Arizona Game and Fish Department unveils HabiMap™ Arizona
HabiMap™ Arizona is a user-friendly, web-based data viewer that allows users to visually explore the distribution of the state’s wildlife, wildlife conservation potential, and stressors to wildlife.
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Priority Areas for Breeding Birds within the Planning Area of the Desert Renewable Energy Conservation Plan
PRBO Conservation Science (PRBO) recently completed a landscape prioritization analysis within the Desert Renewable Energy Conservation Plan (DRECP) planning area that identifies areas of high and low value to 66 breeding bird species and associated vegetation. Their analytical approach can be used to include other wildlife species for a more robust landscape prioritization. Their results
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Bird migration patterns in the arid southwest
Project Description This project uses Doppler weather surveillance radar to document bird migration patterns in the desert southwest, including information on migrant density, migrant-habitat associations, height, and direction, as well as temporal and geographic variation in these factors. The project will also document the limitations in using weather radar data to address these questions. The
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The Desert Bird Conservation Plan
Project Description Migrant and resident bird populations of the Mojave and Sonoran deserts of southeastern California, southern Nevada, western Arizona, and northwest Mexico face numerous threats. As development increases across these habitats, local and federal agencies will require a comprehensive guide for managing affected bird communities of the deserts. The Desert Bird Conservation Plan (BCP)
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