Applications of GIS, Advanced Sensors and Habitat Modeling in Support of Desert Tortoise Line Distance, Sampling and Translocation Studies Related to the Proposed Expansion of the Ft. Irwin NTC

摘要

This University of Redlands (University) research program (the Desert Tortoise Project; DTP), was designed to improve terrestrial science and to explore and apply a variety of information science technology, tools, and methods to equip land managers, decision-makers and policy-makers with science- based alternatives for the recovery of the desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii, federally-listed in 1990 as a threatened species) within the West Mojave Recovery Unit (WMRU) of Southern California, and specifically, within the context of the Ft. Irwin National Training Center (NTC) expansion area. Three key DTP research objectives were identified.