Publications

2018   |   Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment of Species in the Ontario Great Basin

Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment of Species in the Ontario Great Basin

A 2018 study using the Climate Change Vulnerability Index

2018   |   NatureServe Annual Report FY17

NatureServe Annual Report FY17

2017 has been a year of change. As our scientists often say, “change is the new normal.” With each day that passes, the forces of global change—the warming climate, expanding human footprint, and loss of forests, grasslands, shores, and waters—threaten biodiversity and all life that depends on it.

2018   |   Phytocoenologia

The EcoVeg approach in the Americas: U.S., Canadian and International Vegetation Classifications

The purpose of the EcoVeg classification approach is to describe the diversity of terrestrial ecosystems across the globe and inform decisions about conservation and resource management.

2018   |   NatureServe

Ecological Resilience Indicators for Five Northern Gulf of Mexico Ecosystems

To achieve the goal of sustaining healthy diverse, and resilient coastal and marine habitats and living marine species in the Gulf of Mexico, resource managers need a way to take the pulse of this vast ecosystem, to evaluate its health and its ability to provide needed ecosystem services.

2018   |   NatureServe

Decision Support for Regional Advance Mitigation Planning in Transportation

Mitigating impacts of transportation projects uses avoidance, minimization, and compensation or offsite mitigation actions.

2018   |   Natural Areas Journal

Continent-Scale Landscape Conservation Design for Temperate Grasslands of the Great Plains and Chihuahuan Desert

In support of natural resource agencies in Canada, the USA, and Mexico, we report on a series of component analyses and an updated Landscape Conservation Design for temperate grassland conservation. We targeted twelve major grassland ecosystem types that occur across the Great Plains and Chihuahuan Desert regions. Component analyses included: a) documenting long-term trends in extent by grassland type, b) identifying species of concern associated with the major grassland types, c) documenting current protected areas including each grassland type, d) assessing landscape intactness and connectivity among grassland areas, and, e) identifying Grassland Potential Conservation Areas to advance grassland conservation.

2018   |   Proceedings of the Royal Society B

Evolutionary Time Drives Global Tetrapod Diversity

Global variation in species richness is widely recognized, but the explanation for what drives it continues to be debated.

2018   |   NatureServe

The Ecological Integrity Assessment Framework: A Framework for Assessing the Ecological Integrity of Biological and Ecological Resources of the National Park System (Version 1.1)

This report identifies National Park Service programs for which the proposed methodology would provide a complementary or significantly expanded set of tools to guide the conservation of biological and ecological resources

2017   |   NatureServe

Prioritization and Conservation Status of Rare Plants in the North Atlantic - Final Report

We conducted a broad-scale conservation assessment for vascular plants that occur in the North Atlantic Landscape Conservation Cooperative (NALCC). The primary outcome is a prioritized list of rare, highly threatened, declining, or sensitive plant species identified for conservation action.

2017   |   PLOS ONE

Are pollinating hawk moths declining in the Northeastern United States? An analysis of collection records

Increasing attention to pollinators and their role in providing ecosystem services has revealed a paucity of studies on long-term population trends of most insect pollinators in many parts of the world. Because targeted monitoring programs are resource intensive and unlikely to be performed on most insect pollinators, we took advantage of existing collection records to examine long-term trends in northeastern United States populations of 26 species of hawk moths (family Sphingidae) that are presumed to be pollinators.