Volume 86, Number 2 (2026)
Articles
Climatic stressors and habitat quality explain individual stress metrics in an isolated population of small mammals
Karli P. Weatherill, Ashley L. Whipple, Mallory Sandoval Lambert, A. Zeynep Ozsoy, Holly M. Nelson, Tabitha R. McFarland, Josey L. King, Troy Muzzio, Chris Ray, and Johanna Varner
Lichen community associated with playas in the Great Basin Desert
Jason Hollinger, Nastassja Noell, Pieter van den Boom, John Sheard, and Steven D. Leavitt
Integrating geochemistry and metagenomics reveals spatially specific microbial signatures in a recovering stream
Paul G. Helfrich, Eva Andrade-Barahona, Johnathan Feldman, Isaiah Robertson, Jordan Foster, Renee Hofacker, Gavin Dahlquist Selking, Cody S. Sheik, and Alysia Cox
Morphological conservatism and geographic trends in two species of mountain kingsnakes (Lampropeltis pyromelana and L. knoblochi)
Taylor Probst, Jordan Kirk, Caleb Nunnery, and Alison Whiting
Effectiveness of pollinator (Anthophila) sampling methods across western Colorado: implications for conserving sensitive bee species
Francisco Garcia Bulle Bueno, Andrew Draper, Garret Jolma, Maria Schonewise, Emily Mosswood, Jackie Billotte, and Richard Reading
Characterizing soil seed banks on reclaimed natural gas well pads: emergence may not be enough
Kathryn Edwards, Demaris A. Chenoweth, Ingrid C. Burke, and William K. Lauenroth
Discovery of the first nonnative populations of the asellid isopod Conasellus intermedius (Forbes, 1876) in Utah
D. Christian Furness and Julian J. Lewis
Soil disturbance, salinity, and water availability on abandoned well pads in Colorado Plateau sagebrush and blackbrush communities
Logan Maxwell, Susanne Schwinning, Lesley A. DeFalco, and Todd C. Esque
Elemental signatures of fin rays substantiate natural recruitment of threatened catostomid June Sucker Chasmistes liorus in its native range (Utah, USA)
Stephani L. Clark Barkalow, Andrea D. Urioste, Jacob G. Mortensen, and Steven P. Platania
Molecular refinement of the taxonomy of Pyrgulopsis springsnails in western North America
Michael K. Young, Kristine L. Pilgrim, Eric S. Miskow, Chante L. Lundskog, Kathryn E. Perez, and Michael K. Schwartz
Obituary
D. Carl Freeman (1951–2024): Extraordinary Scientist with a Passion for Data Sets
E. Durant McArthur, John H. Graham, Jeffrey J. Duda, Jerry Herron, and Markus Friedrich
