WV-GAP Final Data WV-GAP Final Report Web-based publications Publications Annual reports Theses Presentations

WV-GAP Land Cover and Stewardship are available for download from the WV GIS Technical Center.

Link to Land Cover data
Link to Stewardship data

If you would like a copy of all WV-GAP datasets on CD-ROM, please contact Jackie Strager at jmstrager@mail.wvu.edu.  CD-ROMs include land cover, stewardship, predicted wildlife distributions, and gap analysis statistics.

WV-GAP Final Report (2002)

The WV-GAP Final Report was completed in 2002.  Below are links to pdf files for individual chapters and sections. You will need the Adobe Acrobat reader to view these files.
 

Title Page & Credits

Table of Contents

Chapter 1.  Introduction

Chapter 2.  Land Cover Mapping

Chapter 3.  Wildlife Distribution Mapping

Chapter 4.  Stewardship Mapping

Chapter 5.  Gap Analysis

Chapter 6.  Conclusions and Implications

Chapter 7.  Obtaining Gap Analysis Products

Appendix 2.  Land Cover Mapping

Appendix 3.  Wildlife Distribution Mapping Appendix

Appendix 4.  Stewardship Mapping Appendix

Appendix 5.  Gap Analysis Appendix

Appendix 7.  Products Appendix

Glossary and Literature Cited

Species Distribution Maps - Butterflies

Species Distribution Maps - Amphibians

Species Distribution Maps - Reptiles

Species Distribution Maps - Birds

Species Distribution Maps - Mammals

Complete Report (16 MB File Size)

Web-based Publications

Gap Analysis of Special Features:  General Discussion and a Case Study of Amphibians and Mammals of West Virginia's Caves (2002 Gap Annual Meeting Presentation)

Landscape-based riparian habitat modeling for amphibians and reptiles (ESRI International Users Conference Proceedings)

Gap Analysis for West Virginia Butterflies 
(2000 Gap Annual Meeting Poster)

Landscape-based Wetland and Riparian Habitat 
Modeling for Amphibians and Reptiles 
(1999 Gap Annual Meeting Poster)

Combining Wildlife Habitat Models and Ecological Complexes for Gap Analysis in West Virginia
(1999 Gap Annual Meeting Poster)

Publications

Brannon, R., C.B. Yuill, and S.A. Perry. 1995. Ecological land units, GIS, and remote sensing: Gap Analysis in the central Appalachians. pp. 255-260 in: USEPA Seminar Publication. National conference on Environmental Problem Solving with Geographic Information Systems, Cincinnati, Ohio, September 21-23, 1994. EPA/625/R-95/004.

Brannon, R., C.B. Yuill, T.A. Warner, and S.A. Perry. 1996. Mapping plant community alliances in the central Appalachian Mountains: Spatial sorting of an unsupervised classification of multi-temporal thematic mapper data. pp. 110-121 in: Volume 1 -- Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry, Proceedings of the 1996 American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing/American Congress on Surveying and Mapping, Annual Conference, April 22-25, 1996, Baltimore, MD.

Reports

1998 Annual Report
1997 Annual Report
1996 Annual Report

Theses

Brannon, A.M. 1996. Remotely-sensed ecological land units in the Allegheny Mountains of West Virginia. M.S. Thesis, West Virginia University.

Earl, T.J. 1996. Habitat relationships for avian species and a comparison of diversity between state and federal lands in West Virginia. M.S. Thesis, West Virginia University. 171 pp.

Rowe, J.M., 1996.  Watershed and stream-based inventory and assessment of the fish biodiversity of the Monongahela and Potomac River Basins, West Virginia. M.S. Thesis, West Virginia University. 121 pp.

Presentations

Brannon, R., C.B. Yuill, T.A. Warner, and S.A. Perry. April 1996. Mapping plant community alliances in the central Appalachian Mountains: Spatial sorting of an unsupervised classification of multi-temporal thematic mapper data. Annual convention of the American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing/American Congress on Surveying and Mapping, Baltimore, MD.

Brannon, R., S.A. Perry, W. Ravenscroft, J.M. Rowe, and C.B. Yuill. July 1996 Poster Presentation. Gap Analysis for West Virginia. 6th annual National Gap Analysis Meeting, Key Largo, FL.

Perry, S.A. and C.B. Yuill. Jan 1996. Gap Analysis in West Virginia. Central Appalachian Ecological Integrity Forum, Heartwood Appalachian Restoration Campaign, Massanetta Springs, VA.

Ravenscroft, W., J.M. Rowe, C.B. Yuill. Oct 1996. Poster Presentation: The West Virginia Gap Analysis Project. West Virginia GIS Conference and Expo, Charleston WV.

Rowe, J.M., S.A. Perry, and C.B. Yuill. Aug 1996 Poster Presentation. The use of geographic information systems (GIS) in biodiversity assessment and management of stream fish in West Virginia. 126th annual meeting of the American Fisheries Society, Dearborn, MI.

Rowe, J.M., S.A. Perry, and C.B. Yuill. Aug 1996. A landscape approach to assess the relationship of watershed attributes to fish communities. 10th annual meeting of the Society for Conservation Biology, Providence, RI.

Strager, J.M., C.B. Yuill, and P.B. Wood. June 2000. Landscape-based riparian habitat modeling for amphibians and reptiles. 20th annual ESRI International Users Conference, San Diego, CA.