Quantify the multiple services performed by wetland ecosystems in the Prairie Pothole Region of the United States
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.
Modeling effects of crop production, energy development and conservation-grassland loss on avian habitat
Estimating the effects of wetland conservation practices in croplands: Approaches for modeling in CEAP–Cropland Assessment
Model parameters for representative wetland plant functional groups
Assessing pollinator habitat services to optimize conservation programs
The Integrated Landscape Modeling partnership - Current status and future directions
Mapping wetlands and surface water in the Prairie Pothole Region of North America: Chapter 16
Conserving Prairie Pothole Region wetlands and surrounding grasslands: evaluating effects on amphibians
Modeling effects of conservation grassland losses on amphibian habitat
Ecosystem services: developing sustainable management paradigms based on wetland functions and processes
Complex spatial dynamics maintain northern leopard frog (Lithobates pipiens) genetic diversity in a temporally varying landscape
Mapping anuran habitat suitability to estimate effects of grassland and wetland conservation programs
A conceptual model to facilitate amphibian conservation in the northern Great Plains
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.