The report presents the most detailed study of its kind ever carried out, in which scientists identified 12 previously unknown centers of endemism — areas that safeguard species found nowhere else in the world — in the Eastern Andean slope and Amazon basin of Peru and Bolivia. The report also illustrates distribution maps for 782 endemic species of plants, mammals, amphibians, and birds in unprecedented detail.PublicationScientific Report
A discussion of the decades-old disconnect between land-use planners and conservation scientists.PublicationJournal ArticleLasting Landscapes: Reflections on the Role of Conservation Science in Land Use Planning
This report classifies and maps the natural vegetation of Voyageurs National Park --which contains 54,243 hectares of terrestrial, sub-boreal habitat -- using the USNVC, with ‘alliance’ and ‘association’ as base units. PublicationScientific ReportApplied Vegetation Science
In cooperation with the Natural Resource Conservation Service, the University of Missouri Resource Assessment Partnership, and the Missouri Department of conservation, NatureServe conducted a pilot project to develop and evaluate ways to assess the benefits of NRCS conservation practices to at-risk wildlife species and habitats in Missouri.PublicationScientific Report
The purpose of this report was to help the National Park Service develop a standing data exchange protocol intended to ensure that data acquired by either NatureServe, the member programs, or the National Park Service NETN is shared. This protocol would ensure that the datasets held by either organization contains the most current available information.PublicationScientific Report
Overview and detailed descriptions for nearly 70 conservation sites throughout Nevada, sites that have been identified as harboring significant populations of rare species at highest risk of loss or serious decline without immediate new protection. PublicationScientific Report
Long the forgotten river in the Washington D.C. region, the Anacostia River is increasingly the focus of efforts designed to protect and restore the river and its associated watershed.PublicationScientific Report
The Bioclim, Doman, GARP and Maxent modeling methods are put to the test across 18 different species, with Maxent emerging as the best for small sample sizes.PublicationJournal ArticleEcography
