Research
Giant garter snake
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Effect of translocation on home range and movements of giant gartersnakes (.pdf)
2024 – Global Ecology and Conservation
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Survival and establishment of captive-reared and translocated giant gartersnakes after release (.pdf)
2023 – The Journal of Wildlife Management
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A tale of two valleys: Endangered species policy and the fate of the giant gartersnake (.pdf)
2021 – U.S. Geological Survey, Western Ecological Research Center
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Intrinsic Prey Preference and Selection of the Giant Gartersnake: A Threatened Predator in a Nonnative Prey-Dominated Community (.pdf)
2020 – Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management
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Giant Gartersnakes (Thamnophis gigas) Exploit Abundant Nonnative Prey While Maintaining Their Appetite for Native Anurans (.pdf)
2020 – Herpetologica
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Conservation reliance of a threatened snake on rice agriculture (.pdf)
2019 – Global Ecology and Conservation
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Integrating growth and capture–mark–recapture models reveals size-dependent survival in an elusive species (.pdf)
2018 – Ecosphere
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Distribution of the Giant gartersnake (Thamnophis gigas) in the Volta Area of the San Joaquin Valley (.pdf)
2017 – Eric C. Hansen
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Giant gartersnake (Thamnophis gigas) Environmental DNA and trapping surveys at the Natomas Basin Conservancy’s Cummings Tract, Sacramento County, CA (.pdf)
2017 – Eric C. Hansen
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Giant gartersnake (Thamnophis gigas) Surveys on the Cosumnes River Ecological Reserve: Sacramento County, California – 2017 Monitoring Report (.pdf)
2017 – Eric C. Hansen
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Recovery Plan for the Giant Garter Snake (Thamnophis gigas) (.pdf)
2017 – U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
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An Evaluation of the Efficacy of Using Environmental DNA (eDNA) to Detect Giant Gartersnakes (Thamnophis gigas) (.pdf)
2017 – U.S. Geological Survey
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Relations between Environmental Attributes and Contemporary Occupancy of Threatened Giant gartersnakes (.pdf)
2017 – Journal of Herpetology, 51(2):274-283.
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Estimates of Survival Probability from Two Populations of Giant gartersnakes in California’s Great Central Valley (.pdf)
2015 – Copeia
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Defining population structure and genetics signatures of declines in the giant gartersnakes (Thamnophis gigas): implications for conserving threatened species within highly altered landscapes. (.pdf)
2015 – Conservation Genetics
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A Conceptual Model for Site-Level Ecology of the Giant Gartersnake (Thamnophis gigas) in the Sacramento Valley, California (.pdf)
2015 – U.S. Geological Survey
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Literature Review of Giant Gartersnake (Thamnophis gigas) Biology and Conservation (.pdf)
2015 – U.S. Geological Survey
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Thamnophis Gigas (Giant Gartersnake) Movement (.pdf)
2013 – Herpetological Review 44(1)
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Giant Garter Snake Monitoring Update (.pdf)
2012 – U.S. Geological Survey, Western Ecological Research Center
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Implementation of Priority 1, Priority 2, and Priority 3 Recovery Tasks for Giant Garter Snake (Thamnophis gigas) – Status and distribution of giant garter snakes at the eastern Delta’s White Slough Wildlife Area, San Joaquin County, CA (.pdf)
2011 – Eric C. Hansen
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Giant Garter Snake Status Report (.pdf)
2009 – The Natomas Basin Conservancy
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Acute Oral and Dermal Toxicity of Aquatic Herbicides and a Surfactant to Garter Snakes (.pdf)
2004 – California Department of Fish and Game
Swainson’s hawk
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Rapid growth of the Swainson’s Hawk population in California since 2005 (.pdf)
Brett J. Furnas, David H. Wright, Erin N. Tennant, Reagen M. O’Leary, Michael J. Kuehn, Peter H. Bloom, and Carie L. Battistone
2022 – American Ornithological Society
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Clinal variation in morph frequency in Swainson’s hawk across North America: no support for Gloger’s ecogeographical rule (.pdf)
Arjun Amar, Chevonne Reynolds, Julia van Velden, and Christopher W. Briggs
2019 – The Linnean Society of London
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Space Use by Swainson’s Hawk (Buteo swainsoni) in the Natomas Basin, California (.pdf)
2016 – Collabra
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Swainson’s Hawk Status Report (.pdf)
Jim Estep
2012 – The Natomas Basin Conservancy
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Swainson’s Hawk Status Report (.pdf)
Jim Estep
2010 – The Natomas Basin Conservancy
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Swainson’s Hawk Status Report (.pdf)
Jim Estep
2009 – The Natomas Basin Conservancy
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Berseem clover (.pdf)
Texas A&M AgriLife Research & Extension Center at Overton
2003 – Texas A&M AgriLife Research & Extension Center at Overton – Submitted by Mike Bradbury – Swainson’s Hawk Foraging Habitat and Prey Scientific Literature Search
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California’s Threatened and Endangered Species: Swainson’s Hawk Buteo swainsoni (.pdf)
California Department of Fish and Game
2003 – California Department of Fish and Game – Swainson’s Hawk Foraging Habitat and Prey Scientific Literature Search
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California’s plants and animals: Swainson’s hawk Buteo swainsoni (.pdf)
California Department of Fish and Game Habitat Conservation Planning Branch
2003 – California Department of Fish and Game Habitat Conservation Planning Branch – Swainson’s Hawk Foraging Habitat and Prey Scientific Literature Search
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Hairy vetch (.pdf)
UC Sustainable Agriculture Research Education Program Online Cover Crop Database
2002 – UC Sustainable Agriculture Research Education Program Online Cover Crop Database – Submitted by Mike Bradbury – Swainson’s Hawk Foraging Habitat and Prey Scientific Literature Search
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Voles (Meadow mice) (.pdf)
T. P. Salmon, Wildlife, Fish and Conservation Biology, UC Davis; and W. P. Gorenzel, Wildlife, Fish, and Conservation Biology, UC Davis
2002 – University of California Statewide Integrated Pest Management Program – Swainson’s Hawk Foraging Habitat and Prey Scientific Literature Search
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Berseem clover (.pdf)
Managing Cover Crops Profitably, Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program
1998 – Managing Cover Crops Profitably, Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program – Submitted by Mike Bradbury – Swainson’s Hawk Foraging Habitat and Prey Scientific Literature Search
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California Partners in Flight Riparian Bird Conservation Plan for the Swainson’s Hawk (.pdf)
Brian Woodbridge
1998 – Point Reyes Bird Observatory – Swainson’s Hawk Foraging Habitat and Prey Scientific Literature Search
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Swainson’s Hawk Buteo swainsoni (.pdf)
A. Sidney England, Marc J. Bechard, and C. Stuart Houston
1997 – The Birds of North America, No. 265 – Submitted by Mike Bradbury – Swainson’s Hawk Foraging Habitat and Prey Scientific Literature Search
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Meadow Mice (.pdf)
Crop & Soil Science Oregon State University
1997 – Crop & Soil Science Oregon State University – Swainson’s Hawk Foraging Habitat and Prey Scientific Literature Search
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Swainson’s hawk life history (.pdf)
California Department of Fish and Game – Staff report re: Mike Bradbury
1996 – California Department of Fish and Game – Submitted by Mike Bradbury – Swainson’s Hawk Foraging Habitat and Prey Scientific Literature Search
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Swainson’s hawk Buteo swainsoni (.pdf)
N. L. Brown
1996 – California State University, Stanislaus
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Wildlife Species: Microtus pennsylvanicus | Meadow Vole (.pdf)
Janet Sullivan
1996 – U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Fire Sciences Laboratory, Fire Effects Information System – Swainson’s Hawk Foraging Habitat and Prey Scientific Literature Search
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Wildlife Species: Microtus pennsylvanicus | Meadow Vole (.pdf)
Janet Sullivan
1996 – 1UP Info – U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Fire Sciences Laboratory, Fire Effects Information System – Submitted by Mike Bradbury – Swainson’s Hawk Foraging Habitat and Prey Scientific Literature Search
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Wildlife Species: Buteo swainsoni (.pdf)
Julie L. Tesky
1994 – U. S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Sciences Laboratory, Fire Effects Information System – Swainson’s Hawk Foraging Habitat and Prey Scientific Literature Search
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Swainson’s Hawk: Their Biology and Conservation (.pdf)
Keith Babcock, Peter H. Bloom, and K. Greg Elliott
1994 – Redwood Room University Union California State University Sacramento – Submitted by Mike Bradbury – Swainson’s Hawk Foraging Habitat and Prey Scientific Literature Search
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5-Year Status Review: Swainson’s hawk (Buteo swainsoni) (.pdf)
Nongame Bird and Mammal Section Wildlife Management Division California Department of Fish and Game
1993 – California Fish and Game Commission – Submitted by Mike Bradbury – Swainson’s Hawk Foraging Habitat and Prey Scientific Literature Search
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Effects of habitat patch shape on population dynamics of Meadow voles (Microtus pennsylvanicus) (.pdf)
Steven J. Harper, Eric K. Bollinger, and Gary W. Barrett.
1993 – Journal of Mammalogy – Swainson’s Hawk Foraging Habitat and Prey Scientific Literature Search
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Controlling Nuisance: Meadow Mice (.pdf)
Agricultural publication MX0144
1993 – University of Missouri Extension, Missouri Department of Conservation, U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service – Swainson’s Hawk Foraging Habitat and Prey Scientific Literature Search
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Birds of Prey Assist Farmers (.pdf)
Chuck Ingels, SAREP
1992 – Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program, University of California Davis – Swainson’s Hawk Foraging Habitat and Prey Scientific Literature Search
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Effects of forage availability on home range and population density of Microtus pennsylvanicus (.pdf)
Eric N. Jones
1990 – Journal of Mammalogy – Swainson’s Hawk Foraging Habitat and Prey Scientific Literature Search
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The Effect of Agriculture on Ferruginous and Swainson’s Hawks (.pdf)
Josef K. Schmutz
1987 – Journal of Range Management 40(5) – Submitted by Mike Bradbury – Swainson’s Hawk Foraging Habitat and Prey Scientific Literature Search
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A 12-year Study of Vegetation and Mammal Succession on a Reconstructed Tallgrass Prairie in Iowa (.pdf)
Orlando A Schwartz and Paul D. Whitson
1986 – The American Midland Naturalist – Swainson’s Hawk Foraging Habitat and Prey Scientific Literature Search
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Rodent-Vegetation Relationships in Southeastern Montana (.pdf)
James G. MacCracken, Daniel W. Uresk, and Richard M. Hansen
1985 – Northwest Science – Swainson’s Hawk Foraging Habitat and Prey Scientific Literature Search
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California Riparian Systems: Ecology, Conservation, and Productive Management (.pdf)
Richard E. Warner and Kathleen M. Hendrix
1984 – University of California Press – Swainson’s Hawk Foraging Habitat and Prey Scientific Literature Search
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Effect of vegetative cover on foraging site selection by Swainson’s hawk (.pdf)
Marc J. Bechard
1982 – The Cooper Ornithological Society – Swainson’s Hawk Foraging Habitat and Prey Scientific Literature Search
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Habitat selection by small mammals of riparian communities: Evaluating effects of habitat alterations (.pdf)
Anthony R. Geier and Louis B. Best
1980 – Journal of Wildlife Management – Swainson’s Hawk Foraging Habitat and Prey Scientific Literature Search
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Importance of vegetative cover to cycles of Microtus populations (.pdf)
Elmer C. Birney, W. E. Grant, and Donna Day Baird
1976 – Ecology – Swainson’s Hawk Foraging Habitat and Prey Scientific Literature Search
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The distribution of Microtus pennsylvanicus within grassland habitat (.pdf)
P. R. Grant and Ralph D. Morris
1971 – Canadian Journal of Zoology – Swainson’s Hawk Foraging Habitat and Prey Scientific Literature Search
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Breeding, feeding, and other life habits of Meadow mice (Microtus) (.pdf)
Vernon Bailey
1924 – Journal of Agricultural Research – Swainson’s Hawk Foraging Habitat and Prey Scientific Literature Search
Other Reports
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Evaluation of Wetland Hydrology in Formerly Irrigated Areas (.pdf)
2017 – US Army Corps of Engineers® Engineer Research and Development Center
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Trees of the Natomas Basin Conservancy (.pdf)
Sacramento Tree Foundation
2011 – The Natomas Basin Conservancy
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Fish Sampling on Constructed Wetland on the Natomas Basin Conservancy’s BKS Tract (.pdf)
Doug Leslie and Marin Greenwood
2009 – The Natomas Basin Conservancy
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Monitoring Avian Productivity and Survivorship (MAPS) in the North Basin Reserve (.pdf)
Julia Camp and Doug Leslie
2008 – The Natomas Basin Conservancy