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Development of a decision support system for monitoring, reporting and forecasting ecological conditions of the Appalachian Trail Development of a decision support system for monitoring, reporting and forecasting ecological conditions of the Appalachian Trail
This paper introduces a collaborative multi-agency effort to develop an Appalachian Trail (A.T.) MEGA-Transect Decision Support System (DSS) for monitoring, reporting and forecasting ecological conditions of the A.T. and the surrounding lands. The project is to improve decisionmaking on management of the A.T. by providing a coherent framework for data integration, status reporting and...
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Yeqiao Wang, Ramakrishna Nemani, Fred Dieffenbach, Kenneth Stolte, Glenn Holcomb, Matt Robinson, Casey Reese, Marcia McNiff, Roland Duhaime, Geri Tierney, Brian Mitchell, Peter August, Peter Paton, Charles LaBash
U.S. Geological Survey Science for the Wyoming Landscape Conservation Initiative - 2008 Annual Report U.S. Geological Survey Science for the Wyoming Landscape Conservation Initiative - 2008 Annual Report
The Wyoming Landscape Conservation Initiative (WLCI) was launched in 2007 in response to concerns about threats to the State's world class wildlife resources, especially the threat posed by rapidly increasing energy development in southwest Wyoming. The overriding purpose of the WLCI is to assess and enhance aquatic and terrestrial habitats at a landscape scale, while facilitating...
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Zachary Bowen, Cameron Aldridge, Patrick Anderson, Timothy Assal, Lori Baer, R. Bristol, Natasha Carr, Geneva Chong, Jay Diffendorfer, Bradley Fedy, Steven Garman, Steve Germaine, Richard Grauch, Collin Homer, Daniel Manier, Matthew J. Kauffman, Natalie Latysh, Cynthia Melcher, Kirk Miller, Jessica Montag, Constance Nutt, Christopher Potter, Hall Sawyer, David B. Smith, Michael Sweat, Anna Wilson
NBII-SAIN Data Management Toolkit NBII-SAIN Data Management Toolkit
The Strategic Plan for the U.S. Geological Survey Biological Informatics Program (2005-2009) recognizes the need for effective data management: Though the Federal government invests more than $600 million per year in biological data collection, it is difficult to address these issues because of limited accessibility and lack of standards for data and information...variable quality...
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Thomas Burley, John Peine
U.S. Geological Survey Science Strategy for the Wyoming Landscape Conservation Initiative U.S. Geological Survey Science Strategy for the Wyoming Landscape Conservation Initiative
Southwest Wyoming's wildlife and habitat resources are increasingly affected by energy and urban/exurban development, climate change, and other key drivers of ecosystem change. To ensure that southwest Wyoming's wildlife populations and habitats persist in the face of development and other changes, a consortium of public resource-management agencies proposed the Wyoming Landscape...
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Zachary Bowen, Cameron Aldridge, Patrick Anderson, Geneva Chong, Mark Drummond, Collin Homer, Ronald Johnson, Matthew J. Kauffman, Steven Knick, John Kosovich, Kirk Miller, Tom Owens, Sarah Shafer, Michael Sweat
Gap Analysis -A geographic approach to planning for biological diversity Gap Analysis -A geographic approach to planning for biological diversity
The Mission of the Gap Analysis Project (GAP) is to promote conservation by providing broad geographic information on biological diversity to resource managers, planners, and policy makers who can use the information to make informed decisions. As part of the National Biological Information Infrastructure (NBII) —a collaborative program to provide increased access to data and information...
A standardized response to biological invasions A standardized response to biological invasions
The Policy Forum “Will threat of biological invasions unite the European Union?” (P. E. Hulme et al., 3 April, p. 40) emphasized the major regulatory and political challenges faced by European institutions. However, they are not alone in facing the tremendous threat of biological invasions; this is a global challenge with infrastructure needs described nearly a decade ago (1). Hulme et...
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Irfan Rashid, Gyan Prakash Sharma, Karen Esler, Zafar Reshi, Anzar Khuroo, Annie Simpson
Invasive species information networks: Collaboration at multiple scales for prevention, early detection, and rapid response to invasive alien species Invasive species information networks: Collaboration at multiple scales for prevention, early detection, and rapid response to invasive alien species
Accurate analysis of present distributions and effective modeling of future distributions of invasive alien species (IAS) are both highly dependent on the availability and accessibility of occurrence data and natural history information about the species. Invasive alien species monitoring and detection networks (such as the Invasive Plant Atlas of New England and the Invasive Plant Atlas...
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Annie Simpson, Catherine Jarnevich, John Madsen, Randy Westbrooks, Christine Fournier, Les Mehrhoff, Michael Browne, Jim Graham, Elizabeth Sellers
Wyoming Landscape Conservation Initiative Science Workshop Proceedings, May 15-17, 2007 Wyoming Landscape Conservation Initiative Science Workshop Proceedings, May 15-17, 2007
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) hosted a Wyoming Landscape Conservation Initiative (WLCI) Science Workshop at the University of Wyoming on May 15, 16, and 17, 2007. The goal of the workshop was to gather information from stakeholders about research needs and existing data resources to help develop the USGS WLCI science plan. The workshop focused on six research and management needs...
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Frank D’Erchia
GAP Analysis Bulletin Number 15 GAP Analysis Bulletin Number 15
The Mission of the Gap Analysis Project (GAP) is to promote conservation by providing broad geographic information on biological diversity to resource managers, planners, and policy makers who can use the information to make informed decisions. As part of the National Biological Information Infrastructure (NBII) ?a collaborative program to provide increased access to data and information...
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Jill Maxwell, Kevin Gergely, Jocelyn Aycrigg, Gabrielle Canonico, Anne Davidson, Nicole Coffey
Gathering, organizing, and accessing data for use in bird conservation across the Americas Gathering, organizing, and accessing data for use in bird conservation across the Americas
The U.S. North American Bird Conservation Initiative (NABCI) Monitoring Subcommittee (2007) identified the need for a comprehensive plan for integrating and managing bird population monitoring data, and to adapt this as an integral component for improving monitoring activities across North America. While the Subcommittee provided a basic framework to begin development of this data...
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Elizabeth Martin, Bruce Peterjohn, Steve Kelling
Vision of a cyberinfrastructure for nonnative, invasive species management Vision of a cyberinfrastructure for nonnative, invasive species management
Although the quantity of data on the location, status, and management of invasive species is ever increasing, invasive species data sets are often difficult to obtain and integrate. A cyberinfrastructure for such information could make these data available for Internet users. The data can be used to create regional watch lists, to send e-mail alerts when a new species enters a region, to...
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Jim Graham, Annie Simpson, Alycia Crall, Catherine Jarnevich, Greg Newman, Thomas Stohlgren
Completion of the 2001 National Land Cover Database for the conterminous United States Completion of the 2001 National Land Cover Database for the conterminous United States
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Collin Homer, Jon Dewitz, Joyce Fry, Michael Coan, N. Hossain, C. Larson, Nate Herold, Alexa McKerrow, J.N. VanDriel, James Wickham