Margaret Ormes

NatureServe
Director of Science Information Resources
University of Massachusetts Boston
NatureServe c/o Biology Department 100 Morrissey Blvd
Boston
02125
United States
(617) 287-7183

Publications

  1. Using citizen science data to support conservation in environmental regulatory contexts

    Outside of protected areas, environmental regulation is a vital policy tool for conserving at-risk species. An underappreciated potential for citizen science is to augment locality databases used in regulatory review to provide greater certainty to regulatory decisions.
    PublicationJournal ArticleUsing citizen science data to support conservation in environmental regulatory contexts

  2. Strong geographic and temporal patterns in conservation status of North American bats

    The first comprehensive conservation status assessment focusing exclusively on the 45 species occurring in North America north of Mexico. Although most North American bats have large range sizes and large populations, as of 2015, 18–31% of the species were at risk (categorized as having vulnerable, imperiled, or critically imperiled NatureServe conservation statuses) and therefore among the most imperiled terrestrial vertebrates on the continent.
    PublicationJournal ArticleBiological Conservation

  3. Are pollinating hawk moths declining in the Northeastern United States? An analysis of collection records

    Increasing attention to pollinators and their role in providing ecosystem services has revealed a paucity of studies on long-term population trends of most insect pollinators in many parts of the world. Because targeted monitoring programs are resource intensive and unlikely to be performed on most insect pollinators, we took advantage of existing collection records to examine long-term trends in northeastern United States populations of 26 species of hawk moths (family Sphingidae) that are presumed to be pollinators.
    PublicationJournal ArticlePLOS ONE

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