Background and goals
To assist with designing future research programs and developing decision support tools, PRBO Conservation Science is conducting a needs assessment of restoration practitioners, public and private land managers, and policy makers to identify research topics and informational products that are important, but currently unavailable.
The survey and preliminary results
Original survey [PDF]
Power point presentation of survey results [PDF]
Examples of Synthetic Decision Support Tools
California Partners in Flight Habitat Conservation Plans [Website]
Examples of Interactive Interactive Decision Support Tools
California Riparian Evaluation System [Website]
Sacramento River Watershed Information Model [Website]
Relevant Literature
Alexander, J. D.,
N. E. Seavy, and P. Hosten. 2007. Using bird conservation plans to evaluate
ecological effects of fuels reduction in southwest Oregon oak woodland and
chaparral. Forest Ecology and Management 238:375-383.
Pullin, A. S. and
T. M. Knight. 2001. Effectiveness in conservation practice: Pointers from
medicine and public health. Conservation Biology 15:50-54.
Pullin, A. S. and
T. M. Knight. 2005. Assessing conservation management's evidence base: A survey
of management-plan compilers in the United Kingdom and Australia. Conservation
Biology 19:1989-1996.
Salafsky, N., R.
Margoluis, K. H. Redford, and J. G. Robinson. 2002. Improving the practice and
conservation: A conceptual framework and research agenda for conservation
science. Conservation Biology 16:1469-1479.
Sutherland, W. J., A. S. Pullin, P. M. Dolman, and T. M. Knight. 2004. The need for evidence-based conservation. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 19:305-308.