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Relative growth and condition factor of the Finescale Triggerfish in the southeastern Gulf of California

Juan Antonio Maldonado-Coyac; Dana Isela Arizmendi-Rodríguez; Rebeca Sánchez-Cárdenas et al.

California Fish and Wildlife Journal, Vol. 112 No. 1&2 · 2026 · English · DOAJ Scopus

Relative growth and body condition of the Finescale Triggerfish (Balistes polylepis) were evaluated using fishery-dependent data from the southeastern Gulf of California across eight sampling periods between 2002 and 2024. Growth consistently showed a negative allometric pattern, with marked…

Longevity record for Spotted Bass

Steve Pagliughi

California Fish and Wildlife Journal, Vol. 112 No. 1&2 · 2026 · English · DOAJ Scopus

Identifying highly used Dungeness crab fleet fishing areas off central and northern California to inform entanglement risks of large whales

Michael Johns; Kathi George; Rebekah Lane et al.

California Fish and Wildlife Journal, Vol. 112 No. 1&2 · 2026 · English · DOAJ Scopus

Large whales seasonally aggregate into highly productive areas to feed, which often overlap with regions popular for various fishing activities. This spatial and temporal overlap can lead to whale entanglements in fishing gear. Along the California coast, such impacts have been amplified by intense…

Evaluation of an effort to manage invasive Sacramento pikeminnow to support steelhead recovery in a small coastal watershed

Matt A. McKechnie; Terra Dressler; Ethan Boucher Bell et al.

California Fish and Wildlife Journal, Vol. 112 No. 1&2 · 2026 · English · DOAJ Scopus

Aspects of the population ecology of western Joshua tree in the western Antelope Valley, Mojave Desert, California

Michael D. White; Laura Pavliscak; Mitchell Coleman

California Fish and Wildlife Journal, Vol. 112 No. 1&2 · 2026 · English · DOAJ Scopus

We examined the population ecology of western Joshua trees (Yucca brevifolia) in the Antelope Valley of the western Mojave Desert, California. The western Joshua tree is an iconic species of the Mojave Desert and a species of conservation concern in California. The Antelope Valley supports…

Documentation of a non-native anchor worm on the extinct thicktail chub, Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta, California

Robert A. Leidy

California Fish and Wildlife Journal, Vol. 112 No. 1&2 · 2026 · English · DOAJ Scopus

A small-caliber shortage might be a big problem for California hunters, ranchers, and California condor recovery

Mike Stake; Kelly Sorenson

California Fish and Wildlife Journal, Vol. 112 No. 1&2 · 2026 · English · DOAJ Scopus

Evaluating assumptions about gross energy in estimating nutritional value of forage: a case study using forages of Sierra Nevada bighorn sheep

Kristin Denryter; Thomas R. Stephenson; Kevin L. Monteith

California Fish and Wildlife Journal, Vol. 111 No. 3 · 2025 · English · DOAJ Scopus

Recent beach strandings of the Pacific footballfish on the Pacific coast of the United States

William B. Ludt; Michelle C. Horeczko; Todd R. Clardy et al.

California Fish and Wildlife Journal, Vol. 111 No. 3 · 2025 · English · DOAJ Scopus

Coyote food item use along an urban gradient in the southern San Joaquin Valley, California

Brian Cypher; Erica Kelly

California Fish and Wildlife Journal, Vol. 111 No. 3 · 2025 · English · DOAJ Scopus

The immense ecological plasticity of coyotes (Canis latrans) facilitates their use of anthropogenically altered habitats including urban areas. We analyzed scat samples to compare food item use by coyotes in urban, peri-urban, and non-urban zones in and around the city of Bakersfield, California…

Geographic variation in trace mineral concentrations in blood of mule deer from the Mojave Desert, California, USA

Vernon C. Bleich; Kelley M. Stewart

California Fish and Wildlife Journal, Vol. 111 No. 3 · 2025 · English · DOAJ Scopus

Minerals are important nutrients and are essential components of the diets of animals. Nutritional requirements or minimum concentrations of minerals for nutritional health are largely unknown for the majority of large, free-ranging herbivores. We investigated concentrations of 9 trace minerals in…

On the importance of agriculture for wildlife conservation

Matthew Johnson

California Fish and Wildlife Journal, Vol. 111 No. 3 · 2025 · English · DOAJ Scopus

Daily activity patterns of Mohave ground squirrels in a camera trapping study

Barbara M. Leitner; Philip Leitner

California Fish and Wildlife Journal, Vol. 111 No. 2 · 2025 · English · DOAJ Scopus

We conducted a regional camera trapping study in 2021 to assess the distribution of the Mohave ground squirrel (Xerospermophilus mohavensis; MGS) that resulted in 2,754 detection events. Here we analyze temporal and environmental factors influencing MGS activity, as well as some aspects of our…

Ceratonova shasta infection in Sacramento River Chinook salmon

John Scott Foott

California Fish and Wildlife Journal, Vol. 111 No. 2 · 2025 · English · DOAJ Scopus

Field surveys and sentinel studies were conducted with juvenile Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) in the Sacramento River between 2012 and 2022. Both Ceratonova shasta and Parvicapsula minibicornis were common myxozoan parasites of both juvenile and adult Chinook salmon. C. shasta infection…

Camera trap method effectively identifies small mammal species in forested habitats

Barbara Clucas; Sydney L. McCluskey

California Fish and Wildlife Journal, Vol. 111 No. 2 · 2025 · English · DOAJ Scopus

Effective survey methods to detect small mammal species are often needed to develop conservation and management plans in forested ecosystems. The ability to use non-invasive methods to identify small mammal species in the field is particularly useful as live trapping can be time consuming and…

Southern Sailfin Catfish in the San Joaquin River, Stanislaus County, California: new record

Shaun T. Root; Yale Passamaneck; Zachary Sutphin et al.

California Fish and Wildlife Journal, Vol. 111 No. 2 · 2025 · English · DOAJ Scopus

First record of Lepidurus lemmoni (Holmes 1894) (Crustacea: Notostraca) in California’s Central Valley

Sean M. O’Brien

California Fish and Wildlife Journal, Vol. 111 No. 1 · 2025 · English · DOAJ Scopus

Bald eagle population increase, reproductive success, and nesting habitat in central interior California

Daniel A. Airola; James Jones; Shannon Skalos et al.

California Fish and Wildlife Journal, Vol. 111 No. 1 · 2025 · English · DOAJ Scopus

Over much of its range, the bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) has substantially recovered from declines in the mid–late 1900s, which resulted from habitat loss, human persecution and disturbance, and contamination by the pesticide DDT. The species remains listed as endangered under the…

Observations of wildlife entrapment in cattle guards, with special consideration for special-status herpetofauna

Zachary P. Frey; Anny Peralta-García; Jorge H. Valdez-Villavicencio et al.

California Fish and Wildlife Journal, Vol. 111 No. 2 · 2025 · English · DOAJ Scopus

Brook Trout predation on dispersing Cascades frogs shows invasive fish populations can impact amphibian recruitment from the broader landscape

Justin Garwood; Grace Cunningham; Forest Peri et al.

California Fish and Wildlife Journal, Vol. 111 No. 1 · 2025 · English · DOAJ Scopus