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The Prairie Pothole Region spans parts of North and South Dakota, Minnesota, Montana, Iowa and south-central Canada and contains millions of wetlands that provide habitat for breeding and migrating birds. Because it is the continent’s most important breeding area for waterfowl, conservation and management largely focuses on protecting habitat for nesting ducks. However, other wetland-dependent birds also rely on this region, and it is important to understand the degree to which habitat conserved for ducks provides habitat for other species, and how the quality of this habitat will be affected by climate change. Project researchers tested whether waterfowl are effective representatives, or surrogates, for other wetland-dependent...
Categories: Map,
Project;
Types: Map Service,
OGC WFS Layer,
OGC WMS Layer,
OGC WMS Service;
Tags: 2013,
Birds,
Birds,
CASC,
Completed, All tags...
Gap Analysis,
Grasslands and Plains,
Grasslands and Plains,
Landscapes,
Landscapes,
Management Planning and Delivery,
North Central,
North Central CASC,
Projects by Region,
Surrogate Species,
Water, Coasts and Ice,
Water, Coasts and Ice,
Wetlands,
Wetlands,
Wildlife and Plants,
Wildlife and Plants, Fewer tags
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Land-cover mapping efforts within the USGS Gap Analysis Program have traditionally been state-centered; each state having the responsibility of implementing a project design for the geographic area within their state boundaries. The Southwest Regional Gap Analysis Project (SWReGAP) was the first formal GAP project designed at a regional, multi-state scale. The project area comprises the southwestern states of Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, and Utah. The land-cover map/dataset was generated using regionally consistent geospatial data (Landsat ETM+ imagery (1999–2001) and DEM derivatives), similar field data collection protocols, a standardized land-cover legend, and a common modeling approach (decision...
Categories: Publication;
Types: Citation,
Journal Citation;
Tags: Collaborative projects,
Decision tree classifiers,
Gap Analysis Program (GAP),
Geographic Information System (GIS),
Land-cover mapping, All tags...
Large-area mapping,
Meso-scale mapping,
Moderate scale mapping,
Remote Sensing of Environment,
Remote sensing,
Southwestern United States,
Vegetation mapping, Fewer tags
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