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Climate Change Vulnerability of Migrating Bird Species Breeding in Arctic Alaska The Wildlife Conservation Society will assess the climate change vulnerability of bird species that regularly breed in substantial populations in Alaska using the NatureServe Climate Change Vulnerability Index (CCVI) tool. Initial work will focus on breeding birds in Arctic Alaska including shorebirds, waterfowl and waterbird species (loons, gulls, terns, jaegers), and land bird species (passerines, raptors, ptarmigan). Categories: Data, Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: BIRDS, BIRDS, CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT ASSESSMENT MODELS, CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT ASSESSMENT MODELS, Conservation NGOs, All tags... Conservation Planning, Federal resource managers, Interested public, LCC Network Science Catalog, Project, Report, Vulnerability Assessment, biota, biota, completed, environment, environment, Fewer tags Spatially-Explicit Decision Support Tool for Guiding Habitat Conservation for Western Gulf Coast Mottled Ducks The mottled duck, a focal species for the Gulf Coast Prairie Landscape Conservation Cooperative, is one of only a few duck species adapted to breeding in southern marshes. A major part of its population spends its entire life cycle within a relatively small coastal area in eastern Texas and western Louisiana. This is a thriving part of the Mississippi and Central Flyways, two of four major waterfowl migration routes in North America. In recent years, the mottled duck’s habitat and surrounding areas have been compromised by urbanization, agricultural development, and changes to the area’s hydrology affecting coastal wetlands. The latter threat includes the ramifications of climate change, such as sea level rise and... Categories: Data, Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: 2012, 2013, ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES, ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES, ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES, All tags... ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES, Academics & scientific researchers, BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION, BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION, BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION, BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION, BIRDS, BIRDS, BIRDS, BIRDS, Conservation NGOs, Conservation Planning, DUCKS/GEESE/SWANS, DUCKS/GEESE/SWANS, DUCKS/GEESE/SWANS, DUCKS/GEESE/SWANS, Datasets/Database, Decision Support, EARTH SCIENCE, EARTH SCIENCE, EARTH SCIENCE, EARTH SCIENCE, EARTH SCIENCE, EARTH SCIENCE, EARTH SCIENCE, EARTH SCIENCE, EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOSYSTEMS > TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS > WETLANDS, Federal resource managers, Gulf Coast Prairie Landscape Conservation Cooperative, LA-01, LA-02, LA-03, LA-04, LA-06, LCC, LCC Network Science Catalog, Mottled Duck, Policy makers & regulators, Private land owners, Project, Publication, Regional & county planners, Report, SURFACE WATER, SURFACE WATER, SURFACE WATER, SURFACE WATER, SURFACE WATER FEATURES, SURFACE WATER FEATURES, SURFACE WATER FEATURES, SURFACE WATER FEATURES, State agencies, TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE, TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE, TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE, TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE, TX-02, TX-07, TX-09, TX-10, TX-14, TX-18, TX-27, TX-29, TX-34, TX-36, WETLANDS, WETLANDS, WETLANDS, WETLANDS, Western Gulf Coast, biota, brood-rearing habitat, completed, grasslands, habitat, nesting, wetlands, 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 Range-wide Lesser Prairie-Chicken Management Plan Development The range-wide plan (RWP) has been developed in response to concerns about lesser prairie-chicken (LPC) habitat threats which may be impacting LPC populations, and the proposed listing under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). Along with the existing conservation efforts already being implemented, as described in the RWP, the supporting WAFWA Conservation Agreement (WCA) represents another mechanism to implement conservation to benefit LPC. The WCP represents an opportunity to enroll participants who agree to avoid, minimize and mitigate actions which may be detrimental to LPC. Landowners may enroll properties to be managed for the benefit of LPC. Properties may generate credits for mitigation. When complete avoidance... Categories: Data, Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: 2012, BIRDS, CO-04, Colorado, Conservation Planning, All tags... FY 2012, FY 2012, Federal resource managers, GPLCC, GPLCC, GRASSLANDS, Grassland Conservation, Grassland Conservation, Great Plains, Great Plains Landscape Conservation Cooperative, Informing Conservation Delivery, KS-01, KS-04, Kansas, LCC, LCC Network Science Catalog, Lesser Prairie-Chicken (Tympanuchus pallidicinctus), Lesser Prairie-Chicken (Tympanuchus pallidicinctus), NM-02, NM-03, New Mexico, OK-03, OK-04, Oklahoma, Policy makers & regulators, Project, Report, SAVANNAS, State agencies, TX-11, TX-13, TX-19, Texas, Wildlife Management, Wildlife Management, biota, completed, environment, Fewer tags Employing the Conservation Design Approach on Sea-Level Rise Impacts on Coastal Avian Habitats along the Central Texas Coast Sea level rise caused by climate change is an ongoing phenomenon and a concern both locally and worldwide. Low-lying coastal areas are particularly at risk to flooding and inundation, affecting a large proportion of the human population concentrated in these areas as well as natural communities-particularly animal species that depend on these habitats as a key component of their life cycle. While more local, state, and federal governments have become concerned with the potential effects that predicted sea levels will have on their communities and coastal landscapes, more information is needed on the potential effects that changes in sea level will have on coastal habitats and species. Categories: Data, Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: 2012, 2013, 2014, ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES, ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES, All tags... ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES, Academics & scientific researchers, BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION, BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION, BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION, BIRDS, BIRDS, BIRDS, CRANES AND ALLIES, CRANES AND ALLIES, CRANES AND ALLIES, Coastal Region, Conservation Design, Conservation NGOs, Datasets/Database, Decision Support, EARTH SCIENCE, EARTH SCIENCE, EARTH SCIENCE, EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > COASTAL PROCESSES > SEA LEVEL RISE, Federal resource managers, Grus americana, Gulf Coast Prairie Landscape Conservation Cooperative, LCC, LCC Network Science Catalog, Map, Mid-Texas Coast, Policy makers & regulators, Project, Regional & county planners, Report, State agencies, TX-27, Texas, avian habitat, biota, coastal habitat, completed, environment, sea-level rise, whooping crane, Fewer tags Modeling avifaunal responses to climate change in North America's boreal-Arctic transition zone Using a bioclimatic envelope approach, University of Alberta investigators project how the distribution and abundance of boreal forest birds across North America will respond to different scenarios of future climate-change. Investigation emphasis is on mapping and quantifying potential range expansions of boreal bird species into Arctic and subarctic regions across Alaska and Canada. The final products demonstrate a broad continental-scale overview of potential shifts in avian distribution. Categories: Data, Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Academics & scientific researchers, BIRDS, BIRDS, CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT ASSESSMENT MODELS, CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT ASSESSMENT MODELS, All tags... Conservation NGOs, Federal resource managers, LCC Network Science Catalog, Population & Habitat Evaluation/Projection, Project, RANGE CHANGES, RANGE CHANGES, Report, Vulnerability Assessment, biota, biota, completed, environment, environment, Fewer tags Interdisciplinary Study of How Climate Change May Affect Wetland Habitats, Invertebrates and Shorebirds Arctic wetlands, where millions of local and migratory birds nest, are composed of a mosaic of ice wedge polygons, non-patterned tundra, and large vegetated drained thaw lake basins. Regional climate projections suggest that evapotranspiration, rainfall, and snowfall will increase, making it difficult to predict how surface water distribution might change and how habitats for the invertebrate resources used by waterbirds will be impacted. This study will focus on evaluating how climate change will affect the invertebrate community, and whether the change in climate (through changes in hydrology and surface energy balance) could induce a trophic mismatch that might alter the growth and survival of shorebird young.... Categories: Data, Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Academics & scientific researchers, BIRDS, BIRDS, Conservation Design, Conservation NGOs, All tags... Federal resource managers, INSECTS, INSECTS, LCC Network Science Catalog, Project, Report, TEMPERATURE INDICATORS, TEMPERATURE INDICATORS, TEMPERATURE TRENDS, TEMPERATURE TRENDS, WETLANDS, WETLANDS, biota, biota, climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere, climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere, inlandWaters, inlandWaters, onGoing, Fewer tags Integrated Monitoring in Bird Conservation Regions for Playa Lakes Joint Venture Monitoring is fundamental to wildlife management but rarely does it happen. Most often the challenges of funding, protocols, and qualified workers prove too great and most monitoring collapses in a few short years. This program functions to address these challenges and allows us to complete the wildlife management cycle of plan, implement and evaluate. The final step of monitoring is critical to understand the effects of management. Monitoring data also informs habitat delivery through development of decision support tools to target conservation actions. Accelerating loss of habitat and changing climate requires distributional information just to understand where to conserve species. Categories: Data, Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: 2015, BIRDS, Conservation NGOs, Data Acquisition and Development, Datasets/Database, All tags... Federal resource managers, Great Plains Landscape Conservation Cooperative, LCC, LCC Network Science Catalog, Policy makers & regulators, Project, Regional & county planners, State agencies, biota, completed, environment, Fewer tags Implications of climate change for avian conservation in Great Plains landscapes Funded project resulted in 6 publications covering various aspects related to shorebird/grassland bird migration, climate and nesting success in the great plains region. Categories: Data, Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: 2010, Avian, Avian, BIRDS, CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT ASSESSMENT MODELS, All tags... CO-01, CO-02, CO-03, CO-04, CO-05, CO-06, CO-07, Climate Change, Climate Change, Climatic Change, Climatic Change, Colorado, Conservation Planning, FY 2010, FY 2010, Federal resource managers, GPLCC, GPLCC, GRASSLANDS, Grassland Birds, Grassland Birds, Great Plains, Great Plains Landscape Conservation Cooperative, Habitat Models, Habitat Models, KS-01, KS-02, KS-04, Kansas, LCC, LCC Network Science Catalog, Mountain Plover (Charadrius montanus), Mountain Plover (Charadrius montanus), NE-01, NE-03, NM-02, NM-03, Native Grassland, Native Grassland, Nebraska, New Mexico, OK-03, OK-04, OK-05, Oklahoma, Playas, Playas, Policy makers & regulators, Population & Habitat Evaluation/Projection, Project, Publication, Report, SD-00, Sedimentation, Sedimentation, Shorebirds, Shorebirds, South Dakota, State agencies, TX-11, TX-13, TX-19, TX-23, Texas, WETLANDS, WY-00, Wetlands, Wetlands, Wyoming, biota, completed, environment, Fewer tags An Adaptive Management Approach to Assessing Water as a Critical Habitat Need for Lesser Prairie-Chicken Reproduction Man-made water sources have been used as a management tool for wildlife, especially in arid regions, but the value of these water sources for wildlife populations is not well understood. In particular, the value of water as a conservation tool for Lesser Prairie-Chickens (Tympanuchus pallidicinctus) is unknown. However, this is a relevant issue due to a heightened conservation concern for the species and its occupancy of an arid landscape anticipated to experience warmer, drier springs and winters. We assessed if Lesser Prairie-Chickens would use commercially available wildlife water guzzlers and if there was any apparent selection between two design types. We confirmed that Lesser Prairie-Chickens would use bird... Categories: Data, Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: 2011, BIRDS, Conservation NGOs, FY 2011, FY 2011, All tags... Federal resource managers, GPLCC, GPLCC, GRASSLANDS, Great Plains, Great Plains Landscape Conservation Cooperative, Informing Conservation Delivery, LCC, LCC Network Science Catalog, LEPC, LEPC, Lesser Prairie Chicken (Tympanuchus pallidicinctus), Lesser Prairie Chicken (Tympanuchus pallidicinctus), Private land owners, Project, Publication, State agencies, TX-19, Texas, Wildlife Management, Wildlife Management, biota, completed, environment, Fewer tags Development of regional planning tools to assess the impacts of climate and land use change on a sensitive grassland bird Within grassland communities of the GPLCC one such key indicator species is the Lesser Prairie-chicken (Tympanuchus pallidinctus). Lesser Prairie-chicken range extends across the southern portion of the GPLCC area throughout Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, and Kansas. Lesser Prairie-chickens are a good target species because they are widely distributed across the southern GPLCC, are a species of conservation concern, have large home ranges, and are likely sensitive to anthropogenic disturbances. Similarly, the Greater Prairie-chicken (Tympanuchus cupido), is a species of conservation concern, with large home range, distributed across the northern portion of the GPLCC including portions of Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska,... Categories: Data, Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: 2010, BIRDS, CO-01, CO-02, CO-03, All tags... CO-04, CO-05, CO-06, CO-07, Climate Change, Decision Support, FY 2010, Federal resource managers, Final Report, GPLCC, Gene Flow, Grassland Birds, Grassland Conservation, Great Plains, Great Plains Landscape Conservation Cooperative, Greater Prairie-chicken (Tympanuchus cupido), Habitat Modeling, Informing Conservation Delivery, KS-01, KS-02, KS-04, LCC, LCC Network Science Catalog, Landscape Genetics, Lek, Map, NE-01, NE-03, NM-02, NM-03, OK-03, OK-04, OK-05, Policy makers & regulators, Population & Habitat Evaluation/Projection, Project, Report, SAVANNA, SD-00, State agencies, TX-11, TX-13, TX-19, TX-23, WY-00, biota, completed, environment, Fewer tags Threatened Eider Geodatabase for Northern Alaska The Arctic LCC created the Threatened Eider Geodatabase to serve as a repository for threatened eider distribution information. This database is intended to be a qualitative “first look” at where these two species of eider have been recorded and where surveys have been conducted. This dataset is intended for general planning and mapping purposes, it should NOT be used for deriving density estimates. Users are reminded that these data do not represent all locations within the geographic scope of this database that may be occupied by threatened eiders.. Categories: Data, Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: BIRDS, BIRDS, Data Acquisition and Development, Data Management and Integration, Datasets/Database, All tags... Federal resource managers, GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS, GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS, Informing Conservation Delivery, LCC Network Science Catalog, Project, State agencies, biota, biota, completed, Fewer tags Modeling Shorebird Distribution on the North Slope Shorebirds are among the most abundant and visible high-latitude vertebrates. Their ecology makes them particularly sensitive to climate change in the arctic. The current distribution of shorebirds on the Arctic Coastal Plain is poorly known because accurate data exist from just a few locations. The Arctic LCC has supported development of habitat selection models that combine bird survey data with remotely-sensed habitat maps to “fill in the gaps” where observations are sparse. In future phases, the distribution maps generated from these models could be ground-truthed and improved, and subsequently used as the basis from which to forecast future shorebird distribution for projected future climate scenarios. Categories: Data, Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: Academics & scientific researchers, BIRDS, BIRDS, Conservation NGOs, Conservation Planning, All tags... Datasets/Database, Federal resource managers, GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS, GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS, LCC Network Science Catalog, MODELS, MODELS, Population & Habitat Evaluation/Projection, Project, Publication, Report, Training/Outreach/Workshop, biota, biota, completed, environment, environment, Fewer tags Evaluation and Refinement of a Decision Support Tool for Mottled Duck Habitat Conservation in the Western Gulf Coast Habitat loss and degradation due to urban expansion and other human activities have raised concerns for the Western Gulf Coast Mottled Duck population. This species relies on tidal, palustrine, and agricultural wetlands as well as grasslands for all of its life cycle needs. The disappearance of suitable nesting and brood-rearing habitat is believed to be the primary factor associated with long-term population decline of the mottled duck. One of the first science projects initiated by the GCP LCC was development of a spatially-explicit Decision Support Tool (DST) to help guide conservation and management of habitat for breeding Mottled Ducks in coastal Louisiana and Texas. An important next step is evaluating the... Categories: Data, Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: 2015, 2016, ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES, BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION, BIOSPHERE, All tags... BIRDS, Coastal Louisiana, Coastal Texas, DUCKS/GEESE/SWANS, Datasets/Database, Decision Support, EARTH SCIENCE, EARTH SCIENCE, EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOSYSTEMS > TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS > WETLANDS, ECOSYSTEMS, Federal resource managers, Gulf Coast Prairie Landscape Conservation Cooperative, LA-01, LA-02, LA-03, LA-04, LA-05, LA-06, LCC, LCC Network Science Catalog, Louisiana, MS-04, Monitoring, Mottled Duck, PALUSTRINE WETLANDS, Population & Habitat Evaluation/Projection, Project, Regional & county planners, Report, State agencies, TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS, TX-02, TX-07, TX-08, TX-09, TX-10, TX-14, TX-15, TX-18, TX-22, TX-25, TX-27, TX-29, Texas, WETLANDS, biota, completed, decision support, validation, Fewer tags Range-wide Lesser Prairie Chicken Spatial Targeting Tool for Conservation Delivery This project expands upon the first version of the SGP-CHAT and create a more robust spatial planning tool (SPT) for directing conservation of the lesser prairie chicken (LPC). This tool is a critical component for agency conservation planning and it is a necessity that agencies delivering conservation for LPC work from the same source data for maximum benefit of the species and its surrounding ecosystem. Categories: Data, Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: 2012, Applications and Tools, BIRDS, CO-04, Colorado, All tags... Decision Support, FY 2012, FY 2012, Federal resource managers, GRASSLANDS, Grassland Conservation, Grassland Conservation, Great Plains, Great Plains Landscape Conservation Cooperative, Great Plains Landscape Conservation Cooperative, Great Plains Landscape Conservation Cooperative, Habitat Modeling, Habitat Modeling, Informing Conservation Delivery, KS-01, KS-04, Kansas, LCC, LCC Network Science Catalog, Lesser Prairie-Chicken (Tympanuchus pallidicinctus), Lesser Prairie-Chicken (Tympanuchus pallidicinctus), NM-02, NM-03, New Mexico, OK-03, OK-04, Oklahoma, Policy makers & regulators, Project, SAVANNAS, State agencies, TX-11, TX-13, TX-19, Texas, Wildlife Management, Wildlife Management, biota, completed, environment, Fewer tags Range-wide Lesser Prairie Chicken Meeting Facilitation, Coordination and Literature Review The Great Plains LCC funded/facilitated meeting in relation to the Lesser Prairie Chicken Managment Plan developed by the Western Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies. Project funding also went toward a literature review of Lesser Prairie Chickens. Categories: Data, Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: 2012, BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASES, BIRDS, CO-04, Colorado, All tags... Conservation Planning, Federal resource managers, GRASSLANDS, Grassland Conservation, Grassland Conservation, Great Plains, Great Plains Landscape Conservation Cooperative, KS-01, KS-04, Kansas, LCC, LCC Network Science Catalog, Lesser Prairie-Chicken (Tympanuchus pallidicinctus), Lesser Prairie-Chicken (Tympanuchus pallidicinctus), NM-02, NM-03, New Mexico, OK-03, OK-04, Oklahoma, Policy makers & regulators, Project, SAVANNAS, State agencies, TX-11, TX-13, TX-19, Texas, Texas, Training/Outreach/Workshop, Wildlife Management, Wildlife Management, biota, completed, environment, Fewer tags Bird Communities of Mature and Revegetated Tracts along the Lower Rio Grande The Lower Rio Grande Valley in south Texas is one of the largest migratory bird stopovers in North America and a major birding hotspot. Reservoir development allowed controlled flows of the lower Rio Grande River and subsequent agricultural expansion in the river valley, resulting in rapid population growth and habitat loss, causing significant declines in fish and wildlife populations. Gulf Coast Prairie Landscape Conservation Cooperative partners wish to restore habitat and self-sustaining migratory bird populations in the valley. Categories: Data, Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: 2013, 2014, 2015, BIRDS, Conservation Design, All tags... Conservation NGOs, Conservation Plan/Design/Framework, Conservation Plan/Design/Framework, EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > BIRDS, Gulf Coast Prairie Landscape Conservation Cooperative, Informing Conservation Delivery, LCC, LCC Network Science Catalog, Migration Corridors, Private land owners, Project, Report, Report, Rio Grande Valley, South Texas, State agencies, TX-15, TX-28, TX-34, biota, completed, environment, riparian areas, Fewer tags ASDN: a Network of Sites to Evaluate How Climate-mediated Change in the Arctic Ecosystem are Affecting Shorebird Distribution, Ecology, and Demography The Shorebird Demographic Network is an international collaboration designed to evaluate how climate mediated changes in the arctic ecosystem are affecting shorebird distribution, ecology, and demography. The main purpose of the network is to monitor demographic parameters (e.g. nest success, adult survival) of widely distributed shorebirds, so that we may develop conservation strategies that tackle the most pressing problems facing these declining species. The Arctic LCC contribution adds monitoring components that track key environmental attributes (e.g. water and prey availability) that are expected to link climate with changing shorebird populations.This project attempted to evaluate portions of two conceptual... Categories: Data, Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: BIRDS, BIRDS, BREEDING PRODUCTIVITY, BREEDING PRODUCTIVITY, Conservation NGOs, All tags... Conservation Planning, Federal resource managers, LCC Network Science Catalog, Population & Habitat Evaluation/Projection, Project, Publication, Training/Outreach/Workshop, Vulnerability Assessment, biota, biota, climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere, climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere, onGoing, Fewer tags Range-wide Population Estimation and Monitoring for Lesser Prairie-Chickens: Sampling Design and Pilot Implementation Within the five states of its range (Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, New Mexico, and Colorado), the lesser prairie-chicken (Tympanuchus pallidicinctus, LEPC) remains present on sand sagebrush (Artemesia filifolia), mixed- and short- grass prairies of western Kansas and eastern Colorado, through portions of northwest Oklahoma, the northeast Texas panhandle, and into the shinnery oak (Quercus havardii) and sand sagebrush habitat of eastern New Mexico and western Texas. Agencies in these states monitor LEPC breeding populations annually within the known occupied range of the species, however, monitoring efforts have differed markedly among agencies and inferences have been made about populations using a variety of methods.... Categories: Data, Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: 2011, BIRDS, CO-04, Colorado, Datasets/Database, All tags... FY 2011, FY 2011, Federal resource managers, GPLCC, GPLCC, Great Plains, Great Plains Landscape Conservation Cooperative, KS-01, KS-04, Kansas, LCC, LCC Network Science Catalog, LEPC, LEPC, Lesser Prairie-Chicken (Tympanuchus pallidicinctus), Lesser Prairie-Chicken (Tympanuchus pallidicinctus), Monitoring, NM-02, NM-03, New Mexico, OK-03, Oklahoma, Policy makers & regulators, Population & Habitat Evaluation/Projection, Project, Report, SAVANNA, State agencies, TX-11, TX-13, TX-19, Texas, Wildlife Monitoring, Wildlife Monitoring, biota, completed, environment, Fewer tags Understanding the ecology, habitat use, phenology and thermal tolerance of nesting Lesser Prairie-Chickens to predict population level influences of climate change We found few reports in the literature containing useful data on the nesting phenology of lesser prairie-chickens; therefore, managers must rely on short-term observations and measurements of parameters that provide some predictive insight into climate impacts on nesting ecology. Our field studies showed that prairie-chickens on nests were able to maintain relatively consistent average nest temperature of 31 °C and nest humidities of 56.8 percent whereas average external temperatures (20.3–35.0 °C) and humidities (35.2– 74.9 percent) varied widely throughout the 24 hour (hr) cycle. Grazing and herbicide treatments within our experimental areas were designed to be less intensive than in common practice. We determined... Categories: Data, Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: 2010, BIRDS, BREEDING PRODUCTIVITY, CLIMATE INDICATORS, Climate Change, All tags... FY 2010, Federal resource managers, Federal resource managers, Final Report, GPLCC, Grassland Conservation, Great Plains, Great Plains Landscape Conservation Cooperative, LCC, LCC Network Science Catalog, Lesser Prairie Chicken (Tympanuchus pallidicinctus), Monitoring, Monitoring, NM-02, NM-03, New Mexico, Policy makers & regulators, Policy makers & regulators, Population & Habitat Evaluation/Projection, Population and Habitat Evaluation/Projection, Private land owners, Project, Publication, Report, State agencies, State agencies, TX-19, Texas, Wildlife Management, biota, climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere, completed, Fewer tags 1 2 »