Download or read book Analysis and Assessment of Military and Non Military Impacts on Biodiversity A Framework for Environmental Management on DoD Lands Using the California Mojave Desert as a Regional Case Study written by David Mouat and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 10 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This interim report describes activities accomplished on behalf of the investigation Analysis and Assessment of Military and Non-Military Impacts on Biodiversity: A Framework for Environmental Management on DoD Lands Using the California Mojave Desert as a Case Study during FY97 by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) along with its research collaborators. This project is being conducted under the aegis of the DoD Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program (SERDP) The principal accomplishments of the project during FY97 centered on the development of a comprehensive research and project design, the establishment of the project organization and management structure, and substantive progress on a number of research tasks. These accomplishments are summarized in the following principal activities and are reported: a peer-reviewed research plan, satellite image processing, biodiversity prioritization and species richness, and airborne videography for habitat discrimination.
Download or read book Analysis and Assessment of Military and Non Military Impacts on Biodiversity A Framework for Environmetnal Management on DoD Lands Using the California Mojave Desert as a Regional Case Study written by and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 10 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This interim report describes activities accomplished on behalf of the investigation Analysis and Assessment of Military and Non-Military Impacts on Biodiversity: A Framework for Environmental Management on DoD Lands Using the California Mojave Desert as a Case Study during FY97 by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) along with its research collaborators. This project is being conducted under the aegis of the DoD Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program (SERDP) The principal accomplishments of the project during FY97 centered on the development of a comprehensive research and project design, the establishment of the project organization and management structure, and substantive progress on a number of research tasks. These accomplishments are summarized in the following principal activities and are reported: a peer-reviewed research plan, satellite image processing, biodiversity prioritization and species richness, and airborne videography for habitat discrimination.
Download or read book Analysis and Assessment of Military and Non Military Impacts on Biodiversity A Framework for Environmental Management on DoD Lands Using the Mojave Desert as a Regional Case Study written by and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 7 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study designed and modeled alternative futures (patterns of land use as they might exist in the year 2020) to assess the projected status of biodiversity in the California Mojave Desert. The objective was to assist DoD in proactive ecosystem management of the Mojave Desert by providing projections on changing patterns of land use that might occur by 2020, and to assess the impact of future scenarios on the viability of a number of local fauna species. The set of alternative futures was based on assumptions derived from biophysical, economic, and socio-demographic drivers. While approximately 33 alternative futures were developed in the study, only 9 were evaluated against the 11 local species. These species were the Desert tortoise, Chuckwalla, Zebra-tailed lizard, Mojave fringe-toed lizard, Black-collared lizard, Side-blotched lizard, Western whiptail, Bendire's thrasher, Le Conte's thrasher, Mojave ground squirrel, and the Panamint kangaroo rat. The scenarios presented fall into two broad categories: (1) the likely trend of future development under past development policies and patterns, and (2) various alternatives to the trend that meet specific stakeholder interests and concerns. The wide range of scenarios explored urban encroachment buffers, infrastructure upgrades and enhancements, ecologically-based restrictions on development, and public/private land exchanges. Results show that all of the futures have essentially the same impact on habitat loss with some affecting some species more than others. The habitat most threatened is the sand and gravel-dominated habitat, 66% of which occurs on private land. The three species most threatened in this habitat are the Panamint kangaroo rat, the Mojave ground squirrel, and the Mojave fringe-toed lizard. The authors recommend that DoD be concerned over the potential loss of the Mojave Desert habitat and take a proactive role by assisting the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) in managing it.
Download or read book Analysis and Assessment of Impacts on Biodiversity A Framework for Environmental Management on DoD Lands Within the California Mojave Desert A Research Plan written by and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of the research proposed in this document is to evaluate the effects of human activities on biodiversity and related environmental concerns within the Mojave ecoregion of California both at the present and in 2020. While planning efforts and analyses are ongoing within individual parcels of land or for specific land ownership, at present no one is addressing these issues within the region as a whole. We consider analyses at this larger spatial scale to be essential context for understanding the consequences of actions or management plans at specific sites or areas within the Mojave. We will address the following major questions: What is the current status of the Mojave landscape relative to its ability to sustain biodiversity, particularlly native land vertibrates? How has the landscape been altered by human activities? Which stressors have had significant impact on biodiversity and related environmental concerns? How might the landscape be altered by the year 2020? What will the concomitant effects of a number of land use scenarios on biodiversity and related environmental concerns?
Download or read book Ecosystems of California written by Harold Mooney and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2016-01-19 with total page 1008 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This long-anticipated reference and sourcebook for CaliforniaÕs remarkable ecological abundance provides an integrated assessment of each major ecosystem typeÑits distribution, structure, function, and management. A comprehensive synthesis of our knowledge about this biologically diverse state, Ecosystems of California covers the state from oceans to mountaintops using multiple lenses: past and present, flora and fauna, aquatic and terrestrial, natural and managed. Each chapter evaluates natural processes for a specific ecosystem, describes drivers of change, and discusses how that ecosystem may be altered in the future. This book also explores the drivers of CaliforniaÕs ecological patterns and the history of the stateÕs various ecosystems, outlining how the challenges of climate change and invasive species and opportunities for regulation and stewardship could potentially affect the stateÕs ecosystems. The text explicitly incorporates both human impacts and conservation and restoration efforts and shows how ecosystems support human well-being. Edited by two esteemed ecosystem ecologists and with overviews by leading experts on each ecosystem, this definitive work will be indispensable for natural resource management and conservation professionals as well as for undergraduate or graduate students of CaliforniaÕs environment and curious naturalists.
Download or read book Proposed Northern and Eastern Mojave Desert Management Plan written by United States. Bureau of Land Management. California Desert District and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 580 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Annual Meetings Abstracts written by American Society of Agronomy and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 518 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Appendix The California Desert Conservation Area written by United States. Bureau of Land Management and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Hot Deserts and Arid Shrublands written by Michael Evenari and published by Elsevier Science & Technology. This book was released on 1985 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This two-volume work presents an authoritative world-wide view of our knowledge about, and understanding of, hot-desert ecosystems. This includes some semi-arid and arid areas, as well as deserts in the strict sense. The hot deserts are distinguished from the temperate deserts (which form the subject of another volume in the series) by the virtual absence of snowfall, even though frosts may occur. For each major hot-desert region, expert authors have summarized existing knowledge according to a general outline. This includes descriptions of the ecosystem components (climate, soil, flora and fauna), and discussion of interaction between components and overall ecosystem functioning. The information from the regional chapters has then been integrated into a world-wide view in the ''synthesis'' chapters. Because of its length, the volume is published in two parts. The first volume includes the general synthesis chapters, and regional descriptions of the hot deserts of America and Australia, while the second volume covers the hot deserts of Asia and Africa.
Download or read book Draft Environmental Impact Report and Statement for the West Mojave Plan written by and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 936 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Mojave Lands written by Elisabeth M. Hamin and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Introducing the concept of "interpretive planning" - a method that takes into account conflicting views of all interested parties - she offers explicit steps for the planner and policy analyst to use. This book will appeal to scholars and students in environmental studies, planning and landscape architecture, and history, as well as professionals in planning, resource management, the National Park Service, and related conservation organizations, public and private."--BOOK JACKET.
Download or read book Ecological Regions of North America written by and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume represents a first attempt at holistically classifying and mapping ecological regions across all three countries of the North American continent. A common analytical methodology is used to examine North American ecology at multiple scales, from large continental ecosystems to subdivisions of these that correlate more detailed physical and biological settings with human activities on two levels of successively smaller units. The volume begins with an overview of North America from an ecological perspective, concepts of ecological regionalization. This is followed by descriptions of the 15 broad ecological regions, including information on physical and biological setting and human activities. The final section presents case studies in applications of the ecological characterization methodology to environmental issues. The appendix includes a list of common and scientific names of selected species characteristic of the ecological regions.
Download or read book Sourcebook on Remote Sensing and Biodiversity Indicators written by Holly Strand and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This sourcebook is intended to assist environmental managers and others who work with indicators in pursuing appropriate methods for indicator testing and production, and to offer some guidance to those responsible for the interpretation of indicators and implementation of decisions based on them. Upon reading this document, technical advisers, environmental policy makers, and remote sensing lab directors and project managers should be able to identify specific, relevant uses of remote sensing data for biodiversity monitoring and indicator development related to the CBD." --p. 8.
Download or read book Desert Tortoise Mojave Population Recovery Plan written by and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Military Ecological Risk Assessment Framework MERAF for Assessment of Risks of Military Training and Testing to Natural Resources written by and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 5 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The objective of this research is to provide the DoD with a framework based on a systematic, risk-based approach to assess impacts for management of natural resources in an ecosystem context. This risk assessment framework is consistent with, but extends beyond, the EPA's ecological risk assessment framework, and specifically addresses DoD activities and management needs. MERAF is intended to be consistent with existing procedures for environmental assessment and planning with DoD testing and training. The intention is to supplement these procedures rather than creating new procedural requirements. MERAF is suitable for use for training and testing area assessment and management. It does not include human health risks nor does it address specific permitting or compliance requirements, although it may be useful in some of these cases. Use of MERAF fits into the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) process by providing a consistent and rigorous way of organizing and conducting the technical analysis for Environmental Impact Statements (EISs) (Sigal 1993; Carpenter 1995; Canter and Sadler 1997). It neither conflicts with, nor replaces, procedural requirements within the NEPA process or document management processes already in place within DoD.
Download or read book Impact of Military Maneuvers on Mojave Desert Surfaces written by Laura Elaine McCarthy and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Coral Reefs of the Gulf written by Bernhard Riegl and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-04-13 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Coral Reefs of the Gulf: Adaptation to Climatic Extremes is a complete review and reference for scientists, engineers and students concerned with the geology, biology or engineering aspects of coral reefs in the Middle East. It provides for the first time a complete review of both the geology and biology of all extant coral areas in the Gulf, the water body between Iran and the Arabian Peninsula. In summer, this area is the hottest sea with abundant coral growth on earth and already today exhibits a temperature that is predicted to occur across the topical ocean in 2100. Thus, by studying the Gulf today, much can be learned about tomorrow’s world and the capability of coral reefs to adapt to climatic extremes. This volume provides the most authoritative and up-to-date review of the coral reefs in the Gulf. It can be used as a volume of general reference or as a textbook treating recent coral reefs. Written by local and international experts, the text is richly illustrated and will remain a standard reference for the region for decades to come. Contributions stretch from climatology through geology, biology, ecological modelling and fisheries science to practical conservation aspects. The book is useful for the technical expert and casual reader alike.
