Endangered Species Act:
- “Endangered Species 101” – a video by the FWS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6wJpGO8j4Q
- FWS ECOS database of Threatened and Endangered species: https://ecos.fws.gov/ecp/
- NOAA database of Threatened and Endangered marine species: https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/species-directory/threatened-endangered
Species Locality Databases:
- Biodiversity Information Serving Our Nation (BISON)—federal mapping resource for species occurrence data in the United States and its Territories and Canada, including marine Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZs):https://www.gbif.us/
- Symbiota Collections of Arthropods Network (SCAN)—occurrence records and images from over 100 North American arthropod collections for all arthropod taxa: https://scan-bugs.org
Habitat Models:
- Guisan and Thuiller (2005): https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1461-0248.2005.00792.x
- Rubric for decision-quality habitat models (Sofaer et al. 2019): https://academic.oup.com/bioscience/article/69/7/544/5505326
Population Viability Analysis and Conservation Genetics:
- Genetics and PVA (Frankham et al. 2013): https://sdmmp.com/upload/SDMMP_Repository/0/9jnykz5tfwcbsg0mhvqd76312x4r8p.pdf
- PVA Target setting (Traill et al. 2010): https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0006320709004017
- PVA and threatened species management (Morrison et al. 2016)
- PVA programs: VORTEX (https://scti.tools/vortex/), RAMAS-GIS (https://www.ramas.com/gis-6-0)
Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment of species:
- Comprehensive review of CCVA methods (Foden et al. 2019) (http://ccsg-iucn.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Foden-et-al_2018_Climate-change-vulnerability-of-species_FINAL.pdf)
- Climate Adaptation for DoD Natural Resource Managers (Stein et al. 2019): https://www.nwf.org/DoDAdaptationGuide
Restoration Ecology:
- Textbook: Foundations of Restoration Ecology (Palmer et al. 2016)
Translocations:
- IUCN Guidelines for reintroductions and other conservation translocations: https://www.iucn.org/content/guidelines-reintroductions-and-other-conservation-translocations
- Overview book on reintroductions, which includes much information on translocations: Reintroduction Biology: Integrating Science and Management (Ewen et al. 2012)
Structured Decision Making:
- Accessible overview to SDM: “Smart Choices: A Practical Guide to Making Better Decisions” (Hammond et al. 2002)
- Practical guide for natural resource managers: “Structured Decision Making: A Practical Guide to Environmental Management Choices” (Gregory et al. 2012)
- Compendium of case studies in natural resource management: “Structured Decision Making: Case Studies in Natural Resource Management” (Runge et al. 2020)
- The National Conservation Training Center often runs courses in structured decision making for natural resource managers (https://training.fws.gov/)
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Bruce Young, Ph.D., Chief Zoologist and Senior Conservationist Scientist
NatureServe
Managing for Threatened, Endangered and At-Risk Species
Managing for Threatened, Endangered and At-Risk Species