Development of a methodology to systematically identify suitable habitat for and inventory of rare or imperiled invertebrates is important in identifying areas in special need of ecological monitoring, as well as to provide baseline information regarding which species are found in a given area. Knowing the locations of rare or imperiled invertebrate species is the first step towards effective conservation of the species and their habitats. The goal of this project was to accumulate and examine existing biological data, incorporate appropriate portions into a relational database, and with appropriate field surveys, identify significant natural resources (rare or imperiled invertebrate populations).
Species 1: Coleoptera Cicindelidae Cicindela theatina (great sand dunes tiger beetle)
Species 2: Lepidoptera
Keywords: inventory, conservation
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