Using Long-Term Population Monitoring Data to Prioritize Conservation Action among Rare Plant Species

The decline and extinction of native plant species is a global conservation crisis, and there is a need for rapid prioritization of our conservation efforts. In the USA, the two main systems used to identify at-risk species, Threatened and Endangered (T&E) status and conservation status ranks by NatureServe (G- and S-ranks), are categorical and typically assessed with large-scale criteria, thus are not ideal to aid practitioners in developing...