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Using GIS to Prioritize Land for Management in the Conservation of a Rare Species A Landscape-Based Metapopulation Model for Northern Blazing Star on Block Island, RI Matthew A. Vadeboncoeur Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Science in Environmental Science with Honors Center for Environmental Studies Brown University Providence, RI May 2003 This thesis by Matthew Vadeboncoeur is accepted in its present form as satisfying the thesis requirements for the Degree of Bachelor of Science in Environmental Science with Honors. ______________________________________ __________________ Johanna Schmitt Date Professor, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and Center for Environmental Studies, Brown University ______________________________________ __________________ Jennifer Hughes Date Assistant Professor, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and Center for Environmental Studies, Brown University ______________________________________ __________________ Elizabeth Farnsworth Date Research Ecologist, New England Wildflower Society Graduate Faculty, University of Massachusetts at Amherst CONTENTS Abstract 4 Introduction 5 Methods 19 Results 26 Discussion 29 Conclusion 33 Further Research 35 Acknowledgements 36 References 37 Tables (3) 42 Figures (21) 45 3 ABSTRACT Although much work has been done on the question of how to manage land for the persistence of rare species, less has been done on where specifically to apply such management techniques.
