| | Accession Number | 5001856 |
| | Title | Adaptive management and assessment of habitat changes on migratory birds |
| | Project Description | Adaptive Natural Resources Management is still in its developmental stage, requiring a substantial |
| | research commitment and unprecedented collaboration between Federal research and |
| | management agencies. This work is the first phase of an interagency partnership that brings |
| | together an interdisciplinary team of biologists, geographic information specialists, and computer |
| | specialists at the Patuxent Wildlife Research Center. This first phase utilizes a test system that |
| | already enjoys an extensive research and monitoring infrastructure. Aerial surveys conducted by |
| | the Fish and Wildlife Service in the wetlands and grasslands of midcontinent United States will be |
| | enhanced with instrumentation to remotely collect habitat information simultaneously with species |
| | information. Survey and analytical modeling tools will be developed to feed back into an adaptive |
| | management approach, initially affecting both species management (hunting regulations) and |
| | habitat management responsibilities of the US Fish and Wildlife Service and to evaluate the |
| | efficacy of the North American Waterfowl and Wetlands Management Plan. First phase research |
| | elements focus on remote sensing and analytic tools development, including air reconnaissance |
| | design, systems design for geospatial habitat data from aerial, satellite and ground surveys, |
| | design of data management systems, development of procedures for habitat data display, habitat |
| | pattern recognition and interpretation, development of data integration capabilities, and modeling of |
| | habitat effects on species. Subsequent phases will involve refinement of ground based habitat/ |
| | population relationships, expansion to other wetland/waterfowl systems, and extension of the |
| | approaches and tools to other species of migratory birds in other habitats, including species at |
| | risk, endangered species and nongame migrant birds. In these phases the team will expand to |
| | scientists from other locations and to include ground based expertise. |
| | Keywords | adaptive management, gis, harvest management, landscape ecology, north american plan, |
| | wetland ecology, |
| | Principal | William L Kendall, USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center: William_Kendall@usgs.gov; James |
| | Investigators | Nichols, USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center: Jim_Nichols@usgs.gov; John R Sauer, |
| | USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center: John_R_Sauer@usgs.gov; Kenneth Reinecke, USGS |
| | Patuxent Wildlife Research Center: Ken_Reinecke@usgs.gov; Daniel Twedt, USGS Patuxent |
| | Wildlife Research Center: Dan_Twedt@usgs.gov; Glenn Guntensbergen, USGS Patuxent Wildlife |
| | Research Center: Glenn_Guntensbergen@usgs.gov; Jerry Longcore, USGS Patuxent Wildlife |
| | Research Center: Jerry_Longcore@usgs.gov; Fred A Johnson, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, |
| | Office of Migratory Bird Management: Fred_A_Johnson@fws.gov; James R Dubovsky, U.S. Fish |
| | and Wildlife Service, Office of Migratory Bird Management: James_Dubovsky@fws.gov; Rex |
| | Johnson, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, North American Waterfowl and Wetlands Office: |
| | Rex_Johnson@fws.gov; Mark Koneff, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, North American Waterfowl |
| | and Wetlands Office: Mark_Koneff@fws.gov; Andrew Royle, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Office |
| | of Migratory Bird Management: Andy_Royle@fws.gov; James Wortham, U.S. Fish and Wildlife |
| | Service, Office of Migratory Bird Management: Jim_Wortham@fws.gov; Jay Hestbeck, U.S. Fish |
| | and Wildlife Service, Region 5: ; Hal Laskowski, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Region 5: ; Jan |
| | Taylor, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Region 5: ; Charles Baxter, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, |
| | Lower Mississippi Valley Joint Venture: ; Michael Runge, USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research |
| | Center: Michael_Runge@usgs.gov; |
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