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Updated: 08/29/2008

Ecological Sciences Tools and Documents - Technical Notes

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WILDLIFE LEAFLETS
American Elk (PDF; 333 KB)
American Kestrel (PDF; 802 KB)
Amphibians and Reptiles (PDF; 1.5 MB)
Artificial Nesting Structures (PDF; 5.5 MB)
Bats (PDF; 408 KB)
Bats and Mines (PDF; 535 KB)
Bog Turtle (PDF; 461 KB)
Bull Trout (PDF; 1 MB)
Butterflies (PDF; 466 KB)
Cropped Wetlands and Wildlife (PDF; 3 MB)
Cutthroat Trout (PDF; 1 MB)
Early Successional Habitat (PDF; 500 KB)
Eastern Bluebird  (PDF; 411 KB)
Eastern Cottontail  (PDF; 615 KB)
Ecologically Isolated Wetlands  (PDF; 621 KB)
Effects of Herbaceous Field Borders on Farmland Birds in the Mississippi Alluvia Valley (PDF; 245 KB)
Farm Pond Ecosystems (PDF; 4.2 MB)
Field Borders and Farmland Songbirds (PDF; 334 KB)
Freshwater Mussels (PDF; 382 KB)
Grassland Birds (PDF; 382 KB)
Greater prairie chicken (PDF; 2.6 MB)
Importance of Disturbance in Habitat Management (PDF; 1.5 MB)
Integrated Pest Management (IPM) and Wildlife (PDF; 2.1 MB)
Invasive Species (PDF; 2.5 MB)
Lesser Prairie Chicken (PDF; 2.3 MB)
Long-billed curlew (PDF; 274 KB)
Managing Forests for Fish and Wildlife (PDF; 8.6 MB)
Mountain Plover (PDF; 1.1 MB)
Mourning Dove (PDF; 1.4 MB)
Mule Deer (PDF; 4 MB)
Northern Bobwhite  (PDF; 1.5 MB)
Pollinators (Native) (PDF; 4 MB)
Prairie Dog (Black-tailed) (PDF; 737 KB)
Rainbow trout  (PDF; 3 MB)
Ring-necked pheasant (PDF; 263 KB)
Riparian Systems (PDF; 550 KB)
Ruby-throated hummingbird (PDF; 425 KB)
Sage Grouse (PDF; 821 KB)
Scrub-shrub Birds (PDF; 400 KB)
Sharp-tailed Grouse  (PDF; 507 KB)
Shorebirds (PDF; 661 KB)
Swift Fox (PDF; 1.7 MB)
Temporarily Flooded Wetlands (PDF; 266 KB)
Wading Birds (PDF; 1.3 MB)
Warm-Season (Native) Grasses and Wildlife (PDF; 5.9 MB)
Warm-Water Streams (PDF; 607 KB)
Wetland Mammals (PDF; 3.7 MB)
Wild turkey (PDF; 207 KB)
Wood Duck  (PDF; 463 KB)

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

Cover (PDF; 161 KB)
Acknowledgements (PDF; 63 KB)
Preface (PDF; 203 KB)
Table of  Contents (PDF; 259 KB)
Chapter 1 - Introduction (PDF; 498 KB)
Chapter 2 - Habitat Fragmentation (PDF; 322 KB)
Chapter 3 - Corridors - An Overview (PDF; 620 KB)
Chapter 4 - Corridor Benefits (PDF; 900 KB)
Chapter 5 - Planning and Design Principles (PDF; 814 KB)
Chapter 6 - Areawide Planning Process (PDF; 1.7 MB)
Chapter 7 - Conservation Planning Process (PDF; 1.4 MB)
Chapter 8 - Implementation (PDF; 180 KB)
Appendix A - Corridor Inventory Worksheets (PDF; 109 KB)
Appendix B - Landowner Questionnaire (PDF; 132 KB)
References (PDF; 149 KB)
Glossary (PDF; 65 KB)
Creating Early Successional Wildlife Habitat through Federal Farm Programs: An Objective-Driven Approach with Case Studies (PDF; 31 MB)
Effects of Exurban Development on Wildlife and Plant Communities (PDF; 845 KB)
Effects of Switchgrass Harvest as Biomass Fuel on Grassland - Nesting Birds (PDF; 845 KB)
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 (PDF; 194 KB)
Factors Affecting Butterfly Use of Filter Strips in Southwest Minnesota (PDF; 1.6 MB)
Fish Assemblages as Indicators of the Biological Condition of Streams and Watersheds (PDF; 1.6 MB)
Forest Land Compatible Use Guide (PDF; 287 KB)
Grassland Bird and Snake Use of Iowa Grassed Waterways  (PDF; 1 MB)
Grassland Bird Use of Iowa Filter Strips in Relation to Width, Planting Mixture, and Presence of Woody Plants  (PDF; 222 KB)
Henry's Fork Agricultural Corridor Wildlife Habitat Conservation Case Study
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Background & Methods (PDF; 13 MB)
Case Study & Farm and Ranch Scale (PDF; 37 MB)
Conclusion (PDF; 3 MB)
References & Appendices (PDF; 24 MB)
Identification of Plant Species' Trinomials with Varying Wetland Indicator Status Designations:
Northeast Region (PDF; 929 KB)
Importance of Willamette Valley Farmlands to Wintering Shorebirds (PDF; 860 KB)
Light Disking to Enhance Early Successional Wildlife Habitat in Grasslands and Old Fields (PDF; 3.78 MB)
Migratory Bird Responses to Grazing (PDF; 930 KB)
Phosphorus Index - A Phosphorus Assessment Tool
Native Warm-Season Grasses and Legume Buffers for Wildlife Habitat Enhancement in Agricultural Landscapes (PDF; 1 MB)
Noxious, Invasive, Alien, and other problem plant species that threaten the success of wetland restoration and enhancement projects (PDF; 1 MB)
Stream Visual Assessment Protocol (PDF; 301 KB)
     — A method to evaluate the ecological condition of a stream useable by field conservationists and landowners
Traditional Ecological Knowledge: An Important Facet of Natural Resources Conservation (PDF; 2 MB)
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 (PDF; 6.7 MB)

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