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Table of Contents

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Chapter 1: Conservation

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Gap Analysis as Applied Conservation Biology.

Reed Noss and Allen Cooperrider

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Gap Analysis and the Natural Heritage Data Centers.

Robert E. Jenkins, Jr.

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Some Scales for Describing Biodiversity.

Michael Jennings

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Refuge Gap: A GAP Decision Support System for Refuge Planning 

Margo Herdendorf and Patrick Crist

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Chapter 2: Mapping

Hexagons: A New Way to Display Predicted Distributions of Vertebrate Species.

Larry Master and Michael Jennings

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Evaluations of AVHRR-derived Data for Vegetation Classification and Monitoring of Landscapes

Dave Verbyla

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MRLC Update and New Rules for TM Access: The Landsat Program Management Agreement.

Pete Campbell

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The Ecological Society of America's Vegetation Classification Panel.

Michael Jennings

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Landscape Information Infrastructure in Pennsylvania.

Wayne Myers, Robert Brooks, Gerald Storm, and Joseph Bishop

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Point Sampling Surveys with GPS-logged Aerial Videography.

Dana Slaymaker

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Land Management Status Categorization in Gap Analysis: A Potential Enhancement.

Patrick Crist, Julie Prior-Magee, and Bruce Thompson

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A Preliminary Comparison of MMU Aggregation Procedures for Raster Data.

Richard Thompson, Rob Dzur, and W. Fredrick Limp

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Species Occurrence: What, Why, and Where

Randall Boone, Bill Krohn

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Mapping the Kansas Grasslands: A Multi-Seasonal Approach

Stephen Egbert, Chris Lauver, Clayton Blodgett, Kevin Price, and Ed Martinko

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A Preliminary Analysis of GAP Land Cover Mapping Procedures.

Marlen Eve and Jim Merchant

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Regionalizing State-Level Data.  

Patrick Crist and Michael Jennings

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Progressing Toward a Standardized Classification of Vegetation for the U.S.  

Michael Jennings

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Use of U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Easements for the South Dakota GAP Stewardship Layer.

Dorothy M. Dateo, Michael E. Estey, Kenneth F. Higgins, Jonathan A. Jenks, and Rex R. Johnson

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An Alternative Approach to Land Cover Mapping in Complex Terrain  

Jeff Waldon

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The NatureMapping Program's First Five Years  

Karen Dvornich

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Chapter 3: Analyses

An Evaluation of Proposed New park Units in Idaho using Gap Analysis Data  

R. Gerald Wright, Joel Hall, and James G. MacCracken

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Steps in Strategies to Manage Biodiversity: Identification, Selection, and Design of Special Management Areas  

Blair Csuti

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Use of Gap Analysis Data to Establish Goals and Priorities for Individual Land Management Units - National Wildlife Refuges in Washington State.  

Christian Grue, Kelly Cassidy, Michael Smith, Karen Dvornich, Jane Cassady, and Susan Fregien

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Modeling Grizzly Bear Habitat Suitability in Idaho  

David Mattson
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Gap Analysis of the Vegetation of the Intermountain Semi-Desert Ecoregion.

David Stoms, Frank Davis

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Gap Analysis for Ant Species 

Craig R. Allen, L. Pearlstine, and D.P. Wojcik

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Gap Analysis in Riverine Environments  

Scott P. Sowa

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Final Report Summary: New Mexico Gap Analysis Project 

Bruce Thompson

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Final Report Summary: Washington Gap Analysis Project.  

Chris Grue

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Final Report Summary: Wyoming Gap Analysis Project.  

Tom Kohley

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Final Report Summary: New York Aquatic GAP Pilot Project  

Marcia S. Meixler and Mark B. Bain

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Chapter 4: Tools

SPECTRUM - Satellite Image Interpretation with Automated Delineation: A Workshop-Based 

Assessment of SPECTRUM Software.  

Gail Thelin, Wayne Myers, Ann Rasberry, and others

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"Merge": Breakthrough Software for User-defined MMUs.

Ray Ford, Roland Redmond, Steve Barsness

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Spectrum Software for Texas Gap Analysis. 

Carlos Gonzalez, Nick Parker, Raymond Sims

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Review of MetaMaker  

Jerry D. Cox

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Decision Support Systems: New Tools for Data Users  

Patrick Crist

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Chapter 5: Partnerships and Extension

A Discussion of the Adoption and Diffusion of Gap Analysis as a Technical Innovation 

Michael Jennings

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The Indiana Gap Analysis Metaproject Approach. 

Forest Clark

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Expanding Roles for Gap Analysis Data in Arkansas.

Rob Dzur

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Kansas: An Example of GAP Partnering. 

Glennis Kaufman

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Conservation Planning and Local Governments. 

Daryl Durham

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First International Gap Analysis Project 

Carlos Gonzalez-Rebeles, Nick Parker, Vincent Burke, Michael Jennings, and Gerardo Ceballos

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Partnerships  

Mike Scott

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Illinois GAP Partners with Conservation 2000 

Jocelyn L. Aycrigg, Mark G. Joselyn, Michael R. Jeffords, and Parick W. Brown

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A Partnership Providing Field Data for Gap Analysis: Texas Tech Museum  

Nick C. Parker, Robert J. Baker, Robert D. Bradley, Clyde Jones, R. Richard Monk, David J. Schmidly, Raymond W. Sims, and Frank D. Yancy, II

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Chapter 6: Aquatic

The Aquatic Component of Gap Analysis.  

Michael Jennings and Patricia Heglund

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In Pursuit of the Aquatic Component of Gap Analysis  

Michael Jennings

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Making Gap Analysis Work for New York Waters: A State Perspective on Aquatic Gap  

Mark B. Bain, and Marcia S. Meixler

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Chapter 7: Miscellaneous

GAP Implementation/GAP Implementation Scorecard.  

Sara Vickerman

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What’s Hot: Some Recent Applications of GAP Data.  

Elisabeth Brackney

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Rule-Based Image Interpretation  

Alexa J. McKerrow, and Steven G. Williams
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Applying Gap Analysis to County Land Use Planning in Washington State 

Matt Stevenson

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