Anthropogenic and natural forest disturbance cause ecological damage and carbon emissions. Forest disturbance in the Amazon occurs in the form of deforestation (conversion of forest to non‐forest land covers), degradation from the extraction of forest resources, and destruction from natural events. The crucial role of the Amazon rainforest in the hydrologic cycle has even led to the speculation of a disturbance “tipping point”...

This study uses the method for object‐based diagnostic evaluation (MODE) technique to examine and compare the statistics of drought attributes over the upper Colorado River basin (UCRB). The drought objects are based on the standardized precipitation index (SPI) and the standardized precipitation evapotranspiration index (SPEI) on a 36‐month timescale (SPI36 and SPEI36, respectively). The drought indicators are calculated usin...

Modern analytical methods for population genetics and phylogenetics are expected to provide more accurate results when data from multiple genome‐wide loci are analysed. We present the results of an initial application of parallel tagged sequencing ( PTS ) on a next‐generation platform to sequence thousands of barcoded PCR amplicons generated from 95 nuclear loci and 93 individuals sampled across the range of the tiger salamand...