DTIC ADA585112: Digital Discover of Ephemeral Ponds pdf

DTIC ADA585112: Digital Discover of Ephemeral Ponds

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The US Endangered Species Act requires Federal agency land owners, including military installations, to manage their lands in a manner that enhances the survival of Federally listed species. Many species become at risk due to the loss of ephemeral ponds, depressions in the landscape that occasionally become ponds after sufficient rainfall. This report developed a modeling approach using the Geographic Resources Analysis Support System Geographic Information System (GRASS GIS) software, augmented with a NetLogo-based model to add behavior to those ponds within the NetLogo spatially explicit simulation-modeling environment. This tool will allow installation land managers to quickly and accurately locate and measure ephemeral ponds to support species that rely on that environment for breeding

• Creator/s: Defense Technical Information Center
• Date: 8/1/2012
• Year: 2012
• Book Topics/Themes: DTIC Archive, , ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER CHAMPAIGN IL CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING RESEARCH LAB, *ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT, ENDANGERED SPECIES, GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS, LAND AREAS, PONDS, SURVIVAL(GENERAL

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