A-Z Listing of NBII Projects
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Best Sustainability Practices
A searchable database of examples of best practices in growth management, sustainable development, and environmental conservation in the Southern Appalachian Highlands. http://sain.nbii.gov/portal/community/Communities/Geographic_Perspectives/Southern_Appalachian/Resource_Management_Tools/Best_Sustainability_Practices/
Biogeographic Information and Observation System (BIOS)
BIOS is a system designed to enable the management, visualization, and analysis of biogeographic data collected by the Department of Fish and Game and its Partner Organizations. In addition, BIOS facilitates the sharing of those data within the BIOS community. BIOS integrates GIS, relational database management, and ESRI's ArcIMS technology to create a statewide, integrated information management tool that can be used on any computer with access to the Internet. http://cain.nbii.gov/portal/community/Communities/Geographic_Perspectives/California/Live_Maps_and_Data/ - OR - http://bios.dfg.ca.gov/
Butterflies and Moths of North America
Butterflies and Moths of North America is an interactive, searchable, and updateable web-enabled database of butterfly and moth information. Data contained therein include distribution maps, species accounts, photographs, and checklists of species by U.S. county or by Mexican state. http://www.nbii.gov/portal/community/Communities/Geographic_Perspectives/Mountain_Prairie/Butterflies_and_Moths/ - OR - http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/
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Cactus Moth Detection and Monitoring Network
Concerned about the potential damage caused by the cactus moth, a partnership has been formed between federal agencies (USGS BRD, USDA APHIS), state agencies (states' Departments of Agriculture), universities (Mississippi State University) Cooperative Extension Service, and other interested groups to monitor the distribution of the cactus moth. This partnership developed the Cactus Moth Detection and Monitoring Network, composed of volunteer monitors from public and private land management units, garden clubs and Master Gardeners to monitor the spread of the moth. The program relies on volunteers to monitor cactus populations and report observations. This is the first step of an Early Detection and Rapid Response (EDRR) approach. The data will be used to support modeling efforts to better predict likely locations for new pricklypear cactus and cactus moth, helping guide surveys.
Negative Cactus Locations
The CMDMN is storing several different types of information about pricklypear cactus and the cactus moth. Some of this information is provided graphically through a GIS application. The system displays the locations of pricklypear cacti with the moth sightings included. Negative reports are also being used for modeling purposes. In the effort to monitor the progress of the cactus moth, sentinel sites have been established along the leading edge. These sites are monitored on a regular basis for the presence of the cactus moth. http://www.gri.msstate.edu/research/cmdmn/
Children's Butterfly Site The Children's Butterfly Site is an educational opportunity for all ages. Investigate a butterfly's transformation during metamorphosis, browse images of species from across the globe, or print coloring book pages. Learn all about these magnificent creatures by reading answers to the extensive frequently asked questions. http://www.nbii.gov/portal/community/Communities/Geographic_Perspectives/Mountain_Prairie/Butterflies_and_Moths/ - OR- http://www.kidsbutterfly.org/
Community Resource Mapper
(Southeast Watershed Forum) This service will allow you to create maps at a county, watershed or state level, showcasing your satellite imagery, impaired streams, impervious surface, protected lands, State Wildlife Action Plans and much more. http://www.watershed-assistance.net/mapper/
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Digital Image Library (LIFE)
The NBII's Digital Image Library, a growing library of diverse, well-documented images of nature and the environment. Contributed by photographers and organizations, most images are freely available for use http://images.nbii.gov/
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Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (FAR) Data Access Wizard
The Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (FAR) Data Access Wizard helps you discover and access fisheries-related data. Data can be searched using keywords, themes, geographic extent and data providers. Most of the available data is in a spatial, or GIS, format and can be accessed in a variety of ways:
Data can be directly downloaded as-is to your desktop computer.
Multiple datasets can be added to a 'data cart' to be downloaded simultaneously. Data in your data cart can also be clipped to a specific geographic area and re-projected on-the-fly prior to download.
Many datasets can also be viewed online via Web mapping applications or accessed dynamically by a desktop GIS client using ArcIMS or WMS MapServices. http://cegis2.cas.psu.edu/FAR/
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GAPServe
These pages provide access to GAP state data and reports for completed state GAP projects. You can read project Final Reports online, or download them. You can also view or download GAP data by state, by theme, or by vertebrate species. By downloading through GAPServe you can download data from multiple states in the same projection (WGS84). http://gapanalysis.nbii.gov/portal/community/GAP_Analysis_Program/Communities/Maps,_Data,_&_Reports/
Global Invasive Species Information Network (GISIN)
List of Invasive Alien Species Online Information Systems ...a list of Internet-accessible databases and information systems providing species, bibliographic, taxonomic, expertise, distributions, images and many other information types as they pertain to invasive, exotic, alien, introduced, non-native species, and all other species of world flora and fauna. Organization is coordinated/Chaired by NBII. http://www.gisinetwork.org/Documents/draftiasdbs.htm
Global Wildlife Disease News Map
The Global Wildlife Disease News Map displays news articles from the Wildlife Disease News Digest. On it users can easily see wildlife disease headlines both locally and globally. The Map displays Wildlife Disease News Digest articles that have been posted within the last 45 days that have a geographical reference. http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/wdinNewsDigestMap.jsp
Great Basin Bibliography
The Great Basin Bibliography includes papers from scientific journals, theses and dissertations, government publications, and articles from popular magazines and newspapers about the issues, activities, and research within the Great Basin and Columbia Plateau regions. http://nbii.gov/portal/server.pt?open=512&objID=561&&PageID=1731&mode=2&in_hi_userid=2&cached=true
Global Invasive Species Information Network (GISIN) … a platform for sharing invasive species information at a global level, via the Internet and other digital means.
Organization is coordinated/Chaired by NBII http://www.gisinetwork.org/ -OR- Http://www.niiss.org/gisin/
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Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Early DetectionData System (HEDDS)
Provides a data repository into which partners from different organizations and agencies can voluntarily contribute their AI surveillance data. This data can then be rolled together and summarized for mapping and reports.
Capable of holding data from national and state agencies, universities, and other nongovernmental organizations. Data from tests conducted at the local level may not appear in HEDDS if the regional submitting agencies or organizations choose not to participate in the system.
Displays test results for H5N1 Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI), although not in real time. Test results are updated regularly as the data is made available to HEDDS by the contributing partners. Positive results will likely be revealed through the media and contributing agency press releases before appearing on HEDDS.
Assists scientists in evaluating surveillance activities and refining monitoring strategies should HPAI be detected in the United States. Allows researchers to share information on sampling locations, bird species sampled, and test results. See the Core Data Fields document for a full list of the data being collected. http://wildlifedisease.nbii.gov/ai/
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Infectious Hematopoietic Necrosis (IHN) Fish Virus Database This web site provides the ability to look at geographic distribution of genetic diversity in the IHN virus on maps. It also allows comparison by number of base pairs difference between isolates.
* Users can query specific virus-related disease data from each of the virus isolates and compare the associated biological, genetic, and spatial components.
* Results are displayed in tabular form and on an interactive map, both of which are highly customizable.
* A special feature allows users to compare viral genetic sequences from samples collected in disparate locations or at different times.
http://www.nbii.gov/portal/server.pt?open=512&objID=810&&PageID=3608&mode=2&in_hi_userid=2&cached=true - OR - http://gis.nacse.org/ihnv/
Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) …taxonomic information on plants, animals, fungi, and microbes of North America and the world http://www.itis.gov/
Invasive Plant Atlas of New England (IPANE)
The Invasive Plant Atlas of New England's (IPANE) mission is to create a comprehensive web-accessible database of invasive and potentially invasive plants in New England that will be continually updated by a network of professionals and trained volunteers. The database will facilitate education and research that will lead to a greater understanding of invasive plant ecology and support informed conservation management. An important focus of the project is the early detection of, and rapid response to, new invasions. http://nbii-nin.ciesin.columbia.edu/ipane/
Invasive Plant Atlas of the MidSouth (IPAMS)
A large number of invasive aquatic and terrestrial plant species have become introduced into the United States. While several agencies have developed databases for tracking the locations and status of these invaders, these agencies do not have the resources to thoroughly track the presence and locations of these species in the states, relying instead on voluntary reporting of locations.
An important component to a state and regional coordination of management efforts will be an accessible and up-to-date database of invasive species locations and actions to manage them, operated and managed at the regional level. GRI is actively mapping the locations of invasive aquatic and terrestrial plant species in the Midsouth, and entering them into our web-based database for invasive plant species.
This database will be developed in collaboration with national USGS and other agency databases and structures, and the Invasive Plant Atlas of New England (IPANE), with mechanisms and procedures in place to ensure data transmission both upward (nationally) and downward to the local level for rapid assessment and response. http://www.gri.msstate.edu/ipams/
Invasive Species Database
The Global Invasive Species Database focuses on invasive alien species that threaten native biodiversity and covers all taxonomic groups from micro-organisms to animals and plants in all ecosystems. Species information is either supplied by or reviewed by expert contributors from around the world. http://www.invasivespecies.net/ -OR- http://www.issg.org/database (hosted by NBII partners in New Zealand)
ITIS World Bees Checklist …a check list of the bee species of the world (with some synonyms and subspecies) and fully integrated into the ITIS database. http://www.itis.gov/beechecklist.html
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List of North American (North of Mexico) Introduced and Alien Bee Species (July 2008) Compiled by Sam Droege (USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center) from information drawn from literature, consultations with active collectors, online collection data available via the Global Mapper on http://www.discoverlife.org/, and John Ascher's compilation of distributional data. http://www.nbii.gov/images/uploaded/152986_1217253816461_NAm_Introduced_and_Alien_Bee_Species_Jul2008.pdf
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Metadata Clearinghouse
The National Biological Information Infrastructure (NBII) Metadata Clearinghouse is an initiative to help you locate, evaluate, and access biological data and information from cooperating data partners and information sources. The Clearinghouse also provides access to software tools to use in analyzing, integrating, and applying biological data. http://mercdev3.ornl.gov/nbii/
Midwinter Bald Eagle Count
The Midwinter Bald Eagle Count database houses the results of Midwinter Bald Eagle Surveys conducted from 1986-2000. Survey data include 101,777 observations of eagles collected during 5,180 surveys along 563 routes in 42 states. These data can be accessed by several query methods: by state, route, name, or Latitude/Longitude. http://www.nbii.gov/portal/server.pt?open=512&objID=810&&PageID=3606&mode=2&in_hi_userid=2&cached=truehttp://ocid.nacse.org/nbii/eagles/
My NBII Intranet Portal
Through the My NBII Intranet Portal, NBII partners, scientists, and staff can use the NBII Portal to collaborate on a wide range of questions related to the management, use, or conservation of this nation's biological resources. http://my.nbii.gov
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National Academy of Sciences Report - the Status of Pollinators in North America. (October 2006) … an analysis of the status of managed and unmanaged pollinator populations in the United States, Canada, and Mexico. USGS provided funding for this report. Available for purchase online at http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=11761
National Framework for Early Detection, Rapid Assessment, and Rapid Response (EDRR) to Invasive Species Database of resources available for implementing EDRR. http://edrr.nbii.gov
National Institute of Invasive Species Science (NIISS) … a hub for invasive species science collaboration, coordination, and integration across agencies and disciplines. http://www.niiss.org/
Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database (NAS) …a central repository for spatially referenced biogeographic accounts of nonindigenous aquatic species. http://nas.er.usgs.gov/
North American Breeding Bird Atlases
Breeding Bird Atlas (BBA) is a population survey project designed to cover large geographic areas using a grid based system and is generally organized at the state or provincial level. Each participant in the project, referred to as an observer or 'atlaser', is assigned one or more blocks (grid cells) in which to conduct extensive area searches. They record any breeding evidence observed for each bird species; this evidence is categorized as "confirmed", "probable" or "possible". The results can be mapped and will then provide comprehensive information about the distribution of breeding birds in the region covered. http://www.pwrc.usgs.gov/bba/index.cfm
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Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS-USA)
A regional (USA) database to the interanation OBIS initiative it will contain all biogeographic information from US ocean waters (including the Great Lakes) as well as other data that are collected by US researchers http://www.nbii.gov/portal/community/Communities/Habitats/Marine/Marine_Data_(OBIS-USA)/
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Sustainability: Science, Practice, & Policy
Sustainability: Science, Practice, & Policy is a new peer-reviewed, open access journal that provides a platform for the dissemination of new practices and for dialogue emerging out of the field of sustainability. The e-Journal fills a gap in the literature by establishing a forum for cross-disciplinary discussion of empirical and social sciences, practices, and policies related to sustainability. Sustainability will facilitate communication among scientists, practitioners, and policy makers who are investigating and shaping nature-society interactions and working towards sustainable solutions. http://ejournal.nbii.org/
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The Very Handy Manual: How to Catch and Identify Bees and Manage a Collection … Compiled mainly by Sam Droege at the USGS Native Bee Inventory and Monitoring Lab with input from specialist researchers and taxonomists over several years from 2004-2008, this guide provides detailed instructions on bee monitoring techniques including specimen collection, processing and management; bee identification; and more! http://www.nbii.gov/images/uploaded/152986_1215796993084_Handy_Bee_Manual_Jun_2008.pdf
