Quantify the multiple services performed by wetland ecosystems in the Prairie Pothole Region of the United States
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By Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center
June 28, 2018
This research effort is focused on incorporating land-use and land-cover change into forecasting models that accounted for variations in agricultural and conservation practices and programs. The primary tool being used is the Integrated Valuation of Ecosystem Services and Tradeoffs (InVEST) modeling suite. We have parameterized this modeling tool for the prairie-pothole region, and developed new components as needed to quantify conservation program and practice effects on wetland carbon stores; water quality; amphibian, waterfowl, and grassland-bird habitat; native-plant communities; and floral resources available to pollinators. We are also using other modeling systems (e.g., APEX, PHyLiSS) to explore land-use change effects on depressional wetlands, and have expanded our reach beyond the prairie-pothole region to include work in the upper Mississippi River watershed. Model results are being used to inform implementation of conservation activities, such as practices conducted within the USDA Conservation Reserve and Wetland Reserve Programs, and policy making that affect wetlands and wetland ecosystem srevices throughout the agricultural landscape of the Northern Great Plains
Below are publications associated with this project.
Filter Total Items: 16
Modeling effects of crop production, energy development and conservation-grassland loss on avian habitat
Birds are essential components of most ecosystems and provide many services valued by society. However, many populations have undergone striking declines as their habitats have been lost or degraded by human activities. Terrestrial grasslands are vital habitat for birds in the North American Prairie Pothole Region (PPR), but grassland conversion and fragmentation from agriculture and...
Authors
Jill A. Shaffer, Cali L. Roth, David M. Mushet
Estimating the effects of wetland conservation practices in croplands: Approaches for modeling in CEAP–Cropland Assessment
Quantifying the current and potential benefits of conservation practices can be a valuable tool for encouraging greater practice adoption on agricultural lands. A goal of the CEAP-Cropland Assessment is to estimate the environmental effects of conservation practices that reduce losses (exports) of soil, nutrients, and pesticides from farmlands to streams and rivers. The assessment...
Authors
Diane De Steven, David M. Mushet
Model parameters for representative wetland plant functional groups
Wetlands provide a wide variety of ecosystem services including water quality remediation, biodiversity refugia, groundwater recharge, and floodwater storage. Realistic estimation of ecosystem service benefits associated with wetlands requires reasonable simulation of the hydrology of each site and realistic simulation of the upland and wetland plant growth cycles. Objectives of this...
Authors
Amber S. Williams, James R. Kiniry, David M. Mushet, Loren M. Smith, Scott T. McMurry, Kelly Attebury, Megan W. Lang, Gregory W. McCarty, Jill A. Shaffer, William R. Effland, Mari-Vaughn Virginia Johnson
Assessing pollinator habitat services to optimize conservation programs
Pollination services have received increased attention over the past several years, and protecting foraging area is beginning to be reflected in conservation policy. This case study considers the prospects for doing so in a more analytically rigorous manner, by quantifying the pollination services for sites being considered for ecological restoration. The specific policy context is the...
Authors
Richard Iovanna, Amy W. Ando, Scott Swinton, Daniel Hellerstein, Jimmy Kagan, David M. Mushet, Clint R.V. Otto, Charles A. Rewa
The Integrated Landscape Modeling partnership - Current status and future directions
The Integrated Landscape Modeling (ILM) partnership is an effort by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to identify, evaluate, and develop models to quantify services derived from ecosystems, with a focus on wetland ecosystems and conservation effects. The ILM partnership uses the Integrated Valuation of Ecosystem Services and Tradeoffs (InVEST)...
Authors
David M. Mushet, Eric J. Scherff
Mapping wetlands and surface water in the Prairie Pothole Region of North America: Chapter 16
The Prairie Pothole Region (PPR) is one of the most highly productive wetland regions in the world. Prairie Pothole wetlands serve as a primary feeding and breeding habitat for more than one-half of North America’s waterfowl population, as well as a variety of songbirds, waterbirds, shorebirds, and other wildlife. During the last century, extensive land conversions from grassland with...
Authors
Jennifer Rover, David M. Mushet
Conserving Prairie Pothole Region wetlands and surrounding grasslands: evaluating effects on amphibians
The maintenance of viable and genetically diverse populations of amphibians in the Prairie Pothole Region of the United States depends on upland as well as wetland over-wintering and landscape level habitat features.Prairie pothole wetlands provide important amphibian breeding habitat while grasslands surrounding these wetlands provide foraging habitat for adults, overwintering habitat...
Authors
David M. Mushet, Jordan L. Neau
Modeling effects of conservation grassland losses on amphibian habitat
Amphibians provide many ecosystem services valued by society. However, populations have declined globally with most declines linked to habitat change. Wetlands and surrounding terrestrial grasslands form habitat for amphibians in the North American Prairie Pothole Region (PPR). Wetland drainage and grassland conversion have destroyed or degraded much amphibian habitat in the PPR. However...
Authors
David M. Mushet, Jordan L. Neau, Ned H Euliss
Ecosystem services: developing sustainable management paradigms based on wetland functions and processes
In the late nineteenth century and twentieth century, there was considerable interest and activity to develop the United States for agricultural, mining, and many other purposes to improve the quality of human life standards and prosperity. Most of the work to support this development was focused along disciplinary lines with little attention focused on ecosystem service trade-offs or...
Authors
Ned H Euliss, David M. Mushet, Loren M. Smith, William H. Conner, Virginia Burkett, Douglas Wilcox, Mark W. Hester, Haochi Zheng
Complex spatial dynamics maintain northern leopard frog (Lithobates pipiens) genetic diversity in a temporally varying landscape
In contrast to most local amphibian populations, northeastern populations of the Northern Leopard Frog (Lithobates pipiens) have displayed uncharacteristically high levels of genetic diversity that have been attributed to large, stable populations. However, this widely distributed species also occurs in areas known for great climatic fluctuations that should be reflected in corresponding...
Authors
David M. Mushet, Ned H Euliss, Yongjiu Chen, Craig A. Stockwell
Mapping anuran habitat suitability to estimate effects of grassland and wetland conservation programs
The conversion of the Northern Great Plains of North America to a landscape favoring agricultural commodity production has negatively impacted wildlife habitats. To offset impacts, conservation programs have been implemented by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and other agencies to restore grassland and wetland habitat components. To evaluate effects of these efforts on anuran habitats...
Authors
David M. Mushet, Ned H Euliss, Craig A. Stockwell
A conceptual model to facilitate amphibian conservation in the northern Great Plains
As pressures on agricultural landscapes to meet worldwide resource needs increase, amphibian populations face numerous threats including habitat destruction, chemical contaminants, disease outbreaks, wetland sedimentation, and synergistic effects of these perturbations. To facilitate conservation planning, we developed a conceptual model depicting elements critical for amphibian...
Authors
David M. Mushet, Ned H Euliss, Craig A. Stockwell
This research effort is focused on incorporating land-use and land-cover change into forecasting models that accounted for variations in agricultural and conservation practices and programs. The primary tool being used is the Integrated Valuation of Ecosystem Services and Tradeoffs (InVEST) modeling suite. We have parameterized this modeling tool for the prairie-pothole region, and developed new components as needed to quantify conservation program and practice effects on wetland carbon stores; water quality; amphibian, waterfowl, and grassland-bird habitat; native-plant communities; and floral resources available to pollinators. We are also using other modeling systems (e.g., APEX, PHyLiSS) to explore land-use change effects on depressional wetlands, and have expanded our reach beyond the prairie-pothole region to include work in the upper Mississippi River watershed. Model results are being used to inform implementation of conservation activities, such as practices conducted within the USDA Conservation Reserve and Wetland Reserve Programs, and policy making that affect wetlands and wetland ecosystem srevices throughout the agricultural landscape of the Northern Great Plains
Below are publications associated with this project.
Filter Total Items: 16
Modeling effects of crop production, energy development and conservation-grassland loss on avian habitat
Birds are essential components of most ecosystems and provide many services valued by society. However, many populations have undergone striking declines as their habitats have been lost or degraded by human activities. Terrestrial grasslands are vital habitat for birds in the North American Prairie Pothole Region (PPR), but grassland conversion and fragmentation from agriculture and...
Authors
Jill A. Shaffer, Cali L. Roth, David M. Mushet
Estimating the effects of wetland conservation practices in croplands: Approaches for modeling in CEAP–Cropland Assessment
Quantifying the current and potential benefits of conservation practices can be a valuable tool for encouraging greater practice adoption on agricultural lands. A goal of the CEAP-Cropland Assessment is to estimate the environmental effects of conservation practices that reduce losses (exports) of soil, nutrients, and pesticides from farmlands to streams and rivers. The assessment...
Authors
Diane De Steven, David M. Mushet
Model parameters for representative wetland plant functional groups
Wetlands provide a wide variety of ecosystem services including water quality remediation, biodiversity refugia, groundwater recharge, and floodwater storage. Realistic estimation of ecosystem service benefits associated with wetlands requires reasonable simulation of the hydrology of each site and realistic simulation of the upland and wetland plant growth cycles. Objectives of this...
Authors
Amber S. Williams, James R. Kiniry, David M. Mushet, Loren M. Smith, Scott T. McMurry, Kelly Attebury, Megan W. Lang, Gregory W. McCarty, Jill A. Shaffer, William R. Effland, Mari-Vaughn Virginia Johnson
Assessing pollinator habitat services to optimize conservation programs
Pollination services have received increased attention over the past several years, and protecting foraging area is beginning to be reflected in conservation policy. This case study considers the prospects for doing so in a more analytically rigorous manner, by quantifying the pollination services for sites being considered for ecological restoration. The specific policy context is the...
Authors
Richard Iovanna, Amy W. Ando, Scott Swinton, Daniel Hellerstein, Jimmy Kagan, David M. Mushet, Clint R.V. Otto, Charles A. Rewa
The Integrated Landscape Modeling partnership - Current status and future directions
The Integrated Landscape Modeling (ILM) partnership is an effort by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to identify, evaluate, and develop models to quantify services derived from ecosystems, with a focus on wetland ecosystems and conservation effects. The ILM partnership uses the Integrated Valuation of Ecosystem Services and Tradeoffs (InVEST)...
Authors
David M. Mushet, Eric J. Scherff
Mapping wetlands and surface water in the Prairie Pothole Region of North America: Chapter 16
The Prairie Pothole Region (PPR) is one of the most highly productive wetland regions in the world. Prairie Pothole wetlands serve as a primary feeding and breeding habitat for more than one-half of North America’s waterfowl population, as well as a variety of songbirds, waterbirds, shorebirds, and other wildlife. During the last century, extensive land conversions from grassland with...
Authors
Jennifer Rover, David M. Mushet
Conserving Prairie Pothole Region wetlands and surrounding grasslands: evaluating effects on amphibians
The maintenance of viable and genetically diverse populations of amphibians in the Prairie Pothole Region of the United States depends on upland as well as wetland over-wintering and landscape level habitat features.Prairie pothole wetlands provide important amphibian breeding habitat while grasslands surrounding these wetlands provide foraging habitat for adults, overwintering habitat...
Authors
David M. Mushet, Jordan L. Neau
Modeling effects of conservation grassland losses on amphibian habitat
Amphibians provide many ecosystem services valued by society. However, populations have declined globally with most declines linked to habitat change. Wetlands and surrounding terrestrial grasslands form habitat for amphibians in the North American Prairie Pothole Region (PPR). Wetland drainage and grassland conversion have destroyed or degraded much amphibian habitat in the PPR. However...
Authors
David M. Mushet, Jordan L. Neau, Ned H Euliss
Ecosystem services: developing sustainable management paradigms based on wetland functions and processes
In the late nineteenth century and twentieth century, there was considerable interest and activity to develop the United States for agricultural, mining, and many other purposes to improve the quality of human life standards and prosperity. Most of the work to support this development was focused along disciplinary lines with little attention focused on ecosystem service trade-offs or...
Authors
Ned H Euliss, David M. Mushet, Loren M. Smith, William H. Conner, Virginia Burkett, Douglas Wilcox, Mark W. Hester, Haochi Zheng
Complex spatial dynamics maintain northern leopard frog (Lithobates pipiens) genetic diversity in a temporally varying landscape
In contrast to most local amphibian populations, northeastern populations of the Northern Leopard Frog (Lithobates pipiens) have displayed uncharacteristically high levels of genetic diversity that have been attributed to large, stable populations. However, this widely distributed species also occurs in areas known for great climatic fluctuations that should be reflected in corresponding...
Authors
David M. Mushet, Ned H Euliss, Yongjiu Chen, Craig A. Stockwell
Mapping anuran habitat suitability to estimate effects of grassland and wetland conservation programs
The conversion of the Northern Great Plains of North America to a landscape favoring agricultural commodity production has negatively impacted wildlife habitats. To offset impacts, conservation programs have been implemented by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and other agencies to restore grassland and wetland habitat components. To evaluate effects of these efforts on anuran habitats...
Authors
David M. Mushet, Ned H Euliss, Craig A. Stockwell
A conceptual model to facilitate amphibian conservation in the northern Great Plains
As pressures on agricultural landscapes to meet worldwide resource needs increase, amphibian populations face numerous threats including habitat destruction, chemical contaminants, disease outbreaks, wetland sedimentation, and synergistic effects of these perturbations. To facilitate conservation planning, we developed a conceptual model depicting elements critical for amphibian...
Authors
David M. Mushet, Ned H Euliss, Craig A. Stockwell