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Climate change and connectivity: Assessing landscape and species vulnerability Habitat loss and fragmentation are widely recognized as among the most important threats to global biodiversity. New analytical approaches are providing improved ability to predict the effects of landscape change on population connectivity at vast spatial extents. This paper presents an analysis of population connectivity for three species of conservation concern [swift fox (Vulpes velox); lesser prairie-chicken (Tympanuchus pallidicinctus); massasuaga (Sistrurus catenatus)] across the American Great Plains region. We used factorial least-cost path and resistant kernel analyses to predict effects of landscape conditions on corridor network connectivity. Our predictions of population connectivity provide testable... Categories: Data, Project, Publication; Types: Citation, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: 2010, CO-01, CO-02, CO-03, CO-04, All tags... CO-05, CO-06, CO-07, Climate Change, Decision Support, Decision support, FY 2010, Federal resource managers, Federal resource managers, GPLCC, GRASSLANDS, Great Plains, Great Plains Landscape Conservation Cooperative, KS-01, KS-02, KS-04, LCC, LCC, LCC Network Science Catalog, Map, Map, NE-01, NE-03, NM-02, NM-03, OK-03, OK-04, OK-05, Policy makers & regulators, Policy makers & regulators, Population and Habitat Evaluation/Projection, Project, Publication, Publication, Report, SAVANNA, SD-00, State agencies, State agencies, TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS, TX-11, TX-13, TX-19, TX-23, Vulnerability Assessment, WY-00, biota, completed, geoscientificInformation, 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 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 Assessing climate change vulnerability and developing a climate change adaptation strategy for Sierra Nevada birds This project used the NatureServe Climate Change Vulnerability Index tool to assess vulnerability of 140 bird species that breed in the Sierra Nevada and will develop a peer-reviewed Climate Change Adaptation Strategy for Sierra Nevada bird species that are most vulnerable to climate change. The Strategy provides recommendations for actions that managers can take now and in the future to bolster resilience to climate change. Categories: Data, Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: 2011, Applications and Tools, CA, California Landscape Conservation Cooperative, Conservation NGOs, All tags... Conservation Plan/Design/Framework, Conservation Planning, Conservation planning, Datasets/Database, EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > BIRDS, Federal, Federal resource managers, LCC, LCC Network Science Catalog, Multiple, Project, Science Project, Sierra Nevada, Sierra Nevada, State agencies, Vulnerability Assessment, Vulnerability Assessment, adaptation, birds, birds, birds, completed, conservation, environment, gcm, sierra nevada, uncertainty, vulnerability, Fewer tags Assessing climate change vulnerability and developing a climate change adaptation strategy for Sierra Nevada birds This project used the NatureServe Climate Change Vulnerability Index tool to assess vulnerability of 140 bird species that breed in the Sierra Nevada and will develop a peer-reviewed Climate Change Adaptation Strategy for Sierra Nevada bird species that are most vulnerable to climate change. The Strategy provides recommendations for actions that managers can take now and in the future to bolster resilience to climate change. Categories: Data, Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: 2011, Applications and Tools, CA, California Landscape Conservation Cooperative, Conservation NGOs, All tags... Conservation Plan/Design/Framework, Conservation Planning, Conservation planning, Datasets/Database, EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > BIRDS, Federal, Federal resource managers, LCC, LCC Network Science Catalog, Multiple, Project, Science Project, Sierra Nevada, Sierra Nevada, State agencies, Vulnerability Assessment, Vulnerability Assessment, adaptation, birds, birds, birds, completed, conservation, environment, gcm, sierra nevada, uncertainty, vulnerability, Fewer tags Vulnerability of Riparian Obligate Species in the Rio Grande to the Interactive Effects of Fire, Hydrological Variation and Climate Change The Grassland, Shrubland, Desert Program of the U.S. Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station intends to evaluate the interactive effects of fire and climate change on the presence and long-term persistence of native and non-native species within Rio Grande riparian and wetland habitats of the Desert and Southern Rockies LCCs. Decision support tools and maps will be produced that will help resource managers identify conditions and locations where biodiversity will be most affected by future changes and identify needs with respect to species conservation and invasive species management.This project was co-funded by multiple Landscape Conservation Cooperatives: Desert LCC and the Southern Rockies LCC. Categories: Data, Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: 2012, Applications and Tools, Decision Support, Desert Landscape Conservation Cooperative, EARTH SCIENCE > HUMAN DIMENSIONS > ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS > CONSERVATION, All tags... Federal resource managers, Fire, Fire, Invasive species, Invasive species, LCC, LCC Network Science Catalog, Map, Methodology/Protocol, NM-01, NM-02, NM-03, New Mexico, New Mexico, New Mexico, Population & Habitat Evaluation/Projection, Project, Rio Grande, Rio Grande, Riparian, Riparian, Riparian obligates, Riparian obligates, Transboundary Madrean Watersheds Pilot Area, United States, Vulnerability, Vulnerability, Vulnerability Assessment, Wetlands, Wetlands, biota, completed, Fewer tags Metacommunity Dynamics of Gila River Fishes Freshwater systems are critically imperiled and continue to be threatened by human encroachment and water development. The upper Gila River in New Mexico is one of the last unobstructed rivers in the Colorado River basin with a mostly intact native fish fauna, including two federally listed and one state-listed fish species. Kansas State University will develop methodologies or decision support tools to assess or evaluate current or existing resource management practices to learn and adapt to the effects of climate change on fish species. The researchers will investigate how the connectivity of the Gila River habitat impacts the fish population with respect to the behavior of native and non-native species. Categories: Data, Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: 2011, AZ-01, AZ-02, Academics & scientific researchers, Applications and Tools, All tags... Arizona, Colorado River Basin, Conservation NGOs, Data Acquisition and Development, Datasets/Database, Decision Support, Desert Landscape Conservation Cooperative, EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > FISH, Federal resource managers, LCC, LCC Network Science Catalog, NM-02, New Mexico, New Mexico, Population & Habitat Evaluation/Projection, Project, Report, Transboundary Madrean Watersheds Pilot Area, United States, Upper Gila River Basin, biodiversity, biota, climate change, completed, fish, risk, river, water, water management, Fewer tags Effects of Climate Change on Inland Fishes of California California’s native fishes are mostly endemic, with no place to go as climate change increases water temperatures and alters stream flows. Many of the alien fishes, however, are likely to benefit from the effects of climate change. The goal of this project is to synthesize life history traits, population trends, status, and threats, including climate change, for all fishes in the state. We have found that 25% of the endemic fishes are now in danger of extinction. Climate change in conjunction with alien species, agriculture, and dams pose the greatest threat to native fishes. Preliminary results from two regional analyses suggest that native fishes in the Sierra Nevada are slightly less (74%) vulnerable to climate... Categories: Data, Project; Tags: 2011, Academics & scientific researchers, CA, CA-wide, California, All tags... California Landscape Conservation Cooperative, Conservation Design, Conservation NGOs, Conservation Plan/Design/Framework, Conservation planning, Consevation design, Data Management and Integration, Data Management and Integration, Datasets/Database, Decision Support, Decision support, Federal, Federal resource managers, LCC, LCC Network Science Catalog, Map, Multiple, Project, Science Project, Southwest CSC, State agencies, Stream, alien, completed, conservation, endemic, environment, fish, fish, gis, inland, management, native, policy, precipitation, risk, stream, temperature, vulnerability, Fewer tags Modeling Woody Plant Regeneration and Debris Accumulation under Future Streamflow and Wildfire Scenarios in the DLCC Perennial streams in the Desert LCC support riparian trees such as cottonwood (Populus spp) and box elder (Acer negundo) that are critical components of habitat for riparian obligate birds and other wildlife species (Webb et al. 2007). Trees, snags, and fallen woody debris provide nesting and foraging sites for a variety of riparian animals (Bateman et al. 2008, Smith et al. 2012). Riparian trees require occasional floods to create space suitable for germination and are dependent on accessible groundwater for growth and survival (Lytle and Merritt 2004). Studies along the Middle Rio Grande in New Mexico have shown that rates of woody debris accumulation are also influenced by hydrology because floods physically... Categories: Data, Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: 2012, Acer negundo, Applications and Tools, Decision Support, Desert Landscape Conservation Cooperative, All tags... EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > VEGETATION > FOREST COMPOSITION/VEGETATION STRUCTURE, Federal resource managers, LCC, LCC Network Science Catalog, Middle Rio Grande, NM-01, NM-02, NM-03, New Mexico, Population & Habitat Evaluation/Projection, Populus spp, Project, Publication, R, Training/Outreach/Workshop, United States, Vulnerability Assessment, biota, boxelder, completed, cottonwood, debris, fire, population model, riparian, riparian obligates, vegetation, vulnerability, watershed management, wildlife, woody vegetation, Fewer tags Vulnerability Assessment and Adaptation Strategies for Focal Resources of the Sierra Nevada This project supports a collaborative, multi-stakeholder effort led by the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) to develop a largescale vulnerability assessment and associated adaptation strategies for focal resources of the Sierra Nevada. The purpose of this effort is to provide information and tools for Forest Planning and management (e.g., NEPA analyses, Forest Plan revisions, Climate Scorecard) and other natural resource management (e.g., SWAP) and conservation efforts to prepare for climate change impacts in the Sierra Nevada. Specifically, our objectives are to: (1) assess the vulnerability of focal resources to climate change, (2) use spatial analysis and expert input to prioritize conservation areas or actions, and... Categories: Data, Project; Tags: 2012, 2013, Applications and Tools, CA, California Landscape Conservation Cooperative, All tags... Conservation Plan/Design/Framework, Decision Support, Decision support, Federal, Federal resource managers, Forest, LCC, LCC Network Science Catalog, Map, Population & Habitat Evaluation/Projection, Population and Habitat Evaluation/Projection, Private land owners, Project, Science Project, Sierra Nevada, Sierra Nevada, State agencies, Vulnerability Assessment, Vulnerability Assessment, adaptation, assessment, assessment, assessment, assessment, briefing, completed, connectivity, conservation, database, environment, fire, invasive species, map, multiple, outreach, refugia, snowpack, stakeholder, tool, training, trees, usfs, vertebrates, vulnerability, workshop, Fewer tags