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2005 | Publisher: USGS | Science Center: Fort Collins Science Center (FORT, Ft. Collins) | Format: URL
www.fort.usgs.gov — This research report describes the Vegetation changes of over 12 years in ungrazed and grazed Conservation Reserve Program grasslands in the Central and Southern Plains. The Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) established under the 1985 Food Security Act has the fundamental objectives of jointly providing economic support to segments of the More...
Publisher: USGS | Science Center: Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center (NPWRC, Jamestown) | Format: URL
www.npwrc.usgs.gov — This research project is about species composition and trophic structure of the insect community were compared between coastal and central prairies of Texas. Species diversity was higher in the coastal prairie, but average richness per habitat and among-habitat diversity were greater in the central prairie. Insect diversity increased as vertical More...
Publisher: USGS | Science Center: Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center (NPWRC, Jamestown) | Format: URL
www.npwrc.usgs.gov — Alien Plants Ranking System (APRS) is a computer-implemented system to help land managers make difficult decisions concerning invasive nonnative plants. Land managers must focus their limited resources, targeting the species that cause major impacts or threats to resources within their management, or the species that impede attainment of More...
Publisher: USGS | Science Center: Patuxent Wildlife Research Center (PWRC, Laurel) | Format: URL
www.pwrc.usgs.gov — The NAAMP is a collaborative effort among regional partners, such as state natural resource agencies and nonprofit organizations, and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) to monitor populations of vocal amphibians. The USGS provides central coordination and database management. The regional partners recruit and train volunteer observers to collect More...
Publisher: USGS | Science Center: Fort Collins Science Center (FORT, Ft. Collins) | Format: URL
www.fort.usgs.gov — This publication is intended to provide a summary of long-range surveillance radar technology and applications of these data to questions about movement patterns of birds and other flying wildlife based on publications that provide more detailed information (Buurma, 1995; Gauthreaux and Belser, 2003a, b; Gauthreaux and others, 2003; Diehl and More...
Publisher: USGS | Science Center: Forest and Rangeland Ecosystem Science Center (FRESC, Corvallis) | Format: URL
sagemap.wr.usgs.gov — SAGEMAP - Spatial Data for Sage Grouse and Shrubsteppe Systems is needed for research and management of sage grouse and sagebrush steppe habitats in the western United States. This website is a product of the NBII Great Basin Information Project. Find out more from this resource on sage grouse as endangered species, habitat information, More...
June 25 2009 | Publisher: USGS | Format: AUDIO
gallery.usgs.gov — This sound recording is an interview with USGS scientist Sam Droege about the tremendous importance of native bees and pollinators in general. The interview was held during the 2009 Pollinator Week.
November 2007 | Publisher: Academic Institution (Sage-grouse Restoration Project (SGRP), Utah State University) | Format: .PDF
sgrp.usu.edu — The greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) and the Gunnison sage-grouse (C. minimus) are species of concern because of their population declines and shrinking geographic distributions. Of continuing interest is the question of population abundance and trends. This publication answers the questions that deal with sage-grouse population, More...
2006 | Publisher: USGS | Science Center: Fort Collins Science Center (FORT, Ft. Collins) | Format: URL
www.fort.usgs.gov — Although the monitoring of black-footed ferret (Mustela nigripes) populations following reintroductions has not been haphazard, several ferret recovery groups since 1994 have recommended development of uniform standards prescribing minimum methods, intensities, and frequencies of monitoring that would provide data on population size, mortality More...
1999 | Publisher: USGS | Science Center: Fort Collins Science Center (FORT, Ft. Collins) | Format: URL
www.fort.usgs.gov — A quasi-experimental situation exists in Rocky Mountain National Park, where elk (Cervus elaphus) populations have increased 3-fold since 1968 following their release from artificial controls within the park. Increases in elk habitat use and decreases in deer habitat use were observed. Significant increases in cover of mosses and lichens occurred More...
Publisher: USGS | Science Center: Patuxent Wildlife Research Center (PWRC, Laurel) | Format: URL
www.mbr-pwrc.usgs.gov — This website is a tool useful for learning about birds. Users can learn about common United States and Canadian Birds through pictures, songs, and using identification tips. The site also links to Central American Birds, with Songs and Photographs of Selected Species that Breed in Central America. Users may also access a frames-based bird More...
Publisher: USGS | Science Center: Patuxent Wildlife Research Center (PWRC, Laurel) | Format: URL
137.227.242.23 — This website is a map which displays data related to Breeding Bird Species Lists. By clicking on the map, users will be given a species list for the location, with estimated local abundances and links to species information.
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