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Development and Application of an Integrated Ecosystem Model for Alaska The Integrated Ecosystem Model (IEM) for Alaska and Northwest Canada Project integrated existing models of vegetation, disturbance, and permafrost into one complete ecosystem model for the state of Alaska and Northwest Canada.The final synchronized model will integrate existing climate, vegetation, disturbance, hydrology, and permafrost models to improve understanding of potential landscape, habitat and ecosystem change. The project’s (September 1, 2011 through August 31, 2016) primary goal was to develop the IEM modeling framework to integrate the driving components for and the interactions among disturbance regimes, permafrost dynamics, hydrology, and vegetation succession/migration for Alaska and Northwest Canada.... Categories: Data, Project; Tags: Academics & scientific researchers, Data Management and Integration, Federal resource managers, LCC Network Science Catalog, Population & Habitat Evaluation/Projection, All tags... Project, State agencies, climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere, climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere, completed, environment, environment, geoscientificInformation, geoscientificInformation, Fewer tags Vegetation dynamics related to climate and land use in Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands We are analyzing spatial factors of land cover transition in Puerto Rico and conducting state and transition simulation modeling of vegetation dynamics. Categories: Data, Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Academics & scientific researchers, Academics & scientific researchers, Conservation NGOs, Conservation NGOs, Conservation planning, All tags... Conservation planning, Datasets/Database, Datasets/Database, Federal resource managers, Federal resource managers, Informing Conservation Delivery, Informing Conservation Delivery, LCC Network Science Catalog, Map, Map, Policy makers & regulators, Policy makers & regulators, Population and Habitat Evaluation/Projection, Population and Habitat Evaluation/Projection, Project, Publication, Publication, Regional & county planners, Regional & county planners, State agencies, State agencies, biota, completed, environment, project, Fewer tags Genomic Determination of Hoary Bat Population History and Trend Observing and counting bats is extremely difficult. Bats hide during the day, fly in darkness, and most species in the United States (US) become inactive and inaccessible in cryptic hibernation sites for 7-8 months each year. More than 40 different species of bats occur year-round in the US, yet reasonable population estimates exist for very few. Populations of US bats face new and unprecedented threats from white-nose syndrome (WNS) and industrial wind turbines. Like WNS, wind energy development might adversely affect entire populations of bats. Species of bats dying at wind turbines in the greatest numbers rank among the most cryptic, elusive, and poorly understood. Hoary bats (Lasiurus cinereus) compose approximately... Categories: Data, Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > LANDSCAPE, Hoary bat, Midwest R3 Science Applications, Project, environment, All tags... funded, genetics, genomics, population dynamics, Fewer tags Sierra Nevada Refugial Meadows with Connectivity Rankings. Meadows delineated in the Sierra Nevada wth refugial status and connectivity rankings–WellConnected (WC), ReallyWellConnected (RC), Stable. Satisfies the delivery of “Sierra Nevada Connectivity Maps” and “Sierra Nevada Meadows Map”. Maps of the Sierra Nevada Meadows designated by their connectivity classification and whether they are expected to have a climate different than historic (1910-1939). We generated maps for modern climate (1970-1999) and four future climate scenarios, broken down into 30 year intervals, in which we assumed connectivity would not change because resistance and conductance surfaces were static. Data for the map are polygon shapefiles of meadows, processed first by buffer and dissolve in... Categories: Data; Tags: Completed, LCC Network Science Catalog, environment, map Article: Evil Cannibal Squirrels Could Make California's Drought Less Terrible Article in Jan 2015 Mother Jones. Categories: Data; Tags: Completed, Document, LCC Network Science Catalog, environment Climate Change Refugia website Website: “Climate Change Refugia” website features a dynamic, interactive refugia map and all deliverables Categories: Data, Web Site; Tags: Completed, LCC Network Science Catalog, Web Site, environment TEON: Terrestrial Environmental Observation Network The Terrestrial Environmental Observation Network (TEON) is intended to meet the need for a sustainable environmental observing network for northern Alaska. The TEON plan proposes collection of a time series of specific environmental variables in seven representative watersheds across northern Alaska. The Kuparuk River watershed is central to this plan both because of its location that bisects Alaska’s North Slope and its record of hydroclimatic data and research now surpassing 30-yrs. Nested catchments within and adjacent to this sentinel Arctic river system integrate climate and landscape responses from the Brooks Range foothills (Imnavait Creek and Upper Kuparuk River) to the Arctic Coastal Plain (Putuligayuk... Categories: Data, Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: AIR TEMPERATURE, AIR TEMPERATURE, ATMOSPHERE, ATMOSPHERE, Academics & scientific researchers, All tags... CRYOSPHERE, CRYOSPHERE, DISCHARGE/FLOW, DISCHARGE/FLOW, DRAINAGE, DRAINAGE, Data Acquisition and Development, Datasets/Database, Federal resource managers, GEOMORPHOLOGY, GEOMORPHOLOGY, GLACIERS/ICE SHEETS, GLACIERS/ICE SHEETS, LCC Network Science Catalog, MAXIMUM/MINIMUM TEMPERATURE, MAXIMUM/MINIMUM TEMPERATURE, Map, Monitoring, PERMAFROST, PERMAFROST, Policy makers & regulators, Project, SNOW COVER, SNOW COVER, SNOW DEPTH, SNOW DEPTH, SNOW/ICE, SNOW/ICE, SOIL TEMPERATURE, SOIL TEMPERATURE, SURFACE AIR TEMPERATURE, SURFACE AIR TEMPERATURE, SURFACE WATER, SURFACE WATER, Training/Outreach/Workshop, VEGETATION, VEGETATION, WATER QUALITY/WATER CHEMISTRY, WATER QUALITY/WATER CHEMISTRY, biota, biota, climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere, climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere, environment, environment, geoscientificInformation, geoscientificInformation, inlandWaters, inlandWaters, onGoing, Fewer tags Beyond a global warming fingerprint of climate change: heterogeneous biogeographic responses in California Understanding recent biogeographic responses to climate change is fundamental for improving our predictions of likely future responses and guiding conservation planning at both local and global scales. Studies of observed biogeographic responses to 20th century climate change have principally examined effects related to ubiquitous increases in temperature – collectively termed a warming fingerprint. Although the importance of changes in other aspects of climate – particularly precipitation and water availability – is widely acknowledged from a theoretical standpoint and supported by paleontological evidence, we lack a practical understanding of how these changes interact with temperature to drive biogeographic responses.... Categories: Data, Publication; Types: Citation; Tags: Completed, LCC Network Science Catalog, Publication, environment Conservation Prioritization for California Landbirds Environmental Change Network: Current and Future Zonation PrioritizationZonation is a spatial conservation planning software tool that can take into account multiple species to create a hierarchical prioritization of the landscape. This is in contrast to other spatial conservation planning tools which may require predefined conservation targets or areas. Here, we used 199 California landbirds along with Zonation’s “core-area” algorithm to prioritize the California landscape. Species were weighted according to the California Bird Species of Special Concern criteria and probability of occurrence was discounted by distribution model and climate model uncertainty surfaces.The dataset provides priority areas for “current”... Categories: Data; Tags: Completed, LCC Network Science Catalog, data.gov California LCC, environment, geographicDataset Lidar processing and Survey Reports to be completed Categories: Data; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Academics & scientific researchers, Conservation NGOs, DATA ANALYSIS AND VISUALIZATION, DATA ANALYSIS AND VISUALIZATION, Federal resource managers, All tags... INUNDATION, INUNDATION, LCC Network Science Catalog, LIDAR, LIDAR, LIDAR BACKSCATTER, LIDAR BACKSCATTER, LIDAR DEPOLARIZATION RATIO, LIDAR DEPOLARIZATION RATIO, Private land owners, Regional & county planners, Report, State agencies, TOPOGRAPHY, TOPOGRAPHY, TOPOGRAPHY, TOPOGRAPHY, Tribes, WETLANDS, WETLANDS, Western Alaska Landscape Conservation Cooperative data.gov, completed, elevation, elevation, geoscientificInformation, geoscientificInformation, Fewer tags Modeling Barrier Island Lagoon System Response to Projected Arctic Warming Arey Lagoon and Island, situated on the Beaufort Sea coast just west of Barter Island and within the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR), was selected as a focus site for an in-depth study of coastal processes on a regional to local scale. Arey Lagoon and adjacent areas encompass a barrier island chain, a glacially fed river and delta (Hulahula and Ogpilak Rivers) from the Brooks Range watershed, low-lying tundra with coastal wet sedge, and thermokarst lakes that all may be vulnerable to the effects of changing storm patterns in response to climate change.Analysis of historical maps and imagery showed that Arey Lagoon mainland coast, partially protected by Arey Island from the direct attack of ocean waves, was... Categories: Data, Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: BARRIER ISLANDS, BARRIER ISLANDS, COASTAL ELEVATION, COASTAL ELEVATION, COASTAL PROCESSES, All tags... COASTAL PROCESSES, Federal resource managers, Interested public, LAGOONS, LAGOONS, LCC Network Science Catalog, Population & Habitat Evaluation/Projection, Project, Regional & county planners, STORM SURGE, STORM SURGE, Vulnerability Assessment, environment, environment, inlandWaters, inlandWaters, onGoing, Fewer tags Springs and Seeps Inventory, Assessment, and Management Planning Project A combination of citizen science inventories and expert assessments will be used to collect critical baseline information on known spring and seep resources using the Spring Ecosystem Inventory and Assessment Protocols and adapting them as needed for the unique arid Sky Island ecosystems. The assessment will collect information on channel morphology, riparian and wetland vegetation, water quality, aquatic macroinvertebrates, and wildlife. This information will be combined with historic data from cooperating agencies (Pima County, Santa Cruz County, USFS, NPA, USGS, USFWS, BLM, and AGFD) in a regional, on-line database to provide a landscape level context for managing resources, which was previously unavailable due... Categories: Data, Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: 2011, AZ-02, AZ-03, Arizona, Arizona, All tags... Conservation NGOs, Conservation Plan/Design/Framework, Conservation Planning, Data Acquisition and Development, Datasets/Database, Decision Support, Desert Landscape Conservation Cooperative, Federal resource managers, LCC, LCC Network Science Catalog, Map, Pima County, Policy makers & regulators, Project, Regional & county planners, Santa Cruz County, Sky Islands Region, Transboundary Madrean Watersheds Pilot Area, United States, assessments, completed, management, seeps and springs, volunteers, Fewer tags Springs and Seeps Inventory, Assessment, and Management Planning Project A combination of citizen science inventories and expert assessments will be used to collect critical baseline information on known spring and seep resources using the Spring Ecosystem Inventory and Assessment Protocols and adapting them as needed for the unique arid Sky Island ecosystems. The assessment will collect information on channel morphology, riparian and wetland vegetation, water quality, aquatic macroinvertebrates, and wildlife. This information will be combined with historic data from cooperating agencies (Pima County, Santa Cruz County, USFS, NPA, USGS, USFWS, BLM, and AGFD) in a regional, on-line database to provide a landscape level context for managing resources, which was previously unavailable due... Categories: Data, Project; Types: ArcGIS REST Map Service, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: 2011, AZ-02, AZ-03, Arizona, Arizona, All tags... Conservation NGOs, Conservation Plan/Design/Framework, Conservation Planning, Data Acquisition and Development, Datasets/Database, Decision Support, Desert Landscape Conservation Cooperative, EARTH SCIENCE, EARTH SCIENCE, FLUVIAL LANDFORMS, FLUVIAL LANDFORMS, Federal resource managers, GEOMORPHIC LANDFORMS/PROCESSES, GEOMORPHIC LANDFORMS/PROCESSES, LAND SURFACE, LAND SURFACE, LCC, LCC Network Science Catalog, Map, Pima County, Policy makers & regulators, Project, Regional & county planners, SPRING, SPRING, Santa Cruz County, Sky Island Region, Sky Islands Region, Transboundary Madrean Watersheds Pilot Area, United States, assessments, biota, completed, management, seeps and springs, volunteers, Fewer tags Evaluating the 'Bottom Up' Effects of Changing Habitats: Climate Changes, Vegetative Phenology, and the Nutrient Dynamics of Ungulate Forages To elucidate these potential “bottom up” effects of climate changes to Arctic ungulates and evaluate the trophic mismatch hypothesis, the Arctic Landscape Conservation Cooperative (ALCC), the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Teck, Inc., and the National Park Service provided funding in 2012-14 to incorporate the calving and summer range of the Western Arctic caribou herd (WAH) into an ongoing inter-agency research and monitoring effort to examine the influences of climate change on the nutrient dynamics of caribou forages. This work is leveraging existing projects on the North Slope of Alaska that are primarily funded through the USGS Changing Arctic Ecosystems Initiative. Field... Categories: Data, Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Academics & scientific researchers, EVEN-TOED UNGULATES, EVEN-TOED UNGULATES, Federal resource managers, LCC Network Science Catalog, All tags... MAMMALS, MAMMALS, PLANTS, PLANTS, Population & Habitat Evaluation/Projection, Project, State agencies, Vulnerability Assessment, biota, biota, environment, environment, onGoing, Fewer tags Shorebirds and Invertebrate Distribution on Delta Mudflats along the Beaufort Sea More information is needed about species composition, abundance, or distribution of the microfauna and meiofauna living within the interstitial spaces of the littoral zones along the Beaufort Sea coast. Shorebirds depend on meiofauna for food for pre-migratory fattening and these organisms make important contributions to bioremediation of oil spills.The information obtained from this jointly-funded research can contribute to development of mitigation measures and strategies to reduce potential impacts from post-lease exploration and development. This information need extends to the lower trophic levels forming the base of these complex food webs and the biochemistry that influences these relationships. Their contributions... Categories: Data, Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: ANIMALS/INVERTEBRATES, ANIMALS/INVERTEBRATES, BIRDS, BIRDS, Conservation NGOs, All tags... DELTAS, DELTAS, Data Acquisition and Development, Federal resource managers, INTERTIDAL ZONE, INTERTIDAL ZONE, LCC Network Science Catalog, Project, biota, biota, completed, environment, environment, Fewer tags Mechanisms of aquatic species invasions across the SALCC The USGS Southeast Ecological Science Center (SESC) Nonindigenous Aquatic Species (NAS) database provides records of sightings and capture data of non-native (introduced) aquatic species over the entire the United States (Benson 1999). For areas within the SALCC region, the NAS currently contains records dating back to 1885 for over 200 nonindigenous plant and animal species. This project seeks to utilize these data along with new GIS-based data on current and future (e.g. SLEUTH) landscape and climate parameters to develop models of invasive species introductions and dispersal across the SALCC region. Both multi- and single species models will be considered in these analyses. We will then utilize a formal decision-analytic... Categories: Data, Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS, All tags... Conservation NGOs, Conservation Plan/Design/Framework, Conservation Planning, Datasets/Database, FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEMS, Federal resource managers, Informing Conservation Delivery, LCC, LCC Network Science Catalog, MARINE ECOSYSTEMS, MODELS, Population & Habitat Evaluation/Projection, Project, South Atlantic Landscape Conservation Cooperative, State agencies, biota, biota, completed, inlandWaters, inlandWaters, Fewer tags Assessing the impacts to rural communities of wildlife habitat protection and restoration Rural America has changed dramatically over the last century, from having over half the population living in rural settings to only 20 percent residing in a rural area today, and outmigration of younger populations from rural communities remains a constant issue for local governing officials. A declining tax base and concurrent rising costs for maintenance and repair of aging infrastructure add further challenges to policy decisions. Reduced enrollment has caused school closures or mergers. Farm consolidation and technical advances reduced the demand for local labor. On the positive side, however, record-high commodity prices have amplified farm income to new heights. The increased revenues can lead to farmers spending... Categories: Data, Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Conservation NGOs, Decision Support, EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > LANDSCAPE, Federal resource managers, LCC, All tags... LCC Network Science Catalog, Plains and Prairie Potholes Landscape Conservation Cooperative, Private land owners, Project, Publication, Regional & county planners, State agencies, completed, environment, environment, Fewer tags Determining Landscape Connectivity and Climate Change Refugia Across the Sierra Nevada This project used species distribution modeling, population genetics, and geospatial analysis of historical vs. modern vertebrate populations to identify climate change refugia and population connectivity across the Sierra Nevada. It is hypothesized that climate change refugia will increase persistence and stability of populations and, as a result, maintain higher genetic diversity. This work helps managers assess the need to include connectivity and refugia in climate change adaptation strategies. Results help Sierra Nevada land managers allocate limited resources, aid future scenario assessment at landscape scales, and develop a performance measure for assessing resilience. Categories: Data, Project; Tags: 2011, 2013, CA, California Landscape Conservation Cooperative, Conservation Design, All tags... Conservation Planning, Conservation planning, Consevation design, Data Acquisition and Development, Data Acquisition and Development, Federal, Federal resource managers, Forest, LCC, LCC Network Science Catalog, Project, Publication, Science Project, Sierra Nevada, Sierra Nevada, Southwest CSC, State agencies, Training/Outreach/Workshop, Website, adaptation, aet, biodiversity, communication, completed, connectivity, connectivity, downscaling, environment, genetics, grinnell, historical, mammals, management, maxent, microsatellite, multiple, online, pet, prism, refugia, refugia, resilience, seminar, species distribution modeling, squirrels, vertebrates, website, workshop, Fewer tags Integrated Data Management Network for LCCs and Partners: A Framework for Coordinated Data Discovery, Access, Analysis, Visualization, Project Tracking and Coordination Landscape Conservation Cooperatives (LCCs) have a critical need for information management processes that facilitate science product (i.e., data, analysis and decision tools, documents) sharing; data storage, security, and dissemination; and project tracking, communication and collaboration tools (Arctic LCC 2010, North Atlantic LCC 2011, Southern Rockies LCC 2011, California LCC 2011). LCCs and their partners are already developing and using a wide variety of data management systems to address LCC and project needs, but the LCC Network and all partners need better coordination across these efforts to develop and share common standards and services, improving the intellectual exchange needed to achieve the LCC mission.... Categories: Data, Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Completed, Data Management and Integration, Decision support, EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > LANDSCAPE, EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > LANDSCAPE > LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY, All tags... EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > LANDSCAPE > LANDSCAPE MANAGEMENT, EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > LANDSCAPE > LANDSCAPE PATTERNS, EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > LANDSCAPE > LANDSCAPE PROCESSES, LCC Network Science Catalog, Methodology/Protocol, Project, Report, User Manual, biota, biota, completed, data integration, data management, environment, environment, hardware, network, software, tracking framework, Fewer tags Enhanced Future San Francisco Bay Tidal Marshes a Climate Smart Planning Tool An online decision support tool for managers, planners, conservation practitioners and scientists.The models generating these maps are the first to take into account the ability of marshes to accrete, or keep up with, rising sea levels, in the San Francisco Bay Estuary.PRBO has generated a series of scenarios to provide a range of projections to address the uncertainty in future rates of sea-level rise and suspended sediment availability.Our maps cover the entire Estuary allowing for analyses at multiple spatial scales.This tool displays maps created at a high spatial resolution using the best available elevation data. The website will be continually updated as new data becomes availableThe tool is the first to... Categories: Data, Web Site; Tags: Completed, LCC Network Science Catalog, Web Site, environment 1 2 3 4 5 »