Publications

2019   |   Habitat Climate Change Vulnerability Index Applied to Major Vegetation Types of the Western Interior United States

Habitat Climate Change Vulnerability Index Applied to Major Vegetation Types of the Western Interior United States

We applied a framework to assess climate change vulnerability of 52 major vegetation types in the Western United States to provide a spatially explicit input to adaptive management decisions. The framework addressed climate exposure and ecosystem resilience; the latter derived from analyses of ecosystem sensitivity and adaptive capacity.

2019   |   Using citizen science data to support conservation in environmental regulatory contexts

Using citizen science data to support conservation in environmental regulatory contexts

Outside of protected areas, environmental regulation is a vital policy tool for conserving at-risk species. An underappreciated potential for citizen science is to augment locality databases used in regulatory review to provide greater certainty to regulatory decisions.

2019   |   Nature Ecology and Evolution

Species Diversity as a Surrogate for Conservation of Phylogenetic and Functional Diversity in Terrestrial Vertebrates Across the Americas

Preserving the evolutionary history and ecological functions that different species embody, in addition to species themselves, is a growing concern for conservation. Recent studies warn that conservation priority regions identified using species diversity differ from those based on phylogenetic or functional diversity.

2019   |   Integrating Stakeholders in Mangrove Assessment and Management Planning, A Model Based on Collaborative Planning in Veracruz Mexico

Integrating Stakeholders in Mangrove Assessments

The purpose of this document is to present a replicable model for mangrove ecosystem management based on collaborative planning efforts in the mangrove forests of the Ramsar designated Alvarado Lagoon System (ALS), Veracruz, Mexico.

2019   |   Essential biodiversity variables for mapping and monitoring species populations

A New Framework to Monitoring Global Biodiversity

A New Framework to Monitoring Global Biodiversity.

2019   |   Les Bryophytes Rares du Québec - Seconde édition

Les bryophytes rares du Québec, seconde édition

This report represents Québec’s first effort to identify bryophyte species in need of protection, the hope being to attract stakeholder interest in the long-neglected organism.

2018   |   North American Crop Wild Relatives: Conservation and Use

Conservation Status and Threat Assessments for North American Crop Wild Relatives

Conservation status and threat assessments evaluate species’ relative risks of extinction globally, regionally, nationally, or locally and estimate the degree to which populations of species are already safeguarded in existing conservation systems, with the aim of exposing the critical gaps in current conservation.

2018   |   U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report

Promoting Synergy in the Innovative Use of Environmental Data

NatureServe and the U.S. Geological Survey organized and hosted a biodiversity and ecological informatics workshop at the U.S. Department of the Interior in Washington, D.C. The workshop objective was to identify user-driven future directions and areas of collaboration in advanced applications of environmental data applied to forecasting and decision making for the sustainability of biodiversity and ecosystem services.

2018   |   HerbalGram

Protecting Goldenseal: How Status Assessments Inform Conservation

A recently published global assessment of the conservation status of goldenseal (Hydrastis canadensis, Ranunculaceae) has found that the species is Vulnerable to Extinction

2018   |   Landscape and Urban Planning

Assessing Vulnerability and Threat From Housing Development to Conservation Opportunity Areas in State Wildlife Action Plans Across the United States

Targeting conservation actions efficiently requires information on vulnerability of and threats to conservation targets, but such information is rarely included in conservation plans.