Resource Conservation and Climate Change

SERDP and ESTCP’s Resource Conservation and Climate Change program area supports the development of the science, technologies, and methods needed to sustainably manage DoD’s installation infrastructure.

Active Projects List
Project Title Start Date

Monitoring Species of Concern Using Noninvasive Genetic Sampling and Capture-Recapture Methods

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Project ID: RC-201205
Principal Investigator: Dr. Lisette Waits, University of Idaho
ESTCP Mar 2012

Development of an Environmental Metagenetics Approach for Monitoring Aquatic Biodiversity

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Project ID: RC-2240
Principal Investigator: Dr. David Lodge, University of Notre Dame
SERDP Mar 2012

Assessing and Monitoring DoD Coral Reef Communities Using Advanced Fluorescence Techniques

Project Information
Project ID: RC-201202
Principal Investigator: Mr. William Wild, SPAWAR Systems Center Pacific
ESTCP Mar 2012

Decision Scaling: A Decision Framework for DoD Climate Risk Assessment and Adaptation Planning

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Project ID: RC-2204
Principal Investigator: Dr. Casey Brown, University of Massachusetts
SERDP Mar 2012

Assessing Climate Change Impacts for DoD Installations in the Southwest United States during the Warm Season

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Project ID: RC-2205
Principal Investigator: Dr. Christopher Castro, University of Arizona
SERDP Mar 2012

Understanding Data Needs for Vulnerability Assessment and Decision Making to Manage Vulnerability of DoD Installations to Climate Change

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Project ID: RC-2206
Principal Investigator: Dr. Richard Moss, Battelle, Pacific Northwest Division
SERDP Mar 2012

Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation on Southwestern DoD Facilities

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Project ID: RC-2232
Principal Investigator: Dr. Raphael Sagarin, University of Arizona
SERDP Mar 2012

Climate Change Impacts to Department of Defense Installations

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Project ID: RC-2242
Principal Investigator: Dr. Veerabhadra Kotamarthi , Argonne National Laboratory
SERDP Mar 2012

Sources and Sinks: Elucidating Mechanisms, Documenting Patterns, and Forecasting Impacts

Project Information
Project ID: RC-2120
Principal Investigator: Dr. Joshua Lawler, University of Washington
SERDP Mar 2011

Endangered Butterflies as a Model System for Managing Source-Sink Dynamics on Department of Defense Lands

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Project ID: RC-2119
Principal Investigator: Dr. Elizabeth Crone, President and Fellows of Harvard College
SERDP Mar 2011

Multi-Scale Approach to Understanding Source-Sink Dynamics of Amphibians

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Project ID: RC-2155
Principal Investigator: Dr. Raymond Semlitsch, University of Missouri
SERDP Mar 2011

Deep Mapping Teuthivorous Whales and Their Prey Fields

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Project ID: RC-2112
Principal Investigator: Dr. Kelly Benoit-Bird, Oregon State University
SERDP Mar 2011

Behavioral Ecology of Deep-Diving Odontocetes in the Bahamas

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Project ID: RC-2114
Principal Investigator: Ms. Diane Claridge, Bahamas Marine Mammal Research Organisation
SERDP Mar 2011

Odontocete Cetaceans: Quantifying Behavioral Ecology and Response to Predators Using a Multi-Species Approach

Project Information
Project ID: RC-2154
Principal Investigator: Dr. Andrew Read, Duke University Marine Lab
SERDP Mar 2011

Using a Hierarchical Approach to Model Regional Source-Sink Dynamics for Neotropical-Nearctic Songbirds to Inform Management Practices on Department of Defense Installations

Project Information
Project ID: RC-2121
Principal Investigator: Dr. Peter Marra, Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center
SERDP Mar 2011

Demonstration and Implementation of Autonomous Aerial Acoustic Recording Systems to Inventory DoD Installation Impact Areas for Threatened, Endangered, and Species at Risk Bird Populations

Project Information
Project ID: RC-201112
Principal Investigator: Dr. Richard Fischer, U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center
ESTCP Mar 2011

Enlisting Ecosystem Services: Quantification and Valuation of Ecosystem Services to Inform Base Management

Project Information
Project ID: RC-201113
Principal Investigator: Dr. Gretchen Daily, Stanford University
ESTCP Mar 2011

Implementation of a Multi-Objective Decision Support Tool for Ecosystem Services at Department of Defense Installations

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Project ID: RC-201115
Principal Investigator: Mr. Pieter Booth, Exponent
ESTCP Mar 2011

Regulating Services as Measures of Ecological Resilience on DoD Lands

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Project ID: RC-201114
Principal Investigator: Dr. Paul Angermeier, Virginia Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit
ESTCP Mar 2011

Identifying Indicators of State Change and Forecasting Future Vulnerability in Alaskan Boreal Ecosystems

Project Information
Project ID: RC-2109
Principal Investigator: Dr. Edward Schuur, University of Florida
SERDP Mar 2011

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