Natural Resources

SERDP and ESTCP are developing and demonstrating the science, tools, and techniques needed to sustainably manage natural resources.

Active Projects List
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Understanding and Combating the Fire-Enhancing Impact of Non-Native Annuals in Desert Scrub through the Tools of Population and Landscape Ecology

Project Information
Project ID: RC-1721
Principal Investigator: Dr. Claus Holzapfel, Rutgers University Newark
SERDP Mar 2010

Predictive Tools to Manage Altered Fire Regimes Caused by Plant Invasions in the Mojave Desert

Project Information
Project ID: RC-1723
Principal Investigator: Dr. Janelle Downs, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL)
SERDP Mar 2010

An Ecohydrological Approach to Managing Intermittent and Ephemeral Streams on Department of Defense Lands in the Southwestern United States

Project Information
Project ID: RC-1727
Principal Investigator: Dr. Lainie Levick, University of Arizona
SERDP Mar 2010

Watershed to Local Scale Characteristics and Function of Intermittent and Ephemeral Streams on Military Lands

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Project ID: RC-1725
Principal Investigator: Dr. David Cooper, Colorado State University
SERDP Mar 2010

Hydroecology of Intermittent and Ephemeral Streams: Will Landscape Connectivity Sustain Aquatic Organisms in a Changing Climate?

Project Information
Project ID: RC-1724
Principal Investigator: Dr. Julian Olden, University of Washington
SERDP Mar 2010

Assisted Migration as a Management Tool in Coastal Ecosystems Threatened by Sea Level Rise

Project Information
Project ID: RC-1692
Principal Investigator: Dr. Loretta Battaglia, Southern Illinois University Carbondale
SERDP May 2010

Structure and Function of Ephemeral Streams in the Arid and Semiarid Southwest: Implications for Conservation and Management

Project Information
Project ID: RC-1726
Principal Investigator: Dr. Juliet Stromberg, Arizona State University
SERDP May 2010

High Resolution Landscape (2-D) Mosaics for Improved Coral Reef Monitoring Capability

Project Information
Project ID: RC-201021
Principal Investigator: Mr. William Wild, SPAWAR Systems Center Pacific
ESTCP May 2010

Modeling the Carbon Implications of Ecologically Based Forest Management

Project Information
Project ID: RC-2118
Principal Investigator: Dr. Matthew Hurteau, School of Forest Resources, Pennsylvania State University
SERDP Jan 2011

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

Project Information
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

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

Deep Mapping Teuthivorous Whales and Their Prey Fields

Project Information
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

Project Information
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

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

Regulating Services as Measures of Ecological Resilience on DoD Lands

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

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