Research at Southern Appalachian Field Branch Select the link on the study plan number to view more detailed information

Branch	Study Plan	Study Title	Primary Investigator	Status
SAFB	03001-01	Demonstrating conservation of biological diversity on private lands: initial assessment		Completed
SAFB	03001-02	Integration of spatial data for ecological assessment in the southern Appalachian region	Clark, Joe	Completed
SAFB	03001-05	Rarity status and predictive modeling for four Southern Appalachian endemic vascular plant species		Completed
SAFB	03001-06	Initiate biocontrol for forest pests	Parker, Charles	Completed
SAFB	03001-08	Inventory and monitoring of aquatic macroinvertebrates in Great Smoky Mountains National Park		Completed
SAFB	03001-09	Survey of souther Appalachian forests for surviving butternut (Juglans cinerea) trees	Clark, Joe	Completed
SAFB	03002-01	Effects of public use on Florida panthers on additional lands at Big Cypress National Preserve		Completed
SAFB	03002-02	Population ecology of black bears in the Okefenokee Swamp-Osceloa ecosystem	Clark, Joe	Completed
SAFB	03002-03	An experimental reintroduction of black bears to the Big South Fork Area of Tennessee and Kentucky	Clark, Joe	Completed
SAFB	03004	Modeling stand vulnerability and biological impacts of the hemlock by the hemlock woolly adelgid	van Manen, Frank	Completed
SAFB	03005	Mapping the human dimensions of ecosystems	Peine, John D.	Completed
SAFB	03006	Human resources inventory and monitoring program: the Mammoth Cave National Park (MACA) case study	Peine, John D.	Completed
SAFB	03007	The impact of vehicular traffic patterns on visitor use of Great Smoky Mountain National Park	Peine, John D.	Completed
SAFB	03008	Landscape setting analysis for Great Smoky Mountains and Shenandoah National Parks and the Blue Ridge Parkway	Peine, John D.	Completed
SAFB	03009	Abundance and density of black bears in the Tensas River National Wildlife Refuge Tract, Louisana	Clark, Joe	Completed
SAFB	03010	Black bear population estimates in fragmented bottomland hardwood habitats in northeastern Louisana		Completed
SAFB	03011	Design & initiation of an aquatic biomonitoring program for Big South Fork National River & recreation area	Parker, Charles	Completed
SAFB	03012	A statistical model to assess potential reestablishment sites of red wolves in the Southeast	Clark, Joe	Completed
SAFB	03013	A determination of the status of black bear in the Mobile River area of Alabama	Clark, Joe	Completed
SAFB	03014	An experimental release of North American elk to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park	Clark, Joe	Completed
SAFB	03015	Systematics of Trichoptera	Parker, Charles	Terminated
SAFB	03016	How to conduct an all taxa biodiversity inventory of Great Smoky Mountains National Park	Parker, Charles	Active
SAFB	03016-02	All Taxa Biodiversity Inventory in Great Smoky Mountains National Park	Parker, Charles	Active
SAFB	03017	An analysis of black bear population trends in relation to landscape changes in the Southern Appalachians	van Manen, Frank	Completed
SAFB	03020	Regional analyses of landscape-scale ecosystem function and process		Completed
SAFB	03021	Pioneering methods for multiple scale modeling of wildlife populations and habitat with applications in aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems	van Manen, Frank	Completed
SAFB	03022	Continental land cover diversity maps for the USGS national electronic atlas		Completed
SAFB	03024	Florida panther habitat utilization and movement patterns in response to prescribed fire management activities on Florida Panther National Wildlife Refuge		Completed
SAFB	03027	The life history of Fattigiapele (Ross) (Trichopters Sericostomatidae) in the Appalachian mountains of western North Carolina and the Great Smoky Mountains	Parker, Charles	Completed
SAFB	03028	Population dynamics and repatriation of black bears in the Mississippi Alluvial plain of Arkansas	Clark, Joe	Active
SAFB	03030	Water quality monitoring in Great Smoky Mountains National Park		Terminated
SAFB	03031	Black bear ecology, movements, and habitat use on the Greater Sandy Run Acquisition, Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina	van Manen, Frank	Completed
SAFB	03033	Short-term impacts of a 4-lane highway with wildlife underpasses on black bear ecology in eastern North Carolina	van Manen, Frank	Active
SAFB	03034	Assessment of elk habitat and potential elk restoration sites in Arkansas	van Manen, Frank	Completed
SAFB	03035	Effects of River Otter Reintroduction on Muskrat and Mussel Populations at Mammoth Cave National Park	Clark, Joe	Active
SAFB	03036	Habitat Assessment for Augmentation of Black Bears to the Mobile River Basin of Alabama	Clark, Joe	Completed
SAFB	03038	Estimating Black Bear Abundance in Great Smoky Mountains National park Using DNA Extracted from Hair Samples	van Manen, Frank	Completed
SAFB	03039	Delineating the distribution of butternut trees in Mammoth Cave National Park	van Manen, Frank	Completed
SAFB	03044	Habitat modeling for the protection of at-risk plant species harvested for the international medicinal herb trade	van manen, Frank	Completed
SAFB	03045	Potential of 18 SER Parks as Reserves for Conservation of Aquatic Insect Species	Parker, Charles	Active
SAFB	03046	An Assessment of Habitat North of the Caloosahatchee River for Florida Panthers	Clark, Joe	Active
SAFB	03047	Appalachian Trail Community on Environmental Monitoring	Peine, John D.	Active
SAFB	03048	Information Toolset for Adaptive Management of the Roan Mountain Massif	Peine, John D.	Completed
SAFB	03050	Population Dynamics and Repatriation of Black Bears in the Mississippi Alluvial Plain of Louisiana		Active
SAFB	03052	Population Dynamics of Black Bears in the Upper Atchafayala Basin, Louisiana	Clark, Joe	Active
SAFB	03054	Effects of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita on Black Bear Habitat along the Gulf Coast of Louisiana	Clark, Joe	Active
SAFB	03055	Determine the Effects of Hemlock Decline by Establishing a Baseline Aquatic Invertebrate Inventory	Parker, Charles R. (Chuck)	Active
SAFB	03056	Determining population abundance and genetic structure of black bears in coastal South Carolina	Van manen, Frank	Active
SAFB	03057	Development of a Habitat Restoration and Conservation Prioritization Tool for the Appalachian Mountains – Economic and Social Considerations Component	Peine, John D.	Active

There are 49 studies at SAFB

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