Steve Williams
Senior Research Project Coordinator
218 DCL
Bio
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Education
M.S. North Carolina State University 1996
B.S. North Carolina State University 1989
Area(s) of Expertise
My interests center on the development and application of GIS based landscape conservation tools to facilitate efficient and pro-active planning. Typical datasets include species habitat models, maps of protected areas, and potential threats to habitat. A large focus of my work is in presenting complex datasets in an intuitive and functional interface whereby the full utility of landscape level GIS conservation tools become accessible by non-GIS professionals.
Publications
- Methods for evaluating Gap Analysis Project habitat distribution maps with species occurrence data , (2022)
- Refining the coarse filter approach: Using habitat-based species models to identify rarity and vulnerabilities in the protection of US biodiversity , GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND CONSERVATION (2021)
- Gap Analysis Project (GAP) Terrestrial Vertebrate Species Richness Maps for the Conterminous U.S. , Scientific Investigations Report (2019)
- Partitioning global change: Assessing the relative importance of changes in climate and land cover for changes in avian distribution , ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION (2019)
- Patterns of species richness hotspots and estimates of their protection are sensitive to spatial resolution , DIVERSITY AND DISTRIBUTIONS (2018)
- Persistence-Based Area Prioritization for Conservation: Applying Occupancy and Habitat Threats and Risks Analyses , JOURNAL OF FISH AND WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT (2018)
- Future land-use scenarios and the loss of wildlife habitats in the southeastern United States , ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS (2015)