Natural Resource Economics
Providing critical information on the economic consequences of DOI and other natural resource and hazard management decisions.
Providing critical information on the economic consequences of DOI and other natural resource and hazard management decisions.
Decision Science with Adaptive Management
Advancing the use of decision science in the USGS addressing interdisciplinary natural resource management challenges.
Advancing the use of decision science in the USGS addressing interdisciplinary natural resource management challenges.
Ecosystem Services and Natural Capital
Incorporating quantities and values of commodities produced by nature and people
Incorporating quantities and values of commodities produced by nature and people
Crowdsourcing, Citizen Science, and Open Innovation
Leveraging public participation to enhance USGS science.
Leveraging public participation to enhance USGS science.
Science and Decisions Center
The USGS Science and Decisions Center (SDC) is a unique and small interdisciplinary center which conducts integrated physical, biological, socioeconomic, and information science, advances decision-analytic methods in the USGS, and investigates innovative data collection and analysis methods with a goal of increasing the use and value of USGS science in decision making.
SDC Science Themes
SDC Science Themes
Focus for research and applications in four science themes crosscutting USGS mission areas and regions.
SDC News & Highlights
SDC News & Highlights
Latest Science and Decisions Center highlights and activities.
News
SACNAS Virtual Presentation
SACNAS Virtual Presentation
Floodplain Ecosystem Service Mapper Released
Floodplain Ecosystem Service Mapper Released
Employing an Ecosystem Services Framework to Deliver Decision Ready Science
Employing an Ecosystem Services Framework to Deliver Decision Ready Science
Publications
A framework for estimating economic impacts of ecological restoration
Ecological restoration projects are designed to improve natural and cultural resources. Spending on restoration also stimulates economic impacts to the restoration economy through the creation or support of jobs and business activity. This paper presents accessible methods for quantifying the economic impacts supported by restoration spending and is written to be a guide and toolbox for an interdi
New uses for ancient middens: Bridging ecological and evolutionary perspectives
Rodent middens provide a fine-scale spatiotemporal record of plant and animal communities over the late Quaternary. In the Americas, middens have offered insight into biotic responses to past environmental changes and historical factors influencing the distribution and diversity of species. However, few studies have used middens to investigate genetic or ecosystem level responses. Integrating midd
Nesting and post-fledging predation risk influence diel patterns of songbird fledging
Among stages of avian ontogeny, the act of nest departure or fledging is an abrupt transition into a new environment and a major leap toward independence for offspring. In altricial birds, the timing of fledging is notable in that many species tend to fledge early in the morning. Past studies have proposed nest predation as a key factor driving birds to fledge earlier in the morning (the ‘survival
Science
Decision Science
We host strong decision science programs on University campuses listed below. Understanding cultural, social, and political factors drives decision-making. In other words, what people think matters. One of the key building blocks our program is we actively engage local communities and our research is relevant to the needs of the States, geographic regions, and the Nation. We make available new...
About the Science and Decisions Center
Today's natural resource managers must make effective decisions with broad–scale societal impacts.