James B Grand

Researchers from North Carolina State University and the USGS integrated models of urbanization and vegetation dynamics with the regional climate models to predict vegetation dynamics and assess how landscape change could impact priority species, including North American land birds. This integrated ensemble of models can be used to predict locations where responses to climate change are most likely to occur, expressing results in terms of species persistence to help resource managers understand the long-term sustainability of bird populations.

Categories: Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: 2011, Birds, Birds, CASC, Climate Change, All tags... Completed, LCC, Projects by Region, SERAP, Science Tools for Managers, Science Tools for Managers, South Atlantic LCC, South Atlantic Landscape Conservation Cooperative, South Atlantic Landscape Conservation Cooperative, Southeast, Southeast CASC, Wildlife and Plants, Wildlife and Plants, Fewer tags

Prioritization of areas for open pine ecosystem restoration in the Southeastern United States: All Species

We used NLCD 2011, SSURGO, and SEGAP data to map the density of desired resources for open pine ecosystems and six focal species of birds and 2 reptiles within the historic range of longleaf pine east of the Mississippi River. Binary rasters were created of sites with desired characteristics such as land form, hydrology, land use and land cover, soils, potential habitat for focal species, and putative source populations of focal species. Each raster was smoothed using a kernel density estimator. Rasters were combined and scaled to map priority locations for the management of each focal species. Species’ rasters were combined and scaled to provide maps of overall priority for birds and for birds and reptiles. For...

Categories: Data; Types: Citation, Downloadable, GeoTIFF, Map Service, Raster; Tags: Bird Conservation Region 24, East Gulf Coastal Plain Joint Venture, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, All tags... Mississippi, NCCWSC, North Carolina, South Carolina, Southeastern United States, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), ecosystem diversity, ecosystem functions, ecosystem management, ecosystems, restoration, Fewer tags

The USGS and South Atlantic LCC worked with stakeholders and managers across the Southeast to identify and assess landscape-level strategies for conserving multiple species. These strategies incorporated predictions from downscaled climate models, sea level rise, and changes to aquatic and terrestrial habitats.

Categories: Map, Project; Types: Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: 2011, CASC, Climate Change, Completed, LCC, All tags... Landscapes, Landscapes, Other Landscapes, Other Landscapes, Projects by Region, SERAP, Sea-Level Rise and Coasts, Sea-Level Rise and Coasts, South Atlantic Landscape Conservation Cooperative, Southeast, Southeast CASC, Water, Coasts and Ice, Water, Coasts and Ice, Fewer tags