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Wisconsin’s Strategy for Wildlife Species of Greatest Conservation Need
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2.3.1.4 Vertebrate Species Not Identified as Vertebrate Species of Greatest
Conservation Need in Wisconsin............................................................2-62
2.3.2 Methodology for Determining Invertebrate Species of Greatest Conservation Need
....................................................................................................................2-65
2.3.2.1 General Introduction ............................................................................2-65
2.3.2.2 State of Scientific Knowledge and Process Used to Identify Invertebrate
Species of Greatest Conservation Need...................................................2-65
2.3.2.3 Invertebrate Taxa Considered/Not Considered in the Current Strategy.....2-70
2.3.2.4 Important Invertebrate Data Sources .....................................................2-71
2.3.2.5 Categorizing Invertebrate Species of Greatest Conservation Need...........2-72
2.3.2.6 Rationale for Inclusion of Invertebrate Species as Species of Greatest
Conservation Need................................................................................2-74
2.4 Methodology for Identifying Habitat Associations of Species of Greatest Conservation
Need....................................................................................................................2-80
2.5 Methodology for Identifying Habitat and Species Threats, Issues, and Conservation
Actions ................................................................................................................2-85
Chapter 3. Vertebrate Species of Greatest Conservation Need: Assessments and
Conservation Strategies
3.1 Vertebrate Species of Greatest Conservation Need....................................................3-1
3.1.1 Description of Vertebrate Species Summaries ...................................................3-3
3.1.1.1 Species Ranking Criteria Scores..............................................................3-3
3.1.1.2 Ecological Landscape Association Scores................................................3-6
3.1.1.3 Landscape-community Combinations of Highest Ecological Priority.........3-7
3.1.1.4 Threats, Issues, and Priority Conservation Actions ...................................3-7
3.1.2 Bird Species of Greatest Conservation Need .....................................................3-9
3.1.2.1 Overview ..............................................................................................3-9
3.1.2.2 General Threats, Issues and Conservation Actions..................................3-11
3.1.2.3 Individual Bird Species of Greatest Conservation Need Summaries.........3-15
3.1.3 Fish Species of Greatest Conservation Need.................................................. 3-172
3.1.3.1 Overview .......................................................................................... 3-172
3.1.3.2 General Threats, Issues and Conservation Actions................................ 3-173
3.1.3.3 Individual Fish Species of Greatest Conservation Need Summaries....... 3-175
3.1.4 Herptile Species of Greatest Conservation Need............................................ 3-217
3.1.4.1 Overview .......................................................................................... 3-217
3.1.4.2 General Threats, Issues and Conservation Actions................................ 3-217
3.1.4.3 Individual Herptile Species of Greatest Conservation Need Summaries . 3-222
3.1.5 Mammal Species of Greatest Conservation Need........................................... 3-269
3.1.5.1 Overview .......................................................................................... 3-269
3.1.5.2 General Threats, Issues and Conservation Actions................................ 3-269
3.1.5.3 Individual Mammal Species of Greatest Conservation Need Summaries
......................................................................................................... 3-274
3.2 Vertebrate Species of Greatest Conservation Need by Ecological Landscape .......... 3-303
3.2.1 Vertebrate Species of Greatest Conservation Need occurring in each Ecological
Landscape................................................................................................... 3-303
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