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Project Overview Prairie dog colonies in North America’s Central Grasslands undergo cycles of collapse and recovery caused by the non-native sylvatic plague, and each phase of the cycle negatively affects wildlife or livestock. Researchers supported by this North Central-CASC project will develop a decision-support web tool for users to predict prairie dog colony dynamics under changing climatic conditions to help optimize management strategies of wildlife and cattle. Project Summary Prairie dogs are crucial to North America’s Central Grasslands, creating habitat for other wildlife by digging burrows and clipping vegetation, and serving as a key food source for many predators. However, the sylvatic plague, a non-native...
Categories: Project;
Types: Map Service,
OGC WFS Layer,
OGC WMS Layer,
OGC WMS Service;
Tags: 2023,
CASC,
Data Visualization & Tools,
Data Visualization & Tools,
Grasslands and Plains, All tags...
Grasslands and Plains,
Landscapes,
Landscapes,
Mammals,
Mammals,
North Central,
North Central CASC,
Northern Plains,
Projects by Region,
Science Tools for Managers,
Science Tools for Managers,
Wildlife and Plants,
Wildlife and Plants,
black-footed ferrets,
decision support,
grassland ecosystem,
human-wildlife coexistence,
livestock,
plague,
prairie dogs, Fewer tags
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FY2016Monitor the diversity and abundance of winged insects (including Lepidoptera, Hymenoptera, Coleoptera, Diptera, and Hemiptera), which include many key insect pollinators, using an array of passive and active trapping methods. Monitor bat diversity and relative densities using passive acoustic monitoring stations (we will use full-spectrum passive recording units). Monitor diversity and abundance of reptiles (lizards and snakes), using trap arrays (pitfall and coverboard) and time-constrained visual encounter surveys. Create empirically supported models of reptile, bat, and insect diversity and abundance as a function of vegetation structure and composition, microclimate, and other environmental variables,...
Categories: Data,
Project;
Types: Map Service,
OGC WFS Layer,
OGC WMS Layer,
OGC WMS Service;
Tags: Academics & scientific researchers,
Datasets/Database,
Federal resource managers,
Great Basin,
Great Basin, All tags...
Great Basin,
Great Basin,
Great Basin,
LCC Network Science Catalog,
Map,
Monitoring,
NV2,
NV4,
NV4,
NV4,
NV4,
Nevada,
Nevada,
Nevada,
Nevada,
Nevada,
Nevada,
Nevada,
Nevada,
Population & Habitat Evaluation/Projection,
Presentation,
Project,
bats,
bats,
bats,
bats,
conifer,
conifer,
conifer,
conifer,
insects,
insects,
insects,
insects,
juniper,
onGoing,
pygmy rabbits,
pygmy rabbits,
pygmy rabbits,
pygmy rabbits,
reptiles,
reptiles,
reptiles,
reptiles,
restoration,
restoration,
restoration,
restoration,
species impacts,
species impacts,
species impacts,
species impacts, Fewer tags
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This proposal adds sagebrush and PJ dependent birds and small mammals to an ongoing collaborative (NDOW, USFWS, NPS) 4-year study entitled Measuring the regional impacts of pinyon and juniper removal on insect, bat, and reptile communities, examining the nontarget ecological impacts of pinyon and juniper (PJ) removal across the Great Basin ecosystem of northern Nevada. Using a BACI design, one study site is the Sheldon National Antelope Refuge.
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