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1 Monographs of the Western North American Naturalist Volume 7 8th California Islands Symposium Article Front Matter, Vol. 7 Follow this and additional works at: Recommended Citation (2014) "Front Matter, Vol. 7," Monographs of the Western North American Naturalist: Vol. 7, Article 39. Available at: This Front Matter is brought to you for free and open access by the Western North American Naturalist Publications at BYU ScholarsArchive. It has been accepted for inclusion in Monographs of the Western North American Naturalist by an authorized editor of BYU ScholarsArchive. For more information, please contact scholarsarchive@byu.edu, ellen_amatangelo@byu.edu.

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3 MONOGRAPHS OF THE WESTERN NORTH AMERICAN NATURALIST PUBLISHED AT PROVO, UTAH, BY MONTE L. BEAN LIFE SCIENCE MUSEUM 1110 MLBM Brigham Young University Provo, UT URL PHONE FAX MARK C. BELK, EDITOR JANENE AUGER, MANAGING EDITOR Associate Editors Brooks B. Britt Dept. of Geological Sciences, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT Kathryn McEachern U.S. Geological Survey, Channel Islands Field Station, Ventura, CA Sharon R. Melin NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service, Alaska Fisheries Science Center, Seattle, WA Scott A. Morrison Victor E. Shelford Director of Conservation Science, The Nature Conservancy, San Francisco, CA Daniel R. Muhs U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, CO C. Riley Nelson Dept. of Biology, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT Torben Rick Dept. of Anthropology, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC T. Scott Sillett Migratory Bird Center, Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, National Zoological Park, Washington, DC Editorial Board. Russell B. Rader, Chair, Biology; Steven L. Peck, Biology; Dennis K. Shiozawa, Biology. All are at Brigham Young University. Ex Officio Editorial Board members include Larry L. St. Clair, Monte L. Bean Life Science Museum; Mark C. Belk, Biology; and Janene Auger, Monte L. Bean Life Science Museum. Monographs of the Western North American Naturalist is published on an ad hoc basis by Brigham Young University. We solicit unpublished manuscripts that further our biological understanding of western North America, including western Canada and all of Mexico; all manuscripts receive peer reviews. In accepting manuscripts, we place neither restriction nor preference on disciplines within the biological sciences. However, both subject matter and manuscript length are subject to approval of the editor and editorial board. Questions concerning manuscripts or proposed research topics should be addressed to the editor. Manuscript Submission. See Information for Authors on the inside back cover. Editorial Production. Michelle Lyons and Cherie Stewart Manuscript Supervision. Megan Gebhard, Sadie Lowry, and Morgan Baker Copy-editing Assistance. Michelle Lyons, Sadie Lowry, and Namiko Editing Abstract Translation. CommBridge Language Services and Monserrat Suárez Rodríguez Copyright 2014 by Brigham Young University Print publication mail date: 5 August 2015 ISSN

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5 REVIEWERS FOR MONOGRAPHS OF THE WESTERN NORTH AMERICAN NATURALIST, VOLUME 7 The Editorial Board for Monographs of the Western North American Naturalist thanks the individuals who volunteered their service to make the peer review of this volume possible. Their invaluable expertise and constructive criticism contribute to maintaining the editorial standards of the monograph series. Agenbroad, Larry Ainley, David Anderson, Sean Ashley, Mary Backs, Janet Baguskas, Sara Bakker, Victoria Bradley, Russell Bratt, Charis Brigham, Christy Broome, Keith Burnham, Jennifer Carroll, Mary Carter, Benjamin Coonan, Timothy Cory, Coleen Cypher, Brian Desrosiers, Michelle Dillon, Adam Drost, Charles Faulkner, Kate Fiehler, Craig Fox, Georgia Funk, Chris Giblin, David Glassow, Michael Golden, Rebecca Griffiths, Richard Groves, Lindsey Gusick, Amy Hallworth, Michael Harvey, A. Howald, Gregg Hudgens, Brian Jazwa, Christopher Karnovsky, Nina King, Julie McLaughlin, Mitchell Miller, Luke Oberbauer, Thomas Oboyski, Pete Oh, Kevin Parker, Kevin Pauly, Greg Pesendorfer, Mario Prager, Katherine Preston, Kristine Randall, John Robertson, Jeanne Schultz, Emily Schumann, Randall Schuyler, Peter Schwartz, Steven Scott, Andrew Scott, J.M. Seddon, Philip Smith, Patricia Soeprono, Andrew Stallcup, Jerre Stratton, Lisa Taff, Connor Talley, Theresa Teeter, Wendy Tershy, Bernie Thomas, Lisa Tweet, Justin Valentine, James Van Vuren, Dirk Vanderwoude, Casper Vellanoweth, Rene Vickers, Winston Williams, Amanda Yelenik, Stephanie All current and back issues of the Monographs of the Western North American Naturalist are now available in the BioOne open access collection ( Suggested citation format for papers in this volume: Authors Article title. Monographs of the Western North American Naturalist 7:xxx xxx. Cover photo credit: Antonio Busiello For information about the California Islands Symposium, please visit by Brigham Young University, Provo, UT All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America

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7 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS The 8th California Islands Symposium was sponsored by a diverse group of agencies, nonprofit organizations, and academic institutions. Shauna Bingham, Christie Boser, Ann Bull, Tim Coonan, Carlos de la Rosa, Linda Farley, Kate Faulkner, Lynn Gamble, Ann Huston, Julie King, Annie Little, Yvonne Menard, Peter Sharpe, Scott Sillett, and John Ugoretz served on the Organizing Committee. Several organizations provided generous financial support: Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, The Seaver Institute, Catalina Island Conservancy, The Nature Conservancy, National Park Service, the Smithsonian Institution, and the United States Navy. iv

8 CONTENTS Front Matter Reviewers for Monographs of the Western North American Naturalist, Volume Acknowledgments ii iv Articles The contributions of Donald Lee Johnson to understanding the Quaternary geologic and biogeographic history of the California Channel Islands Daniel R. Muhs 1 Diurnal and semidiurnal internal waves near Two Harbors, Santa Catalina, California Craig G. Gelpi 21 Evidence of repeated wildfires prior to human occupation on San Nicolas Island, California Jeffery S. Pigati, John P. McGeehin, Gary L. Skipp, and Daniel R. Muhs 35 Landscapes of Santa Rosa Island, Channel Islands National Park, California R. Randall Schumann, Scott A. Minor, Daniel R. Muhs, and Jeffery S. Pigati 48 Documenting the paleontological resources of National Park Service areas of the southern California coast and islands.... Justin S. Tweet, Vincent L. Santucci, and Tim Connors 68 Interpreting the paleozoogeography and sea level history of thermally anomalous marine terrace faunas: a case study from the Last Interglacial Complex of San Clemente Island, California Daniel R. Muhs, Lindsey T. Groves, and R. Randall Schumann 82 Terrestrial resource exploitation on Santa Cruz Island, California: macrobotanical data from four Middle Holocene sites Kristin M. Hoppa 109 Prehistoric occupation of the interior of western Santa Cruz Island.... Michael A. Glassow 118 Early Holocene pearl oyster circular fishhooks and ornaments on Espíritu Santo Island, Baja California Sur Harumi Fujita 129 Defining the historic landscape on eastern Santa Rosa Island: archaeological investigations at Qshiwqshiw Todd J. Braje, Torben C. Rick, Leslie Reeder-Myers, Breana Campbell, and Kelly Minas 135 Reestablishing the locale of California s first American-designated place name on Santa Catalina Island Ivan H. Strudwick 146 Island specialists: shared flora of the Alta and Baja California Pacific Islands Sarah E. Ratay, Sula E. Vanderplank, and Benjamin T. Wilder 161 Lecanora annularis (Lecanoraceae, Lecanorales), a new lichen species from the Channel Islands and the central California coast Kerry Knudsen, James C. Lendemer, and Jana Kocourková 221 Changes in vegetation and biological soil crust communities on sand dunes stabilizing after a century of grazing on San Miguel Island, Channel Islands National Park, California Kristine L. Zellman 225 Stand structure and acorn production of the island scrub oak (Quercus pacifica) Mario B. Pesendorfer, Kathryn M. Langin, Brian Cohen, Zachary Principe, Scott A. Morrison, and T. Scott Sillett 246 Status and trends of the rocky intertidal community on the Farallon Islands Jan Roletto, Scott Kimura, Natalie Cosentino-Manning, Ryan Berger, and Russell Bradley 260 On the origins of the insect fauna of California s Channel Islands: a comparative phylogeographic study of island beetles Michael S. Caterino, Stylianos Chatzimanolis, and Maxi Polihronakis Richmond 276 Contributions to an arthropod inventory of Santa Cruz Island, California Ida Naughton, Michael S. Caterino, Cause Hanna, and David Holway 297 v

9 Nocturnal spotlight surveys for monitoring Scripps s Murrelets in at-sea congregations at Anacapa Island, California Darrell L. Whitworth and Harry R. Carter 306 Status, distribution, and conservation of Scripps s Murrelet at Santa Catalina Island, California Darrell L. Whitworth, Harry R. Carter, Tyler M. Dvorak, Linda S. Farley, and Julie L. King 321 Space use and home-range size of Barn Owls on Santa Barbara Island Sarah K. Thomsen, Caitlin E. Kroeger, Peter H. Bloom, and A. Laurie Harvey 339 The implications of increased body size in the Song Sparrows of the California Islands Raymond M. Danner, Russell Greenberg, and T. Scott Sillett 348 Evaluation of new telemetry technologies for research on island foxes Brian Cypher, Elizabeth Drake, Jennifer Savage, Julie King, Katherine Ralls, Timothy Coonan, John Perrine, and Calvin Duncan 357 On the fast track to recovery: island foxes on the northern Channel Islands Timothy J. Coonan, Victoria Bakker, Brian Hudgens, Christina L. Boser, David K. Garcelon, and Scott A. Morrison 373 Status of the Santa Catalina Island fox thirteen years after its decline Julie L. King, Calvin L. Duncan, and David K. Garcelon 382 Identifying evolutionarily significant units and prioritizing populations for management on islands Jeanne M. Robertson, Kathryn M. Langin, T. Scott Sillett, Scott A. Morrison, Cameron K. Ghalambor, and W. Chris Funk 397 Strategies for biosecurity on a nearshore island in California Christina L. Boser, Coleen Cory, Kathryn R. Faulkner, John M. Randall, John J. Knapp, and Scott A. Morrison 412 Ecosystem restoration on Santa Catalina Island: a review of potential approaches and the promise of bottom-up invader management Denise A. Knapp 421 Prioritizing restoration actions for the islands of Mexico M. Latofski-Robles, A. Aguirre-Muñoz, F. Méndez-Sánchez, H. Reyes-Hernández, and S. Schlüter 435 Restoration of a coastal wetland at Prisoners Harbor, Santa Cruz Island, Channel Islands National Park, California.. Paula J. Power, Joel Wagner, Mike Martin, and Marie Denn 442 A program to eradicate twenty-four nonnative invasive plant species from Santa Cruz Island Coleen Cory and John J. Knapp 455 Native plant recovery in study plots after fennel (Foeniculum vulgare) control on Santa Cruz Island Paula J. Power, Thomas Stanley, Clark Cowan, and James R. Roberts 465 Experimental planting of native shrubs on Santa Cruz Island from small nursery stock Matthew L. James, David M. Hubbard, and Coleen Cory 477 Importance of early life stage limitations on recovering populations of Leptosyne gigantea, San Miguel Island, California Catherin A. Schwemm 489 Eelgrass meadows return to Frenchy s Cove, Anacapa Island: recovery ten years after successful transplantation Jessica Altstatt, Richard Ambrose, Jay Carroll, James Coyer, Joseph Wible, and John Engle 500 Argentine ant management in conservation areas: results of a pilot study Christina L. Boser, Cause Hanna, Kathryn R. Faulkner, Coleen Cory, John M. Randall, and Scott A. Morrison 518 Reintroduction of historically extirpated taxa on the California Channel Islands Scott A. Morrison, Kevin A. Parker, Paul W. Collins, W. Chris Funk, and T. Scott Sillett 531 Laysan Albatross on Guadalupe Island, México: current status and conservation actions Julio C. Hernández-Montoya, Luciana Luna-Mendoza, Alfonso Aguirre-Muñoz, Federico Méndez-Sánchez, Maria Félix-Lizárraga, and J.M. Barredo-Barberena 543 vi