Urban Expansion

Listed below are examples of research projects available online and general information from USGS about urban expansion.

• Anacostia Freshwater Tidal Reconstructed Wetlands (Maryland; Potomac River; Washington, D.C.) (PWRC) (also related to Freshwater Wetlands)
  
  
• Aquatic Gap (Great Lakes Ecosystems Information Node)
  

• Biological Research on Fire in the West. Fact Sheet. Download the File. (460 KB, PDF--get Adobe Reader) (West, California, Sierra Nevada, Nevada, Oregon, Idaho, Great Basin, Mojave desert, Sonoran desert) (FRESC) (also related to Arid Lands, Fire, Forests, Grasslands, Invasive Species)

• Evaluation of Forested Wetlands Constructed for Mitigation in Comparison to Natural Systems (Maryland) (PWRC) (also related to Forested Wetlands)

• Interactions of Cattle Grazing and Climate on Semi-Arid Ecosystem Functions (Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Intermountain West, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Western U.S.) (FRESC) (also related to Arid Lands, Global Change)

• Paynes Prairie Ecopassage Project (Florida) (FISC) (also related to Freshwater Wetlands)
  

• Restoration of Native Hawaiian Dryland Forest at Auwahi, Maui. Fact Sheet. Download the File. (7,726 KB, PDF--get Adobe Reader) (Maui, Hawaii) (PIERC) (also related to Arid Lands, Forests, Invasive Species)

	More Research Samples from: Florida Integrated Science Center (FISC) Forest and Rangeland Ecosystem Science Center (FRESC) Pacific Island Ecosystems Research Center (PIERC) Patuxent Wildlife Research Center (PWRC)