Spatially explicit decision support for selecting translocation areas for Mojave desert tortoises

Habitat Selection by Juvenile Mojave Desert Tortoises

Growing pressure to develop public lands for renewable energy production places several protected species at increased risk of habitat loss. One example is the Mojave desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii), a species often at the center of conflicts over public land development. For this species and others on public lands, a better understanding of their habitat needs can help minimize negative i...

Thermal Ecology of Desert Tortoises in the Eastern Mojave Desert: Seasonal Patterns of Operative and Body Temperatures, and Microhabitat Utilization

We monitored meteorological variables, daily and seasonal patterns of body temperature, corresponding operative temperatures, and microhabitat utilization by desert tortoises (Gopherus agassizii) during the 1991 and 1992 activity seasons of tortoises in the eastern Mojave desert. We studied tortoises in enclosures of natural habitat at the Desert Tortoise Conservation Center (DTCC) near Las Veg...

A Decision Support Expert System for Selecting

In this paper, an expert system is developed to be used as a decision support in selecting the best appropriate approach to solve interactive multi-objective decision making problems. The developed expert system guides the user to select the suitable solution approach based on different classification criteria which represent the main features of the available interactive approaches. key words:...

A Spatially-explicit Decision Support System for Everglades Risk Assessment and Restoration

A spatially explicit decision support model for restoration of forest bird habitat.

The historical area of bottomland hardwood forest in the Mississippi Alluvial Valley has been reduced by >75%. Agricultural production was the primary motivator for deforestation; hence, clearing deliberately targeted higher and drier sites. Remaining forests are highly fragmented and hydrologically altered, with larger forest fragments subject to greater inundation, which has negatively affect...