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Updated: 09/28/2007

Ecological Sciences Tools and Documents - Technical Notes

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WILDLIFE LEAFLETS
Adobe Acrobat Document American Elk (333 KB)
Adobe Acrobat Document American Kestrel (802 KB)
Adobe Acrobat Document Amphibians and Reptiles (1.5 MB)
Adobe Acrobat Document Artificial Nesting Structures (5.5 MB)
Adobe Acrobat Document Bats (408 KB)
Adobe Acrobat Document Bats and Mines (535 KB)
Adobe Acrobat Document Bog Turtle (461 KB)
Adobe Acrobat Document Bull Trout (1 MB)
Adobe Acrobat Document Butterflies (466 KB)
Adobe Acrobat Document Cropped Wetlands and Wildlife (3 MB)
Adobe Acrobat Document Cutthroat Trout (1 MB)
Adobe Acrobat Document Early Successional Habitat (500 KB)
Adobe Acrobat Document Eastern Bluebird  (411 KB)
Adobe Acrobat Document Eastern Cottontail  (615 KB)
Adobe Acrobat Document Ecologically Isolated Wetlands  (621 KB)
Adobe Acrobat Document Effects of Herbaceous Field Borders on Farmland Birds in the Mississippi Alluvia Valley (245 KB)
Adobe Acrobat Document Farm Pond Ecosystems (4.2 MB)
Adobe Acrobat Document Freshwater Mussels (382 KB)
Adobe Acrobat Document Grassland Birds (382 KB)
Adobe Acrobat Document Greater prairie chicken (2.6 MB)
Adobe Acrobat Document Importance of Disturbance in Habitat Management (1.5 MB)
Adobe Acrobat Document Integrated Pest Management (IPM) and Wildlife (2.1 MB)
Adobe Acrobat Document Invasive Species (2.5 MB)
Adobe Acrobat Document Lesser Prairie Chicken (2.3 MB)
Adobe Acrobat Document Long-billed curlew (274 KB)
Adobe Acrobat Document Managing Forests for Fish and Wildlife (8.6 MB)
Adobe Acrobat Document Mountain Plover (1.1 MB)
Adobe Acrobat Document Mourning Dove (1.4 MB)
Adobe Acrobat Document Mule Deer (4 MB)
Adobe Acrobat Document Northern Bobwhite  (1.5 MB)
Adobe Acrobat Document Pollinators (Native) (4 MB)
Adobe Acrobat Document Prairie Dog (Black-tailed) (737 KB)
Adobe Acrobat Document Rainbow trout  (3 MB)
Adobe Acrobat Document Ring-necked pheasant (263 KB)
Adobe Acrobat Document Riparian Systems (550 KB)
Adobe Acrobat Document Ruby-throated hummingbird (425 KB)
Adobe Acrobat Document Sage Grouse (821 KB)
Adobe Acrobat Document Scrub-shrub Birds (400 KB)
Adobe Acrobat Document Sharp-tailed Grouse  (507 KB)
Adobe Acrobat Document Shorebirds (661 KB)
Adobe Acrobat Document Swift Fox (1.7 MB)
Adobe Acrobat Document Temporarily Flooded Wetlands (266 KB)
Adobe Acrobat Document Wading Birds (1.3 MB)
Adobe Acrobat Document Warm-Season (Native) Grasses and Wildlife (5.9 MB)
Adobe Acrobat Document Warm-Water Streams (607 KB)
Adobe Acrobat Document Wetland Mammals (3.7 MB)
Adobe Acrobat Document Wild turkey (207 KB)
Adobe Acrobat Document Wood Duck  (463 KB)

ADDITIONAL TECHNICAL NOTES
Adobe Acrobat Document Aquatic Condition Response to Buffer Establishment on Northern Virginia Streams (37 MB)
Adobe Acrobat Document Bird Use of Longleaf Pine Restoration (4 MB)
Adobe Acrobat Document Bird Use of Reforestation Sites (3.88 MB)
Adobe Acrobat Document Breeding Bird Use of Minnesota Filter Strips in Relation to Width, Planting Mixture and Surrounding Land Use (3 MB)
Core4 Technical Reference
Conservation Corridors Planning at the Landscape Level: Managing for Wildlife Habitat

Adobe Acrobat DocumentCover (161 KB)
Adobe Acrobat DocumentAcknowledgements (63 KB)
Adobe Acrobat DocumentPreface (203 KB)
Adobe Acrobat DocumentTable of  Contents (259 KB)
Adobe Acrobat DocumentChapter 1 - Introduction (498 KB)
Adobe Acrobat DocumentChapter 2 - Habitat Fragmentation (322 KB)
Adobe Acrobat DocumentChapter 3 - Corridors - An Overview (620 KB)
Adobe Acrobat DocumentChapter 4 - Corridor Benefits (900 KB)
Adobe Acrobat DocumentChapter 5 - Planning and Design Principles (814 KB)
Adobe Acrobat DocumentChapter 6 - Areawide Planning Process (1.7 MB)
Adobe Acrobat DocumentChapter 7 - Conservation Planning Process (1.4 MB)
Adobe Acrobat DocumentChapter 8 - Implementation (180 KB)
Adobe Acrobat DocumentAppendix A - Corridor Inventory Worksheets (109 KB)
Adobe Acrobat DocumentAppendix B - Landowner Questionnaire (132 KB)
Adobe Acrobat DocumentReferences (149 KB)
Adobe Acrobat DocumentGlossary (65 KB)
Adobe Acrobat Document Creating Early Successional Wildlife Habitat through Federal Farm Programs: An Objective-Driven Approach with Case Studies (31 MB)
Adobe Acrobat Document Effects of Exurban Development on Wildlife and Plant Communities (845 KB)
Adobe Acrobat Document Effects of Switchgrass Harvest as Biomass Fuel on Grassland - Nesting Birds (845 KB)
Adobe Acrobat Document Evaluation of the Baumer and Rice (MUUF) Procedures used by NRCS for Estimation of Soil Hydraulic Parameters Used in the Scope and Effect Equations and the Program DRAINMOD (194 KB)
Adobe Acrobat Document Factors Affecting Butterfly Use of Filter Strips in Southwest Minnesota (1.6 MB)
Adobe Acrobat Document Fish Assemblages as Indicators of the Biological Condition of Streams and Watersheds (1.6 MB)
Adobe Acrobat Document Forest Land Compatible Use Guide (287 KB)
Adobe Acrobat Document Grassland Bird and Snake Use of Iowa Grassed Waterways  (1 MB)
Adobe Acrobat Document Grassland Bird Use of Iowa Filter Strips in Relation to Width, Planting Mixture, and Presence of Woody Plants  (222 KB)
Henry's Fork Agricultural Corridor Wildlife Habitat Conservation Case Study
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Adobe Acrobat DocumentBackground & Methods (13 MB)
Adobe Acrobat DocumentCase Study & Farm and Ranch Scale (37 MB)
Adobe Acrobat DocumentConclusion (3 MB)
Adobe Acrobat DocumentReferences & Appendices (24 MB)
Adobe Acrobat Document Identification of Plant Species' Trinomials with Varying Wetland Indicator Status Designations:
Northeast Region (929 KB)
Adobe Acrobat Document Importance of Willamette Valley Farmlands to Wintering Shorebirds (860 KB)
Adobe Acrobat Document Light Disking to Enhance Early Successional Wildlife Habitat in Grasslands and Old Fields (3.78 MB)
Adobe Acrobat Document Migratory Bird Responses to Grazing (930 KB)
Phosphorus Index - A Phosphorus Assessment Tool
Adobe Acrobat Document Native Warm-Season Grasses and Legume Buffers for Wildlife Habitat Enhancement in Agricultural Landscapes (1 MB)
Adobe Acrobat Document Noxious, Invasive, Alien, and other problem plant species that threaten the success of wetland restoration and enhancement projects (1 MB)
Adobe Acrobat Document Stream Visual Assessment Protocol (301 KB)
     — A method to evaluate the ecological condition of a stream useable by field conservationists and landowners
Adobe Acrobat Document Traditional Ecological Knowledge: An Important Facet of Natural Resources Conservation (2 MB)
Adobe Acrobat Document Using a Regional Index of Biotic Integrity (IBI) to Characterize the Condition of Northern Virginia
Streams, With Emphasis on the Occoquan Watershed: A Case Study (6.7 MB)

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