Leveraging local habitat suitability models to enhance restoration benefits for species of conservation concern
Researchers then simulated changes in habitat conditions to explore the potential for management action at varying spatial scales affecting habitat suitability. Examples of potential management...
A new study predicts grizzly bear habitat use in the Bitterroot Ecosystem of Montana and Idaho
In the study, “Predicting future grizzly bear habitat use in the Bitterroot Ecosystem under recolonization and reintroduction scenarios,” the researchers predicted that grizzly bears would...
A Global Study Reveals a Surprise: The Driest Places House the Highest Diversity of Plant Traits
Breadcrumb News A Global Study Reveals a Surprise: The Driest Places House the Highest Diversity of Plant Traits Common ecological knowledge holds that areas with...
New Framework for Seamless Fish Habitat Assessments
Breadcrumb News New Framework for Seamless Fish Habitat Assessments National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science — August 28, 2024 "NOAA’s National Centers for Coastal Ocean...
Structured science syntheses to inform decision making on federal public lands
The USGS, Bureau of Land Management, and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service partnered to develop a new type of science product: the structured science synthesis....
Despite regional variation, pinyon jay densities generally increase with local pinyon–juniper cover and heterogeneous ground cover
Within areas of overlapping sagebrush and pinyon-juniper ecosystems, wildlife populations are declining due to habitat fragmentation and degradation, changing climate, and human development. However, management...
Study finds salamanders are surprisingly abundant in northeastern forests
A red-backed salamander. Scientists knew that red-backed salamanders were abundant in eastern North America, but a recent study found their densities and biomass across the...
SPCMSC scientist interviewed about 2023 ocean heatwave that killed threatened elkhorn coral throughout Florida
Coral reefs are massive, wave resistant structures found throughout the tropics, where they have long attracted attention for their beauty, ecological importance, and rich biological...
USGS EESC walks the walk for bird collisions
Reports of banded birds that have collided with windows are not uncommon for the U.S. Geological Survey’s Bird Banding Lab, with up to two billion...
Coral Microbial Ecology Team Participates in Mesophotic and Deep Benthic Communities (MDBC) Restoration Expedition in the Gulf of Mexico
Through a collaborative effort with other federal agencies and academic and research institutions, the USGS is working to inform and enhance the protection and management...