New Mexico Project
Reconciling range-wide uncertainties in alligator snapping turtle population viability using expert elicitation
August 2022 - August 2024
Personnel
Participating Agencies
- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service - Ecological Services
We are assisting the USFWS Alligator Snapping Turtle Species Status assessment team to develop a population viability model that predicted future abundance and extinction probability. In this project phase we are extending the model to include the entire species' range using expert elicited parameters. The results were used in the forth coming listing decision for both species of alligator snapping turtle.
| Research Publications | Publication Date |
|---|---|
| Christensen, E.M., A.J. Lawson, E. Rivenbark, P.K. London, D. Castellanos, J.C. Culbertson, S.M. DeMay, C. Eakin, L.S. Pearson, K. Soileau, J.H. Waddle, C.P. McGowan. 2024. Accounting for multiple uncertainties in a decision-support population viability assessment. Biological Conservation 299:110811. doi: 10.1016/j.biocon.2024.110811 | Publisher Website | November 2024 |
| Presentations | Presentation Date |
|---|---|
| Christensen, E., C.P. McGowan, D. Castellanos, J. Culbertson, C. Eakin, B. Firmin, P.K. London, L. Pearson, E. Rivenbark, A.J. Lawson. 2023. Evaluating Sensitivity of Expert Elicited Parameters Within Decision Support Population Viability Analyses. The Wildlife Society Annual Conference; Louisville, Kentucky. 5-9 November. | November 2023 |
| Type | Citation | Publication Date |
|---|---|---|
| Software Release | Christensen, E.M., A.J. Lawson, C.P. McGowan. 2024. Alligator snapping turtle population simulation model developed in support of the Species Status Assessment. Version 1.0.0; U.S. Geological Survey software release. Reston, VA. https://doi.org/10.5066/P1LHWZFU | October 2024 |