Mapping habitat for multiple species in the Desert Southwest. Inman, R. D., Nussear, K. E., Esque, T. C., Vandergast, A. G., Hathaway, S. A., Wood, D. A., Barr, K. R., & Fisher, R. N. Technical Report 2014-1134, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA, 2014. Code Number: 2014-1134 Code: Mapping habitat for multiple species in the Desert Southwest Publication Title: Mapping habitat for multiple species in the Desert Southwest Reporter: Mapping habitat for multiple species in the Desert Southwest Series: Open-File Report IP-053970
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Many utility scale renewable energy projects are currently proposed across the Mojave Ecoregion. Agencies that manage biological resources throughout this region need to understand the potential impacts of these renewable energy projects and their associated infrastructure (for example, transmission corridors, substations, access roads, etc.) on species movement, genetic exchange among populations, and species’ abilities to adapt to changing environmental conditions. Understanding these factors will help managers’ select appropriate project sites and possibly mitigate for anticipated effects of management activities. We used species distribution models to map habitat for 15 species across the Mojave Ecoregion to aid regional land-use management planning. Models were developed using a common 1 × 1 kilometer resolution with maximum entropy and generalized additive models. Occurrence data were compiled from multiple sources, including VertNet (http://vertnet.org/), HerpNET (http://www.herpnet.org), and MaNIS (http://manisnet.org), as well as from internal U.S. Geological Survey databases and other biologists. Background data included 20 environmental covariates representing terrain, vegetation, and climate covariates. This report summarizes these environmental covariates and species distribution models used to predict habitat for the 15 species across the Mojave Ecoregion.
@techreport{inman_mapping_2014,
	address = {Reston, VA},
	type = {{USGS} {Numbered} {Series}},
	title = {Mapping habitat for multiple species in the {Desert} {Southwest}},
	url = {http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/ofr20141134},
	abstract = {Many utility scale renewable energy projects are currently proposed across the Mojave Ecoregion. Agencies that manage biological resources throughout this region need to understand the potential impacts of these renewable energy projects and their associated infrastructure (for example, transmission corridors, substations, access roads, etc.) on species movement, genetic exchange among populations, and species’ abilities to adapt to changing environmental conditions. Understanding these factors will help managers’ select appropriate project sites and possibly mitigate for anticipated effects of management activities. We used species distribution models to map habitat for 15 species across the Mojave Ecoregion to aid regional land-use management planning. Models were developed using a common 1 × 1 kilometer resolution with maximum entropy and generalized additive models. Occurrence data were compiled from multiple sources, including VertNet (http://vertnet.org/), HerpNET (http://www.herpnet.org), and MaNIS (http://manisnet.org), as well as from internal U.S. Geological Survey databases and other biologists. Background data included 20 environmental covariates representing terrain, vegetation, and climate covariates. This report summarizes these environmental covariates and species distribution models used to predict habitat for the 15 species across the Mojave Ecoregion.},
	number = {2014-1134},
	urldate = {2023-07-04},
	institution = {U.S. Geological Survey},
	author = {Inman, Richard D. and Nussear, Kenneth E. and Esque, Todd C. and Vandergast, Amy G. and Hathaway, Stacie A. and Wood, Dustin A. and Barr, Kelly R. and Fisher, Robert N.},
	year = {2014},
	doi = {10.3133/ofr20141134},
	note = {Code Number: 2014-1134
Code: Mapping habitat for multiple species in the Desert Southwest
Publication Title: Mapping habitat for multiple species in the Desert Southwest
Reporter: Mapping habitat for multiple species in the Desert Southwest
Series: Open-File Report
IP-053970},
	keywords = {Terrestrial Ecoregions (CEC 1997)},
	pages = {102},
}

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