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Epilogue: Factors implicated in amphibian population declines in the United States
Many species of amphibians have declined substantially in distribution or number of populations in the United States and globally, and a variety of anthropogenic and natural factors have been suggested as causal agents in these declines. Evidence for the causal action of these agents derives from many types of sources, all of which are important in seeking to understand amphibian population declin
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Michael Lannoo, Alisa L. Gallant, Priya Nanjappa, L. Blackburn, R. Hendricks
An online operational rainfall-monitoring resource for epidemic malaria early warning systems in Africa
Periodic epidemics of malaria are a major public health problem for many sub-Saharan African countries. Populations in epidemic prone areas have a poorly developed immunity to malaria and the disease remains life threatening to all age groups. The impact of epidemics could be minimized by prediction and improved prevention through timely vector control and deployment of appropriate drugs. Malaria
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Emily Grover-Kopec, Mika Kawano, Robert W. Klaver, Benno Blumenthal, Pietro Ceccato, Stephen J. Connor
Integration of CO2 flux and remotely-sensed data for primary production and ecosystem respiration analyses in the Northern Great Plains: potential for quantitative spatial extrapolation
Aim Extrapolation of tower CO2 fluxes will be greatly facilitated if robust relationships between flux components and remotely sensed factors are established. Long-term measurements at five Northern Great Plains locations were used to obtain relationships between CO2fluxes and photosynthetically active radiation (Q), other on-site factors, and Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) from t
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Tagir G. Gilmanov, Larry L. Tieszen, Bruce K. Wylie, Lawrence B. Flanagan, Albert B. Frank, Marshall R. Haferkamp, Tilden P. Meyers, Jack A. Morgan
Geography for a Changing World - A science strategy for the geographic research of the U.S. Geological Survey, 2005-2015
This report presents a science strategy for the geographic research of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) for the years 2005-2015. The common thread running through the vision, mission, and science goals presented in the plan is that USGS geographers will provide national leadership to understand coupled human-environmental systems in the face of land change and will deliver pertinent information t
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Gerard McMahon, Susan P. Benjamin, Keith Clarke, John E. Findley, Robert N. Fisher, William L. Graf, Linda C. Gundersen, John Jones, Thomas R. Loveland, Keven S. Roth, E. Lynn Usery, Nathan J. Wood
Supporting users through integrated retrieval, processing, and distribution systems at the Land Processes Distributed Active Archive Center
The US Geological Survey's EROS Data Center (EDC) hosts the Land Processes Distributed Active Archive Center (LP DAAC). The LP DAAC supports NASA's Earth Observing System (EOS), which is a series of polar-orbiting and low inclination satellites for long-term global observations of the land surface, biosphere, solid Earth, atmosphere, and oceans. The EOS Data and Information Systems (EOSDIS) was de
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Thomas A. Kalvelage, Jennifer Willems
Estimating stand structure using discrete-return lidar: an example from low density, fire prone ponderosa pine forests
The ponderosa pine forests of the Colorado Front Range, USA, have historically been subjected to wildfires. Recent large burns have increased public interest in fire behavior and effects, and scientific interest in the carbon consequences of wildfires. Remote sensing techniques can provide spatially explicit estimates of stand structural characteristics. Some of these characteristics can be used a
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S. A. Hall, I.C. Burke, D. O. Box, M. R. Kaufmann, Jason M. Stoker
C-band radar observes water level change in swamp forests
C-band radar pulses backscatter from the upper canopy of swamp forests, and consequently interferometric synthetic aperture radar (InSAR) analysis of C-band imagery has not been exploited to study water level changes in swamp forests. This article explores C-band ERS-1 (European Remote Sensing Satellite) and ERS-2 InSAR data over swamp forests composed of moderately dense trees with a medium-low c
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Zhong Lu, Mike Crane, Oh-Ig Kwoun, Christopher J. Wells, Russ Rykhus
Climate patterns as predictors of amphibians species richness and indicators of potential stress
Amphibians occupy a range of habitats throughout the world, but species richness is greatest in regions with moist, warm climates. We modeled the statistical relations of anuran and urodele species richness with mean annual climate for the conterminous United States, and compared the strength of these relations at national and regional levels. Model variables were calculated for county and subcoun
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W. Battaglin, L. Hay, G. McCabe, P. Nanjappa, Alisa L. Gallant
Amphibian research and monitoring initiative: Concepts and implementation
This report provides the basis for discussion and subsequent articulation of a national plan for the Amphibian Research and Monitoring Initiative (ARMI). The authors were members of a task force formed from within the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) that included scientists with expertise in biology, cartography, hydrology, and statistics. The assignment of the task force was to extend work begun by
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P. S. Corn, M.J. Adams, W.A. Battaglin, Alisa L. Gallant, D.L. James, M. Knutson, C.A. Langtimm, J.R. Sauer
Part II: Species accounts: Introduction
No abstract available.
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M. Lannoo, Alisa L. Gallant, P. Nanjappa, L. Blackburn, R. Hendricks
USGS MODIS direct broadcast - Reception and processing at the USGS Center for Earth Resources Observation and Science
The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) is a key instrument aboard NASA?s Terra Earth Observing System (EOS) AM and Aqua EOS PM spacecrafts.
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USGS Releases Landsat Orthorectified State Mosaics
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) National Remote Sensing Data Archive, located at the USGS Center for Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, maintains the Landsat orthorectified data archive. Within the archive are Landsat Enhanced Thematic Mapper Plus (ETM+) data that have been pansharpened and orthorectified by the Earth Satellite Corporation. This imagery
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