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Our proposal addresses Funding Category Ill by evaluating natural resource management practices and adaptation opportunities. More specifically, our project addresses Science Need #6 to improve monitoring and inventory of watersheds and ecosystems (including invasive species). Our proposed study will occur within the Southern Rockies Landscape Conservation Cooperative (LCC) (upper Virgin River, UT) and the Desert LCC (lower Virgin River, AZ and NVL and therefore will be submitting to both cooperatives. Invasive saltcedar (Tamarix spp.) is the third most abundant tree in Southwestern riparian systems (Friedman et al. 2005). Resource managers must often balance the management goals of protecting wildlife species and...
Categories: Data,
Project;
Types: Map Service,
OGC WFS Layer,
OGC WMS Layer,
OGC WMS Service;
Tags: 2012,
AZ-01,
AZ-02,
AZ-03,
AZ-04, All tags...
AZ-05,
AZ-06,
AZ-07,
AZ-08,
AZ-09,
Academics & scientific researchers,
Applications and Tools,
Arizona,
Arizona,
BIOSPHERE,
BIOSPHERE,
BIOSPHERE,
CA-08,
CA-36,
CA-51,
COMMUNITY DYNAMICS,
COMMUNITY DYNAMICS,
COMMUNITY DYNAMICS,
Conservation NGOs,
Datasets/Database,
Desert Landscape Conservation Cooperative,
EARTH SCIENCE,
EARTH SCIENCE,
EARTH SCIENCE,
ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS,
ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS,
ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS,
Federal resource managers,
INVASIVE SPECIES,
INVASIVE SPECIES,
INVASIVE SPECIES,
Informing Conservation Delivery,
LCC,
LCC Network Science Catalog,
Lower Colorado River Basin,
NM-02,
NM-03,
NV-04,
Nevada,
Nevada,
Policy makers & regulators,
Population & Habitat Evaluation/Projection,
Project,
Publication,
UT-02,
United States,
Utah,
Utah,
Virgin River,
Vulnerability Assessment,
amphibians,
biocontrol,
biota,
birds,
completed,
invasive species,
reptiles,
riparian,
tamarisk,
tamarisk beetle, Fewer tags
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Introduction: Tamarisk (Tamarix spp., also saltcedar) is a non-native tree introduced to the United States during the 19th century as an ornamental species and solution to erosion in the American West (Robinson 1965). Tamarisk can form dense monotypic stands, which have been linked to a decline in richness and diversity of native plants (Engel-Wilson & Ohmart 1978; Lovich et al. 1994) and wildlife (Anderson et al. 1977; Durst et al. 2008) in riparian areas. As a result, natural resource managers have invested millions of dollars to control tamarisk (Shafroth & Briggs 2008). Few studies have conducted community-level analyses to document the impact of one of these methods, the introduction of a native enemy or predator,...
Categories: Data;
Types: Map Service,
OGC WFS Layer,
OGC WMS Layer,
OGC WMS Service;
Tags: 2012,
AZ-01,
AZ-02,
AZ-03,
AZ-04, All tags...
AZ-05,
AZ-06,
AZ-07,
AZ-08,
AZ-09,
Academics & scientific researchers,
Arizona,
Arizona,
BIOSPHERE,
BIOSPHERE,
BIOSPHERE,
CA-08,
CA-36,
CA-51,
COMMUNITY DYNAMICS,
COMMUNITY DYNAMICS,
COMMUNITY DYNAMICS,
Conservation NGOs,
Data.gov Desert LCC,
EARTH SCIENCE,
EARTH SCIENCE,
EARTH SCIENCE,
ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS,
ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS,
ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS,
Federal resource managers,
INVASIVE SPECIES,
INVASIVE SPECIES,
INVASIVE SPECIES,
Informing Conservation Delivery,
LCC Network Science Catalog,
Lower Colorado River Basin,
NM-02,
NM-03,
NV-04,
Nevada,
Nevada,
Policy makers & regulators,
Population & Habitat Evaluation/Projection,
Publication,
Report,
UT-02,
United States,
Utah,
Utah,
Virgin River,
Vulnerability Assessment,
amphibians,
amphibians,
biocontrol,
biocontrol,
biota,
birds,
birds,
completed,
invasive species,
invasive species,
product,
reptiles,
reptiles,
riparian,
riparian,
tamarisk,
tamarisk,
tamarisk beetle,
tamarisk beetle, Fewer tags
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In regulated rivers of the southwest, reduced flooding and the invasion of tamarisk contributes to accumulation of greater fuel loads and increased riparian fire frequency. As a result, some desert riparian areas, historically considered barriers to wildfire, have been converted into pathways for wildfire spread. Fire-smart management strategies are needed to protect sensitive riparian species and reduce fire risk from increased fire frequency due to interactions of climate change, tamarisk invasion, and tamarisk beetle activity. Fire niche simulations will be used to project impacts of fire frequency and climate change, which can be used to highlight areas of the Desert LCC where Southwestern Willow Flycatcher,...
Categories: Data,
Project;
Types: Map Service,
OGC WFS Layer,
OGC WMS Layer,
OGC WMS Service;
Tags: 2014,
AZ-01,
AZ-02,
AZ-03,
AZ-04, All tags...
AZ-05,
AZ-06,
AZ-07,
AZ-08,
AZ-09,
Applications and Tools,
Arizona,
Big Bend ‐ Río Bravo & Lower Río Conchos Pilot Area,
CA-08,
CA-23,
CA-25,
CA-27,
CA-36,
CA-50,
CA-51,
California,
Conservation NGOs,
Data Acquisition and Development,
Decision Support,
Desert Landscape Conservation Cooperative,
EARTH SCIENCE > HUMAN DIMENSIONS > ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS > CONSERVATION,
Federal resource managers,
Fire,
Fire regimes,
Gila River,
LCC,
LCC Network Science Catalog,
Map,
Mojave Desert Pilot Area,
NM-02,
NV-01,
NV-03,
NV-04,
Nevada,
New Mexico,
Population & Habitat Evaluation/Projection,
Private land owners,
Project,
Report,
Rio Grande,
Riparian ecosystems,
Southwestern United States,
T&E species,
TX-16,
TX-23,
Tamarisk,
Tamarisk beetles,
Texas,
Tonto Creek,
Transboundary Madrean Watersheds Pilot Area,
UT-02,
United States,
Utah,
biota,
completed, Fewer tags
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We modeled the current and future breeding ranges of seven bird and five reptile species in the Southwestern United States with sets of landscape, biotic (plant), and climatic global circulation model (GCM) variables. For modeling purposes, we used PRISM data to characterize the climate of the Western United States between 1980 and 2009 (baseline for birds) and between 1940 and 2009 (baseline for reptiles). In contrast, we used a pre-selected set of GCMs that are known to be good predictors of southwestern climate (five individual and one ensemble GCM), for the A1B emission scenario, to characterize future climatic conditions in three time periods (2010–39; 2040–69; and, 2070–99). Our modeling approach relied on...
Categories: Publication;
Types: Citation;
Tags: Bird Distributions,
Bird Species Count,
Birds,
National CASC,
Other Wildlife, All tags...
Plant Species Distributions,
Reptile Distributions,
Reptile Species Accounts,
Southwestern Birds,
Southwestern Reptiles,
Wildlife and Plants, Fewer tags
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Biodiversity is declining worldwide, and this trend could potentially become more severe as climate conditions change. An integral component of proactive adaptive management planning requires forecasts of how changes in climate will affect individual species. This need has been identified my multiple federal agencies, including the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, National Park Service, Bureau of Land Management, and U.S. Forest Service. The goal of this project was to assist land and wildlife managers in anticipating which species are most vulnerable to changes in climate in the Southwest, and how resources can best be invested to facilitate adaptation. Researchers evaluated the current and future breeding ranges...
Categories: Project;
Types: Map Service,
OGC WFS Layer,
OGC WMS Layer,
OGC WMS Service;
Tags: 2012,
AZ,
Birds,
Birds,
CA, All tags...
CASC,
CO,
Federal,
Multiple,
NM,
NV,
OR,
Other Wildlife,
Other Wildlife,
Projects by Region,
Southwest,
Southwest,
Southwest,
Southwest CASC,
UT,
Wildlife and Plants,
Wildlife and Plants,
biodiverstiy,
birds,
birds,
climate change,
downscale,
gcm,
management,
model,
multiple,
natureserve,
reptiles,
reptiles,
species distribution,
species distribution model,
statistical,
vulnerability assessment, Fewer tags
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