ABSTRACT
Humans have created protected areas (PAs) over the past millennia for a multitude of reasons. The establishment of Yellowstone National Park in 1872 by the United States Congress ushered in the modern era of governmental
CONTENTS
21.1 Introduction .............................................................................................. 495 21.2 PAs and the Focal Species Concept ....................................................... 498 21.3 Remote Sensing: Data Integration for Monitoring and Modeling ....500 21.4 PAs and the Concept of Benchmark Ecosystems ................................ 501 21.5 Augmenting Decision Support Systems: Work˜ow Architecture
and Tools as Unifying Elements ............................................................503 21.6 EAGLES: Work˜ow Architecture and Tools for Scientists and
Practitioners ..............................................................................................504 21.6.1 Outside and Inside EAGLES ...................................................... 507 21.6.2 EAGLES Work˜ow ....................................................................... 507 21.6.3 Covariate Selection Criteria ........................................................508
