche Models: Habitat Suitability for Nesting White-Headed Woodpeckers

Jeffrey P. Hollenbeck, Victoria A. Saab, Kevin M. Podruzny

123
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Applying Novel Approaches to Old Datasets: Utilizing Opportunistic Observations to Describe Spatial-Use Patterns for the Steller Sea Lion Using a Bayesian Poisson Model

Gina Kristine Himes Boor

123
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Avian Influenza, an International Concern

Rosemary Jaffe, Neil Anderson, Jennifer Ramsey, Gerald W. Wiscomb, Diane R. Borgreen, Thomas J. Roffe, John E. Steuber

124
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Factors Influencing the Distribution of Riparian Breeding Birds along the Yellowstone River

Danielle Ann Jones, Andrew J. Hansen

124-125
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Culling as an Exploratory Field Technique to Reduce Overall Mortality During a Pasturella Spp. Outbreak in a Montana Bighorn Sheep Population

Craig Jourdonnais, Jennifer Ramsey, Neil Anderson, Mike Thompson

125
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Stages of Habitat Structural Trend That are Related to Ungulate Browsing

Richard B. Keigley, Jeffrey Michael Warren, Wayne King

125-126
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Grizzly Bear and Black Bear Marking Behavior

Kate Kendall, Jeff Stetz, Amy Macleod

126
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Nesting Ecology of the Northern Goshawk in the Black Hills of South Dakota

Craig J. Knowles, Pamela R. Knowles, Doug Backlund

126-127
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Predicting the Spatial Distribution of Human-Black Bear Interactions Across an Urban Area

Jerod A. Merkle, Paul R. Krausman, James J. Jonkel, Nicholas J. DeCesare

127
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A Method to Establish Trend Areas that Predict Pronghorn Populations to Guide Management Actions

Jay Newell, Justin Isaac Paugh, Justin A. Gude

128
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Winter Elk Distribution and the Risk Of Brucellosis Transmission from Elk to Livestock in the Northern Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem

Kelly M. Proffitt, Justin A. Gude

128-129
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Pneumonia Outbreak in Bighorn Sheep in the East Fork of the Bitterroot: A Summary of Pathology and Laboratory Findings

Jennifer Ramsey, Neil Anderson, Craig Jourgonnais, Mike Thompson

129
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Combining Hunter Surveys and Territorial Dynamics to Monitor Wolf Pack Abundance and Distribution in Montana

Lindsey N. Rich, Michael S. Mitchell, Carolyn A. Sime, Robin E. Russell, Justin A. Gude

130
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Measures of Success: A Snapshot of the Montana Wolf Program in 2009

Carolyn A. Sime, Liz Bradley, Kent Laudon, Mike Ross, Nathan Lance, Val Asher

130-131
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Protection, Conservation, and Restoration of the Fort Peck Tribes’ Manning Lake Wetland Complex on the Fort Peck Indian Reservation

Jeanne D. Spaur

131
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Passive Acoustic Monitoring for Bats in Support of the Coyote Wind Project, Sweet Grass County, Montana

Pam Spinelli, Graham Neale, Becky Parker, Heather Johnson

131-132
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Evaluation of Bear Rub Surveys to Monitor Grizzly Bear Population Trends

Jeff Stetz, Kate Kendall, Chris Servheen

132
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Montana’s First NRCS Cooperative Conservation Partnership Initiative: Restoring Ranchlands for Priority Birds in Eastern Montana

Theodore Toombs, Linda Poole, Dennis Jorgensen

133
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Biologists and Biology in Montanagonia: Partners in Conservation at the End of the World

Jim Williams

133
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From the Temperate Zone to the Tropic–Sun Bear Research and Conservation from Montana to Borneo

Siew Te Wong, Chris Servheen

134
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Subspecific Identification of Sharp-Tailed Grouse Samples from Montana

Alan K. Wood, Benjamin D. Deeble, Dale M. Becker, Kenneth I. Warheit, Cheryl A. Dean

134-135
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The Montana Chapter of The American Fisheries Society [Meeting Abstracts]

Long-Term Treands in the Relative Abundance and Size Structure of Sport Fishes in the Flathead River, Montana, Following Changes in Kerr Dam Operations

Craig A. Barfoot, Les A. Evarts

110-111
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The Effect of Human Activity on the Movement of the Idaho Gaint Salamander in the Lochsa Drainage of Central Idaho

Jonathan D. Ebel

111
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Effects of Electricity and Altered Conductivity on Rainbow Trout Embryos: A Study to Determine Efficacy of Electricity for Eradication of Invasive Salmonids

Jackson A. Gross, Bahram Farokhkish, Matthew Cornachione, Beth Shedden, Steven R. Shaw, Theodore B. Henry

112
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The Effects of Ultraviolet Light on Rainbow Trout Embryos

Beth Shedden, Jackson A. Gross, Robert E. Gresswell, Molly Webb

112
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Effect of Hatchery Rearing Environment on Survival an Performance of Outplanted Wetslope Cutthroat Trout Used for Population Recovery

Clinton J. Smith, Thomas E. McMahon

113
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A Multimedia Information and Education Tool on the Importance of Bull Trout and the Relationship between Bull Trout and the Salish and Pend d'Oreille People

Germaine White, Les A. Evarts, David Rockwell

114
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Seasonal Fish Losses through Hauser Dam, Montana, 2007- 2008

Justin P. Spinelli, Alexander V. Zale

113-114
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Effects of CarbonDioxide on Rainbow Trout Larvae: Application for Invasive Fish Eradication

Jason Baldes, Jackson A. Gross, Robert E. Gresswell, Molly Webb

110
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