Many reports, posters and presentations have been produced as a result of the Gap Analysis Project
Here is a list of those available online:
 

Papers and Theses

Theses may not be available outside Virginia Tech. Email the author for information.

Garrett Schairer.  1999.  Landscape Level Evaluation of Northern Bobwhite Habitats in Eastern Virginia Using Landsat TM Imagery. Master's Thesis

Dave Morton. 1998. Land Cover of Virginia from Landsat Thematic Mapper Imagery. Master's Thesis

Khaled Hassouna. 1997.  Developing a Natural Resource Database for Geographic Information System.  Master's Thesis

Scott Klopfer. 1997.  Insolation, precipitation, and moisture maps for a Virginia geographic information system.  Master's Thesis.

John McCombs. 1997.  Geogaphic Information System Topographic Factor Maps for Wildlife Management.   Master's Thesis

Compositional Groups and Ecological Complexes: A Method for Alliance Based Vegetation Mapping. 1998. Leonard Pearlstine, Alexa McKerrow, Milo Pyne, Steve Williams, and Stacy McNulty. GAP Bulletin 7:16-17. 

An Alternative Approach to Land Cover Mapping in Complex Terrain.  1997.  John McCombs, Scott Klopfer, Dave Morton, and Jeff Waldon.  Gap Bulletin 6.
 

Online Slide Shows

Internet Applications to Fish and Wildlife Management. 1999. Jeff Waldon.  Presented at the North American Wildlife and Natural Resources Conference.

An Evaluation of Species Distribution Edge-Matching for the Mid-Atlantic Gap Region.  1999. Scott Klopfer and Jeff Waldon. 

Mapping Current Land Cover in Virginia. 1996.  Dave Morton.  Presented at the 3rd Annual Conference of The  Wildlife Society, Cincinnati, OH.

Landscape Level Evaluation of Bobwhite Quail Habitats Using Landsat TM Imagery. 1999.  Garrett Schairer.

Posters

Comparison of Predicted Vertebrate Species Richness and Known Aquatic Insect Richness at 36 Vernal Pools in Virginia.  1998.  Kenneth J. Stein & Jefferson L. Waldon.  A poster created for the 1998 National GAP conference in Santa Barbara, CA.

Improving Ground Truth Data Collection Efforts Using ArcView.  1998.  Garrett Schairer.  A poster created for the 1998 National GAP conference in Santa Barbara, CA.

Interpretation of Aerial Videography in Western Virginia Using ArcView.  1998.  Stacy McNulty. A poster created for the 1998 National GAP conference in Santa Barbara, CA.
 

Newsletters

The VA-GAP newsletter Coverage presents information on a variety of topics, including updates, ongoing research, conferences and meetings, and projected trends for Gap Analysis.  Search the Table of Contents for current and past isssues.

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