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The Effects of Scale on Conservation Prioritization for the Southern Piedmont, NC

Moyer, Marissa L. (2007-05)

Opportunistic conservation, in which organizations wait for a crisis situation or for landowner initiation, is increasingly being abandoned in the land trust community for conservation prioritization. The advent of ...
Estimating the Lower Temperature Limit of Bottlenose Dolphins Along the North Carolina Coast

Shoemaker, Mandy (2004)

During winter, the coastal ecotype of bottlenose dolphins are at the northern limit of their range off the coast of North Carolina. In this study, the distribution of coastal bottlenose dolphins in North Carolina was ...
A GIS Approach to Habitat Restoration Site Selection and Prioritization in the New York-New Jersey Harbor Estuary

Kunert, Kelly (2005)

The New York-New Jersey Harbor is an urban estuary that has suffered the effects of industrial pollution, urban development, and harbor dredging. One of the most prominent issues arising from the Harbor’s urban history ...
GOLDEN-CHEEKED WARBLER HABITAT PRIORITIZATION IN CENTRAL TEXAS

Belaire, J. Amy (2007-05)

I examined the conservation opportunity for Golden-cheeked Warbler habitat represented by the initiation of the Fort Hood Recovery Credit System in the area immediately outside the boundaries of Fort Hood, Texas. ...
MODELING GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER HABITAT IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA

Brown, Jamison (2007-05)

The 2.5 percent annual decline of the Golden-winged Warbler (Vermivora chrysoptera) over the past 39 years has concerned staff from various wildlife agencies and conservation organizations, prompting increased research ...
A PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS OF VERREAUX’S SIFAKA HABITAT IN KIRINDY MITEA NATIONAL PARK, MADAGASCAR

Nagy, Heather (2007-05)

Kirindy Mitea National Park contains one of the largest continuous tracts of dry forest left in Madagascar. Most of the dry, deciduous forest of western Madagascar is degraded and fragmented after years of deforestation ...
SPATIAL ANALYSIS OF CRUISE LINES AND CRITICAL BENTHIC HABITATS

Thomas, Emma (2007-05)

Due to concerns regarding the proximity of cruise line discharge to critical marine benthic habitats (i.e. corals and seagrasses), a science panel for the International Council of Cruise Lines (ICCL) has recently updated ...
Summer Habitat Preference of Beluga Whales (Delphinapterus Leucas) in Cook Inlet, Alaska

Goetz, Kimberly T. (2005)

The Cook Inlet beluga whale (Delphinapterus leucas) lives in a confined body of water and therefore is susceptible to physical, ecological, and anthropogenic stresses. With approximately 360 animals remaining in the ...
SUPPORTING INDICATOR-BASED MANAGEMENT: USING A GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM TO ASSESS THE INFLUENCE OF LANDSCAPE CHARACTERISTICS ON STREAM TURBIDITY IN THE LONG ISLAND SOUND WATERSHED

Anson, Robie (2007-05)

Officials with the Long Island Sound Study (LISS) are presently reviewing the suite of indicators used to assess and report on Long Island Sound’s ecological health and the programmatic success of the LISS. As part of ...
USING TAX RECORDS TO TRACK FOREST OWNERSHIP CHANGES: LAKE COUNTY, MINNESOTA 1996-2006

Halvorsen, Jessica L. (2007-05)

Over time, due to economic and social trends, patterns of forestland ownership change. Because forestland owners have differing goals and levels of forestry expertise, shifts in ownership can affect ecosystems and timber ...