Wildlife Ecology Unit

WELCOME!

The Terrestrial Wildlife Ecology Unit is part of the Watershed, Fish, Wildlife, Air, and Rare Plants staff of the USDA Forest Service. Wildlife ecologists at national and regional levels develop or disseminate much of the technical information used by the Forest Service for managing animal habitats within the National Forest system.

Keep informed about current topics:

• Ecology Info - a variety of materials useful to wildlife biologists and ecologists.
  
  
• Meetings and Symposia - sponsored by a variety of organizations and professional societies.
  
  
• Contact information for national and regional wildlife ecologists, as well as a host of links to related sites.

We hope you find this site useful and informative.

Program Leader: Dr. Sandy (Douglas) Boyce, National Wildlife Ecologist CV

Publications

• Applying the 2012 Planning Rule to conserve species: A practitioner's reference

• Monitoring Wildlife Habitat Technical Guide

• Northern Goshawk Inventory and Monitoring Technical Guide

• Multiple Species Inventory and Monitoring Technical Guide

• Development of protocols to inventory or monitor wildlife, fish, or rare plants

• Existing Vegetation Classification, Mapping, and Inventory Technical Guide (GTR-WO-90)

• Historical Environmental Variation in Conservation and Natural Resources Management; copies were distributed to Regions. (Link to Wiley Publisher Online Library through DigiTop/USDA; Free access to Chapter Introductions and Summaries). Document related to the Technical Guides and Protocols posted above. This document is critical for implementing the FS Planning Rule.

Recently Published Articles

• Conserving Biodiversity: Practical Guidance about Climate Change Adaptation Approaches in Support of Land-use Planning
  Authors: Oswald J. Schmitz, Joshua J. Lawler, Paul Beier, Craig Groves, Gary Knight, Douglas A. Boyce Jr., etal.
  Source: Natural Areas Journal, 35(1):190-203.

• Completing the System: Opportunities and Challenges for a National Habitat Conservation System
  Authors: Jocelyn L. Aycrigg, Craig Groves, Jodi A. Hilty, J. Michael Scott, Paul Beier, D.A. Boyce, Jr., etal.
  Download from bioscience.oxfordjournals.org through USDA/DigiTop. If user not on the USDA computer system, this article requires access to BioScience (see BioScience site for options).
  Source: BioScience Vol. 66 No. 9: 774–784 :: September 2016

Recomended Reading

• Papers Recommended by Colleagues


• Ecological Resources

Goshawks

• Goshawk Monitoring


• Goshawk Overview