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Climate model simulations of the mid-Pliocene: Earth's last great interval of global warmth Climate model simulations of the mid-Pliocene: Earth's last great interval of global warmth
Pliocene Model Intercomparison Project Workshop; Reston, Virginia, 2–4 August 2011 The Pliocene Model Intercomparison Project (PlioMIP), supported by the U.S. Geological Survey's (USGS) Pliocene Research, Interpretation and Synoptic Mapping (PRISM) project and Powell Center, is an integral part of a third iteration of the Paleoclimate Modelling Intercomparison Project (PMIP3). PlioMIP's...
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A.M. Dolan, A.M. Haywood, H.J. Dowsett
Use of occupancy models to evaluate expert knowledge-based species-habitat relationships Use of occupancy models to evaluate expert knowledge-based species-habitat relationships
Expert knowledge-based species-habitat relationships are used extensively to guide conservation planning, particularly when data are scarce. Purported relationships describe the initial state of knowledge, but are rarely tested. We assessed support in the data for suitability rankings of vegetation types based on expert knowledge for three terrestrial avian species in the South Atlantic...
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Monica Iglecia, Jaime A. Collazo, Alexa McKerrow
Wyoming Landscape Conservation Initiative data management and integration Wyoming Landscape Conservation Initiative data management and integration
Six Federal agencies, two State agencies, and two local entities formally support the Wyoming Landscape Conservation Initiative (WLCI) and work together on a landscape scale to manage fragile habitats and wildlife resources amidst growing energy development in southwest Wyoming. The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) was tasked with implementing targeted research and providing scientific...
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Natalie Latysh, R. Bristol
U.S. Geological Survey Science for the Wyoming Landscape Conservation Initiative-2010 Annual Report U.S. Geological Survey Science for the Wyoming Landscape Conservation Initiative-2010 Annual Report
This is the third report produced by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) for the Wyoming Landscape Conservation Initiative (WLCI) to detail annual work activities. The first report described activities for 2007 and 2008, and the second report covered work activities for FY09. This third report covers work activities conducted in FY2010, and it continues the 2009 approach of reporting on...
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Zachary Bowen, Cameron Aldridge, Patrick Anderson, Timothy Assal, Laura Biewick, Steven Blecker, Gregory Boughton, R. Bristol, Natasha Carr, Anna D. Chalfoun, Geneva Chong, Melanie Clark, Jay Diffendorfer, Bradley Fedy, Katharine Foster, Steven Garman, Steve Germaine, JoAnn Holloway, Collin Homer, Matthew J. Kauffman, Douglas Keinath, Natalie Latysh, Daniel Manier, Robert R. McDougal, Cynthia Melcher, Kirk Miller, Jessica Montag, Christopher Potter, Spencer Schell, Sarah L. Shafer, David B. Smith, Lisa L. Stillings, Michele L. Tuttle, Anna Wilson
Federated or cached searches: providing expected performance from multiple invasive species databases Federated or cached searches: providing expected performance from multiple invasive species databases
Invasive species are a universal global problem, but the information to identify them, manage them, and prevent invasions is stored around the globe in a variety of formats. The Global Invasive Species Information Network is a consortium of organizations working toward providing seamless access to these disparate databases via the Internet. A distributed network of databases can be...
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Jim Graham, Catherine Jarnevich, Annie Simpson, Gregory Newman, Thomas Stohlgren
Libraries program Libraries program
The U.S. Congress authorized a library for the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) in 1879. The library was formally established in 1882 with the naming of the first librarian and began with a staff of three and a collection of 1,400 books. Today, the USGS Libraries Program is one of the world's largest Earth and natural science repositories and a resource of national significance used by...
I3N risk assessment and pathway analysis: Tools for the prevention of biological invasions I3N risk assessment and pathway analysis: Tools for the prevention of biological invasions
Information on invasive alien species from published and unpublished accounts and databases is usually scattered in locations and formats that are not easily accessible. Customized informatics tools for collecting and organizing invasive species information can help resource managers better control biological invasions. The Invasives Information Network (I3N) of the Inter-American...
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Annie Simpson, Elizabeth Sellers
USGS invasive species solutions USGS invasive species solutions
Land managers must meet the invasive species challenge every day, starting with identification of problem species, then the collection of best practices for their control, and finally the implementation of a plan to remove the problem. At each step of the process, the availability of reliable information is essential to success. The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) has developed a suite of...
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Annie Simpson
OBIS-USA: a data-sharing legacy of the census of marine life OBIS-USA: a data-sharing legacy of the census of marine life
The United States Geological Survey's Biological Informatics Program hosts OBIS-USA, the US node of the Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS). OBIS-USA gathers, coordinates, applies standard formats to, and makeswidely available data on biological collections in marine waters of the United States and other areas where US investigators have collected data and, in some instances...
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G.R. Sedberry, D.G. Fautin, M. Feldman, M.D. Fornwall, P. Goldstein, R.P. Guralnick
Data sharing by scientists: Practices and perceptions Data sharing by scientists: Practices and perceptions
Background Scientific research in the 21st century is more data intensive and collaborative than in the past. It is important to study the data practices of researchers – data accessibility, discovery, re-use, preservation and, particularly, data sharing. Data sharing is a valuable part of the scientific method allowing for verification of results and extending research from prior...
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Carol Tenopir, Suzie Allard, K. Douglass, Arsev Aydinoglu, Lei Wu, Eleanor Read, Maribeth Manoff, Mike Frame
U.S. Geological Survey Science for the Wyoming Landscape Conservation Initiative-2009 Annual Report U.S. Geological Survey Science for the Wyoming Landscape Conservation Initiative-2009 Annual Report
This is the second report produced by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) for the Wyoming Landscape Conservation Initiative (WLCI) to detail annual work activities. The first report described work activities for 2007 and 2008; this report covers work activities conducted in 2009. Important differences between the two reports are that (1) this report does not lump all the Effectiveness...
Authors
Zachary Bowen, Cameron Aldridge, Patrick Anderson, Timothy Assal, Laura Biewick, Steven Blecker, R. Bristol, Natasha Carr, Anna Chalfoun, Geneva Chong, James E. Diffendorfer, Bradley C. Fedy, Steven Garman, Stephen Germaine, Richard Grauch, JoAnn Holloway, Collin Homer, Matthew Kauffman, Douglas Keinath, Natalie Latysh, Daniel Manier, Robert McDougal, Cynthia Melcher, Kirk Miller, Jessica Montag, Constance Nutt, Christopher Potter, Hall Sawyer, Spencer Schell, Sarah Shafer, David B. Smith, Lisa L. Stillings, Michele L. Tuttle, Anna Wilson
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