Western U.S. multistate research project on “water movement in soils”: A retrospective by Jan W. Hopmans, Timothy R. Green, Michael H. Young

“…To implement the act, Agricultural Experiment Station (AES) Directors in the western United States met regularly to evaluate, fund, and review multistate research projects (MRPs), with membership of AES scientists named by the Technical Committee. …”
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Redescription of Calyptosuchus (Stagonolepis) wellesi (Archosauria: Pseudosuchia: Aetosauria) from the Late Triassic of the Southwestern United States with a discussion of genera i... by William G. Parker

“…Calyptosuchus is one of the most common aetosaurians in the Western United States and an index taxon of the early Adamanian biozone. …”
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A Novel Approach to Validate Satellite Snowfall Retrievals by Ground-Based Point Measurements by Hwayoung Jeoung, Shangyong Shi, Guosheng Liu

“…A novel method has been proposed for validating satellite radar snowfall retrievals using surface station observations over the western United States mountainous region, where the mean snowfall rate at a station depends on its elevation. …”
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Habitat selection by a predator of rodent pests is resilient to wildfire in a vineyard agroecosystem by Allison E. Huysman, Matthew D. Johnson

“…These results are important for farmers who use nest boxes as a means of rodent control, which may be affected after dramatic disturbance events, especially as wildfires increase in the western United States.…”
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Objective definition of discharge thresholds for post-fire debris flows by Tang Hui, McGuire Luke, Youberg Ann

“…Runoff-generated debris flows are a common post-fire hazard in the western United States and a growing number of regions around the world. …”
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Single and Multi-Date Landsat Classifications of Basalt to Support Soil Survey Efforts by Jessica J. Mitchell, Rupesh Shrestha, Carol A. Moore-Ellison, Nancy F. Glenn

“…Basalt outcrops are significant features in the Western United States and consistently present challenges to Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) soil mapping efforts. …”
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Cross Validation of GOES-16 and NOAA Multi-Radar Multi-Sensor (MRMS) QPE over the Continental United States by Luyao Sun, Haonan Chen, Zhe Li, Lei Han

“…The performance of GOES-16 QPE was downgraded over the western United States, in part due to the limitations of the GOES-16 rainfall retrieval algorithm over complex terrains, and in part because of the poor radar coverage analyzed by the MRMS system. …”
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Unmasking Athlete Microaggressions by Eddie Comeaux

“…The purpose of this study was to explore student-athletes’ (n = 122) perceptions of discriminatory acts by professors and other students at a large Division I university in the western United States. The majority of respondents reported either positive or neutral experiences with other campus community members, but a small number described instances where professors and other students questioned their intellectual abilities, academic motivation, or treatment by the university. …”
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Future exposure of forest ecosystems to multi‐year drought in the United States by Jennifer K. Costanza, Frank H. Koch, Matthew C. Reeves

“…Projections agreed that forests in portions of the western United States, especially the southwestern United States, could face high levels of exposure. …”
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The impact of land ownership, firefighting, and reserve status on fire probability in California by Carlin Frances Starrs, Van Butsic, Connor Stephens, William Stewart

“…The extent of wildfires in the western United States is increasing, but how land ownership, firefighting, and reserve status influence fire probability is unclear. …”
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Western Modernism and the Myth of Nature: The Architecture of Almost Nothing by Eleanor Weinel

“…This paper examines the development of a modernist aesthetic in the architecture of the western United States of America in the period between 1920 and 1950 in which the European fascination with the universal in both space and culture, is coupled with the nascent American fascination with nature and health. …”
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Un travail sous tension. Les agents immobiliers américains entre affranchissement des contraintes salariales et marchandisation by Eliza Benites-Gambirazio

“…Based on the case of real estate agents in a medium city of the Western United States, this paper considers a definition of work by the representations and practices of the workers. …”
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Mosasaurs, Limpets or Diagenesis: How Placenticeras Shells Got Punctured by A. Seilacher

“…Claimed mosasaur bites in Upper Cretaceous Placenticeras shells from the Western United States are reinterpreted as limpetmade pits that became punctured by compactional pressure and beveled during diagenesis.Die von Kauffman & Kesling (1960) als Mosasaurier-Bisse gedeuteten Perforationen in oberkretazischen Ammonitengehäusen werden auf die Raspeltätikeit patellider Schnecken zurückgeführt. …”
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Cultural Immersion Camps and Development of Ethnic Identity in Asian American Youth by Yi-Ju Wu, Corliss Outley, David Matarrita-Cascante

“…The results obtained from 3 cultural immersion camps located in the Western United States reveals that cultural immersion camp experiences significantly increase perceived levels of ethnic identity among Asian American youth. …”
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Sustaining Heritage Patterns in Mining Towns of the North American West: A Historico-Geographical Approach by Wendy R. McClure

“…This article will discuss applications of an adapted historico-geographical approach to analyse heritage patterns in 19th-century mining towns located in mountainous regions of the western United States. Profiled case studies are part of an ongoing study intended to inform design and revitalization processes by architects, planners and community stakeholders in the region.…”
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The Use of Wetlands for Nutrient Removal from Surface Runoff in a Cold Climate Region of California-Results from a Newly Constructed Wetland at Lake Tahoe by , John E. Reuter

“…In September 1987 a plastic-lined, gravel-filled wetland was constructed for experimental purposes and is the first<br /> demonstration of its kind in a subalpine region of the western United States. The primary objective of our research was to evaluate the. effectiveness &quot…”

Local Community Composition Drives Avian <i>Borrelia burgdorferi</i> Infection and Tick Infestation by Marie Lilly, Wilmer Amaya-Mejia, Lucas Pavan, Ceili Peng, Arielle Crews, Nghia Tran, Ravinder Sehgal, Andrea Swei

“…These results indicate that birds are relevant hosts in the local <i>B. burgdorferi</i> s.l. transmission cycle in the western United States and quantifying their role in the spread and maintenance of Lyme disease requires further research.…”
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Salinity and pH effects on survival, growth, and reproduction of quagga mussels by Carina Seitz, Facundo Scordo, Erin Suenaga, Emily M. Carlson, Shaye McMillen, Logan Gregory, Sudeep Chandra

“…Background In recent decades, invasive quagga mussels have expanded to the Western United States from the Great Lakes region of North America. …”
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Population structure and hybridization under contemporary and future climates in a heteroploid foundational shrub species (Artemisia tridentata) by Lukas P. Grossfurthner, Lukas P. Grossfurthner, Elizabeth R. Milano, Paul A. Hohenlohe, Lisette P. Waits, Bryce A. Richardson

“…We sampled five transects throughout the western United States where a subspecies overlap was predicted using subspecies-specific climate niche models. …”
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Warm places, warm years, and warm seasons increase parasitizing of moose by winter ticks by Nicholas J. DeCesare, Richard B. Harris, M. Paul Atwood, Eric J. Bergman, Alyson B. Courtemanch, Paul C. Cross, Gary L. Fralick, Kent R. Hersey, Mark A. Hurley, Troy M. Koser, Rebecca L. Levine, Kevin L. Monteith, Jesse R. Newby, Collin J. Peterson, Samuel Robertson, Benjamin L. Wise

“…Tick loads in the western United States were, on average, lower than those where tick‐related die‐offs in moose populations have occurred recently, but loads carried by some individuals may be sufficient to cause mortality. …”
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