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Life History and Spatial Traits Predict Extinction Risk Due to Climate Change
Extinction risk caused by climate change can be predicted using measurable spatial and demographic variables.
PublicationJournal Article2014Nature Climate Change
Getting the Message Across: Using Ecological Integrity to Communicate with Resource Managers
Two national park case studies—Rocky Mountain wetlands and Northeastern forests—illustrate the use of an ecological integrity approach to communicate ecosystem status to resource managers.
PublicationBook Chapter2014
Citizen Science Strategy: Executive Summary
NatureServe’s Citizen Science Strategy calls for collaboration with citizen scientists to improve detection of trends in status of species and ecosystems
PublicationScientific Report2014NatureServe
Distribution mapping of world grassland types
A framework for creating a systematic characterization and distribution map of the world's grasslands to support their conservation.
PublicationJournal Article2014
An Ecological Approach to Integrating Conservation and Highway Planning Vol. 2
Technical background on cumulative effects assessment, ecological accounting strategies, ecosystems services, and partnership strategies, along with a summary of the available ecological tools that are most applicable to this type of work.
PublicationScientific Report2014
Citizen Science Strategy: Full Version
NatureServe’s Citizen Science Strategy calls for collaboration with citizen scientists to improve detection of trends in status of species and ecosystems
PublicationScientific Report2014NatureServe
BLM Manager's Guide to Climate Change Assessment: Application of the Yale Mapping
A 2012 pilot project between NatureServe and the Nevada office of the BLM over 25 million acres was the most complete test of the Yale Framework for mapping climate change analyses. This guide, an offshoot of that project, is meant as an overview of the Yale Framework and recommendations for using it.
PublicationScientific Report2013
Assessing Ecological Integrity of Wetlands From National to Local Scales
A multi-leveled model provides remote, rapid, and intensive site assessment data as a complementary element to ongoing national probability-based sampling efforts.
PublicationJournal Article2013National Wetlands Newsletter
The conservation status of the world’s reptiles
The first-ever global analysis of extinction risk in reptiles, based on a random representative sample of 1500 species (16% of all currently known species).
PublicationJournal Article2013Biological Conservation
Tools for Coastal Climate Adaptation Planning: A guide for selecting tools to assist with ecosystem-based climate planning
The purpose of Tools for Coastal Climate Adaptation Planning is to provide coastal natural resource managers and community planners with the information necessary to select appropriate tools for their climate-related planning projects.
PublicationScientific Report2013NatureServe