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2020 Fall Migration Research Update
January 19th, 2021
By: Megan Fylling and Tricia Rodriguez
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Montana Moth Project 2020 Update
January 5th, 2021
By: Mat Seidensticker, Carrie Voss and Kate Stone
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2020 Fall Raptor Migration and Telemetry Summary
December 9th, 2020
By: RVRI
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2020 Intermountain Grassland Songbird Project Report
November 25th, 2020
By: Anna Noson
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2020 Motus Tag Update
November 20th, 2020

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2020 Bitterroot Wildlife Internship Program Report
November 11th, 2020

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Fall 2020 Motus Infrastructure Update
November 9th, 2020

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2020 Arthropod Sampling Research Update
October 16th, 2020
By: Mat Seidensticker and Kate Stone
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Fall 2020 Migration Report, Part I
October 2nd, 2020
By: Megan Fylling and Tricia Rodriguez
Field Note
2020 Lewis's Woodpecker Research Update
September 22nd, 2020

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Late Summer 2020 Insect Observations
September 18th, 2020

Field Note
2020 Breeding Bird Surveys
September 14th, 2020

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Summer 2020 Songbird Banding Update - Part II
September 10th, 2020
By: Megan Fylling
Research Update
Summer 2020 Hummingbird project Update
August 11th, 2020

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The Snake River Project Research Update
June 11th, 2020

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Migratory Lewis’s Woodpeckers Return
June 4th, 2020

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The Secret Nocturnal Life of the Common Poorwill
May 22nd, 2020
By: Mary Scofield and Kate Stone
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Spring 2020 Bitterroot Valley Winter Eagle Project Update
May 5th, 2020

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Carcasses attract deer, may spread chronic wasting disease
March 9th, 2020

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Does native plant restoration also restore small mammal communities?
March 3rd, 2020
By: Dean Pearson
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2019 Fall Migration Report
January 21st, 2020
By: Tricia Rodriguez, Megan Fylling,
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Proffitt, K. M., DeVoe, J., Barker, K., Durham, R., Hayes, T., Hebblewhite, M., ... & Shamhart, J. (2019). A century of changing fire management alters ungulate forage in a wildfire-dominated landscape. . Forestry: An International Journal of Forest Research 00, 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1093/forestry/cpz017.
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Tucker, M. A., Alexandrou, O., Bierregaard Jr, R. O., Bildstein, K. L., Böhning‐Gaese, K., Domenech, R., Bracis, C., ... & Carrapato, C. (2019). Large birds travel farther in homogeneous environments. Global Ecology and Biogeography 28(5), 576-587. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.12875.
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By: Rob Domenech

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Bunn, R. A., Simpson, D. T., Bullington, L. S., Lekberg, Y., & Janos, D. P. (2019). Revisiting the ‘direct mineral cycling’ hypothesis: arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi colonize leaf litter, but why? The ISME Journal 13, 1891-1898. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41396-019-0403-2.
By: Lorinda Bullington and Ylva Lekberg
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McTee, M., Hiller, B., & Ramsey, P. (2019). Free lunch, may contain lead: scavenging shot small mammals. . The Journal of Wildlife Management 83(6), 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1002/jwmg.21716. .
By: Mike McTee and Philip W. Ramsey
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Bueno, C. G., Aldrich-Wolfe, L., Chaudhary, V. B., Gerz, M., Helgason, T., Hoeksema, J. D., Lekberg, Y., ... & Öpik, M. (2019). Misdiagnosis and uncritical use of plant mycorrhizal data are not the only elephants in the room: A response to Brundrett & Tedersoo ‘Misdiagnosis of mycorrhizas and inappropriate recycling of data can lead to false conclusions'. The New Phytologist https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.15976.
By: Ylva Lekberg
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McTee, M., Bullington, L., Rillig, M. C., & Ramsey, P. W. (2019). Do soil bacterial communities respond differently to abrupt or gradual additions of copper? . FEMS Microbiology Ecology 95(1), fiy212. https://doi.org/10.1093/femsec/fiy212.
By: Mike McTee, Lorinda Bullington and Philip W. Ramsey
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Ramsey, A. B., Sawaya, M. A., Bullington, L. S., & Ramsey, P. W. (2019). Individual identification via remote video verified by DNA analysis: a case study of the American black bear. . Wildlife Research 46(4), 326-333. https://doi.org/10.1071/WR18049.
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Rosche, C., Hensen, I., Schaar, A., Zehra, U., Jasieniuk, M., Callaway, R. M., Lekberg, Y., ... & Pal, R. W (2019). Climate outweighs native vs. non‐native range‐effects for genetics and common garden performance of a cosmopolitan weed. . Ecological Monographs e01386. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecm.1386.
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By: Rob Domenech and Adam Shreading

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Pearson, D. E., Ortega, Y. K., Villarreal, D., Lekberg, Y., Cock, M. C., Eren, Ö., & Hierro, J. L (2018). The fluctuating resource hypothesis explains invisibility, but not exotic advantage following disturbance. . Ecology 99(6), 1296-1305. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.2235.
By: Ylva Lekberg
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DeVoe, J. D., Proffitt, K. M., Mitchell, M. S., Jourdonnais, C. S., & Barker, K. J. (2018). Elk forage and risk tradeoffs during the fall archery season. The Journal of Wildlife Management https://doi.org/10.1002/jwmg.21638.
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By: Morgan McLeod, Alexii Cornel and Ylva Lekberg

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Gavin, A. (2018). Physical and Chemical Response of Small, North Temperate Lakes to Recovery From Acidification and Climate Change. University of Maine Theses and Dissertations https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=4087&context=etd.
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Stone, D.W., McTee, M.R., McIver, L., Ramsey, P.W. (2018). Height Growth of Planted Shrubs and Trees in a Semiarid Rangeland in Western Montana. Tree Planters Notes 61(1), 12-17. .
By: Philip W. Ramsey and Mike McTee
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Egan, C. P., Rummel, A., Kokkoris, V., Klironomos, J., Lekberg, Y., Hart, M. (2018). Using mock communities of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi to evaluate fidelity associated with Illumina sequencing. Fungal Ecology 33, 52-64. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.funeco.2018.01.004.
By: Ylva Lekberg and Alexii Cornel
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Becerra, P. I., Catford, J. A., Luce McLeod, M., Andonian, K., Aschehoug, E. T., Montesinos, D., Callaway, R. M. (2017). Inhibitory effects of Eucalyptus globulus on understorey plant growth and species richness are greater in non-native regions. . Global Ecology and Biogeography 27(1), 68-76. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.12676.
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By: Morgan McLeod

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Baril, L. M., Haines, D. B., Walker, L. E., Smith, D. W (2017). Autumn Raptor Migration in Yellowstone National Park, 2011–2015. The Canadian Field-Naturalist 131(4), 303-311. http://dx.doi.org/10.22621/cfn.v131i4.1909 .
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Tracking Wildlife Migration With Motus
January 14th, 2020

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Swooping into the Bitterroot Valley Winter Eagle Project
January 2nd, 2020

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Underground Allies: Western White Pine & Ectomycorrhizal Fungi
November 6th, 2019

Dispatch
2019 Woody Draw Songbird Update
October 15th, 2019
By: Anna Noson and Tricia Rodriguez
Research Update
Altering Western White Pine Microbiomes For Disease Resistance
September 30th, 2019
Dispatch
September 2019 Field Notes and Field Crew Restoration Efforts
September 26th, 2019

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Fall 2019 Migration Banding Field Note
September 25th, 2019
By: Tricia Rodriguez, Megan Fylling,
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2019 Turkey Vulture Trapping Update
September 9th, 2019
By: Adam Shreading
Research Update
2019 Songbird Banding on the Floodplain, Part II
August 30th, 2019
By: Megan Fylling
Field Note
Summer 2019 Motus Update
August 13th, 2019

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Spring 2019 Hummingbird Banding Update
August 8th, 2019

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Scavenging Shot Prairie Dogs And Gophers
August 2nd, 2019

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Fungal antagonism of blister rust pathogen, Cronartium ribicola
July 30th, 2019

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Fungal Inoculation Of Western White Pine Trees
July 15th, 2019

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DNA Barcoding Results From 2018 Fecal Sampling
May 15th, 2019
By: Mat Seidensticker and Kate Stone
Research Update
Bitterroot Valley Winter Eagle Project Spring 2019 Update
May 9th, 2019

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Winter 2018 Bitterroot Valley Winter Eagle Project
January 16th, 2019

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2018 Avian Acoustic Monitoring Research Update
January 9th, 2019

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2018 Hummingbird Project Update
October 30th, 2018

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Fall 2018 Acoustic Monitoring Research Update
October 18th, 2018

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UMBEL Update: Breeding Birds in Woody Draws
October 5th, 2018
By: Anna Noson and Tricia Rodriguez
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2018 Lewis’s Woodpeckers Research Update
September 28th, 2018

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Tree Swallow Breeding Season: Observations from the Field
August 28th, 2018

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July 2018 Hummingbird Update
July 31st, 2018

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McTee, M. R., Lekberg, Y., Mummey, D., Rummel, A., & Ramsey, P. W. (2017). Do invasive plants structure microbial communities to accelerate decomposition in intermountain grasslands? Ecology and Evolution 7(24), 11227-11235. doi: 10.1002/ece3.3608.
By: Mike McTee, Ylva Lekberg, Dan Mummey and more...

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McTee, M., Young, M., Umansky, A., & Ramsey, P. (2017). Better bullets to shoot small mammals without poisoning scavengers. Wildlife Society Bulletin 41(5), 736- 742. https://doi.org/10.1002/wsb.822.
By: Mike McTee and Philip W. Ramsey

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Durham, R. A., Mummey, D. L., Shreading, L., & Ramsey, P. W. (2017). Phenological patterns differ between exotic and native plants: Field observations from the Sapphire Mountains, Montana. Natural Areas Journal 37(3), 361-381. https://doi.org/10.3375/043.037.0310.
By: Rebecca Durham, Dan Mummey, Lauren Shreading and more...

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Griffith, D. L., Larkin, B., Kliskey, A., Alessa, L., & Newcombe, G. (2017). Expectations for habitat-adapted symbiosis in a winter annual grass. Fungal Ecology 29, 111-115. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.funeco.2017.07.003.
By: Beau Larkin

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McTee, M. R., Lekberg, Y., Bullington, L., Rummel, A., Mummey, D. L., Ramsey, P. W., & Hinman, N. W. (2017). Restoring ecological properties of acidic soils contaminated with elemental sulfur. Science of The Total Environment 587-588, 449-456. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.02.110.
By: Mike McTee, Ylva Lekberg, Lorinda Bullington and more...

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Kuhlman, M., & Burrows, S. (2017). Checklist of bees (Apoidea) from a private conservation property in west-central Montana. Biodiversity Data Journal 5, e11506. doi: 10.3897/BDJ.5.e11506.
By: Marirose Kuhlman

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Nasto, M. K., Osborne, B. B., Lekberg, Y., Asner, G. P., Balzotti, C. S., Porder, S., Taylor, P. G., Townsend, A. R., & Cleveland, C. C. (2017). Nutrient acquisition, soil phosphorus partitioning and competition among trees in a lowland tropical rain forest. New Phytologist 214(4), 1506-1517. doi: 10.1111/nph.14494.
By: Ylva Lekberg

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Gibbons, S. M., Lekberg, Y., Mummey, D. L., Sangwan, N., Ramsey, P. W., & Gilbert, J. A. (2017). Invasive plants rapidly reshape soil properties in a grassland ecosystem. mSystems 2:e00178-16 doi: 10.1128/mSystems.00178-16.
By: Ylva Lekberg, Dan Mummey and Philip W. Ramsey

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2018 Spring Raptor Telemetry Update
June 22nd, 2018
By: Raptor View Research Institute
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Castle, S. C., Lekberg, Y., Affleck, D., & Cleveland, C. C. (2016). Soil abiotic and biotic controls on plant performance during primary succession in a glacial landscape. Journal of Ecology 1555-1565. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.12615.
By: Ylva Lekberg

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McLeod, M. L., Cleveland, C. C., Lekberg, Y., Maron, J. L., Philippot, L., Bru, D., & Callaway, R. M. (2016). Exotic invasive plants increase productivity, abundance of ammonia-oxiziding bacteria and nitrogen availability in intermountain grasslands. Journal of Ecology 104(4), 994-1002. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.12584.
By: Morgan Luce McLeod and Ylva Lekberg

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Marshall, A., Waller, L., & Lekberg, Y. (2016). Cascading effects of fire retardant on plant-microbe interactions, community composition, and invasion. Ecological Applications 26(4), 996-1002. https://doi.org/10.1890/16-0001.1.
By: Ylva Lekberg

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McTee, M. R., Mummey, D. L., Ramsey, P. W., & Hinman, N. W. (2016). Extreme soil acidity from biodegradable trap and skeet targets increases severity of pollution at shooting ranges. Science of the Total Environment 539, 546-550. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.08.121..
By: Mike McTee, Dan Mummey and Philip W. Ramsey

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Toomer, K. H., Chen, X., Naito, M., Mondo, S. J., den Bakker, H. C., VanKuren, N. W., Lekberg, Y., Morton, J. B., & Pawlowska, T. E (2015). Molecular evolution patterns reveal life history features of mycoplasma-related endobacteria associated with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi. Molecular Ecology 24(13), 3485- 3500. doi: 10.1111/mec.13250.
By: Ylva Lekberg

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Bitterroot Valley Winter Eagle Project Spring 2018 Update
May 22nd, 2018

Research Update
Milkweed Fungal Associates: Diversity in Soil, Plants and Insects
May 3rd, 2018

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186 Days Of Elk Hunting
February 1st, 2018

Dispatch
Fall 2017 UMBEL Migration Summary
January 15th, 2018
By: Megan Fylling and Tricia Rodriguez
Research Report
Top Model: Elk Edition
January 10th, 2018

Dispatch
Avian Acoustic Monitoring Research Update
December 26th, 2017

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2017 Gray Catbird Overwintering Study Update
October 18th, 2017
By: Megan Fylling
Research Update
MPG Ranch joins the global research cooperative Nutrient Network
October 2nd, 2017

Dispatch
Nocturnal Flight Call Monitoring Update
September 28th, 2017

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Fall Migration 2016 Acoustic Monitoring Update
November 28th, 2016

Research Update
Planted Shrub and Tree Report 2016
November 9th, 2016

Research Report
Stahl, P.D., Wick, A.F., Dangi, S., Regula, V., Ingram, L.J. & Mummey, D.L. (2009). Ecosystem recovery on reclaimed surface minelands. Paper presented the at the 26th Annual Meetings of the American Society of Mining and Reclamation and 11th Billings Land Reclamation Symposium 2009 3 1350-1372.
By: Dan Mummey

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Shaw, A. N. & DeForest, J. L. (2013). The cycling of readily available phosphorus in response to elevated phosphate in acidic temperate deciduous forests. Applied Soil Ecology 63, 88–93.
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Jourdonnais, C.S., & Bedunah, D.T. (1990). Prescribed fire and cattle grazing on an elk winter range in Montana. Wildlife Society Bulletin 18, 232-240.
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Mummey, D.L., Smith, J.L., & Bolton, H. (1994). Nitrous oxide flux from a shrub-steppe ecosystem: sources and regulation. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 26, 279-286.
By: Dan Mummey
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Mummey, D.L., Smith, J.L & Bolton Jr., H. (1997). Small-scale spatial and temporal variability of N2O flux from a shrub-steppe ecosystem. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 29, 1699-1706.
By: Dan Mummey
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Mummey, D. L., Smith, J. L. & Bluhm, G. (1998). Assessment of alternative soil management practices on N 2 O emissions from US agriculture. Agriculture, ecosystems & environment 70, 79–87.
By: Dan Mummey
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Mummey, D. L., Smith, J. L. & Bluhm, G. (2000). Estimation of nitrous oxide emissions from U.S. grasslands. Environmental Management 25, 169–175.
By: Dan Mummey
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Mummey, D.L., Stahl, P.D. & Buyer, J.S. (2002). Microbial biomarkers as an indicator of ecosystem recovery following surface mine reclamation. Applied Soil Ecology 21, 251-259.
By: Dan Mummey
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Mummey, D. L., Stahl, P. D. & Buyer, J. S. (2002). Soil microbiological properties 20 years after surface mine reclamation: spatial analysis of reclaimed and undisturbed sites. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 34, 1717–1725.
By: Dan Mummey
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Rillig, M. C., Ramsey, P. W., Morris, S. & Paul, E. A. (2003). Glomalin, an arbuscular-mycorrhizal fungal soil protein, responds to land-use change. Plant and Soil 253, 293–299.
By: Philip W. Ramsey
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Mummey, D. L. & Stahl, P. D. (2003). Spatial and temporal variability of bacterial 16S rDNA-based T-RFLP patterns derived from soil of two Wyoming grassland ecosystems. FEMS Microbiology Ecology 46, 113–120.
By: Dan Mummey
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Mummey, D.L., & Stahl, P.D. (2003). Candidate division BD: Phylogeny, distribution and abundance in soil ecosystems. Systematic and Applied Microbiology 26, 228-235.
By: Dan Mummey
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Mummey, D.L., & Stahl, P.D. (2003). Candidate division BD: Phylogeny, distribution and abundance in soil ecosystems. Systematic and Applied Microbiology 26, 228-235.
By: Dan Mummey
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Feris, K. P., Ramsey, P.W., Frazar, C., Rillig, M.C., Gannon, J.E. & Holben, W.E. (2003). Structure and seasonal dynamics of hyporheic zone microbial communities in free-stone rivers of the western United States. Microbial Ecology 46, 200–215.
By: Philip W. Ramsey
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Feris, K., Ramsey, P., Frazar, C., Moore, J.N., Gannon, J.E. & Holben, W.E. (2003). Differences in hyporheic-zone microbial community structure along a heavy-metal contamination gradient. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 69, 5563–5573.
By: Philip W. Ramsey
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Mummey, D. L. & Stahl, P. D. (2004). Analysis of soil whole-and inner-microaggregate bacterial communities. Microbial Ecology 48, 41–50.
By: Dan Mummey
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Koide, R. T., Xu, B., Sharda, J., Lekberg, Y. & Ostiguy, N. (2004). Evidence of species interactions within an ectomycorrhizal fungal community. New Phytologist 165, 305–316.
By: Ylva Lekberg
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Harner, M. J., Ramsey, P. W. & Rillig, M. C. (2004). Protein accumulation and distribution in floodplain soils and river foam: Protein in floodplain soils and foam. Ecology Letters 7, 829–836.
By: Philip W. Ramsey
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Feris, K. P., Ramsey, P.W., Rillig, M., Moore, J.N., Gannon, J.E. & Holben, W.E. (2004). Determining rates of change and evaluating group-level resiliency differences in hyporheic microbial communities in response to fluvial heavy-metal deposition. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 70, 4756–4765.
By: Philip W. Ramsey
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Feris, K. P., Ramsey, P.W., Frazar, C., Rillig, M., Moore, J.N., Gannon, J.E. & Holben, W.E. (2004). Seasonal dynamics of shallow-hyporheic-zone microbial community structure along a heavy-metal contamination gradient. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 70, 2323–2331.
By: Philip W. Ramsey
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Campbell, C.L., Mummey, D.L., Schmidtmann, E.T., & Wilson, W.C. (2004). Culture-independent analysis of midgut microbiota in the arbovirus vector Culcicoides sonorensis (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). Journal of Medical Entomology 41, 340-348.
By: Dan Mummey
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Callaway, R. M., Thelen, G. C., Barth, S., Ramsey, P. W. & Gannon, J. E. (2004). Soil fungi alter interactions between the invader Centaurea maculosa and North American natives. Ecology 85, 1062–1071.
By: Philip W. Ramsey
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Rillig, M. C., Lutgen, E. R., Ramsey, P. W., Klironomos, J. N. & Gannon, J. E. (2005). Microbiota accompanying different arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal isolates influence soil aggregation. Pedobiologia 49, 251–259.
By: Philip W. Ramsey
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Ramsey, P. W., Rillig, M. C., Feris, K. P., Moore, J. N. & Gannon, J. E. (2005). Mine waste contamination limits soil respiration rates: a case study using quantile regression. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 37, 1177–1183.
By: Philip W. Ramsey
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Ramsey, P. W., Rillig, M.C., Feris, K.P., Gordon, N.S., Moore, J.N., Holben, W.E. & Gannon, J.E. (2005). Relationship between communities and processes; new insights from a field study of a contaminated ecosystem: Contaminated systems; communities, processes. Ecology Letters 8, 1201–1210.
By: Philip W. Ramsey
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Mummey, D. L., Rillig, M. C. & Holben, W. E. (2005). Neighboring plant influences on arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal community composition as assessed by T-RFLP analysis. Plant and Soil 271, 83–90.
By: Dan Mummey
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Lekberg, Y. & Koide, R. T. (2005). Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi, rhizobia, available soil P and nodulation of groundnut (Arachis hypogaea) in Zimbabwe. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment 110, 143–148.
By: Ylva Lekberg
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Lekberg, Y. & Koide, R. T. (2005). Is plant performance limited by abundance of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi? A meta-analysis of studies published between 1988 and 2003. New Phytologist 168, 189–204.
By: Ylva Lekberg
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Gundale, M. J., DeLuca, T.H., Fiedler, C.E., Ramsey, P.W., Harrington, M.G. & Gannon, J.E. (2005). Restoration treatments in a Montana ponderosa pine forest: Effects on soil physical, chemical and biological properties. Forest Ecology and Management 213, 25–38.
By: Philip W. Ramsey
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Brown, I. I., Mummey, D. & Cooksey, K. E. (2005). A novel cyanobacterium exhibiting an elevated tolerance for iron. FEMS Microbiology Ecology 52, 307–314.
By: Dan Mummey
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Rillig, M. C., Mummey, D. L., Ramsey, P. W., Klironomos, J. N. & Gannon, J. E. (2006). Phylogeny of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi predicts community composition of symbiosis-associated bacteria: AMF-associated bacterial communities. FEMS Microbiology Ecology 57, 389–395.
By: Dan Mummey and Philip W. Ramsey
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Rillig, M. C. & Mummey, D. L. (2006). Mycorrhizas and soil structure. New Phytologist 171, 41–53.
By: Dan Mummey
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Ramsey, P. W., Rillig, M. C., Feris, K. P., Holben, W. E. & Gannon, J. E. (2006). Choice of methods for soil microbial community analysis: PLFA maximizes power compared to CLPP and PCR-based approaches. Pedobiologia 50, 275–280.
By: Philip W. Ramsey
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Mummey, D. L., Rillig, M. C. & Six, J. (2006). Endogeic earthworms differentially influence bacterial communities associated with different soil aggregate size fractions. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 38, 1608–1614.
By: Dan Mummey
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Mummey, D. L. & Rillig, M. C. (2006). The invasive plant species Centaurea maculosa alters arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities in the field. Plant and Soil 288, 81–90.
By: Dan Mummey
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Mummey, D., Holben, W., Six, J. & Stahl, P. (2006). Spatial stratification of soil bacterial populations in aggregates of diverse soils. Microbial Ecology 51, 404–411.
By: Dan Mummey
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Wolfe, B. E., Mummey, D. L., Rillig, M. C. & Klironomos, J. N. (2007). Small-scale spatial heterogeneity of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal abundance and community composition in a wetland plant community. Mycorrhiza 17, 175–183.
By: Dan Mummey
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Mummey, D. L. & Rillig, M. C. (2007). Evaluation of LSU rRNA-gene PCR primers for analysis of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities via terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis. Journal of Microbiological Methods 70, 200–204.
By: Dan Mummey
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Lekberg, Y., Koide, R. T., Rohr, J. R., Aldrich-Wolfe, L. & Morton, J. B. (2007). Role of niche restrictions and dispersal in the composition of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities. Journal of Ecology 95, 95–105.
By: Ylva Lekberg
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Rillig, M. C., Ramsey, P.W., Gannon, J.E., Mummey, D.L., Gadkar, V. & Kapulnik, Y. (2008). Suitability of mycorrhiza-defective mutant/wildtype plant pairs (Solanum lycopersicum L. cv Micro-Tom) to address questions in mycorrhizal soil ecology. Plant and Soil 308, 267–275.
By: Philip W. Ramsey and Dan Mummey
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Piotrowski, J. S., Lekberg, Y., Harner, M. J., Ramsey, P. W. & Rillig, M. C. (2008). Dynamics of mycorrhizae during development of riparian forests along an unregulated river. Ecography 31, 245–253.
By: Ylva Lekberg and Philip W. Ramsey
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Mummey, D. L. & Rillig, M. C. (2008). Spatial characterization of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal molecular diversity at the submetre scale in a temperate grassland: Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal molecular diversity. FEMS Microbiology Ecology 64, 260–270.
By: Dan Mummey
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Lekberg, Y., Koide, R. T. & Twomlow, S. J. (2008). Effect of agricultural management practices on arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal abundance in low-input cropping systems of southern Africa: a case study from Zimbabwe. Biology and Fertility of Soils 44, 917–923.
By: Ylva Lekberg
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Lekberg, Y., & Koide, R.T. (2008). Effect of soil moisture and temperature during fallow on survival of contrasting isolates of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi. Botany 86, 1117-1124.
By: Ylva Lekberg
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Appoloni, S., Lekberg, Y., Tercek, M. T., Zabinski, C. A. & Redecker, D. (2008). Molecular Community Analysis of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi in Roots of Geothermal Soils in Yellowstone National Park (USA). Microbial Ecology 56, 649–659.
By: Ylva Lekberg
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Mummey, D. L., Antunes, P. M. & Rillig, M. C. (2009). Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi pre-inoculant identity determines community composition in roots. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 41, 1173–1179.
By: Dan Mummey
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Gordon, N. S., Valenzuela, A., Adams, S.M., Ramsey, P.W., Pollock, J.L., Holben, W.E. & Gannon, J.E. (2009). Pedobacter nyackensis sp. nov., Pedobacter alluvionis sp. nov. and Pedobacter borealis sp. nov., isolated from Montana flood-plain sediment and forest soil. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 59, 1720–1726.
By: Philip W. Ramsey
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Harner, M. J., Piotrowski, J. S., Lekberg, Y., Stanford, J. A. & Rillig, M. C. (2009). Heterogeneity in mycorrhizal inoculum potential of flood-deposited sediments. Aquatic Sciences 71, 331–337.
By: Ylva Lekberg
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Feris, K. P., Ramsey, P.W., Gibbons, S.M., Frazar, C., Rillig, M.C., Moore, J.N., Gannon, J.E. & Holben, W.E. (2009). Hyporheic microbial community development is a sensitive indicator of metal contamination. Environmental Science & Technology 43, 6158–6163.
By: Philip W. Ramsey
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Bunn, R., Lekberg, Y. & Zabinski, C. (2009). Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi ameliorate temperature stress in thermophilic plants. Ecology 90, 1378–1388.
By: Ylva Lekberg
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Warnock, D. D., Mummey, D.L., McBride, B., Major, J., Lehmann, J. & Rillig, M.C. (2010). Influences of non-herbaceous biochar on arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal abundances in roots and soils: Results from growth-chamber and field experiments. Applied Soil Ecology 46, 450–456.
By: Dan Mummey
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Stone, K. R., Pilliod, D.S., Dwire, K.A., Rhoades, C.C., Wollrab, S.P. & Young, M.K. (2010). Fuel Reduction Management Practices in Riparian Areas of the Western USA. Environmental Management 46, 91–100.
By: Kate Stone
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Proffitt, K. M., Grigg, J.L., Garrott, R.A., Hamlin, K.I., Cunningham, J., Gude, J.A. & Jourdonnais, C. (2010). Changes in Elk Resource Selection and Distributions Associated With a Late-Season Elk Hunt. Journal of Wildlife Management 74, 210–218.
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Mummey, D. L., Clarke, J.T., Cole, C.A., O’Connor, B.G., Gannon, J.E. & Ramsey, P.W. (2010). Spatial analysis reveals differences in soil microbial community interactions between adjacent coniferous forest and clearcut ecosystems. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 42, 1138–1147.
By: Dan Mummey, Jeff Clarke and Philip W. Ramsey
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Lekberg, Y., Hammer, E. C. & Olsson, P. A. (2010). Plants as resource islands and storage units - adopting the mycocentric view of arbuscular mycorrhizal networks: Carbon and phosphorus movements within mycorrhizal networks. FEMS Microbiology Ecology 74, 336–345.
By: Ylva Lekberg
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Harner, M. J., Mummey, D. L., Stanford, J. A. & Rillig, M. C. (2010). Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi enhance spotted knapweed growth across a riparian chronosequence. Biological Invasions 12, 1481–1490.
By: Dan Mummey
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Schnoor, T. K., Lekberg, Y., Rosendahl, S. & Olsson, P. A. (2011). Mechanical soil disturbance as a determinant of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities in semi-natural grassland. Mycorrhiza 21, 211–220.
By: Ylva Lekberg
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Lekberg, Y., Meadow, J., Rohr, J. R., Redecker, D. & Zabinski, C. A. (2011). Importance of dispersal and thermal environment for mycorrhizal communities: lessons from Yellowstone National Park. Ecology 92, 1292–1302.
By: Ylva Lekberg
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Koch, A. M., Antunes, P.M., Barto, E.K., Cipollini, D., Mummey, D.L. & Klironomos, J.N. (2011). he effects of arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungal and garlic mustard introductions on native AM fungal diversity. Biological Invasions 13, 1627–1639.
By: Dan Mummey
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Lekberg, Y., Meadow, J., Rohr, J. R., Redecker, D. & Zabinski, C. A. (2011). Importance of dispersal and thermal environment for mycorrhizal communities: lessons from Yellowstone National Park. Ecology 92, 1292–1302.
By: Ylva Lekberg
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2016 Bitterroot Wildlife Internship
September 12th, 2016
By: Joshua Lisbon, Rachel Garwin, and Erik Nelson
Field Note
Koch, A. M., Antunes, P.M., Barto, E.K., Cipollini, D., Mummey, D.L. & Klironomos, J.N. (2011). The effects of arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungal and garlic mustard introductions on native AM fungal diversity. Biological Invasions 13, 1627–1639.
By: Dan Mummey
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Gibbons, S. M., Feris, K., McGuirl, M.A., Morales, S.E., Hynninen, A., Ramsey, P.W. & Gannon, J.E. (2011). Use of Microcalorimetry To Determine the Costs and Benefits to Pseudomonas putida Strain KT2440 of Harboring Cadmium Efflux Genes. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 77, 108–113.
By: Philip W. Ramsey
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Ramsey, P. W., Gibbons, S.M., Rice, P., Mummey, D.L., Feris, K.P., Moore, J.N., Rillig, M.C. & Gannon, J.E. (2012). Relative strengths of relationships between plant, microbial, and environmental parameters in heavy-metal contaminated floodplain soil. Pedobiologia 55, 15–23.
By: Philip W. Ramsey and Dan Mummey
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Mondo, S. J., Toomer, K. H., Morton, J. B., Lekberg, Y. & Pawlowska, T. E. (2012). Evolutionary stability in a 400-million-year-old heritable facultative mutualism: evolution in glomeromycota-glomeribacter symbiosis. Evolution 66, 2564–2576.
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Lekberg, Y., Schnoor, T., Kjoller, R., Gibbons, S.M., Hansen, L.H., Al-Soud, W.A., Sorensen, S.J. & Rosendahl, S. (2012). 454-sequencing reveals stochastic local reassembly and high disturbance tolerance within arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities: Reassembly of AM fungal communities following disturbance. Journal of Ecology 100, 151–160.
By: Ylva Lekberg
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Lekberg, Y., Roskilly, B., Hendrick, M.F., Zabinski, C.A., Barr, C.M. & Fishman, Lila. (2012). Phenotypic and genetic differentiation among yellow monkeyflower populations from thermal and non-thermal soils in Yellowstone National Park. Oecologia 170, 111–122.
By: Ylva Lekberg
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Lekberg, Y., Rosendahl, S., Michelsen, A. & Olsson, P.A. (2012). Seasonal carbon allocation to arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi assessed by microscopic examination, stable isotope probing and fatty acid analysis. Plant and Soil 368, 547-555.
By: Ylva Lekberg
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Larkin, B.G., Hunt, L. & Ramsey, P.W. (2012). Foliar nutrients shape fungal endophyte communities in western white pine (Pinus monticola) with implications for white-tailed deer herbivory. Fungal Ecology 5, 252-260.
By: Beau Larkin and Philip W. Ramsey
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Gucker, C. L., Zouhar, K., Kapler Smith, J. & Stone, K. R. (2012). Characteristics of information available on fire and invasive plants in the eastern United States. Fire Ecology 8, 57–81.
By: Kate Stone
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McTee, M. R. Gibbons, S.M., Feris, K., Gordon, N.S., Gannon, J.E. & Ramsey, P.W. (2013). Heavy metal tolerance genes alter cellular thermodynamics in Pseudomonas putida and river Pseudomonas spp. and influence amebal predation. FEMS Microbiology Letters doi:10.1111/1574-6968.12226.
By: Mike McTee and Philip W. Ramsey
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Lekberg, Y., Gibbons, S. M., Rosendahl, S. & Ramsey, P. W. (2013). Severe plant invasions can increase mycorrhizal fungal abundance and diversity. The ISME journal 7, 1424–1433.
By: Ylva Lekberg and Philip W. Ramsey
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Gonzalez, G. & Luce, M.M. (2013). Woody debris characterization along an elevation gradient in northeastern Puerto Rico. Ecological Bulletins 54, 181-193.
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Veresoglou, S. D., Powell, J. R., Davison, J., Lekberg, Y. & Rillig, M. C. (2014). The Leinster and Cobbold indices improve inferences about microbial diversity. Fungal Ecology 11, 1–7.
By: Ylva Lekberg
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Nasto, M. K., Alvarez-Clare, S., Lekberg, Y., Syllivan, B.W., Townsend, A.R. & Cleveland, C.C. (2014). Interactions among nitrogen fixation and soil phosphorus acquisition strategies in lowland tropical rain forests. Ecology Letters 17, 1282–1289.
By: Ylva Lekberg
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Madsen, M.D., Davies, K.W., Mummey, D.L. & Svejcar, T.J. (2014). Improving restoration of exotic annual grass-invaded rangelands through activated carbon seed enhancement technologies. Rangeland Ecology and Management 67, 61-67.
By: Dan Mummey
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Lekberg, Y., Rosendahl, S. & Olsson, P. A. (2014). The fungal perspective of arbuscular mycorrhizal colonization in ‘nonmycorrhizal’plants. New Phytologist 205, 1399-1403.
By: Ylva Lekberg
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Lekberg, Y. & Koide, R. T. (2014). Integrating physiological, community, and evolutionary perspectives on the arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis. Botany 92, 241–251.
By: Ylva Lekberg
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Lekberg, Y., Gibbons, S. M. & Rosendahl, S. (2014). Will different OTU delineation methods change interpretation of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal community patterns? New Phytologist 202, 1101–1104.
By: Ylva Lekberg
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Bunn, R. A., Lekberg, Y., Gallagher, C., Rosendahl, S. & Ramsey, P. W. (2014) (2014). Grassland invaders and their mycorrhizal symbionts: a study across climate and invasion gradients. Ecology and Evolution 4, 794–805.
By: Ylva Lekberg and Philip W. Ramsey
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Herget, M. E., Hufford, K. M., Mummey, D. L., Mealor, B. A. & Shreading, L. N. (2015). Effects of competition with Bromus tectorum on early establishment of Poa secunda accessions: can seed source impact restoration success? Restoration Ecology doi:10.1111/rec.12177.
By: Dan Mummey
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Herget, M.E., Hufford, K.M., Mummey, D.L., Shreading, L.N. (2015). Consequences of seed origin and biological invasion for early establishment in restoration of a north american grass species. PLOS One 10 (3) e0119889 doi:10.1371.
By: Dan Mummey
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Hart, M.M., Aleklett, K., Chagnon, P., Egan C., Ghignone, S., Helgason, T., Lekberg, Y., Opik, M., Pickles, B.J. & Waller, L. (2015). Navigating the labyrinth: a guide to sequence-based, community ecology of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi. New Phytologist doi:10.1111/nph.13340.
By: Ylva Lekberg
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Bullington, L. S., and Larkin, B. G. (2015). Using direct amplification and next-generation sequencing technology to explore foliar endophyte communities in experimentally inoculated western white pines. Fungal Ecology 17:170–178..
By: Lorinda Bullington and Beau Larkin

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Bunn RA, Ramsey PW, Lekberg Y. (2015). Do native and invasive plants differ in their interactions with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi? A meta-analysis. Journal of Ecology doi: 10.1111/1365-2745.12456.
By: Philip W. Ramsey and Ylva Lekberg

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BIRD BANDING: SURVIVAL and PRODUCTIVITY OF SONGBIRDS 2016
September 1st, 2016
By: Megan Fylling and Michael Krzywicki
Research Report
Mummey, D.L., Smith, J.L & Bolton Jr., H. (1997). Small-scale spatial and temporal variability of N2O flux from a shrub-steppe ecosystem. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 29, 1699-1706.
By: Dan Mummey
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Mummey, D.L., Smith, J.L., & Bolton, H. (1994). Nitrous oxide flux from a shrub-steppe ecosystem: sources and regulation. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 26, 279-286.
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Jourdonnais, C.S., & Bedunah, D.T. (1990). Prescribed fire and cattle grazing on an elk winter range in Montana. Wildlife Society Bulletin 18, 232-240.
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Intermediate Wheatgrass Diversification
May 11th, 2016

Research Report
2015 Report: Relating Songbird Territories to Habitat Conditions in Woody Draws on the MPG Ranch
February 12th, 2016
By: Anna Noosen and UMBEL
Research Report
MOLT FOCUS REPORT 2015
January 29th, 2016
By: Michael Krzywicki and Megan Fylling
Research Report
2015 Fall Restoration Update
December 28th, 2015

Research Update
10-19-15 Butterfly Field Note
October 19th, 2015
By: Jeffrey Pippen
Field Note
Knapweed Competitiveness and Soil Moisture
September 1st, 2015

Research Update
Bitterroot Wildlife Internship Recap
August 31st, 2015

Field Note
08-13-15 Butterfly Field Note
August 13th, 2015
By: Jeffrey Pippen
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2015 Fourth of July Butterfly Count
July 23rd, 2015

Dispatch
05-19-15 Biocrust, Lichen, and Moss Field Note
May 19th, 2015

Field Note
04-06-15 RVRI Research Update
April 6th, 2015
By: Raptor View Research Institute
Research Update
Unusual Bee Observation
April 2nd, 2015
By: Skyler Burrows and Marirose Kuhlman
Dispatch
2015 Winter/Early Spring Restoration Update
March 17th, 2015

Research Update
Organic nitrogen and invasion in intermountain grasslands.
March 11th, 2015

Research Report
Satellite Telemetry Update
March 11th, 2015
By: Raptor View Research Institute
Research Update
02-18-15 Phenology Field Note
February 18th, 2015

Field Note
02-06-15 Eagle Field Note
February 5th, 2015
By: Raptor View Research Institute
Field Note
December 2014 Moss and Biocrust Project Update
February 2nd, 2015
By: Rebecca Durham, M and y Slate
Research Update
Starthistle Bee Update
January 29th, 2015

Research Update
2014 Bee Monitoring Update
January 25th, 2015

Research Update
MPG Raptor Banding and Fall Migration Summary Report 2014
January 22nd, 2015
By: Raptor View Research Institute
Research Report
Exotic and Native Forbs: Plant Productivity, Soil Respiration, and Soil Nitrogen
January 18th, 2015
By: Morgan McLeod, Kyle Jensen and Ylva Lekberg
Research Report
Intraspecific Competition Experiment: Initial Soil Moisture and Nutrient Data
December 12th, 2014

Research Update
Avian Acoustic Monitoring Update: Spring and Fall Migration 2014
December 9th, 2014

Research Update
Lewis’s Woodpecker Trapping Research Update
December 5th, 2014

Research Update
Avian Science Center 2014 Annual Report
November 25th, 2014
By: Tricia Rodriguez, Megan Fylling, and Michael Krzywicki
Research Report
Lewis’s Woodpecker Nesting Research Update
November 20th, 2014

Research Update
Cutworm Population Monitoring Update
November 13th, 2014
By: Lauren Shreading
Research Update