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Mapping Land Cover and Estimating the Grassland Structure in a Priority Area of the Chihuahuan Desert

Peer-reviewed publication
December 2017
Northern America
geographical information systems
land cover
grasslands

A field characterization of the grassland vegetation structure, represented by the coverage of grass canopy (CGC) and the grass height, was carried out during three years (2009–2011) in a priority area for the conservation of grasslands of North America.

Pathogen exposure varies widely among sympatric populations of wild and domestic felids across the United States

Journal Articles & Books
December 2016
United States of America
Northern America
Urban Tenure
urbanization
land cover
land use
urban areas

Understanding how landscape, host, and pathogen traits contribute to disease exposure requires systematic evaluations of pathogens within and among host species and geographic regions. The relative importance of these attributes is critical for management of wildlife and mitigating domestic animal and human disease, particularly given rapid ecological changes, such as urbanization.

Regional modeling of large wildfires under current and potential future climates in Colorado and Wyoming, USA

Journal Articles & Books
December 2016
United States of America
Northern America
Land, Climate Change & Environment
climate change
land management

Regional analysis of large wildfire potential given climate change scenarios is crucial to understanding areas most at risk in the future, yet wildfire models are not often developed and tested at this spatial scale. We fit three historical climate suitability models for large wildfires (i.e.

Connecting people and places: the emerging role of network governance in large landscape conservation

Journal Articles & Books
December 2016
Northern America
land use
water management
land ownership

The most important land and water issues facing North America and the world – including land‐use patterns, water management, biodiversity protection, and climate adaptation – require innovative governance arrangements. Most of these issues need to be addressed at several scales simultaneously, ranging from local to global.

Persistence and habitat associations of Purple Martin roosts quantified via weather surveillance radar

Journal Articles & Books
December 2016
Northern America
land cover

CONTEXT: Weather surveillance radars (WSR) have been used to locate roost sites used by Purple Martins (Progne subis) for decades. Improvements in radar data processing and accessibility now make it possible to monitor roosts over a broad spatial scale.

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