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While wildlife species do not respect political boundaries, conservation planning and implementation is often restricted by them. Thus, regionally rare species can be placed in the unenviable position of not being prioritized by any jurisdiction that they inhabit due to competition for scarce conservation resources. A regional conservation framework will enable states to cooperate toward common goals and share the costs and accomplishments of regionally conserving at risk species. However, the development of a regional conservation framework is inhibited by patchy species occurrence data. These data gaps can be informed by species distribution models. This project will compile available mussel data, develop species...
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Spatial patterns in mussel richness and endemism (i.e., weighted and corrected weighted endemism) at stream reach, HUC4, HUC6, and HUC8 spatial scales were characterized. Stream SR was estimated by summing the total number of mussel species predicted within each stream. Stream-level weighted endemism was calculated by weighting each species’ presence in the stream by the inverse of the total number of streams it was predicted to occupy, then summing across all species predicted present within the stream. This biodiversity metric therefore provides context about the range extent of the species predicted within the stream (e.g., higher values indicate either high richness or the presence of several range-restricted...
Categories: Data;
Tags: ANIMALS/INVERTEBRATES,
BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION,
BIOSPHERE,
BIVALVES,
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Data.gov USFWS Science Applications,
EARTH SCIENCE,
EARTH SCIENCE,
ECOSYSTEMS,
FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEMS,
MOLLUSKS,
MUSSELS,
SA Science Catalog,
Science Keywords,
Science Keywords,
biota,
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