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Running a network on a shoestring: the Global Invasive Species Information Network Running a network on a shoestring: the Global Invasive Species Information Network
The Global Invasive Species Information Network (GISIN) was conceptualized in 2004 to aggregate and disseminate invasive species data in a standardized way. A decade later the GISIN community has implemented a data portal and three of six GISIN data aggregation models in the GISIN data exchange Protocol, including invasive species status information, resource URLs, and occurrence data...
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Catherine Jarnevich, Annie Simpson, James Graham, Gregory Newman, Chuck Bargeron
The U.S. Geological Survey Geologic Collections Management System (GCMS)—A master catalog and collections management plan for U.S. Geological Survey geologic samples and sample collections The U.S. Geological Survey Geologic Collections Management System (GCMS)—A master catalog and collections management plan for U.S. Geological Survey geologic samples and sample collections
**Updated guidance is available in USGS Instructional Memorandum CSS 2019-01.**Abstract The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is widely recognized in the earth science community as possessing extensive collections of earth materials collected by research personnel over the course of its history. In 2006, a Geologic Collections Inventory was conducted within the USGS Geology Discipline to...
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How a national vegetation classification can help ecological research and management How a national vegetation classification can help ecological research and management
The elegance of classification lies in its ability to compile and systematize various terminological conventions and masses of information that are unattainable during typical research projects. Imagine a discipline without standards for collection, analysis, and interpretation; unfortunately, that describes much of 20th-century vegetation ecology. With differing methods, how do we...
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Scott Franklin, Patrick Comer, Julie Evens, Exequiel Ezcurra, Don Faber-Langendoen, Janet Franklin, Michael Jennings, Carmen Josse, Chris Lea, Orie Loucks, Esteban Muldavin, Robert Peet, Serguei Ponomarenko, David Roberts, Ayzik Solomeshch, Todd Keeler-Wolf, James Van Kley, Alan Weakley, Alexa McKerrow, Marianne Burke, Carol Spurrier
Minerals, lands, and geology for the common defence and general welfare, Volume 4, 1939-1961: A history of geology in relation to the development of public-land, federal science, and mapping policies and the development of mineral resources in the United Minerals, lands, and geology for the common defence and general welfare, Volume 4, 1939-1961: A history of geology in relation to the development of public-land, federal science, and mapping policies and the development of mineral resources in the United
The fourth volume of the comprehensive history of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is titled “Minerals, Lands, and Geology for the Common Defence and General Welfare—Volume 4, 1939‒1961.” The title is based on a passage in the preamble of the U.S. Constitution. The late Mary C. Rabbitt (1915‒2002), a geophysicist who served with the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (1948‒1949) and the...
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Mary Rabbitt, Clifford Nelson
A case study of data integration for aquatic resources using semantic web technologies A case study of data integration for aquatic resources using semantic web technologies
Use cases, information modeling, and linked data techniques are Semantic Web technologies used to develop a prototype system that integrates scientific observations from four independent USGS and cooperator data systems. The techniques were tested with a use case goal of creating a data set for use in exploring potential relationships among freshwater fish populations and environmental...
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Janice Gordon, Nina Chkhenkeli, David Govoni, Frances Lightsom, Andrea Ostroff, Peter Schweitzer, Phethala Thongsavanh, Dalia Varanka, Stephan Zednik
Community for Data Integration 2013 Annual Report Community for Data Integration 2013 Annual Report
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) conducts earth science to help address complex issues affecting society and the environment. In 2006, the USGS held the first Scientific Information Management Workshop to bring together staff from across the organization to discuss the data and information management issues affecting the integration and delivery of earth science research and investigate...
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Michelle Chang, Jennifer Carlino, Christopher Barnes, David Blodgett, Andrew Bock, Anthony Everette, Gregory L. Fernette, Lorraine Flint, Janice Gordon, David Govoni, Lauren Hay, Heather S. Henkel, Megan Hines, Sally Holl, Collin Homer, Vivian B. Hutchison, Drew A. Ignizio, Tim J. Kern, Frances Lightsom, Steven L. Markstrom, Michael O’Donnell, Jacquelyn Schei, Lorna Schmid, Kathryn Schoephoester, Peter Schweitzer, Susan Skagen, Daniel Sullivan, Colin Talbert, Meredith Warren
Modeling climate change, urbanization, and fire effects on Pinus palustris ecosystems of the southeastern U.S. Modeling climate change, urbanization, and fire effects on Pinus palustris ecosystems of the southeastern U.S.
Managing ecosystems for resilience and sustainability requires understanding how they will respond to future anthropogenic drivers such as climate change and urbanization. In fire-dependent ecosystems, predicting this response requires a focus on how these drivers will impact fire regimes. Here, we use scenarios of climate change, urbanization and management to simulate the future...
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Jennifer Costanza, Adam Terando, Alexa McKerrow, Jaime A. Collazo
Distribution and floral hosts of Anthophorula micheneri ( Timberlake, 1947) and Hylaeus sparsus (Cresson, 1869), (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila), with new staterecords in Giles and Loudoun counties, Virginia, eastern USA Distribution and floral hosts of Anthophorula micheneri ( Timberlake, 1947) and Hylaeus sparsus (Cresson, 1869), (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila), with new staterecords in Giles and Loudoun counties, Virginia, eastern USA
New collection records for Anthophorula micheneri (Timberlake, 1947) from Loudoun County and other locations in Virginia, USA document an approximately 1,350 km extension of its previously recorded geographic range. New state records for the rarely seen Hylaeus sparsus (Cresson, 1869) collected in Giles County and from a blue vane trap in Loudoun County, Virginia add to our knowledge of...
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Elizabeth Sellers, David McCarthy
Robust estimates of environmental effects on population vital rates: an integrated capture–recapture model of seasonal brook trout growth, survival and movement in a stream network Robust estimates of environmental effects on population vital rates: an integrated capture–recapture model of seasonal brook trout growth, survival and movement in a stream network
Modelling the effects of environmental change on populations is a key challenge for ecologists, particularly as the pace of change increases. Currently, modelling efforts are limited by difficulties in establishing robust relationships between environmental drivers and population responses.We developed an integrated capture–recapture state-space model to estimate the effects of two key
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Benjamin H. Letcher, Paul Schueller, Ronald Bassar, Keith Nislow, Jason Coombs, Krzysztof Sakrejda, Michael Morrissey, Douglas Sigourney, Andrew Whiteley, Matthew J. O'Donnell, Todd Dubreuil
DigitalCrust – a 4D data system of material properties for transforming research on crustal fluid flow DigitalCrust – a 4D data system of material properties for transforming research on crustal fluid flow
Fluid circulation in the Earth's crust plays an essential role in surface, near surface, and deep crustal processes. Flow pathways are driven by hydraulic gradients but controlled by material permeability, which varies over many orders of magnitude and changes over time. Although millions of measurements of crustal properties have been made, including geophysical imaging and borehole...
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Yin Fan, Steve Richard, R. Bristol, Shanan Peters, Steven Ingebritsen, Nils Moosdorf, Aaron Packman, Tom Gleeson, Ilya Zazlavsky, Scott Peckham, Larry Murdoch, Michael Cardiff, David Tarboton, Norm Jones, Richard Hooper, Jennifer Arrigo, David Gochis, John Olson
2014-2015 Partnership accomplishments report on joint activities: National Gap Analysis Program and LANDFIRE 2014-2015 Partnership accomplishments report on joint activities: National Gap Analysis Program and LANDFIRE
The intended target audience for this document initially is management and project technical specialist and scientists involved in the Gap Analysis Program (GAP) and the Landscape Fire and Resource Management Planning Tools - (LANDFIRE) program to help communicate coordination activities to all involved parties. This document is also intended to give background information in other parts...
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Anne Davidson, Alexa McKerrow, Don Long, Todd Earnhardt
Research data services in academic libraries: Data intensive roles for the future? Research data services in academic libraries: Data intensive roles for the future?
Objectives: The primary objectives of this study are to gauge the various levels of Research Data Service academic libraries provide based on demographic factors, gauging RDS growth since 2011, and what obstacles may prevent expansion or growth of services. Methods: Survey of academic institutions through stratified random sample of ACRL library directors across the U.S. and Canada...
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Carol Tenopir, Dane Hughes, Suzie Allard, Mike Frame, Ben Birch, Robert Sandusky, Madison Langseth, Andrew Lundeen