Research Bibliography

The following journal articles, research papers, conference papers, and theses present research conducted on lands owned by Cuenca Los OJos and its partners.

Aguilar-Morales, C., & Van Devender, T.R. 2018. Horned lizards (Phrynosoma) of Sonora, Mexico: Distribution and ecology. Sonoran Herpetologist, 31(3): 40-50.

Anderson, W., Hunt, R. 2002. A rapid biological and ecological inventory and assessment of the Cajon Bonito watershed, Sonora, Mexico. Part 1: Natural history. Desert Plants, 18(2): 3-20.

Blissett, S. 2010. A late Holocene history of vegetation, fire, and climate from a desert wetland in southwest Northern America. MS thesis, University of Utah.

Bonillas-Monge, M.E., & Valdez-Coronel, C.M. 2013. Richness of mammals on the San Bernardino Ranch in the municipality of Agua Prieta, Sonora, Mexico. In Gottfried, G.J.; Ffolliott, P.F.; Gebow, B.S.; Eskew, L.G.; Collins, L.C., comps. Merging Science and Management in a Rapidly Changing World: Biodiversity and Management of the Madrean Archipelago III. 2012 May 1-5; Tucson, AZ. Proceedings. RMRS-P-67. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station.

Boydston, E.E., & López González, C.A. 2005. Sexual differentiation in the distribution potential of northern jaguars (Panthera onca). 51-56. In: Gottfried, G.J., Gebow, B.S., Eskew, L.G., & Edminster, C. (eds.). Connecting mountain islands and desert seas: Biodiversity and management of the Madrean Archipelago II. 2004; Tucson, AZ. Proceedings RMRS-P-36. U. S. Forest Service. Fort Collins, CO: US Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station.

Buckley, S. & Nabhan, G.P. 2016. Food chain restoration for pollinators: Regional habitat recovery strategies involving protected areas of the Southwest. Natural Areas Journal, 36(4):489-497.

Callegary, J. B., Norman, L. M., Eastoe, C. J., Sankey, J. B., & Youberg, A. (2021). Preliminary Assessment of Carbon and Nitrogen Sequestration Potential of Wildfire-Derived Sediments Stored by Erosion Control Structures in Forest Ecosystems, Southwest USA. Air, Soil and Water Research, 14, 117862212110017. https://doi.org/10.1177/11786221211001768

Coronel-Arellano, H., Lara-Díaz, N.E., Moreno, C., Gutiérrez-González, C.E., & López-González, C.A. 2018. Journal of Mammalogy, 99(2): 465–477.

Espinosa-Flores, E., Lara-Díaz, N.E., & López-González, C.A. 2012. Tamaño poblacional del oso negro (Ursus americanus) en dos Islas del Cielo del Noreste de Sonora, México. Therya, 3(3): 403-416. Lara-Díaz, N.E., López-González, C.A., Coronel-Arellano, H., & González-Bernal, A. 2013. In Gottfried, G.J.; Ffolliott, P.F.; Gebow, B.S.; Eskew, L.G.; Collins, L.C., comps. Merging Science and Management in a Rapidly Changing World: Biodiversity and Management of the Madrean Archipelago III. 2012 May 1-5; Tucson, AZ. Proceedings. RMRS-P-67. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station.

Fagan, W.F. 2002. Can vertebrae predation alter aggregation of risk in an insect host- parasitoid system? Journal of Animal Ecology, 71: 487-496.

Fandel, C.A. 2016. The Effect of Gabion Construction on Infiltration of Ephemeral Streams. MS thesis, University of Arizona.

González-Bernal, A., Lara-Díaz, N.E., Coronel-Arellano, H. López-González, C.A. 2011. Mountain Lion (Puma Concolor) Population Status, and Biological Corridors in Sierra San Luis, Sonora México. Proceedings of the 10th Mountain Lion Workshop, Bozeman, Montana. Western Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies.

Henderson, W.M. & S. DeLong. 2012. Evaluating dryland ecological and river restoration using repeat LiDAR and hydrological monitoring (#EP31C-0831). Paper presented at the American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall meeting, 3-7 December 2012, San Francisco, California.

Hollett, W.P. 2002. Ecology, life history and demography of the Sonoran Mud Turtle (Kinosternon sonoriense). MS Thesis, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada.

Lancaster, B. 2007. Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond, Volume 2: Water-Harvesting Earthworks. Rainsource Press: Tucson.

Lara Diaz, N.E. 2017. Ecología espaciotemporal y estado de conservación del oso negro en el noroeste de México. PhD thesis. Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro, Mexico.

Lara Díaz, N.E., Coronel-Arellano, H., González Bernal, A., Gutiérrez González, C., & López González, C.A. 2011. Abundancia y densidad de venado cola blanca (Odocoileus virginianus couesi) en Sierra de San Luis, Sonora, México. Therya, 2(2): 125-137.

Lara‐Díaz, N.E., Coronel‐Arellano, H., López‐González, C.A., Sánchez‐Rojas, G., & Martínez‐Gómez, J.E. 2018. Activity and resource selection of a threatened carnivore: the case of black bears in northwestern Mexico. Ecosphere, 9(1), e01923.

Leger, A., Lopez, O., Lagarda, G. & Austin, V. 2019. Sampling for the Effect of Rock Erosion-Control Structures on Soil Carbon: Do Rock Structures add Organic Matter to our Soils? Preliminary Report for Cuenca Los Ojos and Borderlands Restoration Network.

Luna Soria, H., & López González, C.A. 2005. Abundance and food habits of cougars and bobcats in the Sierra San Luis, Sonora. 416-420. In: Gottfried, G.J., Gebow, B.S., Eskew, L.G., & Edminster, C. Connecting mountain islands and desert seas: Biodiversity and management of the Madrean Archipelago II. 2004; Tucson, AZ. Proceedings RMRS-P-36. U. S. Forest Service. Fort Collins, CO: US Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station.

Malcom, J.W. & Radke, W.R. 2008. Effects of riparian and wetland restoration on an avian community in southeast Arizona, USA. Open Conservation Biology Journal 2: 30–36. doi:10.2174/1874839200802010030

Minckley, C.O. 2013. Observations on the Seasonal Distribution of Native Fish in a 10-Kilometer Reach of San Bernardino Creek, Sonora, Mexico. In: Gottfried, G.J., Folliott, P.F., Gebow, B.S.; Eskew, L.G.; Collins, L.C. (eds). Merging science and management in a rapidly changing world: Biodiversity and management of the Madrean Archipelago III. 2012. Tucson, AZ. Proceedings. RMRS-P-67. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station.

Minckley, R., & J. Ascher. 2013. Preliminary survey of bee (Hymenoptera: Anthophila) richness in the northwestern Chihuahuan Desert. Pp. 138–143 in Gottfried, G.J., Folliott, P.F., Gebow, B.S., Brooke, S. Eskew, L.G., & Collins, L.C. (Eds.), Merging Science and Management in a Rapidly Changing World: Biodiversity and Management of the Madrean Archipelago III; 2012 May 1–5; Tucson, AZ. Proceedings RMRS-P-67. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Fort Collins, CO.

Minckley, R.L. 2014. Maintenance of richness despite reduced abundance of desert bees (Hymenoptera: Apiformes) to persistent grazing. Insect Conservation and Diversity, 7: 263–273.

Minckley, T.A. 2008. Faunal composition and species richness differences of bees (Hymenoptera: Apiformes) from two north American regions. Apidologie, 39: 176–188

Minckley, T.A., & Brunelle, A. 2007. Paleohydrology and growth of a desert cienega. Journal of Arid Environments, 69: 420–431.

Minckley, T.A., Brunelle, A., & Blissett, S. 2011. Holocene sedimentary and environmental history of an in-channel wetland along the ecotone of the Sonoran and Chihuahuan Desert grasslands. Quaternary International, 235: 40-47.

Minckley, T.A., Brunelle, A., Turner, D. 2013. Paleoenvironmental framework for understanding the development, stability, and state-changes of ciénegas in the American deserts. In Gottfried, G.J.; Ffolliott, P.F.; Gebow, B.S.; Eskew, L.G.; Collins, L.C., comps. Merging Science and Management in a Rapidly Changing World: Biodiversity and Management of the Madrean Archipelago III. 2012 May 1-5; Tucson, AZ. Proceedings. RMRS-P-67. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station.

Minckley, T.A., Clementz, M.T., Brunelle, A., & Klopfenstein, G.A. 2009. Isotopic analysis of wetland development in the American Southwest. The Holocene, 19: 737.

Nordt, L. 2003. Late Quaternary fluvial landscape evolution in desert grasslands of northern Chihuahua, Mexico. Geological Society of America Bulletin, 115: 596–606.

Norman, L. M. (2020). Ecosystem Services of Riparian Restoration: A Review of Rock Detention Structures in the Madrean Archipelago Ecoregion. Air, Soil and Water Research, 13, 117862212094633. https://doi.org/10.1177/1178622120946337

Norman, L. M. (2022). Commentary: Dryland Watershed Restoration With Rock Detention Structures: A Nature-Based Solution to Mitigate Drought, Erosion, Flooding, and Atmospheric Carbon. Frontiers in Environmental Science, 10, 853684. https://doi.org/10.3389/fenvs.2022.853684

Norman, L. M., Callegary, J., Lacher, L., Wilson, N., Fandel, C., Forbes, B., & Swetnam, T. (2019). Modeling Riparian Restoration Impacts on the Hydrologic Cycle at the Babacomari Ranch, SE Arizona, USA. Water, 11(2), 381. https://doi.org/10.3390/w11020381

Norman, L. M., Girard, M. M., Pulliam, H. R., Villarreal, M. L., Clark, V. A., Flesch, A. D., Petrakis, R. E., Leibowitz, J., Tosline, D. J., Vaughn, K., Wagner, T., Weaver, C., Hare, T., Perez, J. M., Lopez Bujanda, O. E., Austin, J. T., Campbell, C. F., Callegary, J. B., Wilson, N. R., … Nabhan, G. P. (2022). A shared vision for enhancing ecological resilience in the U.S. - Mexico borderlands: The Sky Island Restoration Collaborative. Society Magazine (SERNews), 36, 19–27. https://cdn.ymaws.com/www.ser.org/resource/resmgr/sernews/sernews_36-1/sernews_vol36_iss1_vf.pdfhttps://cdn.ymaws.com/www.ser.org/resource/resmgr/sernews/sernews_36-1/sernews_vol36_iss1_vf.pdf

Norman, L. M., & Niraula, R. (2016). Model analysis of check dam impacts on long-term sediment and water budgets in Southeast Arizona, USA. Ecohydrology & Hydrobiology, 16(3), 125–137. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecohyd.2015.12.001

Norman, L. M., Pulliam, H. R., Girard, M. M., Buckley, S. M., Misztal, L., Seibert, D., Campbell, C., Callegary, J. B., Tosline, D. J., Wilson, N. R., Hodges, D., Conn, J. A., & Austin-Clark, A. V. (2021). Editorial: Combining the Science and Practice of Restoration Ecology—Case studies of a Grassroots Binational Restoration Collaborative in the Madrean Archipelago Ecoregion (2014-2019). Air, Soil and Water Research, 14, 117862212110094. https://doi.org/10.1177/11786221211009478

Norman, L. M., Sankey, J. B., Dean, D., Caster, J., DeLong, S., DeLong, W., & Pelletier, J. D. (2017). Quantifying geomorphic change at ephemeral stream restoration sites using a coupled-model approach. Geomorphology, 283, 1–16. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2017.01.017

Norman, L. M., Villarreal, M. L., Pulliam, H. R., Minckley, R., Gass, L., Tolle, C., & Coe, M. (2014). Remote sensing analysis of riparian vegetation response to desert marsh restoration in the Mexican Highlands. Ecological Engineering, 70C, 241–254. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoleng.2014.05.012

Norman, L.M., Brinkerhoff, F., Gwilliam, E., Guertin, D.P., Callegary, J., Goodrich, D.C., ... Gray, F. 2016. Hydrologic response of streams restored with check dams in the Chiricahua Mountains, Arizona. River Research and Applications, 32(4): 519-527.

Norman, L.M., Villarreal, M.L., Pulliam, H.R., Minckley, R., Gass, L., Tolle, C., & Coe, M. 2014. Remote sensing analysis of riparian vegetation response to desert marsh restoration in the Mexican Highlands. Ecological Engineering, 70C, 241–254.

Pelz Serrano, K., Ponce Guevara, E., & López González, C.A. 2005. Habitat and conservation status of the beaver (Castor Canadensis) in the Sierra San. 429-433. In Gottfried, G.J.; Ffolliott, P.F.; Gebow, B.S.; Eskew, L.G.; Collins, L.C., comps, Connecting mountain islands and desert seas: Biodiversity and management of the Madrean Archipelago II. 2004; Tucson, AZ. Proceedings RMRS-P-36. U. S. Forest Service. Fort Collins, CO: US Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station.

Rodriguez Martinez, A., Moreno Arzate, C.N., González Sierra, E.R., & López González, C.A. 2007. Spatial ecology and population structure of endangered black bears (Ursus americanus) in Northwestern Mexico. Proceedings of the Western Black Bear Workshop, 9: 8-19.

Rodríguez Martinez, A., Moreno Arzate, C.N., González Sierra, R., & López González, C.A. 2008. Uso de hábitat, hábitos alimenticios y estructura poblacional del oso negro (Ursus americanus) en la Sierra Madre Occidental. In: Lorenzo, C. y Espinoza, E. (eds.) Avances en el Estudio de los Mamiferos de Mexico II. Asociación Mexicana de Mastozoologia A. C.

Van Devender, T.R., Rorabaugh, J.C., Ochoa-Gutiérrez, F.I., & Reina-Guererro, A.L. 2017. The Gila Monsters (Heloderma suspectum) of Cajón Bonito and the southern Four Corners Area. Sonoran Herpetologist, 30(2): 43-46.

Villarreal, M. L., Haire, S. L., Bravo, J. C., & Norman, L. M. (2019). A Mosaic of Land Tenure and Ownership Creates Challenges and Opportunities for Transboundary Conservation in the US-Mexico Borderlands. Case Studies in the Environment, ecs;cse.2019.002113v1. https://doi.org/10.1525/cse.2019.002113

Wilkinson, E.B. & Feener, Jr., D.H. 2010. Variation in resource size distribution around colonies changes ant–parasitoid interactions. Insectes Sociaux, 57: 385–391.

Wilkinson, E.B. & Feener, Jr., D.H. 2012. Exploitative competition and risk of parasitism in two host ant species: The roles of habitat complexity, body size, and behavioral dominance. Psyche. doi:10.1155/2012/238959

Wilson, N.R. & Norman, L.M. 2018. Analysis of vegetation recovery surrounding a restored wetland using the Normalized Difference Infrared Index (NDII) and Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI). International Journal of Remote Sensing, 39(10): 3243–3274.

Wilson, N.R. & Norman, L.M. 2019. Vegetation response to landscape conservation in the Sky Islands. The Plant Press, Winter 2019: 27-31.