Inaugural Annual Symposium of Science and MultiSpecies Habitat Conservation Plans

Held: May 15 & 16 2007

The Inaugural Annual Symposium of Science and the MultiSpecies Habitat Conservation Plans was held on May 15 & 16 2007 at UC Riverside's Palm Desert Campus. The two-day symposium was organized by the Center for Conservation Biology of the University of California, Riverside and the Western Riverside County Regional Conservation Authority. Below you can find links to papers suggested before the conference, achived photos, and power points from many of the talks that were presented at the symposium.

Documents

The following papers were offered before the symposium as examples of where the science of MSHCP currently stands.

Papers related to Habitat Conservation Plans

Clark J, et al. 2003. Letters – Response to Beier. Conservation Biology 17(3): 655. (pdf)
Early R, Thomas C. 2007. Multispecies conservation planning: identifying landscapes for the conservation of viable populations using local and continental species priorities. Journal of Applied Ecology 44: 253-262. (pdf)
Groves C, et al. 2002. Planning for Biodiversity Conservation: Putting Conservation Science into Practice. Bioscience 52: 499-512. (pdf)
Harding E, et al. 2001. The Scientific Foundations of Habitat Conservation Plans: a Quantitative Assessment. Conservation Biology 15(2): 488-500. (pdf)
Hatch L, et al. 2002. Jurisdiction Over Endangered Species' Habitat: The Impacts of People and Property on Recovery Planning. Ecological Applications 12(3): 690-700. (pdf)
Kareiva P. 2002. Applying Ecological Science to Recovery Planning. Ecological Applications 12(3): 629. (pdf)
Kareiva P, et al. 1999. Using Science in Habitat Conservation Plans. (pdf)
Noss R. 2003. A Checklist for Wildlands Network Designs. Conservation Biology 17(5): 1270-1275. (pdf)
Rahn M, Doremus H, Diffendorfer J. 2006. Species Coverage in Multispecies Habitat Conservation Plans: Where's the Science? Bioscience 56(7): 613-619. (pdf)
Redak R. 2000. Arthropods and Multispecies Habitat Conservation Plans: Are We Missing Something? Environmental management 26(supplement 1): S97-S207. (pdf)
Scott J, Davis F, McGhie G, Wright RG, Groves C, Estes. 2001. Nature Reserves: Do They Capture the Full Range of America's Biological Diversity? Ecological Applications 11(4): 999-1007. (pdf)
Thomas C. 2001. Habitat Conservation Planning: Certainly Empowered, Somewhat Deliberative, Questionably Democratic. Politics & Society 29(1): 105-130. (pdf)
Wilhere G. 2002. Adaptive Management in Habitat Conservation Plans. Conservation Biology 16(1): 20-29. (pdf)

Papers related to habitat corridors

Damschen E, Hadd N, Orrock J, Tewksbury J, Levey D. 2006. Corridors Increase Plant Species Richness at Large Scales. Science 313: 1284-1286. (pdf)
Diamond J. 1975. The Island Dilemma: Lessions of Modern Biogeopraphical Studies for the Design of Natural Reserves. Biol. Conserv. 7: 129-146. (pdf)
Simberloff D, Abele L. 1976. Island Biogeography Theroy and Conservation Practice. Science 191(4224): 285-286. (pdf)

Papers related to the value of open space

Geoghegan J. 2002. The Value of open spaces in residential land use. Land Use Policy 19: 91-98. (pdf)
Sullivan W, Anderson O, Taylor Lovell S. 2004. Agricultural buffers at the rural-urban fringe: an examination of approval by farmers, residents, and academics in the Midwestern United States. Landscape and Urban Planning 69: 299-313. (pdf)

Presentations

Below are copies of some of the presentations given during the symposium.

What is an HCP?
Power Point
Steve Chambers, Chief, Division of Endangered Species, USFWS Region 2
Starting from scratch: The role of restoration in habitat conservation planning.
Power Point
Sharon K. Collinge, Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, Environmental Studies Program, University of Colorado-Boulder
THRESHOLDS: How do we predict the unpredictable?
Power Point
James A. MacMahon, Department of Biology & The Ecology Center, Utah State University, Logan, UT
Gaining Reliable Knowledge.
Power Point
Michael L. Morrison, Texas A&M University
Uncertainty in Resource Management--The Role and Limits of Science and Adaptive Management.
Power Point
Norman L. Christensen Jr., Professor of Ecology, Duke University
Habitat Modeling and HCPs.
Power Point
John T. Rotenberry, Department of Biology' Center for Conservation Biology, UC Natural Reserve System, University of California, Riverside
The Role of Science in Multiple Species Habitat Conservation Planning.
Power Point
Tom Scott, Center for Conservation Biology, Department of Earth Sciences, UC Riverside
A case study for one of the first HCPs: The role of science in turning a sow’s ear into a silk purse.
Power Point
Cameron Barrows, Center for Conservation Biology
Life History and Ecological Factors Affecting Population Viability.
Power Point
Barry Noon, Professor of Wildlife Ecology, Colorado State University
Incorporating fire as a disturbance factor into HCPs.
Power Point
Bill Block, Vicki Saab, and Kristin Bratland, US Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station
The Role of Habitat Connectivity in the Movements and Distributions of Organisms.
Power Point
Thomas O. Crist, Professor, Department of Zoology, Miami University-Ohio
HCP Workshop Objectives.
Power Point
Edith Allen, Center for Conservation Biology, Department of Botany, UC Riverside
Use of surrogate measures in HCPs.
Power Point
Erica Fleishman, Director of Conservation and Resource Management Program, UC Santa Barbara
Applying Landscape Ecology Models to Everglades Restoration.
Power Point
Donald L. DeAngelis USGS, Florida Integrated Science Center and Department of Biology, University of Miami
Identifying and Protecting Evolutionary Processes.
Power Point
Craig C. Moritz, Professor, Dept of Integrative Biology, Director of the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, UC Berkeley
Science in California’s Natural Community Conservation Plans (NCCPs).
Power Point
Brenda S. Johnson, California Department of Fish and Game
Conservation over the Long Haul: Incorporating global change predictions into conservation planning.
Power Point
Michael F. Allen and Kris Preston, Center for Conservation Biology, UC Riverside
The Role of Science in Implementing MSCHPs.
Power Point
Kris Preston, Mike Allen, Edith Allen, Tom Scott & John Rotenberry, Center for Conservation Biology, UC Riverside
Role of Genetic Studies in Reserve Design and Species Monitoring for HCPs.
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Oliver A. Ryder, Associate Director/Genetics, Center for Reproduction of Endangered Species