Filters:
Tags:
Targeted Monitoring and Research
(X)
>
partyWithName:
Cameron Aldridge
(X)
2 results
(7ms)
Filters
Date Range
Extensions
Types
Contacts
Categories
|
This work centers on using remote-sensing tools and protocols for monitoring long-term changes in vegetation cover across the WLCI region. This information is crucial for understanding patterns of change within sagebrush habitats, including historical changes and potential trajectories of future changes. Our study targets five components of vegetation cover: all shrubs, sagebrush shrubs, herbaceous vegetation, litter, and bare ground, which we quantify by one-percent intervals. Based on samples collected both in the field and from satellite imagery, the USGS can evaluate and quantify the amount and distribution of long-term changes in the target components. This work and its associated products represent the operational...
Persistence of the greater sage-grouse depends on the quantity, quality, and distribution of habitat within its range and prioritizing their habitats for protection and long-term viability of their populations is a high priority for managers. In previous years, Fedy and Aldridge (2011) conducted a long-term analysis of sage-grouse population trends across the WLCI area and all of Wyoming, identifying fluctuations and quantitatively addressing many concerns associated with analyzing large time-series databases. Subsequently, Fedy and others (2014) completed a large habitat-selection modeling effort using resource selection functions to predict the probability of habitat use across Wyoming. In FY2014, we expanded...
|