Linda L Long

• M.S. Natural Resources Wildlife
• Wildlife Biologist (retired) at US Forest Service

This publication is an archive of data used in our study which evaluated the spatial distribution and estimated population size and productivity of Marbled Murrelets offshore of California and Oregon from Moss Landing, California north to Coos Bay, Oregon from 1989 to 2009 using transect surveys from boats. From 1989 to 2000, we used a methodology...

The uploaded document shows the first page of a GIS-based storymap which outlines the research of the Tahoe-Central Sierra Initiative to develop new tools to inform management of Tahoe-Central Sierra landscapes. A link to the storymap is shown at the bottom of the document in the citation.

The Tahoe-Central Sierra Initiative (TCSI) Blueprint for Resilience (hereafter TCSI Blueprint) is a set of strategy maps that identify opportunities for forest protection and adaptation across a 978 381-ha (2.4 million-ac) region of the central Sierra Nevada. The TCSI partners, along with scientists and forest managers versed in the concept of resi...

Abstract Historically, wildfire and tribal burning practices played important roles in shaping ecosystems throughout the Klamath Siskiyou Bioregion of northern California and southern Oregon. Over the past several decades, there has been increased interest in the application of fire for forest management through the implementation of prescribed fir...

Disequilibrium of bird communities, due to introduced pests and human-caused habitat changes, is a fundamental property to be understood in restoration of island biota. In this paper, we suggest that the reestablishment of native forests and food webs favour long-established and native species, and is less favourable to more recently introduced spe...

We examined shorebird use of mudflats, marsh islands, and nearby agricultural fields near Humboldt Bay in northwestern California between September 1988 and April 1989. Most species used fields for both foraging and roosting, including some species usually considered to be mudflat specialists. After seasonal rains began in late fall, Dunlins (Calid...

Accurate knowledge of the number of newly-fledged juveniles offshore is critical to estimates of productivity of the threatened Marbled Murrelet (Brachyramphus marmoratus). We describe a method for collecting productivity data which allows researchers to objectively evaluate age determinations and their effect on juvenile percentages. This has the...

We designed and tested an intensive survey method in 1993 to identify juvenile Marbled Murrelets (Brachyramphus marmoratus) at sea. From this, we used the percent of juveniles seen in the sample as an index of productivity of murrelets along the California coast. We found 2.2 percent of the population sampled were juveniles, similar to our estimate...

Thesis (M.S.)--Humboldt State University, 1993. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 81-87). Typescript (photocopy).