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HABITAT DISTRIBUTION MODELS FOR 37 VERTEBRATE SPECIES IN THE MOJAVE DESERT ECOREGION OF NEVADA, ARIZONA, AND UTAH
Citation:
Boykin, K., D. F. BRADFORD, AND W. G. KEPNER. HABITAT DISTRIBUTION MODELS FOR 37 VERTEBRATE SPECIES IN THE MOJAVE DESERT ECOREGION OF NEVADA, ARIZONA, AND UTAH. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C., EPA/600/R-08/117, 2008.
Impact/Purpose:
The present study was undertaken to develop habitat distribution models for the 37 vertebrate species that are either covered under the Multiple Species Habitat Conservation Plan (MSHCP) or identified as high priority evaluation species, using the recently completed habitat models from the Southwest Regional Gap Analysis Project (SWReGAP) as a starting point. A secondary purpose of the project was to evaluate the applicability of the SWReGAP models when applied at a much smaller geographic scale than the 5-state SWReGAP region (i.e., Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Colorado). Specifically, we focus on the Mojave Desert Ecoregion (exclusive of California) and Clark County, NV.
Description:
Conservation planning for a species requires knowledge of the species’ population status and distribution. An important step in obtaining this information for many species is the development of models that predict the habitat distribution for the species. Such models can be useful in depicting the amount and location of potential habitat available, and in providing a starting point for designing surveys to obtain more detailed information about population characteristics, distribution, and habitat associations.