Chapter 4 Habitats
priority species. Monitoring plans should be coordinated with other existing monitoring programs where feasible. Monitoring of aquatic taxa is critical to assessing species and ecosystem health and gauging the resilience of organisms to a changing climate. These monitoring efforts will inform future decisions on how to manage aquatic species.
Priority Conservation Action, Examples of Focal Species or Focal Habitats
• Establish MAPS and migration banding stations in this habitat type.
• Establish long-term monitoring of amphibians and reptiles, once survey data have been established. Amphibians Reptiles
• Carefully monitor loss of this habitat from sea level rise.
• Continue long-term monitoring and banding work being done by the USGS on and support the goals and objectives of the Painted Bunting Working Group that involves Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, and North Carolina. Eastern Painted Bunting 4.4.16.6.3 Research Research topics that facilitate appropriate conservation actions include habitat use and preferences, reproductive behavior, fecundity, population dynamics and genetics, feeding, competition, and food web dynamics. Increased understanding of life histories and status helps determine the vulnerability of priority species to further imperilment, in addition to identifying possibilities for improved management and conservation. All studies should provide recommendations for mitigation and restoration. Formal descriptions for known or putative undescribed species and investigations aimed at resolving taxonomic status are needed.
Priority Conservation Action, Examples of Focal Species or Focal Habitats
• Conduct cooperative research with western states to determine the genetic relationships between Eastern and Western Painted Buntings. Eastern Painted Bunting • Conduct genetics research on all “Kingsnake” species. Kingsnake species
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